Institute

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

The Institute of International Studies (IMS) is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague (FSV UK), which was established in 1990 to respond to the current needs of the society. The IMS was founded in 1994 as the youngest part of the FSV UK. Its current structure is the result of a long-term process characterized, among others, by the deliberate formation of a new field of study "Area Studies." It is also positively influenced by the rising and changing demand of students, i.e. by satisfying the increasingly urgent "social demand" of the missing field of area studies, which is so important for further development in the practice of the Czech foreign and domestic politics.

Graduates of the study fields which are taught at the IMS are characterized by a contextually, regionally and methodologically based knowledge of modern history and of the legal, political, economic and socio-cultural background in those regions which are the contents of the Institute's scientific and pedagogical work. Furthermore, they orientate themselves in the practical consequences of recent historical events and essential contemporary problems and are equipped with basic analytic-interpretive skills. The graduates of these fields find jobs in all types of governmental and non-governmental institutions that focus on the issues of the respective regions, both domestic and foreign, in their historical and contemporary context.

News

  • Study PhD at IMS FSV UK

    This year, Institute of International Studies offers again two doctoral programmes - International Area Studies and Modern History. The deadline for applications has been set for 30 April 2023.
    Announcements 5. 1. 2023 - Klára Smitková

  • Call for Papers: Becoming Smaller: Responses to Changes in Size and Influence in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

    Výzkumné centrum pro malé státy (SnS) vyzývá k předkládání abstraktů na dvoudenní workshop s názvem "Becoming Smaller: Responses to Changes in Size and Influence in the 20th and 21st Centuries", který se bude konat 25. a 26. května 2023 v Praze. Uzávěrka pro zasílání návrhů je 31. ledna 2023.
    Announcements 16. 12. 2022 - Klára Smitková

  • Invitation: U.S. Crime and Law in Media vs. Reality

    If you are interested in the American judicial system, working of state courts, and how to campaign to be elected as a judge of one of the state courts, feel free to come to the discussion hosted by the Department of North American Studies organized together with the U.S. Ambassador's Youth Council.
    Announcements 13. 12. 2022 - Klára Smitková

  • Invitation to a book launch and discussion SAYING NO TO WAR

    RFE/RL and Department of Russian and East European Studies together with the Institute for communication studies and journalism invite you to the book launch and discussion "SAYING NO TO WAR: 40 Stories of Russians Who Oppose the Russian Invasion of Ukraine".
    Announcements 7. 12. 2022 - Klára Smitková

  • Invitation: Orthodox Churches and the Public Arena Today

    We would like to cordially invite to a lecture given by Dr. Karin Hofmeisterová. We will discuss the influence of the orthodox churches today and their engagement in the memory politics. Lecture and the following discussion will take place on Thursday, December 8, at 6:30 p.m.
    Announcements 6. 12. 2022 - Klára Smitková

  • Invitation: discussion with prof. Philipp Ther

    We cordially invite you to a discussion with prof. Philipp Ther. The discussion is organized in the context of the publication of the new edition of Prof. Ther's book by Karolinum Publishing House - Jiný konec dějin: Eseje o velké transformaci po roce 1989. The debate will take place on 7 December at 11:00 in Pekařská 16, room 114.
    Announcements 6. 12. 2022 - Klára Smitková