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

  • PhD Seminar: How to Publish

    IMS invites to the seminar for PhD students (and not only them) with Professor Paolo Graziano of the University of Padua titled How to publish. The seminar will take place on Tuesday, 3rd May 2022 at 9:30 in Pekařská 10a, room 222 in a hybrid form.
    Announcements 26. 4. 2022 - Klára Smitková

  • Discussion with Hector Rodriguez

    We would like to cordially invite to a meeting with Hector Calleros Rodriguez from University od Warsaw. Discussion entitled "Race and Ethnicity in the United States: An Interpretation of Robert Dahl's Ideas on Inequality and Exclusion" takes place on Thursday, April 28, at 5 p.m. in Café Pub Atmosphere.
    Announcements 26. 4. 2022 - Klára Smitková

  • Call for Applications: Mnemonic Encounters in Europe: New Directions and Dilemmas

    We kindly invite applications from current doctoral candidates in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences whose research covers the broad topic of Memory Studies and deals with questions such as cultural, historical and collective European memory etc.
    Announcements 24. 4. 2022 - Klára Smitková

  • 4EU+ International Seminar Series: Kateřina Králová

    We are delighted to invite you to the next meeting in our series. On April 26th Prof. Kateřina Králová will talk about "Holocaust Trajectories: Jewish Survivors and their Memories on Greece." Dr Jiří Kocián will take on the role of a discussant.
    Announcements 24. 4. 2022 - Klára Smitková

  • Ovidiu Vaida: Romania’s EU and NATO Membership in the Context of War in Ukraine

    We cordially invite you to the first in a series of academic seminars "War in Ukraine: Southeast European Perspectives", led by Ovidiu Vaida, guest lecturer from Babes Bolyai University in Cluj. The event will take place on Tuesday 26 April, at 14:00, in room 314.
    Announcements 22. 4. 2022 - Klára Smitková

  • Debating German Politics: Andreas Künne

    The German and Austrian Studies Dpt. cordially invites you to a lecture & discussion with Andreas KÜNNE (Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Czech Republic) entitled "Changes to German security policy following the Russian war and “historic shift” in German defence". Registration in the article.
    Announcements 22. 4. 2022 - Klára Smitková