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
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Public defense of the dissertation - Nikola Karasová
On 13 September 2021, the public defence of Nikola Karasová's dissertation entitled "Parakratos in Post-Civil War Greece: Reality and Interpretation" will take place. -
JLU: “Virtual International Programme”
Justus Liebig University Giessen holds a “Virtual International Programme” for students from partner universities during the Winter Semester 2021. -
Eliška Tomalová and Eliška Černovská: Water Diplomacy — The New Modus Operandi of EU Diplomacy? Innovative Methods in Diplomatic Practice
Eliška Tomalová and Eliška Černovská, from the Department of European Studies , co-authored an article entitled 'Water Diplomacy — The New Modus Operandi of EU Diplomacy? Innovative Methods in Diplomatic Practice', which was currently published in The Hague Journal of Diplomacy. -
Call for post-doc and doctoral fellows in Prague
“Plurality of Memories in Europe in a Global Perspective” is now opening a call for post-doc and doctoral fellows in Prague: This project started as an interdisciplinary initiative developed by scholars in the fields of history, literature, political science and sociology. -
Michal Kubát: "Constitutional Conventions in Central Europe: Presidents in Government Formation Process"
Michal Kubát, from the Department of Russian and East European Studies, in co-authorship with Miloš Brunclík, got an article entitled "Constitutional Conventions in Central Europe: Presidents in Government Formation Process" recently published in Problems of Post-Communism. -
Balkan Express 2021: Neighbors and Neighborhood in the Balkans
The 6th International Balkan Studies Conference "Balkan Express" will take place on November 12-13, 2021. This year the conference will aim to rethink the Balkans through concepts and ideas of neighbors, neighborhood and neighborly relations.
