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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New block-course by visiting professor Chao-Chen Lin
Dear students, we would like to offer you a new block course by visiting professor Chao-Chen Lin (National Taiwan University). The course will take place between October 5 and 19 in five sessions. -
David Emler et al. - Studie k integraci přistěhovalců do německé společnosti
A new publication "Studie k integraci přistěhovalců do německé společnosti" (Studies on the Integration of Immigrants into German Society) on the IMS ground! The book was published by Karolinum. IMS employees David Emler, Tomáš Nigrin and Václav Šmidrkal contributed to the publication. -
CfA: "Re-Thinking Post-Socialist War(s): Comparative Dimensions of the War in Ukraine (2014-2024)"
The IMS Research Centre "Ukraine In A Changing Europe" and the joint project UNDIPUS at Justus Liebig University Giessen (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) co-organise the interdisciplinary conference "Re-Thinking Post-Socialist War(s): Comparative Dimensions of the War in Ukraine (2014-2024)". -
Lecture of prof. Hervé Mazurel "Psychoanalýza ohrožená historií?"
The Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in cooperation with the French Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (CEFRES) invite you to a lecture by Prof. Hervé Mazurel "History of Emotions and Experiencing", which will take place in the CEFRES library on Thursday, 21 September at 17:30. -
Heads of the Department of German and Austrian studies and Department of European Studies
The Institute of International Studies held two competitions in the summer months for the Head of the Department of German and Austrian Studies and Head of the Department of European Studies. Dr. Zuzana Lizcová and Dr. Eliška Tomalová were re-elected. Congratulations! -
Prof. Dr. Boris Barth
It was with great sadness that we received the sad news that our dear colleague, favourite teacher, and versatile historian Prof. Dr. Boris Barth died at the beginning of September after a serious illness. We would like to express our sincere condolences on behalf of the entire Institute.
