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On the occasion of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day, Prime Minister Petr Fiala awarded the Karel Kramář medal to Irena Kalhousová, an expert at the Institute of Political Studies FSV UK and director of the Herzl Center for Israel Studies. She received the award for her outstanding contribution to the public debate on Middle East issues. This year, this award went to a total of 17 personalities.
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"Two years ago, on the occasion of the anniversary on November 17, I highlighted the role of the academic community in facing the social, political, environmental and security challenges encountered by Czech society and by the broader circle of civilization to which we belong. Viewed from a distance, the severity of these challenges unfortunately has not diminished, quite the contrary," says the Dean Tomáš Karásek on the anniversary of November 17, 1989.
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In a new transdisciplinary project funded by a €3 million Horizon Europe grant, Erasmus University’s School of Social and Behavioural Sciences researchers will lead a groundbreaking effort to explore how democracies decline and how computational research tools can help strengthen democratic resilience. Our Institute of International Studies and its two research centers (Peace Research Center Prague & Centre for Digital Humanities Integration) are part of the international consortium.
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On October 28, Professor Ladislav Krištoufek from the Institute of Economic Studies of FSV UK received a Medal of Merit in the Field of Science from President Petr Pavel at Vladislav Hall of Prague Castle. Congratulations!
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We are pleased to welcome Dr Ingrid Anderson, Fulbright Scholar from Boston University, who will be a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University and at the Herzl Centre of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University. She is researching early Prague Zionism and its involvement in Czech nationalism of the same period.
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At its meeting on 8 October 2024, the FSV UK Academic Senate announced elections to the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University for the term of office 2025–2027. It also announced the date of elections to the Academic Senate of Charles University for the term of office 2025-2028. Both elections will take place electronically from November 26 to November 28, 2024.
