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The latest special episode of the De Facto podcast, marking the Prague Pride 2025 human rights festival, focused on issues related to the LGBTQ+ community. Two experts from FSV UK joined the discussion – Associate Professor Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková from the Institute of Sociological Studies and Dr. Tereza Fousek Krobová from the Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism.
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The international research project "Displacement and (Post)secular Memory: Contemporary Crises and Historical Legacies in Southeastern and East-Central Europe" (MEMCRIS) has been awarded funding by Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN) in Poland and the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR). The project is co-led on the Czech side by Professor Kateřina Králová from the Institute of International Studies at FSV UK, alongside Dr. Karin Roginer Hofmeister.
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FSV UK served as one of the main hosts of the 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association (MSA). Themed “Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)Stability”, the conference brought over 1,200 academics, artists and activists from nearly 100 countries to Prague to explore how societies remember, respond to, and recover from crises—both past and present.
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Jaroslav Bílek and Jade Hutchinson succeeded in the 10th round of the Primus university competition, which Charles University has been announcing since 2017. The competition is designed for young promising scientists. The aim of the programme is to support top male and female researchers in establishing and developing new research groups and laboratories.
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Maria Alina Asavei, a researcher at the Institute of International Studies at FSV UK, has never shied away from complexity. With academic roots in Romania, scholarly development in Budapest and New York, and teaching experiences across Europe and the Middle East, her career is defined by a pursuit of neglected or “marginal” topics – those lying at the intersection of art, politics, religion, and memory.
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The European Research Council (ERC) grants are among the most prestigious in Europe. The peer review panels that select the most successful applicants each year include only top scientists from around the world. In 2024, Associate Professor Jozef Baruník from the Institute of Economic Studies became a member of the ERC Consolidator Grant review panel.
