Department of Middle Eastern Studies


  • News
  • Faculty news

Welcome to DMES

21/02/2020 News

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies (DMES) provides education and research in the languages, literature, and history of the region as well as in its relation to Europe and the present and past of the region’s cultures that originated in the Middle Eastern region. Currently, the department offers education in the following programmes: Middle Eastern […]

Jin, Jiyan, Azadi: The Revolutionary Rupture and New Horizons in the Politics of Liberation in Iran

12/01/2023 News

Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Film Festival ÍRÁN:CI cordially invite you to a lecture by Professor Dr Abbas Vali „Jin, Jiyan, Azadi: The Revolutionary Rupture and New Horizons in the Politics of Liberation in Iran“. The lecture will be held on Friday,13 January 2023 at 15:00 in Celetná 13, room 1.08. The revolutionary rupture […]

Social Change: Challenges for Modern Iran

07/11/2022 News

Iran is experiencing the most turbulent period since 2009. The protests after the death of Mahsa Amini will be lasting for eight weeks on 11/11. They have surpassed recent waves of social unrest in social, geographic, and ethnic scope. The presence of women and demands for personal freedom are changing both the nature of political […]

PhD Applications 2023/2024

27/10/2022 News

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies (Faculty of Art, Charles University) is currently accepting research proposals from PhD applicants for the academic year 2023/2024. The Middle Eastern Studies Programme is organised together with the Oriental Institute (The Czech Academy of Sciences). We welcome historical, philological and interdisciplinary projects, especially focusing on modern and contemporary issues […]

500 Years of Hebrew Teaching, Studies and Collecting at Oxford University

27/10/2022 News

On Monday, 24 October 2022 Christ Church Library will host an international one-day in-person conference on ‘500 Years of Hebrew Teaching, Hebrew Studies and Hebrew Collecting in Oxford’. We have invited 6 speakers to Oxford from Israel, the US, Germany and the Czech Republic, one of them being Olga Sixtová from the Department of Middle […]

Jewish Traces in Southern Morocco

27/10/2021 News

The research team from Jewish Traces in the Southern Morocco published an article on the project and its technical aspects “Earthen Jewish Architecture of Southern Morocco: Documentation of Unfired Brick Synagogues and Mellahs in the Drâa-Tafilalet Region”, which was published in the periodical Applied Sciences. We congratulate our colleagues on the publication and wish the […]

PhD Applications

28/01/2021 News

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies (Faculty of Art, Charles University) is currently accepting research proposals from PhD applicants for the academic year 2021/2022. The Middle Eastern Studies Programme is organised together with the Oriental Institute (The Czech Academy of Sciences). We welcome historical, philological and interdisciplinary projects, especially focusing on modern and contemporary issues […]

CANCELLED – Kent Schull: Forced Migration in the Middle East

20/02/2020 News

Kent Schull’s lecture has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience. Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invite you to next installment of the Middle East Lecture Series! Professor Kent Schull (Binghamton University) will give his lecture on the topic of Forced Migration in the Middle East: […]

Frédéric Volpi: Protest Movements and Islamist Mobilisation in North Africa

26/11/2019 News

Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invite you to next installment of the Middle East Lecture Series! Profesor Frédéric Volpi (The University of Edinburgh) will give his lecture on the topic of Protest Movements and Islamist Mobilisation in North Africa: Looking Beyond the Arab Uprisings on Thursday, […]

Cancelled – Merouan Mekouar: Drawing the Wrong Lessons

01/11/2019 News

Merouan Mekouar’s lecture has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience. Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invite you to next installment of the Middle East Lecture Series! Dr. Merouan Mekouar (York University) will give his lecture on the topic of Drawing the Wrong Lessons: Morocco and the […]

Necati Alkan: Scientific Method Guides Their Steps

30/09/2019 News

Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences invite you to next installment of the Middle East Lecture Series! Dr. Necati Alkan (Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg) will give his lecture on the topic of Scientific method guides their steps: Two Late Ottoman Officials between Modernity and Tradition in the Province of […]

Další

Celebrating International Women’s Day

13/03/2023 Faculty

More than 20 international women scientists from Charles University met at Kampus Hybernská to share their stories, experiences and motivations. Among them was also doc. Clare Wallace from the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures at CU FA.

Cup of Tea: Irish Breakfast

06/03/2023 Faculty

New episode of the podcast by students of English and American Studies at CU FA features prof. Ondřej Pilný, Head of Centre for Irish Studies at CU FA. Prof. Pilný introduces modern Irish drama from J. M. Synge to Martin McDonagh and beyond.

Charles University Organizes International Women’s Day in Science at CU

03/03/2023 Faculty

The event will take place on 8 March at the Hybernská Campus in Hall 3A from 6 pm. It celebrates two significant days – International Women’s Day and International Day of Women and Girls in Science – and will feature women across disciplines from a number of different countries, many of whom are based at faculties and other units of Charles University.

Volunteering Helps you Focus on Priorities

27/02/2023 Faculty

The day may come when she will fulfil her childhood dream and become a musical star; but for the moment, Karolína Mikysková is focusing on her studies in psychology at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. She is also involved in charity and volunteer work, which includes helping cancer patients.

Fire Drill of the Main Building of CU FA on Monday, 23 February

23/02/2023 Faculty

All persons present at the main building of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, Prague 1) have to attend the drill. The other faculty buildings, where the planned teaching takes place, are not affected. The duration of the event is expected to be 20–30 minutes.

Students of English and American Studies Launched a New Podcast “Cup of Tea”

17/02/2023 Faculty

In the small-format podcast, the teachers and other guests will explore the Anglophone world and their own research.

PhD Candidate at CU FA, Marta Mezhlumyan, Is the Co-Editor of Armenian Diaspora in Dynamics

09/02/2023 Faculty

This publication is devoted to the analysis of historical experience and modern trends in the development of Armenians in some countries. The publication is the result of cooperation between the Institute of Ethnology at CU FA and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.

CU FA Hosted Debate with Leading Investigators of War Crimes in Ukraine

06/02/2023 Faculty

In November 2022, the Department of East European Studies at CU FA and the Prague Civil Society Centre held the debate “Fight for Justice: A talk with Ukrainian lawyers documenting Russia’s war crimes.” The whole session was recorded and the recording is freely accessible online.

The Article of the Year 2022 in Aesthetics Was Published by CU FA

12/01/2023 Faculty

Simon Høffding, Carlos Vara Sánchez, and Tone Roald were awarded for their article “Being Moved by Art: A Phenomenological and Pragmatist Dialogue” published in Estetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics. The journal is published by CU FA in collaboration with Helskinki University Press. The award is organized by the Finnish Society for Aesthetics since 2015.

Nadcházející události

There are no upcoming events.

View Calendar

 


Primární navigace

  • HomePage
  • Department
    • About the Department
    • History
    • Department Contacts
  • People
    • Academic Staff
      • Viktor Bielický
      • Daniel Boušek
      • Petr Felčer
      • Burak Hilmioğlu
      • Tereza Jermanová
      • Filip Kaas
      • Mona Khademi
      • Jakub Koláček
      • Zuzana Kříhová
      • Jitka Malečková
      • Ľubomír Novák
      • František Ondráš
      • Adam Pospíšil
      • Adéla Provazníková
      • Olga Sixtová
      • Pavel Sládek
      • Pavel Ťupek
      • Josef Ženka
      • Milan Žonca
    • PhD. Students
    • International Guests
  • Students
    • Timetable
    • Erasmus+ Incoming Students
  • Applicants
    • Hebrew and Jewish Studies
    • Middle Eastern Studies
    • PhD. Programmes
  • Research
    • Hebrew Palaeography of Early Modern Ashkenaz
    • Prague Center for Jewish Studies
    • Lexicographic Database of Bedouin Dialects
    • Jewish Traces in Southern Morocco
  • Library
  • Calendar
  • Contact

Jazyky

  • Čeština
  • English
  • ff.cuni.cz
  • Rychlé odkazy
    • SIS
    • Intranet
    • 🎓 Moodle 1
    • 🎓 Moodle 2
    • 📆 Rozvrh
    • 📆 Harmonogram AR
    • 📖 Centrální katalog
    • 📕 Turnitin
    • 💻 MS Teams
    • 📁 Zaměstnanci

Patička webu

E-mail
kbv@ff.cuni.cz
Phone
(+420) 221 619 693
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • E-mail

You can find us at Celetná 20, on the second floor, just 5 minute walk from the Main Building.

Address: Celetná 20, 116 42 Prague 1

Postal Address: nám. Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1

Departmental Secretary: Lenka Horčičková (Second Floor, 234)
tel.: (+420) 221 619 693 email: lenka.horcickova@ff.cuni.cz

footer medal
Filozofická fakulta
Univerzita Karlova

nám. Jana Palacha 2
116 38 Praha 1

© FF UK 2015
  • Calendar
  • Calendar
  • People
    • Academic Staff
      • Viktor Bielický
      • Daniel Boušek
      • Petr Felčer
      • Burak Hilmioğlu
      • Tereza Jermanová
      • Filip Kaas
      • Mona Khademi
      • Jakub Koláček
      • Zuzana Kříhová
      • Jitka Malečková
      • Ľubomír Novák
      • František Ondráš
      • Adam Pospíšil
      • Adéla Provazníková
      • Olga Sixtová
      • Pavel Sládek
      • Pavel Ťupek
      • Josef Ženka
      • Milan Žonca
    • International Guests
    • PhD. Students
  • Library
    • New Acquisitions of the Library
  • Contact
  • Students
    • Timetable
    • Erasmus+ Incoming Students
  • Applicants
    • Hebrew and Jewish Studies
    • Middle Eastern Studies
    • PhD. Programmes
      • Jewish Studies
      • Middle Eastern Studies
  • Department
    • About the Department
    • History
    • Department Contacts
  • Research
    • Hebrew Palaeography of Early Modern Ashkenaz
    • Prague Center for Jewish Studies
    • Lexicographic Database of Bedouin Dialects
    • Jewish Traces in Southern Morocco