On Monday, April 30, a conference “Türkiye-Czechia Relations from Past to Present” was held at the Faculty of Arts. The event was jointly organized by the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Prague, and the Turkish Historical Society. Opening remarks were delivered by the Dean of the Faculty […]
We are happy to share an invitation from our colleagues from the University of Warsaw: Dear Friends, We are thrilled to announce that Warsaw Ulpan 2026 is open for applications! This intensive Hebrew language summer course is your chance to dive into Modern Hebrew and explore Jewish heritage and culture right in the heart of Warsaw, Poland. Warsaw Ulpan isn’t […]
On January 26 and 27, six colleagues from our department visited the Faculty of Asian and African Cultures at the University of Warsaw to participate in a workshop organized as part of the MESCHANGE project, a mini-grant from the 4EU+ strategic alliance, initiated by Jakub Záhora. The main objective of the project was to present […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 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 […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies kindly invites all students, faculty members, and the general public to the international conference “Türkiye-Czechia Relations from Past to Present.” The conference will take place on Monday, March 30, starting at 10:00 a.m. in Room P104 of the main building of the Faculty of Arts (Náměstí Jana Palacha 1/2). […]
Our second guest in March will be PD. Dr. Lutz Rzehak from Humboldt University of Berlin. Lutz Rzehak is affiliated with the Central Asian Seminar, and in his academic and pedagogical work he focuses on modern Iranian languages (Persian, Dari, Pashto, Balochi, and Tajik) as well as on the ethnography and cultural history of Central […]
Next week, the Department of Middle Eastern Studies will welcome Professor Gülsemin Hazer. Professor Hazer is the head of the Department of Turkish Language at Sakarya University. Her academic and pedagogical focus is primarily on 20th-century Turkish literature and the literary analysis of works by modern Turkish authors. As part of her visit, she will […]
What are the imaginaries of the future of the Middle East and the future development of Middle Eastern states? Tereza Jermanová and Jan Daniel are organizing a workshop based on the (im)Vision project hosted at our department and dedicated to this very question. The workshop will take place in Izmir, Turkey, in July this year. We invite submissions […]
In June, the Faculty of Arts will host the international conference Linguistics Prague, focusing on empirical research in various areas of linguistics. The conference is primarily intended for master’s and doctoral students (or early postdoctoral researchers). Abstracts must be submitted by February 1st. Complete information about the conference and both formal and content requirements for abstracts can be found here:
We invite applications for a part-time postdoctoral researcher position focusing on visions of political change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The successful candidate will join the team working on the Charles University-funded PRIMUS project “Envisioning (Im)possible Futures: Imaginaries of Political Transformation in the Middle East”, led by Dr. Tereza Jermanová at the Department of Middle […]
The Prague Centre for Jewish Studies, CU FA and the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, CU FA cordially invite you to a guest lecture by Dr. Ahuva Liberles (Tel Aviv University) titled Constructing Jewish Heritage in Medieval Ashkenaz. 🕑 Wednesday November 19th, 14:00 📍 Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Celetná 20 Prague 1, room 240 […]
