The Department of Middle Eastern Studies cordially invites you to a guest lecture by Prof. Walter Armbrust from University of Oxford titled “An Immoveable Object and an Irresistible Force: ‘Adil Imam in the January 25th Revolution”. When: 25 March 2025 from 17:45 Where: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, náměstí Jana Palacha 1/2, room 300 Walter […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the Prague Centre of Jewish Studies, FA CU are hosting a lecture by Dr. Andrea Schatz (King’s College London) entitled “Warriors or Merchants? The Exile of the Ten Tribes in Early Modern Global Contexts“. The lecture takes place on Tuesday 18th February from 14:10 at the Department of […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts of Charles University and Prague Centre for Jewish Studies invite you to a lecture by professor Maoz Kahana (Tel Aviv University) titled “Smoke the Pipe and Win the War: One Sabbatean Smoking Ritual and Its Echoes in Chassidic Lore”. The lecture will take place on Tuesday, […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies invites all to a lecture by David Rotman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) “Tears for Fears: Folklore and Politics in the Cults of Rachel the Matriarch in Contemporary Israel“. “Since at least the mid-19th century, a well-established and widely participated cult of Rachel the Matriarch has existed, primarily at the […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies invites you to a lecture by Dr. Nathan J. Brown (George Washington University) titled America, Israel, and Palestine in the Wake of the Gaza War. The lecture will take place on Thursday, 26 September 2024, from 17:45 at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, 116 […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the European University Institute announces a call for proposals for articles that focus on people’s various life situations in the context of Holocaust, combining the categories of race and ethnicity with that of disability.
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences are hosting the international conference The 15th EURAMAL Conference: Ecocritical Approaches and Environmental Issues in Modern Arabic Literature, which will take place from May 27 to 31, 2024, at the main building […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies invites you to a lecture by Ehsan Abdoh-Tabrizi titled Chasing Shadows: The Islamic Republic of Iran´s Quest for Alliance with Russia. Since the days of the Soviet Union, the Islamic Republic of Iran has persistently sought a close partnership with Russia, but this obsession has proven costly with limited gains. […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies cordially invites all interested to a book talk with Jessica Roda from Georgetown University, who will present the topics of her new book For Women and Girls Only. Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy Through the Arts in the Digital Age. When: Wednesday 15 May 2024 from 15:50 Where: 20 Celetná street, […]
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies cordially invites all for a lecture by Anna Holian (Arizona State University) with the title Family and Business in the Aftermath of Genocide: Jewish Family Firms in West Germany. When: Thursday 11 April 2024 from 17:30 Where: 20 Celetná Street, Prague 1, room 240 (2nd floor) Anna Holian, Ph. […]
