Zdeněk Kučera Wednesday, April 2 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Lecture provides students with basic information on the history and historical geography of Czechia. Throughout the lecture image, identity and heritage of the present country will be discussed in connection to its historical origins and in the context of long-term historical developments in the region […]

Petr Pavlínek Thursday, April 24 1 pm – 5:30 pm TBD Details under negotiation with Škoda Auto factory.

Ivan Bičík & Radim Perlín Monday, April 28 10:30 am – 12:00 pm The 19th and 20th centuries were periods of quick and deep changes in both nature and human society in Central Europe. In general, we can observe three levels of interaction nature and society: During the last century, society started gaining dominance over […]

Eva Janská Tuesday, April 17 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm The aim of this seminar is to assist students in better understanding the problem of integration/assimilation of immigrants into a majority society. At the beginning, we will briefly introduce definition and various concepts of immigrants´ integration as they have been and are practiced, on one […]

Michal Pitoňák Monday, April 14 3 pm – 7 pm Prague has been central European node of sexual diversity and freedom for over a century, it is today well known as either European “sex-capital”, “porn-industry hot point” or simply as “gay” city. Our excursion will provide a peak into its vivid queer history as well […]

Jan Daňhelka Monday, April 28 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm In the past, Prague has already been affected by many large-scale floods, which have always had a very significant and long-term impact on its life. From historical data, it is clear that floods were a common part of the annual Vltava river cycle. Almost every […]

Dušan Drbohlav Friday, April 23 8:00 am – 7:00 pm Glass production has been a very important industry but also “art” in Bohemia for a long time. It is something that the Czech nation can be proud of. Bohemian glass, chiefly referred to as Bohemia crystal, is glass produced in the regions of Bohemia and […]

Luděk Sýkora Wednesday, April 9 10:30 am – 12 pm • Neoliberal capitalism and planetary urbanization• Multiple transformations in the postsocialist city• Processes and localities of urban change Readings: Sýkora, L. and Bouzarovski, S., 2012. Multiple transformations: Conceptualising the post-communist urban transition. Urban Studies, 49(1), pp.43-60.

Tomáš Kostelecký Tuesday, April 4 1:30 pm – 3 pm Lecture provides students with the basic information about the party development in the Czech Republic after the fall of the Communist regime in 1989. The key moments of party formation after 1989 are described. Ideological profiles and organizational structures of main parties are presented, special […]

Luděk Sýkora Thursday, April 10 10:30 am – 12 pm • Contemporary urban challenges: residential segregation and suburban sprawl• Risks of new path dependencies and lock-ins• The second round of transition: legitimacy crisis and seeking alternatives in urban development Readings: Sýkora, L., 2020. Postsocialist Cities. In: Kobayashi, A., ed., International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2nd […]