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The new team is complete. On Monday 7 February, the team of the new rector of Charles University, Professor Milena Králíčková, met for the first time in the historic Carolinum’s Patriotic Hall.
On Wednesday, 26 January 2022, Professor Milena Králíčková - elected in the autumn by the Academic Senate as the next head of Charles University (and first woman rector in its 674 year history), was appointed by President Miloš Zeman at Prague Castle. The ceremony included candidates also from other universities in the Czech Republic. Most, like CU’s Králíčková, will take office at the beginning of next month.
The academic development team of 4EU+ is pleased to announce the official launch of the ABC-LD @4EU+ workshop for academic teams and teachers of our universities. We offer the ABC LD @4EU+ tool as a sustainable and creative activity for a developing academic environment taking into account contemporary and future requirements for 21st century education.
In practice, this will mean that, from 00:00 (midnight) on 22. 11. 2021, it will no longer be possible to present a self-test for admission to dormitories. Instead, admission to dormitories shall require the presentation of evidence of the following every 7 days. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for respecting these government-mandated rules and conditions.
Czechs have been marking 17 November, commemorating the courage of students and citizens who stood up to two different totalitarian regimes: against the Nazi oppressors in 1939 and the Communists 50 years later. Students, teachers and representatives of Charles University as well as colleagues from other schools and regular citizens, all took part.
Charles University recently launched its new discovery service, UKAŽ, facilitating the simultaneous and smooth search of printed, digitised and electronic resources. The system was a complete redesign of its forerunner, integrating the catalogues of more than 60 CU libraries. Searching for books has never been more convenient.
The Student Chamber of the Academic Senate of Charles University appeals to students of individual faculties, to persevere in the observance of anti-epidemic measures and to get vaccinated. Their aim is to maintain the necessary in-person teaching despite the ever-increasing number of positively tested for COVID-19.
Charles University professor Milena Králíčková has been elected the next rector of Charles University. She becomes the first woman in the history of the school to hold the top post.
"I have always been attracted to science from a medical point of view. The choice of virology was a combination of relevance to human health and the technical possibilities of that time," says Professor Hans-Georg Kraeusslich, explaining why he became a virologist. Professor Kraeusslich was recently honoured by Charles University.
This month, Charles University became the first stop for a traveling exhibition about the Vienna Circle from the University of Vienna. The show was accompanied by a conference on the lasting influence of the group – which included philosophers and scientists such as Moritz Schlick and Otto Neurath.
The first keynote speaker is Kateřina Králová, an Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Russian and Eastern European Studies, and project leader of “Beyond Hegemonic Narratives and Myths”. In her research, she focuses on reconciliation with the Nazi past, the Holocaust and its aftermath, the Greek Civil War and post-war reconstruction, particularly in Greece.
On 24 September 2021, the Rector of Charles University, Professor Tomáš Zima, was pleased to award a Gold Medal to Dr Andrew Graham in recognition of the strong reinvigoration of the Europaeum that has occurred under his leadership. Charles University joined the Europeaum in 2001 and has been a strong supporter ever since. It has therefore especially welcomed the recent resurgence.
Thomas Hylland Eriksen is a world-renowned anthropologist whose research has taken him from the islands of Mauritius and Trinidad to Australia and back to his homeland, Norway. A professor at the University of Oslo, Eriksen is a prolific author, perhaps best known for the seminal Tyranny of the Moment: Fast and Slow Time in the Information Age (2001) and Overheating: An Anthropology of Accelerated Change (2016). The professor was honoured by Charles University recently.
Young international academics from Charles University got together to hear the Story of Prague. Despite a torrential rain and low temperatures the young researchers from Bosnia, Brazil, Great Britain, India, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Ukraine and the USA enjoyed the most and less famous Prague sights, stories and legends during a guided tour organised by CU SWC .
The Medic Orchestra of Semmelweis University (Hungary) - this year marks the 250th anniversary of the school's foundation - was formed eleven years ago and has been led by artistic director and conductor Gergely Dubóczky since 2009. Its members are primarily students from the medical school, as well as from other Hungarian institutions of higher education.