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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE

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FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE


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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Useful Websites ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1

I. Faculty of Humanities (FHS) ................................................................................................................................................. 2

Structure of the Faculty ............................................................................................................................................................ 3

FHS buildings ................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

II. Study ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

FHS Students ................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Faculty Departments .................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Degrees Offered in Foreign Languages ............................................................................................................................... 9

III. International Cooperation .............................................................................................................................................. 14

Contact information ................................................................................................................................................................ 14

International Office .................................................................................................................................................................. 14

Bilateral Agreements .............................................................................................................................................................. 16

IV. Incoming Exchange Students.......................................................................................................................................... 18

Admission requirements for exchange students ......................................................................................................... 18

Academic Calendar 2011/12 ............................................................................................................................................... 19

Courses in Foreign Languages (2011/2012) ................................................................................................................ 19

V. Student Life / Facilities for Students ............................................................................................................................. 24

Notes ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 26

Useful Websites

Charles University: http://cuni.cz/UKENG-1.html

City of Prague: http://www.praha.eu/jnp/en/home/index.html

Municipal Library of Prague: http://www.mlp.cz/en/events-and-news/

National Library: http://nkp.cz/_en/index.php3

Prague Public Transport: http://www.dpp.cz/en/

Public transport timetables: http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/praha/spojeni/

http://www.praha.eu/jnp/en/home/index.html


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I. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES (FHS)

The Faculty of Humanities (FHS) is Charles University’s youngest faculty. Originally founded in the

early 1990s as the Institute for Liberal Education, it was elevated to the rank of a faculty in 2000,

the vision being that it would offer study programmes at the Bachelor, Master’s and PhD levels

in various humanities and social science disciplines not yet established at CU. The FHS quickly gained

a reputation as a progressive school with innovative study programmes and teaching methods.

The mission of the Faculty of Humanities is through high-quality education to endow students with

the ability to lead a fulfilling life in this increasingly complex and changing world.

to provide education in the humanities and social sciences that meets the highest international

standards;

to achieve excellence in research and integrate it with education;

to cultivate the ability of students to learn throughout life and encourage self-responsibility

and a commitment to society;

to promote the mobility of the FHS’s increasingly international student body and academic

staff.

The Faculty of Humanities is dedicated to excellence in various areas of academic research.

The faculty participates in international and national research projects and promotes young

researchers’ academic development.

Research at the Faculty of Humanities is supervised by the Department of Science and Research.

The list of all research projects is available on the department’s website: http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-

367.html.

Examples of the most important projects:

Religious Cultures in Europe of the 19th and 20th centuries, prof. Miloš Havelka, CSc.

(in cooperation with Professor Dr. Martin Schulze Wesse, Ludwig Maximilian University

of Munich)

Philosophical Investigations of Body Experiences: Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Karel

Novotný, M.A., Ph.D. (in cooperation with doc. Hans Rainer Sepp, Dr.)


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Structure of the Faculty

Dean:

doc. PhDr. Ladislav Benyovszky, CSc.

Vice – Deans:

Vice - Dean for International Cooperation: Marek Skovajsa, PhD

Vice - Dean for External Affairs: prof. PhDr. Jan Sokol, CSc., PhD

Vice - Dean for Study Affairs: Mgr. Josef Kružík, PhD

Vice - Dean for Students Affairs: doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Pinc

Vice - Dean for Science and Research: Mgr. Cyril Říha, PhD

Vice-Dean for Development: Ing. arch. Mgr. Marie Pětová, PhD

Faculty Secretary:

Mgr. Karel Strnad

Address: U Kříže 8

158 00, Prague 5 – Jinonice

Czech Republic

Tel.: (+420) 251 080 212

Website: http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-1.html


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FHS buildings

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Address: U Kříže 8

158 00, Prague 5 – Jinonice

(metro line B, station Jinonice)

Tel.: (+420) 251 080 212

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Address: Politických vězňů 7

111 21, Prague 1 – Nové město

(metro line B or A, station Můstek)

Tel.: (+420) 224 005 201


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Address: Husníkova 2075

158 00, Prague 13 – Stodůlky

(metro line B, station Hůrka)

Tel.: (+420) 251 620 283

Address: Máchova 7

110 00, Prague 2 – Vinohrady

(metro line A, station Náměstí Míru)

Tel.: (+420) 221 592 544


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II. STUDY

FHS Students

Approximately 3,000 students

Over 150 international students come to study at the FHS every year

Faculty Departments

Address: U Kříže 8, 158 00 Prague 5 – Jinonice

Director of the Institute: Richard Zika, Ph.D. ([email protected])

Secretary: Mgr. Kateřina Pollaková ([email protected])

Characteristics of BA Study Programme Liberal Arts and Humanities (offered in Czech):

The programme of Liberal Arts and Humanities (SHV) is focused on philosophical, historical,

and cultural and social anthropology. The significant features of the programme are broad offer

of courses and liberal curriculum that allows students to improve their individual abilities and

interests. Students complete mandatory courses in humanities and social sciences and pass

comprehensive exams relevant to each field. By their choice of courses during their study, they can

gradually specialise either for further (Master’s) studies, or for the practical use of the acquired skills.

Departments of Liberal Arts and Humanities:

i. Department of Arts

Head of the Department: Mgr. Aleš Svoboda

([email protected])

ii. Department of History

Head of the Department: Mgr. Markéta Seligová,

Ph.D. ([email protected])


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iii. Department of Languages

Head of the Department: Mgr. Lily Císařovská

([email protected])

iv. Department of Philosophy

Head of the Department: Mgr. Jaroslav Novotný,


v. Department of Qualified Skills

Head of the Department: Ing. Inna Čábelková,


vi. Department of Social Sciences

Head of the Department: Mgr. Hedvika Novotná

([email protected])

Address: Husníkova 2075, 158 00 Prague 13 - Stodůlky

Head of the Department: Ing. Petr Pavlík, Ph.D. ([email protected])

Secretary: Mgr. Lucie Sinanovičová ([email protected])

Master Degree Study Programmes Departments:

i. Civil Sector Studies

Address: Husníkova 2075, 158 00 Prague 13

Head of the Department: Mgr. Selma Muhic

Dizdarevic, Ph.D. ([email protected])

Secretary: Petra Fejfarová

([email protected])

ii. Electronic Culture and Semiotics


Head of the Department: prof. PhDr. Miroslav

Marcelli, Ph.D. ([email protected])

Secretary: Martina Vacířová

([email protected])

iii. Gender Studies


Head of the Department: PhDr. Hana Havelková,


Secretary: Lucie Sinanovičová

([email protected])

iv. General Anthropology


Head of the Department: Mgr. Yasar Abu Ghosh,


Secretary: Zuzana Schreiberová

([email protected])

v. German and French Philosophy

Address: U Kříže 8, 158 00 Prague 5

Head of the Department: Karel Novotný M.A.,


Secretary: Zora Valášková

([email protected])

vi. Historical Sociology


Head of the Department: doc. PhDr. Jiří Šubrt,

CSc. ([email protected])

Secretary: Barbora Pincová

([email protected])


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vii. Management and Supervision in Social and

Health Care Organisation

Address: Máchova 7, 120 00 Prague 2

Head of Department: PhDr. Zuzana Havrdová,

CSc. ([email protected])

Secretary: Milada Pajgrtová

([email protected])

viii. Oral History – Contemporary History


Head of the Department: prof. PaedDr. et Mgr.

Miroslav Vaněk, Ph.D.

([email protected])

Secretary: Anna Weberová

([email protected])

ix. Social and Cultural Ecology


Head of the Department: PhDr. Ivan Rynda

([email protected])

Secretary: Martina Suchá

([email protected])


Director of the PhD Programmes: Ing. Jana Jeníčková, Ph.D. ([email protected])

Postgraduate Degree Study Programmes Departments

i. Anthropology

ii. Applied Ethics

iii. Environmental Studies

iv. Integral Study of Man – General Anthropology


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Degrees Offered in Foreign Languages

i. Institute of Liberal Arts and Humanities (SHV)

The programme of Liberal Arts and Humanities (SHV) is focused on philosophical, historical,

and cultural and social anthropology. The significant features of the programme are broad offer of

courses and liberal curriculum that allows students to improve their individual abilities and interests.

Students complete mandatory courses in humanities and social sciences and pass comprehensive

exams relevant to each field. By their choice of courses during their study, they can gradually

specialise either for further (Master’s) studies, or for the practical use of the acquired skills.

The study programme is divided into two segments, the theoretical segment and the

application segment, and into six sub-modules: the theoretical segment includes the social science,

the historical and the philosophical modules; the application segment is comprised of the

communicative, the creative and the qualified skills modules. The head of each particular module is

responsible for the selection and for the quality of offered courses. It is customary that each student

chooses a so-called tutor (a teacher of FHS UK) at the beginning of or during their studies. The tutor

helps students to choose relevant courses and later the theme of their diploma thesis, of which they

are the supervisor of. Choosing a tutor is not compulsory, but highly recommended, as they aid in the

easier and more successful orientation in the study programme.

Information on the graduates’ acquired skills

The graduate of Liberal Arts and Humanities acquires knowledge in many disciplines of the

humanities (philosophy, sociology, psychology, history, anthropology and economics)

and interdisciplinary, thorough practical knowledge of at least one foreign language, including

the capability of professional translation, the ability of critical thinking and of sophisticated speech

and writing. Great emphasis is put, above all, on self-reliance and responsibility training and on

individual creative work, which allows for further effective education and flexibility under the

changing conditions on the labour market. The graduate acquires qualifications for a wide range


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of professions, for example, in the fields of state administration and self-government, in non-profit

organisations, in education, in research activities for various institutions, or in consulting in the

multicultural sphere and in humanities-oriented institutions. The graduate with a predominantly

theoretical specialisation acquires during their studies not only a solid base in the general humanities,

but also expertise in any of above-mentioned humanities disciplines, and thus will be adequately

prepared for further studies in many humanities branches on the master’s level. The graduate with a

predominantly applied skills specialisation may be employed in the fields of public relations,

advertisement, media etc., thanks to their acquired knowledge of, for example, creating research

projects, text editing and preparation, information processing and creating company presentations.

Entrance Exams

The three-year study programme is open in the present form of study. The entrance examination is

comprised of a summary of an English academic text, to be written in English, and answering follow-

up questions based on the text, in English. These questions are intended to ascertain whether or not

the applicant fully grasped the contents of the text. The applicant can acquire up to 28 points (25 for

the summary and one point for each of the answers). An applicant whose summary is not satisfactory

will be awarded 0 points and will not be admitted. The conditions for admittance include presenting

a diploma certifying successful completion of secondary school (high school). In case of high school

graduation abroad, applicants have to submitt nostrification of high school diploma.

Electronic aids are not allowed during the entrance examination. Prior to the examination, applicants

will receive a letter announcing the date and time of the examination. It is anticipated that

the examination will be held on Wednesday, June 6th, 2012. Applicants who cannot take

the examination due to justified reasons (illness) will be given an extra term of the examination.

Simultaneously taking another entrance examination to another graduate school is not considered

a legitimate reason for being entitled to take it at a later date. A duly justified request for a later date

of the entrance examination should be delivered to the Students’ Office within three working days

after the regular term of the examination.

Head of the Liberal Arts and Humanities Programme:

Richard Zika, Ph.D. ([email protected])

Application deadline: February 29

Application form: https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/

Tuition fee: 2,000 € / year

A non-refundable 400 CZK application fee is required.

Open Day: January 18, 2012, 9 am – 2 pm, The Faculty House; 8,U Kříže, Praha 5 – Jinonice, 158 00)


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i. German and French Philosophy in European Context

The Erasmus Master Mundus programme German and French Philosophy in Europe

(EuroPhilosophie) offers a two-year Master’s study programme to students from all over the world

who are chosen by an entrance exam; the study programme is aimed especially at German and French

philosophy from the 18th century to the present and their reciprocal influences in the intellectual

and cultural European space. The programme is taught in German and French at seven different

universities. Tuition at FHS UK is particularly focused on German and French phenomenology,

but courses on German classic philosophy and contemporary French thought are also offered.

ii. Historical Sociology

The aim of the study programme of historical sociology is to cultivate research activities and the

education of experts with a specialisation in the issues of long-term social processes and trends that

have a significant impact on life of contemporary societies. Above all, it deals with the problems

of modernisation and social change, globalisation trends and influences, integration and

disintegration processes, relationship of continuity and discontinuity, religious and cultural pluralism,

linking the global to the local, identification of the chances and risks of social development, analysis

of conflict situations and the possibility of overcoming them. The need for understanding of all of

these issues invokes the need for the development of adequate theoretical and methodological

approaches, and also of the specific training of university students.

Head of the Historical Sociology Programme:

doc. PhDr. Jiří Šubrt, CSc. ([email protected])

Application deadline: August 15

Application form: https://is.cuni.cz/eng/studium/login.php?do=prihlaska


Language of instruction: English

Further information: http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-370.html

Head of the German and French Philosophy in European Context Programme:

Karel Novotný M. A., Ph.D. ([email protected])

Application deadline: January 28

Application form: http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-362.html

Tuition fee: 2,400 € / semester (non-European students), 750 €/semester (European students)

EU grants: 20,800 € / year (non-European students), 9,000 €/year (European students)

Language of instruction: French, German

Further information: www.europhilosophie.eu.


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iii. Oral History and Contemporary History

The two-year Master’s study programme in Oral History and Contemporary History is intended for

students interested in contemporary (European) history, in interviewing methodologies and in

interpretative methods. Its main aim is to train students to conduct research through creating and

analysing interviews, and developing fieldwork projects to address those historical and contemporary

issues that require interdisciplinary investigation. The Master is divided into two sections, the first

covers contemporary (Czech and international) history and events, the second is methodological and

focuses on various interviewing techniques through which we can study contemporary history. It

binds together two general approaches of studying history, the macro and micro approaches, and

enables a thorough understanding of recent events in history. The Master Study Programme in Oral

and Contemporary History has practical applications in academic and university research, historic

preservation and legal and human rights work.

i. General Anthropology

PhD studies of Anthropology are realised in the fields of philosophical, historical, socio-cultural, socio-

linguistic and physical anthropology. The task of the study programme is to learn the theoretical basis

of the field and to master its methods and methodology of research work. The curriculum includes an

exam in a living language and four compulsory exams. The concept of the study programme and the

requirements of each field are determined by the department council. The study programme is

organised in both fulltime and correspondence forms of study.

Head of the Oral History and Contemporary History Programme:

doc. PaeDr. et. Mgr. Miroslav Vaněk, PhD. ([email protected])






Head of the Anthropology Programme:

Doc. PhDr. Jan Horský Ph.D. ([email protected])

Application deadline: April 30





http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-369.html


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Head of the Environmental Studies Programme:

prof. Bedřich Moldan, CSc. ([email protected])






ii. Environmental Studies

The objective of this PhD programme is to provide the concept of sustainable development with

support in the form of scientifically conducted research. An important aspect of the programme is the

interdisciplinary character of the defined research domains and the synergies among them. Although

it is not the main goal of the study, the research outputs could be an important source of scientifically

validated information for objective, relevant and qualified decision-making on environmental aspects

of the economic and social development of the Czech Republic.

The entrance examination includes:

- Debate on the proposed topic for doctoral training (dissertation project).

- For graduates in social sciences, examination of the knowledge of necessary basics in the

natural sciences needed for the study of the environment.

- For graduates in natural sciences (medical, technical), examination of knowledge in the social

sciences, including economics.

- Examination of English language proficiency.

Further information on entrance exams to degree programs:

https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/podprij/index.php?id=875ac64c21f44dc31a32b8e208ff1714&tid=&

KEY=1192171894z1

Required level of English: certificate is not required nevertheless examination on English language

proficiency is a part of entrance exam.

https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/podprij/index.php?id=875ac64c21f44dc31a32b8e208ff1714&tid=&KEY=1192171894z1

https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/podprij/index.php?id=875ac64c21f44dc31a32b8e208ff1714&tid=&KEY=1192171894z1


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III. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

The Faculty is highly supportive of student mobility and encourages participation in various types

of exchanges (Erasmus exchange programme, bilateral agreements at university as well as Faculty

level, etc.) thus increasing the diversity of students in classes.

Contact information

E-mail: [email protected]

Tel.: (+420) 251 080 334

Website: http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-1.html

Address: U Kříže 8, 158 00, Prague 5 – Jinonice

International Office

The FHS International Office coordinates student, teacher and staff mobility. The office is responsible

for contacts with partner institutions in other countries and for promoting international cooperation.

The office also provides counselling and support to incoming and outgoing students.

Vice - Dean for International Affairs:

Mgr. Marek Skovajsa, Ph.D. ([email protected])

Faculty coordinators / Erasmus Departmental Coordinators:

Bc. Magdaléna Hromková ([email protected])

Bc. Lenka Lukešová ([email protected])

CET Academic Programs is a study abroad organisation based in Washington, DC that has been

designing and administering innovative educational programmes abroad since 1982. Today, CET

offers semester and summer study abroad programmes in China, the Czech Republic, Italy, Japan,


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Jordan, Syria and Vietnam. In the Czech Republic, CET offers two study programmes: Central

European Studies in Prague and Jewish Studies in Prague.

Further information: http://cetacademicprograms.com/

Faculty of Humanities participates in the programme German and French Philosophy in the European

Context (EuroPhilosophie), which offers highly qualified students from around the world an advanced

study course in the field of German and French philosophy. Over two years, students spend one to two

semesters at three of the seven European universities participating in this programme (Bochum,

Louvain-la-Neuve, Luxembourg, Munich, Prague, Toulouse and Wuppertal). Programme graduates are

awarded a joint Master’s degree from three participating universities.

Further information: http://www.europhilosophie.eu/

FHS participates in the Undergraduate Programme in Central European Studies (UPCES) offered in

cooperation with CERGE-EI. This programme is open to students from top-tier American universities

and FHS students (including FHS exchange students). FHS students can choose any course and join the

excursions or cultural events held as a part of the programme. The courses focus on the history,

politics, society, culture, literature and philosophy of Central Europe.

The classes are held in Jinonice (U Kříže 8, Prague 5) or in the CERGE – EI building (Politických vězňů

7, Prague 1). The annotation and syllabus of courses is available in the SIS:

(https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/index.php) or at the website of the programme: http://upces.cerge-

ei.cz/current-students/courses.

Further information: http://upces.cerge-ei.cz/.


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Bilateral Agreements

Austria

Universität KLAGENFURT

Universität WIEN

Belgium

Université catholique de LOUVAIN-la-Neuve

Denmark

AARHUS Universitet

KOBENHAVNS Universitet

Finland

Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu, LAHTI

Turun yliopisto, TURKU

France

Institut d'Études Politiques de LYON

Institut national des langues et civilisations

orientales (INALCO), PARIS

Université de Bourgogne, DIJON

Université de NICE – Sophia Antipolis

Université PARIS X Ouest - NANTERRE

Université de POITIERS

Université de TOULOUSE - Le Mirail

Université LILLE III

Université PARIS VII - Denis Diderot

Germany

Carl von Ossietzky Universität OLDENBURG

Eberhard Karls Universität TÜBINGEN

Hochschule ZITTAU / GÖRLITZ

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität,

FRANKFURT AM MAIN

Justus - Liebig - Universität GIESSEN

Evangelische Fachhochschule FREIBURG

Katolische Fachhochschule FREIBURG

Ruhr - Universität BOCHUM

Technische Universität DRESDEN

Universität AUGSBURG

Universität ERFURT

Universität KONSTANZ

Universität WUPPERTAL

Universität ZEPPELIN

Greece

University of PATRAS

Hungary

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, BUDAPEST

Iceland

Háskóli Íslands, REYKJAVÍK

Italy

European University Institute, FIESOLE

Universita degli Studi di FIRENZE

Lithuania

VILNIAUS universitetas

Luxemburg

Université du LUXEMBOURG

The Netherlands

AMSTERDAM University College

Radboud Universiteit NIJMEGEN

Universiteit MAASTRICHT

Poland

Politechnika WROCŁAWSKA

Uniwersytet Jagielloński w KRAKOWIE

Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny w KRAKOWIE

Uniwersytet WROCŁAWSKI

Romania

Universitatea Nationala de Muzica, BUKUREST

Slovakia

Bratislavská medzinárodná škola liberálnych

štúdií (BISLA)

Katolícka univerzita v ROŽUMBERKU

Univerzita Komenského v BRATISLAVE


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Slovenia

Univerza v LUBLJANI

Spain

Universidad Complutense de MADRID

Universidade de SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

Universtiat de BARCELONA

Universitat de VALENCIA

Sweden

GŐTHENBORGS universitet

Högskolan pa Gotland, VISBY

Turkey

Sabanci Üniversitesi, ISTANBUL

United Kingdom

University of DURHAM

University of GREENWICH

University of NEWCASTLE

Australia

University of Queensland, BRISBANE

University of MELBOURNE

Macquarie University, SYDNEY

Griffith University, BRISBANE

Brazil

Universidad de SÃO PAULO

Canada

McGill University, MONTREAL

Université de MONTREÁL

France

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, PARIS

École des hautes études en sciences sociales,

PARIS

Germany

Universität BAYREUTH

Universität BONN

Technische Universität DRESDEN

Goethe Universität FRANKFURT AM MAIN

Albert Ludwigs Universität FREIBURG

Ludwig Maximilians Universität MŰNCHEN

Universität des SAARLANDES

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität JENA

Universität LEIPZIG

Universität HEIDELBERG

Israel

Hebrew University of JERUSALEM

Mexico

Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México,

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO

New Zealand

University of Otago, DUNEDIN

Peru

Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía, IQUITOS

Poland

Uniwersytet WARSZAWSKI

Russia

Urals State Gorky University, YEKATERINBURG

Slovakia

Univerzita Komenského v BRATISLAVE

Switzerland

Universität BASEL

United States of America

The University of MIAMI

The University of Montana, MISSOULA

The University of NEW ORLEANS

The State University of NEW YORK at New Paltz

The University of Utah, SALT LAKE CITY


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50

100

150

200

250

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Incoming Exchange Students: statistics

ERASMUS (LLP + Mundus)

CET

UPCES

CEEPUS

Other programmes

Application deadlines for

all incoming students:

30 June (winter semester /

academic year)

31 October (summer

semester)

31 May / 30 September

for students outside the EU

and EEA countries)

IV. INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS

The number of international students studying at the FHS increases steadily every year. The most

popular programmes are Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus (Master in EuroPhilosophie) and CET (Jewish

Studies and Central European Studies) for American students.

For further information see: National Agency for European Education programmes:

http://www.naep.cz/index.php?a=view-project-folder&project_folder_id=339& and CET Academic

programs: http://www.cetacademicprograms.com/.

Admission requirements for exchange students

In order to consider your application we require:

- Application (incl. Learning Agreement): https://is.cuni.cz/webapps (Erasmus) /

http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-349-version1-ApplicationFHS.pdf (Other Agreements)

- Nomination by your home institution

- Proof of language skills

- Transcript of Records

-

- Application (incl. Learning Agreement):

http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-349-version1-ApplicationFHS.pdf

- CV

- Letter of reference

- Motivation letter

- Proof of language skills

- Transcript of Records


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Academic Calendar 2011/12

Winter semester

Arrival days for international students: 21 & 22/09/2011

Orientation Session at the FHS for international students: 23/09/2011

Teaching period: 26/09/2011 – 08/12/2011 (UPCES courses), 06/01/2012 (other courses)

Registration period: 19/09/2011 – 30/09/2011 (UPCES courses), 17/10/2011 (other courses)

Christmas Holidays: 23/12/2011 – 02/01/2012

Other national holiday: 28/09/2011, 28/10/2011, 17/11/2011

Exam period: 12/12/2011 – 15/12/2011 (UPCES courses), 09/01/2012 - 17/02/2012 (other

courses)

Summer semester

Arrival days for international students: 15 & 16/02/2012

Orientation Session at the FHS for international students: 17/02/2012

Teaching period: 20/02/2012 – 18/05/2012

Registration period: 13/02/2012 – 24/02/2012 (UPCES courses), 05/03/2012 (other courses)

Exam period: 21/05/2012 – 24/05/2012 (UPCES courses), 01/07/2012 (other courses)

National holiday: 09/04/2012 (Easter Monday), 01/05/2012, 08/05/2012

Dean’s day: 06/04/2012 (Good Friday)

Rector’s day: 16/05/2012

Student Information System allows students to register to courses online. Students may find there

their schedule, study materials, grades, etc. The SIS is available at this website:

https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/index.php.

Courses in Foreign Languages (2011/2012)

You may find the list of courses as well as the schedule in the student information system (SIS):

https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/predmety/index.php?KEY=Az1.

The course targets students staying in the Czech Republic for a limited period of time and need to

cover the basis of the language in order to communicate in everyday situations. It aims to provide

the students with basic skills, grammar and vocabulary to deal with the life in the Czech Republic,

to give them an idea of the Czech language system as well as Czech culture. The instruction material is

based on common situations the students face, with emphasis on both receptive and productive

language skills (reading, listening, speaking and writing). Grammar is used functionally, as a tool to

reach communicational competencies but not the core purpose of the learning process.


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i. Communicative Module

American Short Story 2 (EN)

American Short Story 3 (EN)

British History (EN)

Creative and Academic Writing in English

(EN)

ENG – Advanced 3 (EN)



ENG – Intermediate (EN)

ENG – Intermediate 2 (EN)

ENG – Pre-Advanced (EN)

ENG – Upper Intermediate 1 (EN)

ENG – Upper Intermediate 3 (EN)

ENG – Upper-Advanced (EN)

Exploring Spoken English (EN)

Medieval Literature (EN)

Listening Skills (Intermediate) (EN)

Spanish for Beginners (ES)

Spanish for Beginners II (ES)

Short Story and Translation of Fiction in

English (EN)

ii. Creative Module

Exhibiting Technical Artefacts (EN)

iii. Historical Module

Introduction into the European History (EN)

iv. Philosophical Module

An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Czech

Literature (EN)

Seminar in Philosophical Text Interpretation

(EN)

Socratic Dialogues (EN, GE)

Socratic Dialogues II. (EN, GE)

The Agent / World Matrix Reconfigured (EN)

Introduction to Twentieth-Century Czech

Literature II (EN)


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v. Qualified Skills Module

Global and Regional Sustainability (EN)

Globalization and Sustainable Development (EN)

Introduction to Management (EN)

Introduction to Marketing (EN)

Introduction to Sustainability (EN)

Summer School within the Interdisciplinary

Study Programme on Sustainability and

Globalisation (EN)

Syndromes of Global Change (EN)

vi. Social Sciences Module

CEE Economic Growth and Development (EN;

Economics)

CE Literature and Society (EN)

Central Europe: Shaping a Modern Culture

(EN; History / Cultural Studies / Sociology)

Central European Philosophy (EN; Philosophy)

Comprehending the Holocaust (EN;

Philosophy)

Czechs, Americans and Europeans (EN;

Anthropology / Cultural Studies)

Czechs, Germans and Jews in Bohemian Lands

(EN; History / Cultural Studies)

Defining Themes and Personalities of Central

European Cinema (EN; Film)

Economics of Transition (EN; Economics)

Environmental Policy in the Central European

Context (EN; Political Science / Economics)

European Integration (EN; Political Science /

International Relations / Economics)

European-American Relations in the 21st

Century (EN; Political Science / International

relations)

Gender and Minorities in Post-socialist

Europe (EN; Anthropology / Sociology / Cultural

Studies)

Global Communication (EN; Cultural Studies /

Communication)

Gothic, Baroque, Modern: Arts in Bohemia

(EN; History / Cultural Studies /Art /

Architecture)

Housing Market in Central and Eastern

Europe (EN; Economics)

Human Relationships in Czech and American

Films (EN; Film / Anthropology)

Ideas Behind Politics: Post-Communism and

Civil Society in Central Europe (EN)

In Love with Power (EN; Political Science)

Introduction to Sociology (EN)

Introductory Economics (EN; Economics)

Kafka in Prague (EN; Literature)

Kulturelles Gedächtnis im Spannungsfeld

zwischen Erinnern und Vergessen (GE)A

Life and Culture in a Totalitarian Regime (EN;

Political Science)

Literature and Society: Central European

Writers (EN; Literature / Sociology)

Multiculturalism, Ethnicity and Collective

Memory in Central and Eastern Europe (EN;

Anthropology / Sociology / Cultural Studies)

Political History of Czechoslovakia (EN;

History / Cultural Studies)

Prague as a Living History (EN; History /

Cultural Studies / Art / Architecture)

Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies (EN;

Psychology / Cultural Studies)

Psychology in Europe (EN; Psychology)

Romanticism and National Identity (EN;

Literature / History)

Seminar in Economic Reasoning and Analysis

(EN; Economics)

Summer School on Ethology (EN)

The Rise and Fall of Communism in Central


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Europe (EN; Political Science / History) Transformácia židovskej komunity (SK)

i. Department of Civil Society Studies

History of Human Rights in International

Relations (EN)

Innovative Approaches to the Study to Civil

Society (EN)

Social Enterprise (EN)

Public Policy (EN)

Social Enterprise (EN)

Innovative Approaches to the Study of Civil

Society: QCA (EN)

ii. Department of Gender Studies

Feminist Epistemologies and Science Studies

(lecture + seminar) (EN)

Gender and the Body (EN)

Gender and Sexuality in Totalitarian Regimes

(lecture + seminar) (EN)

Monstrous Bodies (EN)

Monstrous Bodies – Seminar (EN)

Transnational GLBT Film Studies – Seminar

(EN)

iii. Department of General Anthropology

Anthropology: An Important Conceptual

Framework of Historical Analysis (EN)

City and Anthropology (EN)

Landscape & Anthropology (EN)

iv. Department of German and French Philosophy

Corporéité et politique (FR)

Cours de francais / Litérature et philosophie

(FR)

Deutsch - Sprachkurs (GE)

Gesetz, Strafe und Schicksal bei Hegel (GE)

Husserl: Zeitbewusstsein (GE)

Jan Patocka: liberte et incarnation (FR)

Lecture suivie de texts autour du theme

« Corporeité et politique » (FR)

Merleau-Ponty et Machiavel : de la

phénoménologie de la perception à la

phénoménologie de l'action (FR)

Phänomenologische Oikologie (GE)

Phénoménologie et Psychanalyse : autour de

la Daseinsanalyse (FR)

Phänomenologie und Geomantik

Raison et religion au Siècle des Lumières (FR)

Séminaire d'étude de textes sur

Phénoménologie et psychanalyse (FR)

Texte zur phänomenologischen Oikologie

(GE)

Texte zur Phanomenologische Oikolokie II

(FR)

v. Department of Historical Sociology

Historical Sociology of Europe (EN)


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vi. Department of Social and Cultural Ecology

Virtual Campus for Sustainable Europe (EN) Virtual Campus for Sustainable Europe 2 (EN)


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V. STUDENT LIFE / FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS

Accommodation is provided in Charles University’s halls of residence (dormitories). Students are

normally housed in double-occupancy rooms. Erasmus students are usually housed in Hostivař

dormitory (Weilova 2, Prague 10), other international students in Větrník (Kolej Na Větrníku, Prague

6) or Hvězda dormitories (Kolej Hvězda, Prague 6). For further information see this webpage:

http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-378.html.

PC workstation is available in the main building in Jinonice (building A) in the second floor (room

2063, 2066 – 8). Wireless Internet (Eduroam) can be accessed inside the university buildings (a

Charles University Student Card is required). Further information at: eduroam.cuni.cz.

The Charles University library system is decentralized and consists of a number of libraries at

different locations. The FHS library can be found on the ground floor of the main building in Jinonice,

the study room is situated opposite the main building. The online catalogue is available at this

website: http://knihovna.jinonice.cuni.cz/KSVENG-1.html.

Charles University operates a number of student cafeterias (‘menza’) at different locations. The FHS

cafeteria is located on the ground floor of the main building in Jinonice.

Online meal ordering: https://kamweb.ruk.cuni.cz/webkredit/default.aspx.

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The CU Student Card and sticker entitle holders to use the libraries, cafeterias, or computer labs of the

university and get them a 50% discount on public transportation. Upon charging the card, students

may use it for copying, printing or ordering food. The CU ID card is issued by Information and

Advisory Centre of CU (Celetná 13, Prague 1). Further information: http://www.cuni.cz/UK-

2046.html

Sport facilities are located in Hostivař (Bruslařská 1132, Prague 15). The up-to-date list of sport

courses is available at the beginning of the semester at http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-350.html.

The Film Club holds a film screening every fortnight Wednesday at 7 pm in FHS building in Jinonice

(room 1036). The current programme can be found on the club’s website

(http://fkfhs.and.cz//index.php?lang_id=2).

The International Office and Czech student tutors organise regular events (Prague tours, exhibitions,

concerts, etc.) for international students. For further information see the website

(http://fhs.cuni.cz/FHSENG-365.html) or the FB page (Faculty of Humanities).

http://www.cuni.cz/UK-2046.html

http://www.cuni.cz/UK-2046.html

http://fkfhs.and.cz/index.php?lang_id=2


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