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Art Historian Keith Holz in Prague

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4 Jun 2013

Keith Holz, Associate Professor of the Western Illinois University in Macomb, examines in his lecture held on 12 June 2013 at 3.30 p.m. in the Institute of Art History, Husova 4, Prague 1, room 117, newly available letters by and about Oskar Kokoschka from Moscow and Zürich archives. This lecture revises extant interpretations of his art and activities in Czechoslovakia (1934–1938). Kokoschka's public role as an outspoken advocate for human rights, his pursuit of democracy through educational reform (the Volkshochschule movement), and his role as a critic of fascist governments are related to his less understood, but elaborate, network of supporters, friends and family within and beyond the borders of the Republic.

Václav Havel in Contemporary History

19 Mar 2012

Working Conference at the Headquarters of the CAS
 
The figure of Václav Havel as a publically engaged intellectual was the subject of a conference held by the Institute for Contemporary History (ÚSD) of the CAS on Monday, 19 March 2012 at the Headquarters of the CAS in Prague. It was attended by a number of historians and other experts from the CAS as well as from other institutions. According to the director of the ÚSD, CAS, PhDr. Oldřich Tůma, PhD., two main reasons led to the organisation of the conference – the motif of the symbolic farewell to Václav Havel and venerating his memory and then on the working level an attempt for an objective and unbiased formulation or at least a preliminary definition of the ground plan of what V. Havel means for Czech society and its history.

Conference Career horizons: Academic trajectories and early stage researchers

1 Dec 2010

December 7, 2010 - In the Czech context the debate on the early stage phase of academic careers is limited to high numbers of uncompleted doctorates and low financial appraisal. The aim of the workshop is to open the debate more broadly. We are interested in exploring and discussing the relationship between academic positions of early stage researchers, their career prospects and changing institutional contexts of knowledge production.

Theory and method in archaeology of the Neolithic

9 Jun 2010

26th -27th October 2010 - Meeting of researchers interested in the Neolithic of Central Europe. The seminar will be focused on the main topics such as the role of material culture and its appropriate method of analysis, land use and environment, new scientific methods of qualitative analyses of materials and sediments.

Consequences of being rich: wealth and population are key drivers of invasive species in Europe

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8 Jun 2010

A new study of biological invasions in Europe found they were linked not so much to changes in climate or land cover, but to two dominant factors – more money and more people. Wealth and population density, along with an increase in international trade and commerce, were the forces most strongly associated with invasive species that can disrupt ecosystems and cause severe ecological or agricultural damage, scientists said.