05/2004

Academic bulletin 05/2004

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SUMMARY

A Declaration of the Academic Council
The Academy administration has expanded into the fields of management and funding research and development, according to a proclamation to the Czech Government’s Research and Development Council, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and other state administration bodies.

EVENT OF THE MONTH
The Story of Prague Castle
Prague Castle is a major national cultural monument, interrelated with Czech history, legends and myths. What events and which historical personalities influenced the development of Prague Castle and what factors determined its present form?

SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
NEST
NEST is a new activity within the 6th Framework Programme, supporting unconventional and visionary research with the potentially capable of opening new fields for European science and technology. It will also support research on potential problems discovered by science and help to consolidate European efforts in emerging fields of research. An information meeting about NEST was held in Prague.

The Venus Transit 2004
The European Southern Observatory has joined forces with the European Association for Astronomy Education, the Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Éphémérides and the Observatoire de Paris in France, as well as the Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic to establish the Venus Transit 2004 – a public education programme.

NEWS FROM THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL
Reports on the 44th and 45th sessions of the Academic Council of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Summaries of the 187th and 188th sessions of the Czech Government’s Research and Development Council.

LANGUAGES
The Department of Languages of the Czech Academy of Sciences offers language courses for the upcoming school year.

PORTRAITS FROM THE ARCHIVES
Jiřina Popelová-Otáhalová
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the great geniuses of the Czech philosophy, who gradually identified herself with the communist ideology.

SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
The Czech Political Science Association
The Association was formed in 1964, but the Soviet-led military occupation in August 1968 brought an end to political science. The discipline was replaced by scientific communism. After the political changes in 1989 the Association’s activity was renewed very quickly.

CULTURE AND THE SOCIETY
The Queen of the Sciences – Mathematics
An interview with Prof. Petr Hájek, former director of the Institute of Computer Science, ASCR from 1992–2000.

Publications from Filosofia

ACADEMIA
Monograph: Jan Zrzavý
Jan Zrzavý, one of Czechoslovakia’s most important artists of the 20th century, is perhaps best known for his lyrical and religious paintings. An Academia publication.

PAST AND FUTURE

RESUME