Doc. Jana Semerádová received the Order of Arts and Letters in the rank of Knight from the hands of the French Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Stéphane Crouzat, on 4 December 2024. The graduate of Musicology at CU FA received the Order for the popularization of French Baroque music and cultural heritage.

At the conference Microcertificates in the Czech Higher Education Environment, organised by Charles University, experts and education specialists from discussed what this year has brought in the field of microcertificates and how their concept is being implemented in the higher education environment. The microcertificates are newly available also at CU FA.

The contest announced in memory of the 56th anniversary of Jan Palach’s self-immolation is intended for university and high-school students. The works can be submitted in Czech, Slovak, or English by 30 December 2024.

Electronic ballot boxes for the 2025–2027 election period will open on 4 December at 10:00 am and close on 6 December 2024 at 5:00 pm. All members of the academic community of CU FA can cast their vote via the web application at volby.ff.cuni.cz.

The Rector of Charles University Prof Milena Králíčková awarded for the first time the Cori Award for contributing to equal opportunities to Prof Alena Macurová. The Arnošt of Pardubice Award for outstanding pedagogical activity was awarded to Prof Petr Čermák and an honorary mention of the Grant Agency of CU was awarded to a PhD student Kristina Doležalová.

The day of dual remembrance: the brutal police crackdown on students that ignited the Velvet Revolution in 1989, and the tragic events of autumn 1939, when the Nazis shut down universities and deported students to a concentration camp. Representatives of Czech universities commemorated the memory of those who fought for freedom and democracy.

Dr Ingrid Anderson from Boston University teaches a course at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at CU FA, entitled “From Spinoza to Ben Gurion: Modern and Contemporary Jewish Philosophy, Theology and Political Thought.” Her research focuses on early Prague Zionism and its involvement in Czech nationalism of the same period.

You may find the automatic resuscitation machine at the reception desk on the ground floor of the building on Jan Palach Square. The machine is capable of restoring the proper functioning of the heart in case of an emergency. Besides the AED, first aid kits are available in CU FA buildings.

The packed programme on the East Coast of the United States included a series of lectures, roundtables, and workshops that strengthened and opened new opportunities for mutual cooperation. The faculty was represented by Prof Lucie Doležalová and Dr Karel Pacovský and students Martin Roček, Jakub Kozák, and Ondřej Fúsik.