Faculty of Humanities, Charles University

Coordinates: 50°03′15″N 14°22′07″E / 50.054296°N 14.368604°E / 50.054296; 14.368604
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Faculty of Humanities
Charles University
Fakulta humanitních studií Univerzity Karlovy, FHS UK
Libeň building in Prague
Libeň building in Prague
Latin: Facultas studiorum humanarum
Former names
IZV UK
TypePublic
Established2000 (2000)
AffiliationCharles University
DeanIng. arch. Mgr. Marie Pětová, Ph.D
Students2326[1]
Undergraduates1605[1]
Postgraduates608[1]
113[1]
Location
Prague
,
Czech Republic

50°03′15″N 14°22′07″E / 50.054296°N 14.368604°E / 50.054296; 14.368604
CampusLibeň
Websitehttp://fhs.cuni.cz/

The Faculty of Humanities, Charles University is part of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.[2] Its main focus is the humanities and social and cultural anthropology,[3][4] including ethnomusicology. It is in Libeň, Prague 8. There are 240 faculty members and about 2,500 students.[5]

History[change | change source]

The Faculty of Humanities is the youngest faculty of Charles University.[6] Founded as the Institute for Liberal Education in 1994, the faculty gained full academic autonomy in 2000.

The first dean of the faculty was the former Minister of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Jan Sokol. Sokol ran for President of the Czech Republic in the 2003 election but lost to Václav Klaus.[7] He was replaced in 2007 by Ladislav Benyovszky. The current acting dean is Marie Pětová.[8]

In 2013, Czech President Miloš Zeman refused to approve the professorship of anthropologist Martin C. Putna at the faculty because of Putna's involvement in Prague Gay Pride in 2011.[9][10] After many protests from academic and broader circles, Zeman capitulated. Putna was appointed by the Minister of Education Petr Fiala in June 2013.[11]

Facilities[change | change source]

The faculty's main building used to be located at U Kříže 8, Jinonice district, Prague 5, with two separate facilities, one in Hůrka district, Prague 13, and another at Máchova street 7, Prague 2. The faculty moved to a new building in Libeň, Prague 8 in 2020.[12][13] The new building won a national architecture award in 2021. [14]

The faculty's three-floor library is located beneath the university building on náměstí Jana Palacha by Staroměstská metro station.[15]

  • Old building
    Old building
  • New building
    New building

Departments[change | change source]

Departments of Faculty of Humanities, Charles University
In English In Czech
Department of Philosophy Katedra filosofie
Department of Historical Studies Katedra historických věd
Department of Languages and Literature Katedra jazyků a literatury
Department of Applied Social Sciences Katedra aplikovaných sociálních věd
Department of Psychology and Life Sciences Katedra psychologie a věd o životě
Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Katedra sociální a kulturní antropologie
Department of Sociology Katedra sociologie
Department of Theory of Art and Artworks Katedra teorie umění a tvorby
Doctoral Studies Office Pracoviště doktorských studií

Notable people[change | change source]

Literature[change | change source]

  • Kovalcsik, Katalin. "The music of the Roma in Hungary." In Romani Music at the Turn of the Millennium. Proceedings of the Ethnomusicological Conference. Praha: Studio Production ‘Saga’& Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, pp. 85-98. 2003.
  • Otčenášek, Jaroslav. "Rumyana Greorgieva, Buhlaři v Čechách, imigrační proces a společenská integrace v současné době. FHS UK, Praha 2011, 177 s.-." Český lid: Etnologický časopis 100, no. 4 (2013): 500-501.
  • Morávková, Naděžda. "VANĚK, Miroslav-HOUDA, Přemysl-MÜCKE, Pavel (eds.). Deset let na cestě. Orální historie na Sovinci 2002-2011. Praha: Fakulta humanitních studií. Univerzity Karlovy, 2011. ISBN 978-80-87398-12-8." (2012).

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1 January 2008
  2. ↑ "Faculty of Humanities, Charles University". FHS UK. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Ghosh, Yasar Abu; Himl, Pavel; Stöckelová, Tereza; Storchová, Lucie (2014). "Multidisciplinarity as a necessity and challenge: the Department of General Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague (FHS UK)". Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences. 7 (2): 86–89. ISSN 1755-2273.
  4. ↑ "Fakulta humanitních studií UK zve na antropologickou konferenci - Novinky". www.novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Facts and Figures". FHS UK. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Faculty of Humanities, Charles University". educations.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Philosopher Jan Sokol dies – DER SPIEGEL". Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  8. ↑ "About the Faculty". FHS UK. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Důvod Zemanovy nechuti k Putnovi? Účast na pochodu gayů". lidovky.cz (in Czech). 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Zemanovi vadí Putnova účast na Prague Pride. Chce to řešit s rektorem Univerzity Karlovy". iHNed.cz (in Czech). 19 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Putna se dočkal profesorského dekretu, místo Zemana mu ho předal Fiala, iDNES.cz, 25. 6. 2013
  12. ↑ Zemenová, Anežka. "Fakulta humanitních studií UK sídlí v novém: Takhle vypadá jedna z nejmodernějších univerzitních budov Česka". Novinky. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  13. ↑ Česká televize. "Místo tří adres je jediná budova. Univerzita Karlova otevřela nové sídlo Fakulty humanitních studií". ČT24 - Česká televize (in Czech). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Národní cenu za architekturu vyhrálo sídlo Fakulty humanitních studií, oceněná byla i radnice Prahy 7". IROZHLAS. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "New library completed at Charles University's humanities faculty". Czech Radio. Retrieved 24 October 2022.

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