Jan Borek
Graduated in Musicology and Philosophy from Palacký University in Olomouc. Former contributing and managing editor of Harmonie magazine. As a music critic, he focuses primarily on contemporary classical and experimental music, while his academic research specializes on progressive rock from the 1960s to the present day, as well as the theory and practice of art criticism. Since 2024 he has been the President of the Czech Musicological Society and editor-in-chief of its Forum of Musicology journal.
Joint degree student: Scholarship thrives when it crosses boundaries
During her studies, Rose Smith travelled around the world. She now shares her experience with a joint degree programme at CU and the University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Pravda vítězí! Timothy Garton Ash převzal čestný doktorát UK
Historik a profesor Oxfordské univerzity Timothy Garton Ash převzal čestný doktorát Univerzity Karlovy. Ve svém projevu upozornil na důležitost pravdy a připomněl historické vazby univerzit v Oxfordu a v Praze.
“Truth shall prevail!” Timothy Garton Ash receives honorary doctorate from CU
In his speech, Oxford University professor and historian Timothy Garton Ash emphasized the importance of truth and recalled the historical ties between the universities of Oxford and Prague.
Konference CEDMO ujistila o snaze kultivovat důvěru ve společnosti
V rámci konference CEDMO se na UK sešli vědci, investigativní novináři, zákonodárci, političtí analytici, fact-checkeři a další odborníci zabývající se analýzou digitální transformace médií, informačních zdrojů a šíření informací pravdivých i nepravdivých.
CEDMO convened at CU to discuss disinformation and strive for a society of trust
Charles University hosted the annual CEDMO conference, bringing together researchers, investigative journalists, policymakers, political analysts, fact-checkers, and other professionals dedicated to analysing digital transformation, information sources and propagation – and disinformation.
Joanna Wawrzyniak: Memory studies is about the future
Memory studies explores how societies relate to the past and how the meanings of that past evolve in the present. It takes a deeply interdisciplinary approach, and reveals unexpected implications for our present as well as future.
