Václav Sixta Historical biographies are a traditional and successful form of writing about history present in both academia and popular culture. As a result, this form has a major impact on our ideas about the past. What do contemporary theoretical discussions about historical biographies look like? What can be said about contemporary Czech biographical […]
Jan Wiendl, Lucie Saicová Římalová (eds.) Charles University and Warsaw University have been organising bi -annual inter-university conferences for more than fifty years. The 27 th Czech–Polish inter-university conference was held on 6 and 7 October 2022 at Charles University, Faculty of Arts in Prague. The topic of the conference was I – You, […]
Martin Šorm How to understand the Old Czech poem Podkoní a žák (Groom and Student)? What are the characteristics and historical dynamics of the extant corpus of Old Czech verse literary dialogues or disputes? The monograph Groom, Student and Death proposes an interpretation of 14th- and 15th-century dialogical poems from the perspective of medieval reception […]
Federico Zangani This book investigates ancient Egyptian imperialism in Syria and the origin of the Amarna diplomacy at the time of the 18th Dynasty, during the earliest phase of globalization in world history, the Late Bronze Age, by addressing theories and debates in the fields of Global History, International Relations, and political science, and […]
Anna Pravdová When you say “Czech artists in interwar Paris”, everyone today thinks of the names František Kupka, Josef Šíma, Jindřich Štyrský and Toyen. When the same thing was said to the art-loving Parisian of the twenties, the names Georges Kars, Othon Coubine and François Zdenek or François Maurice Eberl came to mind in the […]
Miroslav Bárta a Hana Vymazalová (eds.) Tento svazek suplement Pražských egyptologických studií je věnován památce profesora Břetislava Vachaly, dlouholetého pracovníka Českého egyptologického ústavu FF UK, zkušeného a světově uznávaného vědce a nadšeného popularizátora egyptologického bádání. Texty jsou připraveny pro širší českou veřejnost se záměrem přiblížit poslední výsledky v oboru egyptologie a egyptské archeologie. První […]
Michal Hořejší This book focuses on critical analysis of the discourse on the Bohemian Forest National Park (BFNP) between 1991 and 2010. This large-size protected area has over the long term been the subject of highly critical debate among various participants including top political representatives, particularly as a result of several cases of massive disturbances […]
Filip Coppens, Jiří Janák, Květa Smoláriková (eds.) Professor Bareš’s admirable passion for knowledge nicely corresponds to the main focus of the religious and magical spells from the Late Period shaft tombs in Abusir, whose ultimate goal was to acquire a sacred status by accumulating secret knowledge. It is hence with great pleasure that on […]
Šimon Haikl Koukal The book is divided into three parts. In the first part Bernard Williams’ internalist interpretation of reasons for action is presented. The second and third part deal with sceptical and constructive aspects, respectively, of his moral thoughts. This structure follows chronological order of Williams’ writing. The internalist theses precedes both his major […]
Hana Blažková This book aims to analyze Czech literary criticism of the 1990s from the perspective of political reading and tries to find the reasons for the depoliticization of the Czech literary field. It disputes the thesis that literature was stripped of its social roles and commitments at the beginning of this decade and […]