Conferences
Here you can find an overview of the national as well as international conferences hosted by the Faculty of Arts:
Critiques of Liberalism and Challenges to Democracy: Understanding the Conservative Standpoint: COST Action CA 16211 RECAST, Working Group 2: Languages and Ideologies (Pilsen, Czech Republic, 14–15 February 2019)
The common understanding of conservatism as an ideology draws attention to the unique elements that make it an identifiable discourse. Many scholars believe that conservatism, like any other ideology, retains some core elements, i.e. concepts and values, which provide its internal structure. However, the integrity and internal coherence of conservatism might also be understood differently. Whether we focus on conservatism from a historical perspective or the plurality of contemporary critiques of liberalism, a conservative standpoint constitutes a challenge to the basis of certain values of European political and societal order related primarily to liberal egalitarian conceptions of the individual, social justice, pluralism, equality, respect and/or tolerance, and democratic inclusion. The key task of this workshop was to explore, whether from a historical or normative perspective, the position of conservatism as a thread connecting an otherwise diverse critical reaction towards liberalism and liberal democracy. For further information go to: http://kap.zcu.cz/permalink/41a83388-305b-11e9-a3ce-6cae8b547852.pdf
Thrift in Anthropology: Between Thriftiness and Waste (Pilsen, October 18–19, 2018)
A small group comprised primarily of anthropologists gathered in Pilsen to discuss the concept of thrift and explore its potential for understanding human economy. The aim was to explore different notions of thrift and broaden the anthropological understanding of the concept. The workshop drew together scholars from different countries, academic environments, and regions reflecting different interests. The workshop was supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, and the University of West Bohemia.
4th Biennial CRG African History Conference (Pilsen, June 14–16, 2018)
The conference was organized by the Centre for African Studies, Department of Middle East Studies, which is a member of the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS). Pilsen was elected as the host institution. The conference brought together dozens of researchers from more than 20 countries, who discussed innovative research methods in African History.
100 years since the Foundation of Czechoslovakia 1918/2018 (May 23–24, 2018)
The conference was organized by the Department of Historical Sciences. It brought together dozens of researchers from Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, and Austria, who discussed the problems of Czech (Czechoslovak) history in the 20th century.
The International Conference “The Professional Text and the Scholarly Text at University” (2017)
The conference dedicated to the analysis of professional and scholarly texts which originated and are studied in the university environment, especially those in the humanities and social science, took place in 2017 and was attended by scholars from six countries. It became the basis of our developing cooperation with universities in France, Spain and Greece.
The Vienna Circle in Czechoslovakia (Pilsen, February 26–28, 2015)
The fact that Czechoslovakia was one of the major locations for activities of the members of the Vienna Circle still remains somewhat obscure. The international conference mapped the remarkable connections between the Czechoslovak environment and the work of the Vienna Circle on the philosophical, scientific, and artistic level. It was organized by the Research Centre for the Theory and History of Science (University of West Bohemia) in cooperation with the Vienna Circle Institute (university of Vienna). Invited speakers came from, among others, Stanford University, the Max Planck Institute, and Harvard University. For further details visit https://www.vcic.zcu.cz/.
The Annual International Conference on Czech Castellology: Building the History and Archaeology of the Middle Ages.
This annual international conference is held at Krivoklat Castle. It focuses on questions of European and Czech castellology, history and archaeology of the Middle Ages. Selected papers are published in the peer-reviewed journal Castellologica Bohemica, issued by the Department of Archaeology of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. The conference is organized by the Department of Archaeology of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen in cooperation with the Archaeological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague; the Czech National Heritage Institute; and other institutions.