Are you planning to write a term paper, thesis or dissertation this year? To mark the start of the new semester, we would like to remind you that you can search for sources for your written work in our databases easily and free of charge. read more
At the end of last year, the CLB was successful in its grant application for the project “Metadata-based research in art, humanities and social sciences. Work in progress workshop”. The aim of the project is to organise a meeting of the members of the Bibliographic Data Working Group and to invite experts from other fields of metadata-based research, in particular from the arts and social sciences, to share their experiences and approaches to research questions and to enrich the existing… read more
Until 28 February, you can submit your papers for a two-day conference focused on selected issues related to the translation of literary texts. The conference Blind Spots in Literary Translation from/into Czech will take place on 22–23 April 2024 at the Department of Czech Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc. read more
On Thursday, February 8, 2024, our colleague Charlotte Panušková will present her master thesis during the semester colloquium Phänomenologie der Digital Humanities at Freie Universität Berlin. In her paper, she explores methods of remote reading of literature and the possibilities of Top2Vec topic modeling. read more
4 February is the Day of Czechs Living Abroad, which we are commemorating for the fourth year. This date was chosen by the Czechs themselves, and not by chance – on this day in 1628, John Amos Comenius, the “teacher of nations”, went into exile and spent many years away from his homeland. read more
27 January is an internationally recognised occasion to commemorate the approximately six million murdered Jews and other victims of Nazism. One way to honor their memory could be to recall the fate of the survivors. read more
In the current issue of the literary-cultural review Revue Prostor (120/2023) you will find mainly texts dedicated to the current state of the journalism and the challenges this profession faces in the digital age. A counterbalance in the form of a look into the past is provided by our colleague Pavel Nevyhoštěný, who reflects the samizdat past of the magazine, which is now celebrating 40 years since its founding. read more
During the autumn of 2023, the Consortium of Czech Literary Studies made two more successful attempts to establish international cooperation. The new member institutions of the Consortium are Instytut Slawistyki Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego and Instytut Fililogii Słowiańskiej Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. read more
