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Starting this year, the Institute of Philosophy will host two foreign researchers whose projects have succeeded in the prestigious scheme Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships. Over 10,000 applications were submitted in the call, which aims to support excellent projects by top scientists. In the Czech Republic, 25 projects at 11 institutions were supported. This is a great result for the Institute of Philosophy, confirming its place among the most prestigious Czech research institutions. Details

On 16-20 September, the intensive seminar September School in Medieval Studies took place in Prague, Wittenberg and Leipzig, with 15 PhD students from 7 European countries and the USA. Under the guidance of Dr. Pavel Soukup, Dr. Václav Žůrek (both CMS FLU) and Prof. Christian Jaser (University of Kassel), they focused on polemical communication in the late medieval and early modern periods. 

The seminar was organized in cooperation with the platform GWZOpragueFLU, Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO), Universität Kassel and Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. The GWZO Prague FLÚ platform serves as a mediator between Czech and German research, educational, and cultural institutions, and its aim is to connect scientists.

The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences regularly applies for CAS fellowships supporting postdoctoral researchers in the Programme to Support Prospective Human Resources – post PhD candidates. The competition is open to all institutes of the Academy of Sciences and takes place twice a year – in spring and autumn. At IP, the next deadline for submission of proposals in the 24th round of the competition is set for 30 August 2024.

The programme is intended for holders of PhD (or equivalent) degree within two years after receiving it (i. e. degree received 31 August 2022 or later; time spent on maternity/parental leave is not included in the two-year period; in case of a long-term research stay in other than the candidate's country of residence the two-year period is extended up to four years). Successful applicants receive a two-year fellowship to work on a project the topic of which is directly related to the focus of the relevant CAS institute and they become members of one of its scientific teams.

Potential candidates may contact the Head of one of the scientific departments at IP to consult the research topic of their interest (proposals for internal competition at  IP are submitted by the Head of Department).

For more information about the programme please contact Julie Černá, Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Philosophy (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).