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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA.CZ) “fellowship” projects contribute to developing the international character and quality of the research environment in the Czech Republic, including the professional growth of individual scholars. Thanks to this program, philosopher and architectural theorist Jana Ndiaye Beránková, Ph.D. will begin her work in the Czech Republic in July. Conversely, Martin Pjecha, M.A., Ph.D., a Comenius scholar, will depart from the Institute of Philosophy for a research stay in Vienna....

The Institute of Philosophy of the CAS 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 26th round of the competition is set for 30 August 2025.

The international conference After Industry: Cities and Regions in Transformation will focus on the transformations of cities and regions in the post-industrial era. It will take place on 14–15 May 2026 in Prague as part of the project Urbanity: Inequality, Adaptation, and Urban Public Space in Historical Perspective. The deadline for paper submissions is 30 June 2025. More information

The Czech-German Research Platform for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Leibniz GWZO Prague) is seeking four researchers for its newly established Prague-based Department of Knowledge and Participation (headed by Dr. Michal Frankl), with the positions starting on 1 September 2025. The call is for two doctoral and two postdoctoral fixed-term positions.The application deadline is 9 May 2025. More details…

Overview of current deadlines and detailed information for submitting contributions to upcoming workshops and conferences: 23.–24. 06. 2025 | Conference Asixoxe – Let’s Talk! Conference on African Philosophy 2025 | Understanding Decolonisation and the Return of African Cultural Heritage. CfP Deadline: 31 May 2025 04. 09. 2025 - 06. 09. 2025 | 2nd year of Doctoral Philosophical Conference Perspectives of Thinking. CfP Deadline: 30 April 2025. 08.–10. 10. 2025 | Conference | Cohabitability Ecologies and Technologies of Livin…

The Scientific Board of the platform The Bohemian Reformation and Religious Practice (BRRP) invites proposals to organize the next biennial BRRP symposium, a long-standing forum for scholars specializing in the Bohemian Reformation and related topics. The upcoming symposium is scheduled to take place in June 2026. We encourage colleagues from the broad international community of researchers to submit their proposals, including a preliminary thematic focus, by 30 May 2025 via the online submission form. For detailed information please see the Practical Matters and the Letter from the …

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