Calendar of events

Exhibition: Lucie Pastyříková, The Fear of Silence

7:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Kurent (nejen) pro genealogy

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Středověká písařská dílna

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Wellbeing days

October 10 marks World Mental Health Day. The Student Advisory Centre is therefore organizing a conference called Wellbeing Days for MU students and staff, which will offer an opportunity to learn more about the importance of mental health and ways to take care of your mental well-being and build mental resilience.

An exhibition Feed with Tenderness, Tear with Palm / Sweet Kisses & Ripping to Pieces

An exhibition of the artist Nicol Francis Hendruk and Helena Lněničková, a graduate of the Faculty of English at MU, who will combine expressive figurative drawing with poetry.

CXI. medievistický pátek

2:00 PM

Erasmus Days - sharing good practice from Erasmus STT training

10:00 AM

Come and share your experiences and tips to help others make their mobility run more smoothly.

Slovinská emigrace a literatura slovinských emigrantů

12:00 PM

Literatura slovinských emigrantů v Argentině

10:00 AM

Erasmus Days 2025: Student presentations

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Come celebrate Erasmus Days with the Faculty of Arts! You will get answers to all your questions about studying and internships abroad and you can look forward to presentations by our students about their experiences abroad!

Erasmus Days 2025: Infostand

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Come and celebrate Erasmus Days in front of the Reading Room. There will be an information stand of the Foreign Department waiting for you. You will get answers to all your questions about studying and internships abroad.

Pavel Jirásek: Brno rock scene: blessing or curse?

2:00 PM – 3:40 PM

The term ‘Brno rock scene’ was first coined in connection with the federal festivals of what was then still ‘Czechoslovak’ rock music, the famous Rockfesty. After roughly two years of this festival, Brno was seen as a unique cultural environment that gave birth to original rock artists, inspired by the city's distinctive atmosphere. It was claimed that Brno bands had their own typical sound and image...

Student Ecocritical Colloquium

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

A colloquium on ecocritical topics by students for students. Students of all MU programmes are welcome; the deadline for active participation is September 15.

New Nature Lyrics? Bolavá, Srbová, Štěpán

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

We cordially invite you to a reading by leading figures in Czech environmental literature. The accompanying program of the Student Ecocritical Colloquium will provide a unique trialogue between Anna Bolavá, Jitka Bret Srbová, and Jiří Štěpán.

Karel Veselý: Why not be afraid of pop music

2:00 PM – 3:40 PM

In his writing, Karel Veselý strives to free journalism from value judgements and offer his readers insight into the broader context of artistic works. How the emotions of pop songs can help us better understand them and why we need not be afraid of pop music. He will discuss writing about music, from rockism and poptimism to emotions.

Michaela Jánešová: Fascism vs. Late Antiquity

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

We warmly invite you to the next lecture in this semester’s StředoveC JinaX series. Using the example of Rome’s Basilica of Santa Sabina, Michaela will explore how thin the line can be between reviving the distant past and creating an entirely new image that reflects the time of its restoration more than the history itself.

Pavel Kučera: Music competitions and awards as a compass of quality and popularity?

2:00 PM – 3:40 PM

This lecture will focus on how music competitions and awards function as indicators of quality and popularity and how they influence perceptions of the music scene. Together, we will examine their history, social function and limitations, from global awards such as the Grammys to Czech projects such as Apollo.

Tlumočení a překlad pro orgány činné v trestním řízení

10:00 AM

Diplomata municipalia

2:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Překlad a překladatel ve službách společnosti aneb Strasti a slasti profese soudního tlumočníka

10:00 AM

Humanities Week 2025

As traditionally, we join the celebration of UNESCO World Philosophy Day by organizing the Humanities Week. The program of the event showcases the wide range of research and educational activities carried out at the Faculty.

Slavnostní odhalení pamětní plakety prof. Juliu Glücklichovi

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Laetae segetes IX

International Ph.D. and young researchers conference with papers in the fields of ancient literature, classical languages, history of antiquity, Latin medieval studies, Byzantine studies, and Neo-Greek philology.

Christological Motives in Song Culture

8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

The conference is organized under the umbrella of the project Christological Broadside Ballads in the Oral Tradition (GA25-15545S) and it is intended for all specialists for whom cheap prints, chapbooks and broadside ballads are a relevant source – be it librarians, literary scientists, linguists, musicologists, ethnologists and cultural anthropologists, historians, art historians and museum workers.

GAČR Days

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Workshop for those interested in submitting a GAČR (Czech Science Foundation) project proposal at FF MU. Participants will become familiar with the process of preparing a proposal, including budget planning, formulating the scientific objectives, and drafting the project justification. They will also be introduced to examples of successfully submitted applications.

Britain’s European Policy in Turbulent Times (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

PAULINE SCHNAPPER

Meeting room nr. 300, Komenského náměstí 220/2

Trust us for we are Legion: A Habermasian perspective on majoritarian content moderation, blockchain and the law (Seminar Series)

5:00 PM

BURKHARD SCHAFER

Meeting room nr. 300, Komenského náměstí 220/2​​

Pharmaceutical Regulation and Incentives for Innovation in an International Perspective (Seminar Series)

4:30 PM

PIERRE DUBOIS

Mendel's refectory in the Mendel Museum Brno