Calendar of events

Kurent (nejen) pro genealogy

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Středověká písařská dílna

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

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.

UNESCO: Maghreb

Panel exhibition on the fence of the faculty on Gorkého Street showing all items on UNESCO world lists and registers from the Maghreb countries – Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, and Tunisia.

Pavel Turek: How to choose musical themes for mainstream and specialized media?

2:00 PM – 3:40 PM

Articles about global superstars do not automatically translate into reader interest, and conversely, profiles of underground artists may not have an underground readership. The lecture will focus on surprising aspects associated with the search for topics and subsequent reader interest in the media.

Nikola Lander: Art at the End of the World. Story of the Mysterious Chalice from Ushguli

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

We cordially invite you to another lecture in the StředověC JinaX series. Nikola Landers will take us high into the mountains of Georgia's Svaneti region and introduce us to the treasures it hides.

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

Panel discussion on the 10th anniversary of HUME Lab

3:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Čtení ze starých knih 2

5:30 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.

Formy a přeměny diplomatické produkce v novověku IX

9:00 AM

From video games to self-care. The Department of Psychology presents student research projects

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

A block of lectures and workshops focused on research topics developed by students of the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. 

Historical podcasts – which ones do we listen to, how, and why?

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Historical podcasts – which ones do we listen to, how, and why? Veronika Kindlová (Czech Radio), Jan Bělíček (Alarm), Milan Ducháček (Technical University of Liberec), and Jan Hanák (Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University) have accepted our invitation to participate in a roundtable discussion. The discussion will be moderated by Jiří Hanuš (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University).

Words in contexts of philosophy intersections

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Mistrovství světa v přiměřeně vágní konceptuální analýze

3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Den Kanady 2025: (Post)apokalyptická Kanada

4:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Skandinávie a její textová paměť

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

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

4:00 PM

PAULINE SCHNAPPER

Meeting room nr. 300, Komenského náměstí 220/2

Ozvěny 17. listopadu (Central Library of the FA MU)

6:00 PM

Aneta Jetmar Martínková

2:00 PM – 3:40 PM

How are musical themes promoted in the national media? Which type of media is most intimate for conducting a musical interview? And how can you avoid collapsing from an overload of research? Based on the self-experience, the speakers will attempt to address and analyze the questions outlined above.

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

4:30 PM

BURKHARD SCHAFER

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

Hodokvas: A Medieval Celebration

8:00 PM – 2:00 AM

Pavel Klusák: Between Gott and Kryl. Mapping Czechoslovak Pop Culture since the 1960s: Methods, Approaches, Taboos

2:00 PM – 3:40 PM

Why and how do we map Czechoslovak musical pop culture? Pavel Klusák recaps his experience with biographical work and interpretation in his books and in the upcoming Czech Television documentary series. The anarchy and responsibility of writing by so-called fake academics, the auctioning of sources on Aukro, the limits of a serious approach to television variety shows.

Advent Concert by Ensemble Versus: Old and New

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Renaissance and contemporary spiritual music with an Advent theme performed by the Ensemble Versus chamber choir with both of its conductors will be heard in Brno at Lesná. 

Swedish Christmas concert

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

This year, the Brno SIST Choir continues the renewed traditions of popular Christmas concerts. Get ready for the mysterious atmosphere of a long winter night, enhanced by candlelight and beautiful (perhaps not only) Nordic music. The whole concert will be in the spirit of celebrating the feast of St. Lucia. The choir will perform songs celebrating Lucia, as well as Swedish Christmas songs.

Swedish Christmas concert

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

This year, the Brno SIST Choir continues the renewed traditions of popular Christmas concerts. Get ready for the mysterious atmosphere of a long winter night, enhanced by candlelight and beautiful (perhaps not only) Nordic music. The whole concert will be in the spirit of celebrating the feast of St. Lucia. The choir will perform songs celebrating Lucia, as well as Swedish Christmas songs.

Michal Schmidt: Folk Holidays. A peek behind the scenes of (programming) festival preparations

2:00 PM – 3:40 PM

The Folk Holidays festival in Náměšť nad Oslavou is a respected music festival with a long history and specific programming. The lecture will present both the preparation of the festival itself and, above all, the creation of the programme. It will focus on the resources used for programming, the method, and the timeline.

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