News and Events

11–15 Jul

Suburban Camp: With Hercules to the End of the World

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

A brand new program of the traditional summer suburban camp, during which children from 1st to 5th grade of primary school will get acquainted with the most famous hero of antiquity and experience many adventures with him. Organized by the Department of Classical Studies, Faculty of Arts MU.

11–15 Jul

ÚKS Summer School: How to live in antiquity

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

A summer educational event for older children who can learn about the everyday life of ancient people in a playful way during a week full of lectures and workshops. Organised by the Department of Classical Studies of the Faculty of Arts MU.

14–16 Nov

Laetae segetes VIII

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

31 May–3 Jun

25th Annual Congress of Mediterranean Studies Association 2023

The 25th Annual Congress of Mediterranean Studies Association is going to take place in 2023 in Brno! MSA is going to organize it in collaboration with the Department of Classical Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University.

Event calendar

1 Apr

Doc. Katarina Petrovićová is in the head of the Department of Classical Studies

This happened after the current head of the department, doc. Radová assumed the position of Dean of the Faculty on 1 April. A selection procedure is currently underway for all heads of departments, the results of which will be known at the end of May.

28 Mar

Call for Papers: Laetae segetes VIII

An opportunity for beginning researchers to present their work. After a break "offline" in Brno again. The deadline for proposals is 31 July 2022.

26 Jan

The Faculty of Arts will be headed by doc. Irena Radová

Doc. Mgr. Irena Radová, Ph.D., is the head of the Department of Classical Studies at the Faculty of Arts, where she teaches mainly ancient Greek and Roman literature. However, many know her from her established faculty-wide lectures on ancient mythology, which she also deals with scientifically. She has had positions at several foreign universities and since 2004 has been the head of the Department of Classical Studies at the MU Faculty of Arts. For two terms, she was Vice-Dean for Admissions and Development of Study Programmes at the Faculty.

11 Jan

Access to the Loeb Classical Library Database

Great news not only for students of Classical Studies! Permanent access to the Loeb Classical Library database, which offers more than 500 volumes of Greek and Latin literature, including English translations, has been purchased. There you will find epic and lyric poetry, tragedy and comedy, philosophy, oratory, mathematics and other fields.

19 Jul 2021

The little Argonauts went to Colchis for the golden fleece

Along the way, they learned to shoot a bow, wriggle out of a rope labyrinth, tried out ancient sports equipment and gained many other useful skills. Take a look at the new suburban camp of the Department of Classical Studies of the Faculty of Arts MU.

18 Feb 2021

A special international online course will focus on methodology of papyrology

It is going to be held by Giuseppina Azzarello from Udine. There will be also italian students in the seminars.

22 Sep 2020

Scholarship for master-degree students in modern Greek

DCS and Association for the Promotion of Educational Books offer a monthly scholarship of 400 EUR for the most successful candidate in the admission exam of the master-degree programme in Modern Greek Language and Literature. The deadline for submission is 30th November.

22 Sep 2020

International Workshop Motifs, Influences, and Narrative Strategies in the Epics of the Medieval East and West

The workshop aims to bring together scholars working on the Digenis poem and related Byzantine genres with specialist in both western and eastern medieval epics.

10 Jun 2020

Časopis Neograeca Bohemica v databázi ERIH PLUS

Časopis České společnosti novořeckých studií NEOGRAECA BOHEMICA byl zařazen do databáze odborných časopisů ERIH PLUS.

18 May 2020

Records of online lectures "The Palmyrenes from Hadrian's Wall to India"

If you missed Stefan Magnani's online lectures, which took place at DCS last week, you can now also play them on the recording.

26 Dec 2019

Photos: Plautus from Page to Stage

Photo gallery from the international conference Titus Maccius Plautus: From Page to Stage.

Philologists used tomography to read an ancient curse tablet

Latin text written on an ancient curse tablet from Savaria is due to corrosion almost unreadable today. Thus, philologist used modern technology to read it.

22 Oct 2019

New textbook of Modern Greek

A new textbook of Modern Greek, created by a team from the DCS, has just been published. It is the first modern Czech textbook of Modern Greek, which as the only textbook on the market offers a comprehensive interpretation of the system of Modern Greek.

2 Sep 2019

Photos: Excursion to Italy

During the examination period, students and teachers of Ancient History and Classical Archeology set out to explore ancient civilizations.

25 Jul 2019

Photos: Summer Camps by the Department of Classical Studies

Two groups of children had a special opportunity to find a treasure of Olympian gods and to defend borders of the Roman empire against Barbarians.

25 May 2019

An anniversary book about the history of Classical studies in Brno has been published

In frame of the edition MUNI ARTS 100, that has been published by the occasion of 100th anniversary of the Masaryk University, there is also a book about the history of Classical studies in Brno.

11 Mar 2019

Mesopotamia in April Prague

At the beginning of April, you can explore the mysteries of the ancient Mesopotamia in Prague. The Czech Institute of Egyptology invites to lectures by Professor Matthew Rutz of Brown University.

3 Mar 2019

Digenis Akritis: a Byzantine epos translated by Markéta Kulhánková and Ondřej Cikán

The Czech translation of the Byzantine epos Digenis Akritis has been published recently. Markéta Kulhánková from the Department of Classical studies has been one of its translators.

22 Feb 2019

Call for Papers: Titus Maccius Plautus: From Page to Stage

A unique opportunity to bring together scholars from various disciplines to share ideas on the comedies of Plautus, especially their performative aspects and the process of their adaptation for the stage. The deadline for proposals is 30 June 2019.

2 Feb 2019

You can follow us newly also on Instagram

The Department of Classical Studies has conquered another social network.

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