News and Events

16–17 Sep

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

from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

The workshop aims to bring together scholars working on the Digenis poem and related Byzantine genres (in particular vernacular poetry and novels) with specialists in both western and eastern medieval epics We would like to invite you to discuss the character of these narratives and common problems and challenges for literary historians dealing with medieval epics.

31 May–3 Jun

25th Annual Congress of Mediterranean Studies Association 2023

from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

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.

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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

Postponed: 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.

18 Nov 2019

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.

29 Nov 2018

A Latin translation of The Bouquet has been introduced

A Latin translation of a famous Czech poems collection by Karel Jaromír Erben "The Bouquet" has been finally published as a book, 30 years after its composition.

28 Aug 2018

Video: Iulius furens sive colloquium ultimum

Students of Latin by direct method completed the course by creating a Latin video (with Czech, English and Latin subtitles).

27 Jul 2018

Conference program: Byzantium and the modern imagination

Program of the international conference held on 12 and 13 September.

26 Jun 2018

Daniela Urbanová: Latin Curse Tablets of the Roman Empire

Associate professor in DCS, Daniela Urbanová, has published a new book in Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft series about Latin curse tablets.

7 Feb 2018

Experts of PANE have gained the archeological licence for the Arab Peninsula

Centre of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East will be the first in the Czech Republic to conduct archaeological research in Oman. Media have also covered the success

13 Apr 2017

Support to the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary

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