News and Events

2 Jun

Call for Papers: Laetae segetes IX – deadline extended

A traditional opportunity for beginning researchers to present their work. The deadline for proposals is 15 June 2025.

27 Nov 2024

Latin Day also took place in Brno for the first time

It was attended by almost 200 high school students. A part of the programme was connected online with Prague in both ways.

28 Oct 2024

How did the dog and cat celebrate October 28? You can now read it in Latin

Another chapter of The Tale of the Dog and the Cat was translated by students of the Department of Classical Studies as part of a course on Latin translations of modern works.

1 Oct 2024

Science and Technology Festival

On the 6th and 7th of September the MIHOO team (who edits the Latin texts of Jan Hus) represented our Faculty at the Science and Technology Festival, which took place at the Brno Exhibition Centre.

18 Sep 2024

Courses in English

In our courses taught in English you will discover the role of places and cities in Arabic literature or the images of the Balkans in Modern Greek texts, you will communicate in Latin, or learn what everyday private life was like in ancient Rome.

26 Jul 2024

An expedition of brave children set out for the Trojan War

They were taken there by the suburban camp of the Department of Classical Studies of the Faculty of Arts MU. Thanks to it, the children learned to sail on the sea, to move nimbly in a jib, to build a Trojan horse, to organize chariot races and much more.

26 Mar 2024

A photographic look back at the public reading of Aristophanes

See how the public reading of ancient poems in Denis Gardens was directed by our student club.

27 Oct 2023

A photographic look back at the ancient reading en plein-air

See how the public reading of ancient poems in Denis Gardens was directed by our student club.

24 Jul 2023

Little heroes helped Odysseus on his way out of Troy

Many adventures awaited them along the way, during which they learned how to shoot a bow, give first aid or extinguish the burning Troy. Take a look at the new suburban camp of the Department of Classical Studies of the Faculty of Arts MU.

24 May 2023

A sea of words: Artificial Intelligence and Youths

Young European and Mediterranean youths are invited to write a story about the impact of Artificial Intelligence in our societies. The authors of the 10 best texts will enjoy a 3-day stay in Barcelona in November 9th, 2023, to participate in an awards ceremony, workshops and cultural exchanges. Their works will be published in a book. Deadline: 25 June 2023

9 May 2023

Call for Papers: Literature and Totalitarianism

The Conference aspires to contribute to comparative approaches regarding perceptions and narrations of totalitarian regimes. We are accepting proposals until August 31, 2023.

28 Apr 2023

Lectures by Miqayel Badalyan

On 25 and 27 April, lectures by Miqayel Badalyan, Director of the Historical and Archaeological Museum of Erebuni in Yerevan, were held at our Department. The public lecture Ancient History of Armenia was given in the presence of the Armenian Ambassador Mr. Ashot Hovakimian.

6 Feb 2023

Students taught the Doggie and Pussycat Latin

As part of a course on Latin translations of modern works, they translated the first chapter of All About Doggie and Pussycat into Latin.

27 Sep 2022

Evolution of Direct Discourse Marking from Classical to Late Latin

If you read a work by Cicero or Seneca and then open The Pilgrimage of Egeria, Augustine, or Gregory of Tours, you will soon notice that Late Latin authors quote authorities differently. They provide a perfect example of synthesising two potentially conflicting traditions – “classical” and “biblical”. The book Evolution of Direct Discourse Marking from Classical to Late Latin examines how the system of direct discourse marking developed over the centuries.

8 Aug 2022

Call for Papers: Laetae segetes VIII – deadline extended

An opportunity for beginning researchers to present their work. After a break "offline" in Brno again. The deadline for proposals has been extended to 31 August 2022.

19 Jul 2022

Suburban camp took the brave to the underworld

They helped Hercules to lead Cerberus from there and thus accomplish one of his tasks. While doing the other ones, they learned how to shoot a bow, tried to tame the river's flow, 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.

1 Jul 2022

Images of Balkans in Modern Greek Literature

We would like to invite you to a new course dedicated to representations of the Balkan Other and the Balkans. Using the theoretical tools of Imagology, the aim is to highlight the stereotypical constructions and the main connotations of the term "Balkans" in 19th and 20th century Modern Greek literature.
Focusing mainly on literary texts, but also referring to other types of sources, the course aims to reconstruct the way in which the Balkans were perceived in the Μodern Greek imaginary. 

1 Apr 2022

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.

26 Jan 2022

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 2022

Access to the Loeb Classical Library Database