Suburban Camp: Adventure with Ulysses

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 a famous hero of antiquity and experience many adventures with him. Organized by the Department of Classical Studies, Faculty of Arts MU.

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.

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.

Son of the Desert - traveller and photographer Alois Musil (1868-1944)

The exhibition in the foyer of the B2 building will present a selection of Musil's photographs from his travels in the Middle East as well as a replica of Musil's map of northern Hijaz.

Opening of the exhibition Son of the Desert - traveller and photographer Alois Musil (1868-1944)

4:30 PM

The exhibition in the foyer of the B2 building will present a selection of Musil's photographs from his travels in the Middle East as well as a replica of Musil's map of northern Hijaz.

Islamic Universalism in International Relations

3:00 PM

The lecture of the leading Czech Arabist Prof. Eduard Gombár will present Islamic universalism in the broader context of similar military-political universalisms in medieval history.

Czechs get to know the Arab world, Arabs life in the Czech Republic, Orientalists/Arabists

The exhibition at the Department of Classical Studies will present prominent representatives of the Arab community living in Prague and its surroundings, as well as Arabists/orientalists involved in the Czech-Arab Society for a long time, who celebrated significant anniversaries in 2022.

“There is something new under the Sun” – New finds from Masada

4:00 PM

Lecture by Dr. Guy Stiebel, Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Israel, for the JKF and the public.