Irena Radová, head of the Department of Classical Studies at Masaryk University’s Faculty of Arts, was elected as the new Dean of the Faculty on 10 January. In a secret ballot, she received more votes than Markéta Kulhánková, her competitor for the job.
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.
She won the post of Dean of the Faculty of Arts MU with the Modern Faculty Open to Dialogue program and with a vice-dean team consisting of:
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.
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.
