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

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

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.