News and Events

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

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.

26 Dec 2019

Photos: Plautus from Page to Stage

Photo gallery from the international conference Titus Maccius Plautus: From Page to Stage.

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.