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April 6, 2012
Week of Charta 77

AAU was proud to support the Week of Charter 77 and its 35th anniversary in March, also dedicated to one of the most important Czech philosophers and dissidents, Jan Patočka.

Anglo-American University was proud to support the Week of Charter 77 and its 35th anniversary in March, also dedicated to one of the most important Czech philosophers, Jan Patočka.

March 27, 2012
The One World Experience

After shaking up Prague for ten days, from 6 to 15 March, the One World Documentary Film Festival and before moving on to towns including Brno, Liberec, Plzen and 36 other places, AAU students talk about their experience as visitors.

After shaking up Prague for ten days, from 6 to 15 March, the One World Documentary Film Festival whose major theme is “youth quake” moves further in the Czech Republic, to towns including Brno, Liberec, Plzen and 36 other places. The festival will continue with its mission – to build awareness, educate, initiate public debates and promote social inclusion.

March 4, 2012
Making Prague Talk

This week Prague's 14th One World film festival opens. Focussing on human rights, it is the biggest of its kind in Europe. Director Hana Kulhánková explains what it is about.

 

From March 6 to March 15, human rights issues from around the world come to Prague in the form of the 14th annual One World film festival, organized by the NGO People in Need.

February 13, 2012
Welcome Party at RadostFX

Welcome back after the break! AAU's student council invites to the first party of the semester. Friday 17 at RadostFX.

 

 Dear students,

February 2, 2012
Migration to Europe: Can It Work for Development?

The Czech Council on Foreign Relations and Anglo-American University requests the pleasure of your company at the opening reception of the poster exhibition at AAU's Art Space.

The Czech Council on Foreign Relations and Anglo-American University requests the pleasure of your company at the opening reception of the poster exhibition.

 

MIGRATION TO EUROPE

December 18, 2011
"He was like a kid, pushing buttons and going, whoa!"

Dissident and former president Václav Havel dies aged 75

Today playwright dissident and the president Václav Havel died aged 75. Havel was a signatory of Charta 77 and one of the leaders of the movement that led to the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Then he became president of Czechoslovakia and in 1993 the first democratically elected president of the Czech Republic. Despite surgery because of lung cancer in 1996 he stayed in the position until 2003.

November 28, 2011
AAU Tree Lightening and Christmas Charity

The Student Council invites you to come celebtrate Christmas and bring things you don't need for a children orphanage.

  • Wednesday, 17.30 at the Student Lounge (Cafeteria)

The Student Council invites you to come celebtrate Christmas and bring things you don't need for a children orphanage.

  • Wednesday, 17.30 at the Student Lounge (Cafeteria)
November 23, 2011
AAU International Students Day

Student Council has a pleasure to invite you to the Second Annual International Students Day! On Facebook: http://on.fb.me/uUWNs5

Student Council has a pleasure to invite you to the Second Annual International Students Day!

Because AAU is so internationally diverse we should take the most advantage of this. We would like everyone to share their own culture with the rest of the AAU students in a fun and educational competition.
The event will take place on Wednesday, 23 November from 17:30 to 19:00

We invite all students to apply and present their countries.

November 12, 2011
The Astronomical Clock's Little Show

Every hour every time of the year crowds of tourists gather on Prague's Old Town Square to videotape, photograph and look at the Astronomical Clock's little show. A look at what's there they still may not see.

By Chris Lettner - Prague, Old Town Square, Oct. 4, 1.58 p.m. - Within 10 minutes a crowd has gathered in the nook of the square around the Old Town Hall tower. A group of Czech elementary school kids is having lunch break on the curb. They are facing hundreds of foreign tourists staring at Prague's Astronomical Clock. Everyone's here to see the show. Fingers are pointing.

May 11, 2011
From extra credit to genuine interest

Translation is more than just finding the equivalent of a word in another language; it's about interpreting the information we hear and read and adapting it to our existing knowledge.

Those were the opening words at the seventh annual Normal-Abnormal colloquium at AAU, spoken by the event's organizer, AAU instructor Eva Eckert. The words are also particularly relevant to AAU students, she said

May 11, 2011
Lecturers in Humanities and Social Sciences often know how to jam in class

Then there’s Pavla Jonsonnová, who teaches a course in Subcultures and is most probably the peak musician of all the AAU faculty.

Students of courses in the Humanities and Social Sciences school shouldn’t be too surprised to find their professors jamming on stage when they head out clubbing after class.

Talking to Anglo-American University professors often turns up by their great love for music. Some are jazz fanatics who would go anytime, anywhere by any means of transport to see a great gig. AAU professor John Brent confides he once canceled a U.S. history lecture because he was going hitchhiking to a Vienna jazz concert.

April 8, 2011
Guest-lecture by Andrew L. Giarelli, Ph. D. - THE ORIGINS OF HIPPIE SUBCULTURE FORMULAE

School of Humanities and Social Sciences cordially invites you to the guest-lecture by Andrew L . Giarelli, Ph. D.

February 6, 2011
Imagine: Rachel Arena reaches out with folk and jazz

She traveled to Prague to find more inspiration and really find herself, she says. "I needed a revival in my life that's why I came here. All this inspiration exploding into my music, writing about Prague and the world."

November 15, 2006

February 6, 2011
Study abroad at AAC demystified

"I am pleased that I decided to go through a study abroad program here in Prague."

April 3, 2006