Home
Share |

Content about Entertainment

May 5, 2012
Ready for Finals?

 

It is almost May. We all know what it means: final exams. Teachers remind you about them with strange smiles on their faces and you start to panic wondering how time passes by so fast when you need it the most. Most of us start the exam preparation ,hopefully, not the night before. In any case, some helpful tools can be very handy at the time of such critical situation as finals.

 

It is almost May. We all know what it means: final exams. Teachers remind you about them with strange smiles on their faces and you start to panic wondering how time passes by so fast when you need it the most. Most of us start the exam preparation ,hopefully, not the night before. In any case, some helpful tools can be very handy at the time of such critical situation as finals.

First of all, there are great TOOLS that help memorize and organize your knowledge:

April 28, 2012
Too Much Art, Not Enough Space

As Documentary Photography students look for a place to exhibit their semester’s work, it becomes apparent that the university lacks sufficient facilities. With rumors of a possible new major, art studies, surfacing, one has to wonder where exactly students would be able to exhibit or hold exhibitions for art to study. 



 

As Documentary Photography students look for a place to exhibit their semester’s work, it becomes apparent that the university lacks sufficient facilities. With rumors of a possible new major, art studies, surfacing, one has to wonder where exactly students would be able to exhibit or hold exhibitions for art to study. 



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 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.

November 24, 2011
Bros ‘n’ Beasts, AAU driven rock band, plays at Roxy

Bros ‘n’ Beasts, a rock band formed by three AAU students in 2009 and risen to immediate success, plays at Roxy.

Dear students,
We would like to invite you to a concert at club ROXY (30.11.2011) to see a rock band Bros ‘n’ Beasts, which was formed by three AAU students Vojtěch Lambert (current MABLIM student), Scott De Castro and Martin Lambert (both School of BA). The concert will take place next Wednesday 30, November at 19:30!!!

You can find more information about Bros ‘n’ Beasts and to listen to their music on:

November 19, 2011
A Photographer Whose Work Shocks and Confronts

Coming to Prague was “an intuitive thing. I needed to be here to learn many things about myself. It wasn’t going to be easy but I needed to be here.”

In the famously crowded and popular Café Louvre in the center of Prague, Natalia Vasquez leans across the small table, catching up with an old friend. Dressed in a beige pleated sweater with curly black hair framing her brown animated eyes, she is relaxed and at ease amidst the loud atmosphere.

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.

November 10, 2011
Reading and Discussion on Vaclav Havel by Eda Kriseova

School of Humanities and Social Science cordially invites you to take part in the reading and discussion on Vaclav Havel conducted by his former close associate EdaKriseová. 

School of Humanities and Social Science cordially invites you to take part in the reading and discussion on Vaclav Havel conducted by his former close associate EdaKriseová. 

November 6, 2011
Social Integration Through English?

The English Club, which has been running for several years, allows the children to “form a positive relationship to English through fun activities and games and then it is also easier for them to learn English at school,” explains Tučková.

On a late Friday autumn afternoon a group of six students from the International School of Prague are making their way up a crowded street to start their first day this year as volunteers. 

They arrive at a five-story apartment building in Prague 2 with their mentor, Christine Reeb. They navigate their way through a small courtyard before entering a brightly lit hallway lined with a shelves overflowing with a variety of colorful informational brochures about programs at InBáze Berkat, the community center.

September 15, 2011
"I don't lie, steal, accept bribes, or cheat, so.."

AAU's Student Council elections are on. You can still vote until next Wednesday. Find out how to vote, why to vote and who to vote for.

Until Wednesday, September 21 you can still vote in the AAU Student Council elections. The voting will take place in the courtyard of AAU's building with ballots available to students between classes at the following times: 11:00-11:30, 14:15-14:45, and 17:30-18:00, except for Friday when the time will be limited to 8:30-9:00, and Tuesday, when, for technical reasons, there will be no voting.

Why vote?

June 20, 2011
Augé: Using stories to transcend lectures

Augé never wanted to become a teacher. “I was too rebellious a student,” he says. But studying in California changed his idea of what a teacher’s job can be. He says he now loves his job and the idea of a university as well as the variety of students he encounters.

AAU professor Étienne François Augé believes an instructor should be more than just a lecturer in the classroom.

A prolific author of books and essays, he wants “to bring university to a more general audience” through his writing.

In his latest book, L’Illusion Culturelle: Hollywood et la Propaganda: 1990–2000, Augé explores the connection between Hollywood and propaganda for more than 600 pages but reaches no definite conclusion.

May 26, 2011
AAU amends fees in wake of law student protest

Krautstengl, while not agreeing to any refunds, responded that there is a legal point of view but also one of “simple logic.” And - as the president pointed out - he is a mathematician.

Protests from a group of Anglo-American University law students over fees they call “rather questionable steps” have caused the school to reverse itself on two of the three issues they raised in an open letter in March.

The group of 10 students of the Comparative Law program, who submitted the letter to president Alan Krautstengl, met with him to discuss AAU’s handling of new textbook fees, foreign student tuition rules and its collection methods for students who owe fees.

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.

May 11, 2011
Rock drummer finds rhythm in classroom

“He has a rock and roll attitude towards life. He’s never stressed," says Jiři Chvojka.

After his French 2 class, held near the library, Honza Hladík headed next door to Gloria Jean’s Coffee for his interview with ALW.

A first-year International Relations student studying his second semester at AAU, a tall Hladík in his very recognizable black rimmed glasses, gives a warm hello and treats himself to a Cappuccino before getting ready for our interview.

“Excusez-moi,” he says, fresh from his last class and apologizing for his short delay.

May 9, 2011
Will China be nice?

As the West is overwhelmed by debt, developing countries are playing a vital role in economic and global stability. The 21st century belongs to Asia, but will those countries abuse their new sense of power and prosperity?

As the West is overwhelmed by debt, developing countries are playing a vital role in economic and global stability. The 21st century belongs to Asia, but will those countries abuse their new sense of power and prosperity?

May 2, 2011
AAU professors see skipping a problem among students

For Anglo-American University professors, skipping has become an issue within their classes. There is a correlation between students who study abroad and their attendance in class at Anglo-American University. When students come to study abroad, many put their school priorities almost dead last.

For Anglo-American University professors, skipping has become an issue within their classes. There is a correlation between students who study abroad and their attendance in class at Anglo-American University. When students come to study abroad, many put their school priorities almost dead last.

April 21, 2011
Campus library rocks and rhymes

AAU student Chris Hartland said that there are more acute problems  for the administration to deal with. "For me it is just a place to work with really unreliable Internet. Also, for a library it has very little light," he said, "ironically, making it hard to read books. "

On March 4 the AAU library hosted a musical performance for the first time. Gentry Bronson calls himself a troubadour and dedicates his songs to what he calls the "unsung heroes" of everyday life. His concert of piano ballads at the library was part of his European tour. Afterwards the audience was welcome to join the artist and his friends for drinks at Watermill on Kampa, 10 minutes from the venue.

April 12, 2011
Cooperation with CEA brings challenges to some classes

How much will AAU have to change its academic standards to better suit those CEA requires?

Anglo-American University’s students can look forward to seeing more exchange students from the U.S due to a special global partnership agreement Anglo-American University has in place with the Arizona-based CEA study abroad program.

AAU’s full-time students have yet to find out what this really means for their academic future, but the influx is not always welcome by locals, it seems.

April 11, 2011
Prague Writers Festival starting on Saturday, April 16

 

The famous  Prague Writers Festival which annually attracts literary heads from all over the world this time takes place in the end of April, which makes it a more convenient time for students who are still in town, not gone for vacations or preoccupied with exams.

The famous  Prague Writers Festival which annually attracts literary heads from all over the world this time takes place in the end of April, which makes it a more convenient time for students who are still in town, not gone for vacations or preoccupied with exams.

 

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.

April 5, 2011
AAU professor Etienne Augé publishes new book

Cinema and propaganda portrayed as going  hand in hand in the new book by AAU professor Etienne Augé L'Illusion Culturelle: Hollywood et la Propagande 1990-2000.Soon available at the AAU library.

AAU's professor of Propaganda and Information and Intro to Mass Communications Etienne Augé recently had his new book L'Illusion Culturelle: Hollywood et la Propagande 1990-2000 (The Cultural Illusion: Hollywood and Propaganda 1990-2000)published. The book is in French and will soon be available at the university's library.

April 5, 2011
Study with British author and playwright Neil Andrew Taylor

Creative Writing

6-week Summer Course in Prague

13 June – 27 July; Mondays and Wednesdays  9 am–12:10 pm

Contact: info@aauni.edu

April 5, 2011
The 7th Annual Normal - Abnormal Colloquium

Anglo-American University invites you to the 7th Annual Normal – Abnormal Colloquium on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 3pm in the room 001, AAU Main Building, Lazenska 4, 118 00 Prague 1. This year, we are going to have a very interesting topic: Lost in Translation, Found in Translation: Intercultural Migration in Space and Time

It also will be an occasion to introduce and welcome at the AAU the new book The Eternal Return written by our colleague  Douglas S. Dix.

Program of the colloquium:

March 4, 2011
Concert: Gentry Bronson at AAU Library for free

American pianoman Gentry Bronson in Prague: Singer. Songwriter. Pianist. Poet. Storyteller. Showman. Entertainer. Gentry Bronson has been enchanting audiences worldwide. Inspired by his musical heroes Peter Gabriel and Tom Waits, Gentry demonstrates that rare combination of musical talent and inner spirit that light up a concert stage.

This event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=128535547219712

_____________________________________________________