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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 3, 2011
AAU delegates show firm resolution at Harvard Model UN

“We did quite well,” says Sandilya. “I wouldn’t say we were super successful but we did quite well.”

Anglo-American University was the only Czech University to send a delegation to the 57th Harvard Model United Nations Conference in Boston in February.

The group was larger and more successful than the one last year, with AAU students spending two weeks in the United States. Model UN conference aside, four of them met the Andorran ambassador at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.

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
Guest Lecture: PUBLIC SPACES, STOLEN VOICES: ROME’S TALKING STATUES by Andrew L. Giarelli, Ph.D.

April 13th, 14:45

Room 200 Lazenska, 4

April 5, 2011
STUDY ADVANCED CREATIVE WRITING

Intensive Summer Course 2011

May 24-June 8

Live Performance with Neil Andrew Taylor

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 21, 2011
Guest Lecture by Christo Lombaard on the topic Color, Race, Ethnicity and Minority

Letenska 1                        Room 313                       Anglo-American University     

February 27, 2011
Meet professor Robert Ellmann

When he was "just a kid" he would take baths with "two nice black twin sisters from next door." He says that it was nothing since they were all so young but that there was "racial harmony in the bathtub."

A man some students meet at least once a week is not just a teacher but a well-travelled person of many experiences and occupations.

Robert Ellmann teaches wide range of subjects in which he shares with the pupils his wealth of knowledge and outlook on philosophy. Sitting in the cafeteria, looking through papers for his next lecture, Ellmann started to answer questions at first a little nervously, not knowing what was coming, but quickly he became relaxed and forthcoming.

February 6, 2011
New directions and in AAC's journalism program

"I want to help extend this department," she says about the journalism program. That is why she helps organize new classes and makes them open to all students.

November 15, 2006

February 5, 2011
Dissecting the film 'Apple & Paul'

Behind the basic "guy meets girl and gets murdered" story line lies a deeper level of "loneliness, sexuality, and the unknown, coming to the edge of it," Delbos said. The film is about "leaving your comfort zones and the dangers that it brings," he said.

October 22, 2010

February 5, 2011
Launching a movie career through chance

"I have always had imagined how my favorite movies looked on paper," says Vasquez.

October 22, 2010

February 4, 2011
Delving into the arts beyond campus

Some Anglo American University students, faced with no practical arts or music instruction, have decided to step out beyond art history classes. 

 March 26, 2009

Some Anglo American University students, faced with no practical arts or music instruction, have decided to step out beyond art history classes. 

February 4, 2011
What does it mean be a Journalist Today?

 To be a journalist today is meaningful as well as to be a doctor, a politician, a lawyer, .......

December 3, 2007

February 3, 2011
Journalists cope with fear factor

Subconsciously, every student is aware of the dangers of journalism and this fear affects their work in some way.

December 1, 2010