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May 11, 2012
Czech Beer Festival

One of the more tasty festivals and events that return to Prague with each sunny spring is the
Czech Beer festival, now in its fifth year.

 

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
Anglo-American University Ball

AAU invites you to its second ball on March 17

 Dear Students,

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 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 15, 2011
Landlords Prefer Student Renters?

After decades in their professions, George and Helena decided to buy a flat and rent out rooms to support themselves through retirement. The idea was that they could live the rest of their lives without another day of work. “A new way to make a living,” as Helena describes.

Rain trickles down off the gutters as George Kafka looks out upon his gorgeous view overlooking the Vltava River.

Inside, books flutter on the shelves, and pictures of grandchildren illuminate the walls. From the kitchen the smell of apricot cobbler and fresh espresso dry us from the rain.

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 7, 2011
"Boom boom..boom boom.."

As I entered Tesla Arena, home of the Sparta Praha Hockey team, a sea of burgundy and white Praha jerseys flooded my vision. Everywhere I turned my head I saw hundreds of these with the exception of a few blue New York Rangers jerseys mixed about within the mass.

Sept. 29, 2011 - As I entered Tesla Arena, home of the Sparta Praha Hockey team, a sea of burgundy and white Praha jerseys flooded my vision. Everywhere I turned my head I saw hundreds of these with the exception of a few blue New York Rangers jerseys mixed about within the mass.

November 6, 2011
Coping with Culture Shock

Despite being an international university in Prague, the Anglo-American University currently does not provide any counseling service to its international students who are bound to face emotional difficulties that go with living in a new country, perhaps away from their parents and friends. But do students that face these issues actually want such a service?

Despite being an international university in Prague, the Anglo-American University currently does not provide any counseling service to its international students who are bound to face emotional difficulties that go with living in a new country, perhaps away from their parents and friends. But do students that face these issues actually want such a service?

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.

November 6, 2011
Student Part-Time Jobs vs. Future Employment

Seniors face a different situation because they have to think about serious future employment. 

For many bachelor's students in the Czech Republic, the only opportunity to earn extra money is to find a good “brigade.” The classic brigade is a part-time job for a certain period of time that does not require special skills and training, for instance, work in supermarkets, warehouses, delivering letters and leaflets. 

October 31, 2011
AAU Midterm Party at Žizkov TV Tower

Come and celebrate the end of exams at the AAU Midterm party which will be held in the exquisite premises of Zizkov Tower!

Dear AAU students,

come and celebrate the end of exams at the AAU Midterm party which will be held in the exquisite premises of ZIZKOV TOWER!!

The party takes place in the highest publicly accessible indoor area in the entire Czech Republic.
The elevator will take you 100 meters high above the ground where you willl get a chance to party while having magnificent"360 degree"view over night Prague- such you have never seen before!

October 24, 2011
Monster Ball 2011 - Prague TV Halloween Party

AAU students get 50 % off ticket prices at the city's biggest and best Halloween party on Thursday, October 27, when Prague TV's Monster Ball returns to the Retro Music Hall.

Taking advantage of Friday's public holiday, Prague TV throws the city's biggest and best Halloween party on Thursday, October 27, when the Monster Ball returns to the Retro Music Hall.

For this year's party, the live music comes courtesy of CCTV Allstars, an international Prague-based band who play an energetic blend of ska, folk, reggae and rock.

September 22, 2011
Boat Party: Good despite everything

Long entrance, bar and bathroom queues and Dance Radio can't spoil the party. Students stuck on a boat for 4,5 hours makes for good times eventually.

“Hello everyone!” The reminder about the Snow Boat Party sent out through Facebook started with these exact words. Considering how it turned out they really meant everyone. One might think a big crowd would mean a great party, but it didn't really work that way.

September 22, 2011
Pop-Tarts arrive in Prague

"My dad used to always bring me back some candy when he would travel to the States on business, and I fell in love with them right away" AAU alumni Marek Čermák told the Prague Post.

"My dad used to always bring me back some candy when he would travel to the States on business, and I fell in love with them right away" AAU alumni Marek Čermák told the Prague Post.

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?

August 30, 2011
Light and Texture. Photographs by Mark Wiedorn

|art|SPACE is cordially inviting you to already second photo exhibit by Mark Wiedorn, "...Light and Texture." Wiedorn is an American photographer living in Prague for the last 10 years. He is also working as an educator and a consultant. Mark teaches Introduction to Digital Photography and various Marketing and Management classes at AAU.

August 2, 2011
Mutant Bombing Pack/ John Lennon Edition

You are invited to Anglo-American University’s |art| SPACE for the opening of   “Mutant Bombing Pack / John Lennon Edition” by Jaroslav Matula. The exhibition opening will be at 6 pm, August 5, 2011 at Lazenska 2.

June 23, 2011
Welcome to Fairytale Republic - An Exhibition by Ali Tareen

Anglo-American University’s |art| SPACE is pleased to host the exhibition “Welcome to Fairyland Republic” by Ali Tareen.

June 20, 2011
Dernisage - Lukas Houdek "THE ROMA"

"Dernisáž"is the closing reception of the photo exhibit THE ROMA by Lukáš Houdek, a part of a larger collection INvisibles (NEviditelní). The exhibition started at |art|SPACE, the art gallery of Anglo-American University, on May, 6 as part of Transeuropa, for the first time taking place in Prague as a part of the multi-national both cultural festival and political event. This time unlike the opening the visitors have a chance to talk to the artist himself.

May 21, 2011
Foibles and idiosyncrasies make AAU special

Among community barricades at an international school, language barriers are surely a key contributor. Especially when the national language seems to lack the use of vowels in words and the rolling effect of the hacek could make a non-native speaker lose their gum.

Anglo-American University attracts students and staff from all corners of the globe, which results in its quirky culture. Being a Canadian born with a Czech last name - and someone who is often mistaken for an American exchange student - I can school you on the top five issues I’ve observed going into my second semester. But I have also realized that it is these issues that make our school an experience different from any other.

- The CEA/degree-seeking student barrier: