This group exhibition draws in the concept of “kaleidoscope” – an optical device that produces constantly shifting, symmetrical patterns when rotated. Like these patterns, the exhibition reflects themes that are in continual flux, fragmentation and reassembling with subtle shifts in perspective.

The exhibition is structured around four thematic sections: the mundanity if everyday life as a site self-discovery, self-expression in an increasingly technologized world, the tension between tradition and contemporary expression, and migration as a liminal condition marked by fractured belonging.

Through a range of media – including painting, installation, performance, video – the project brings these perspectives into dialogue, not to resolve them, but to foreground the instability and multiplicity inherent in contemporary experience.

We cannot wait to see you all there!
– the curatorial team

Students:
Wilson, Ella
Sarapuu, Herta
Rubinstein, Sela
Rollinger, Laura
Qadir, Naza
Provorse, Lohman
Pande, Neha
Oshkina, Aleksandra
Groene, Lara
Duffey, Elizabeth
Dickey, Eli
Cordero-Crespo, Renata

Advisor/mentor: Veronika Bromova

As part of our efforts to enrich your student experience beyond the classroom and ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ă, we’re hosting a Trivia at ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ăĚý´Ç˛ÔĚýMay 15, in collaboration with StudentFest, and this one’s special.

Students from other universities and high schools across Prague will be joining us, making it making it a great opportunity to expand your network beyond ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ă:

What to expect:

Location: ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ă Courtyard
Date: May 15th 2026
Time: 15:00 to 18:00

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Spots are limited to 50 so make sure you grab yours!

Whether you’re in it to win or just to have a good time, this is a great way to connect with the wider student community in Prague.

The School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (SAHSS) warmly invites all students, faculty, and staff to an interactive student showcase. Come discover the unique, individual projects crafted by our talented students, explore the artwork, and show your support for their hard work this semester.

Whether you are passionate about the arts or just looking for an inspiring break in your day, everyone is welcome to drop by, participate, and enjoy the creative atmosphere.

We look forward to seeing you there to support our students and celebrate their creativity!

First up, Tereza Violet StehlĂ­ková will be talking with us about her work as an artist-researcher exploring liminal states: those in-between moments when familiar ways of seeing the world begin to dissolve but before new understandings have yet to fully form to take their place. Drawing on ideas from her recent book Exiled From Our Bodies, Tereza will reflect on the unique capacity of art to open such threshold spaces, not by offering ready-made answers or simple solutions, but by helping us stay with ambiguity, uncertainty and the unresolved.

Tereza suggests that these shifts in attention often emerge in everyday life through what she calls the infra-ordinary: fleeting, easily overlooked moments in which our perception subtly changes. It may be sunlight illuminating a room in a new way, the heightened atmosphere of an inner state, or simply arriving at a familiar place from an unfamiliar direction. In such moments the ordinary becomes strange again, and new forms of perception — and perhaps new insights — begin to emerge.

Then the artist Petra Janoušková will explore these in-between places from a different perspective. Petra will tell us about the shamanic concept of the three worlds (Lower, Middle, and Upper) and the journey shamans traditionally make between them in order to facilitate healing for individuals and their communities. She will also make direct connections between shamanic consciousness and CG Jung’s concept of active imagination, as well as the distinction between ordinary and non-ordinary reality. In addition, Petra will examine selected shamanic practices in relation to the arts and the creative process, touching upon its place in ritual and performance, particularly in the work of Marina Abramović, Joseph Beuys, and Rick Rubin.

Believing that everyone has access to these higher states of consciousness, whether through artistic expression, meditation or shamanic journeying, Petra suggests that moving between different realms—inner and outer, the familiar and the Other—enables individuals to better understand their everyday lives while moving towards a greater sense of wholeness and integration.

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Tereza Violet StehlĂ­ková is an artist, writer and researcher whose work explores embodiment, sensory experience, and the relationship between perception, place and meaning. She is the author of  (2025), and her interdisciplinary practice spans film, performance and installation.

Tereza is also the editor of , a journal dedicated to embodied and multisensory ways of knowing.

Petra Janoušková is a printmaker, art therapist and shamanic practitioner who likes to explore new techniques and approaches in printmaking as well as the realms of imagination and consciousness.

Petra studied American Literature, Art History and Ethnology at MU Brno and received training in shamanic practices under Kevin B. Turner, Director of FSS Asia.

Join us for a guest lecture by doc. PhDr. Lenka Krejčová, Ph.D., an educational psychologist specializing in cognitive science, assessment, and inclusive education.

Lenka Krejčová, Ph.D. is a Czech educational psychologist and former Associate Professor at Charles University. She is co-founder of the Poznávání Laboratory School and director of DYS-centrum Prague, where she focuses on assessment, counseling, and support for learners with diverse needs.

Dr. Krejčová will introduce the concept of laboratory schools—innovative environments where research, teacher education, and classroom practice intersect, enabling the direct application of cognitive science in real educational settings.

The lecture will explore how these “living laboratories” support collaboration between universities and schools, contribute to the professional development of students and future educators, and bring research into everyday teaching practice.

The session will also highlight ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ă’s developing partnership with the , creating new opportunities for student internships, research collaboration, and academic exchange—especially for students in the Psychology program.

Come explore how research-driven education can shape the future of learning, and what that future might look like at ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ă.

Historians examine the concept of fascism as a political ideology and social phenomenon. Yet, fascism is one of the most frequently used––and most misunderstood––political terms today. What do historians actually mean when they use the concept of fascism? Why has it been so difficult to define? What ideological ideas and myths stood at the core of fascist movements? How did fascist propaganda work, and why was it so appealing to so many people in the 20th century? Come discuss these questions and ask your own.

The lead professor will be Jakub Drabik, ÍćĹĽ˝ă˝ă History Lecturer.

This year’s graduation ceremony will take place on June 19, 2026, in the beautiful and historic , right in the heart of Prague. All graduating students should keep an eye on their emails—there are important details to come!

This event will bring together Czech Christian and Jewish religious leaders, scholars from European institutions, a delegation from Al-Azhar hosted by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and representatives of several MENA Embassies who will address contemporary humanitarian challenges—including exclusion, hatred, extremism, terrorism, and war—while promoting the values of shared coexistence, tolerance, and mutual respect.

Through three thematic panels, the conference will examine key questions shaping future collaboration between academia and religious institutions:

Join for an afternoon of open, academic dialogue to address contemporary challenges.

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