Anglo-American University in Prague Humanities & Social Sciences
The School of Humanities & Social Sciences offers a modern and interdisciplinary education with flexibly structured programs that incorporate a range of subjects from politics, psychology, sociology to art, literature, and media studies.
- Humanities, Society, and Culture (Major)
- Private: Humanities, Society and Culture: Politics and Society
- Humanities, Society and Culture: Language, Communication and Culture
- Humanities, Society and Culture: Sociology, Psychology and Leadership
- Humanities, Society, and Culture: Psychology
- Private: Humanities, Society and聽Culture: Art and Society
About the School
The undergraduate programs incorporate a range of subjects from politics, psychology, sociology, art to literature, and media studies. The flexible structure as well as minor options allow students to tailor their degree to suit their unique ambitions.
The Master of Arts degree in Humanities applies a range of research and study methodologies from social theory and sciences, arts, literature, and philosophy. Freedom of electives allows students to specialize in or focus on topics relevant to their interests.
School Bodies
The School of Humanities & Social Sciences is divided into 3听诲别辫补谤迟尘别苍迟蝉 as follows:
- Department of Social Sciences 鈥� Chair: Joshua Hayden, Ed.D
- Department of History and Philosophy 鈥� Chair: Gerald Power, Ph.D.
- Department of Art, Culture & Literature 鈥� Chair: Andrew Giarelli, Ph.D.
Meet the people
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Karen Grunow-H氓rsta, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer karen.grunow@aauni.edu -
Gerald Power, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Chair of Department of History and Philosophy gerald.power@aauni.edu -
Joshua M. Hayden, Ed.D.
Department Chair of Social Sciences; Lecturer in Leadership Studies joshua.hayden@aauni.edu -
Andrew Giarelli, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer andrew.giarelli@aauni.edu
School news
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Anglo-American University hosted a two-part lecture and discussion series, Franz Kafka鈥檚 Lessons for Leadership in a Post-Truth World, bringing together leading academic and public intellectual voices to explore the relevance of Kafka鈥檚 work for contemporary leadership. The series opened at 玩偶姐姐 with Leah Tomkins, a scholar-practitioner whose work bridges academia and leadership practice, in conversation […]