Publisher: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství

Časopis pro moderní filologii

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Journal for Modern Philology is a peer-reviewed non-impacted linguistic journal currently published biannually by Faculty of Arts Press, Charles University. It was launched in 1911 and between 1926 and 1935 it was the main publication outlet for the Prague Linguistic Circle. It is concerned with contrastive linguistics, the study of West-European languages in contrast with Czech (or Slovak). The focus is primarily on major European languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese), to a minor extent on other languages. Items include original articles covering all aspects of contrastive linguistic description, along with interdisciplinary approaches. However, in view of the range of other, specialized periodicals, Journal for Modern Philology does not, with a few exceptions, accept items dealing with issues concerning Slavic Studies, Oriental Studies, teaching methodology, Translation Studies and Literary Sciences.

Dvacáté století

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

The journal published since 2004 (originally as the annual journal of the Seminar on Modern History) by the Institute of World History of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University contains studies by Czech and foreign experts whose research is mainly focused on the global and general political, economic, social and cultural history of the 20th century (including necessary extensions into the 19th and 21th centuries and also into related disciplines, e.g. political science). The journal also contains contributions from conferences, colloquia and workshops focusing on the theme of Czech and especially the global and general history of the 20th century; this is also true of reviews of titles by domestic and foreign historians. Currently The Twentieth Century is published biannually.

Fórum sociální práce

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

The online-only biannual journal published by the Faculty of Arts Press, Charles University, focuses on the theory and practice of social work, social policy and related disciplines. The editorial team accepts only contributions which correspond to the journal’s principles and core values. Articles submitted must be intended for exclusive publication in the Social Work Forum. Authors are asked not to submit more than two articles/contributions per year. Peer-reviewed academic papers form the core of the journal. A further section presents examples of good practice or work methods that could serve as an inspiration or model. In addition, the journal contains a section dedicated to abbreviated versions of final student theses.

Historie – Otázky – Problémy

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Historie — Otázky — Problémy is a biannual journal published by Faculty of Arts Press, Charles University. Based on the specialist orientation of the Institute of Czech History of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, the Historie — Otázky — Problémy profile thematically focuses on the history of the Czech lands and Central Europe, from the early Middle Ages down to contemporary history. Individual studies are to cover a broad range of topical historical subjects, both involving political, cultural, social and economic history and the history of historiography, current developments in the methodology of historical studies and issues associated with the didactics of history. In all these areas the journal operates not only along the latest historiographical lines, but also and in particular in broader interdisciplinary collaboration with other humanities subjects (e.g. auxiliary historical studies, the history of art, Czech studies, philosophy, philological fields, sociology, Jewish studies and the like). The extensive annotations provide the researcher community with continuous information on successful diploma theses and dissertations. Individual issues are complemented with the usual research service in the form of reviews, annotations and news from Czech and foreign conferences.

Linguistica Pragensia

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Linguistica Pragensia, ISSN 0862-8432 (print), 1805-9635 (online), is a peer-reviewed international academic journal published biannually by the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague (Department of English Language and ELT Methodology, Institut für germanische Studien, Institut des Études Romanes / Instituto de Estudios Románicos). It publishes articles, reviews and news on linguistic points in the fields of English, German and Romance studies. It was launched in 1991 as a successor to Philologica Pragensia, an academic philological journal founded in 1958. Since 2015 Linguistica Pragensia is also available on open access website. It has two issues per year.

Nová čeština doma a ve světě

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Nová čeština doma a ve světě (New Czech at Home and Around the World), ISSN 1805-367X, is an online peer-reviewed journal with the tradition since 2012 when it replaced earlier printed series Čeština doma a ve světě (1993-2008).

The journal publishes articles and reviews on various linguistic disciplines related to the Czech language. It provides a publishing platform for renowned professionals, and in the first place for students and Ph.D. students. Nová čeština doma a ve světě is included in the List of reviewed non-impacted journals (periodicals) published in the Czech Republic.

The journal is published biannually in electronic version only. Starting with 2017 issues, it is an Open Access journal with its content freely available without user charges. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or refer to full-text articles in this magazine without the prior permission of the publisher or author.

Prague Economic and Social History Papers

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Prague ESHP / Prager WISOHIM is a scientific foreign-language periodical for the subject field of economic and social history, published since 1994 by the Institute of Economic and Social History of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. The periodical informs foreign specialists about the latest results of historical research in the Czech Republic. It also publishes contributions by foreign authors, usually those presented within the Faculty. The journal is annotated by leading European scientific periodicals.

Since 2015 Prague ESHP is an Open Access journal with online content freely available to the readers under the CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licence.

Prague Papers on the History of International Relations

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Prague Papers on the History of International Relations is a biannual journal published by the Faculty of Arts Press, Charles University and edited jointly by the Institute of World History of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University and the Institute of East European History, Faculty of Historical and Cultural Sciences, University of Vienna. Consequently, there has been a considerable increase in the number of authors and articles. The articles are published in English, French, German, Russian and Spanish. The consulting board is composed of prominent historians from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Slovakia, and the United States of America.

Pražské egyptologické studie

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Prague Egyptological Studies is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal produced biannually by the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts at the Charles University.

The Czech issues of the journal are being published regularly since 2002 and inform the Czech and Slovak audience about the current research in Egypt and Sudan. Starting in 2015 one of the issues of every year is being published entirely in English focusing on studies in the history, archaeology, architecture, religion, language and art of the Third Millennium BC Egypt, with the hope of becoming one of the key scholarly journals for this period. In addition to the main archaeological emphasis, we also welcome primary studies focusing on the wider interdisciplinary scope of Egyptology, such as North-African environmental archaeology, archaeozoology and archaeobotany, as well as new research in applied sciences. From 2017, the journal also includes book reviews concerning recently published monographs in the above-mentioned fields.

Slovo a smysl

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Slovo a smysl / Word & Sense, a biannual journal of interdisciplinary theory and criticism in Czech studies, was established in 2004. The periodical strives to create a forum for scholarly debate and the elaboration of various theoretical and methodological approaches within the context of Czech literary studies. With its emphasis on publishing primary sources and the translation of both Czech belles lettres and global literary theory, the journal acts an aid in the teaching of Czech literature and literary theory not only in Czech universities, but also in foreign university programs.

The journal contains longer original scholarly works, individual analyses of more extensive specialized topics, and contextual and biographical essays on significant figures in the field. It also focuses on Czech studies at home and abroad and provides the latest information about the scholarly activities of various foreign programs; the Translations section provides translations of important or stimulating theoretical texts into Czech and of significant Czech literary and theoretical texts into other languages, especially English.

Studia Ethnologica Pragensia

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Studia Ethnologica Pragensia (SEP) is a biannual journal of the Institute of Ethnology of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. Its objective is to present the outstanding results of the research work of the Institute of Ethnology and of its external collaborators. SEP is primarily a specialized Czech ethnological periodical structured into sections: Studies, Materials, News and Reviews. Studies on various topics published in Czech (Slovak, Polish) are supplemented by English abstracts. Studies published in English are supplemented by abstracts in Czech (Polish or Slovak).

Studia Hercynia

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Studia Hercynia is a biannual peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the study of the material culture of Antiquity, on relations between the Mediterranean and Central Europe, on the traditions of ancient art in European culture, and other related phenomena. The journal aims to advance Classical Archaeology and associated disciplines, both in the Czech Republic and internationally.

The journal was founded in 1997 by Prof. Jan Bouzek under the Institute of Classical Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, at the Charles University.

Studie z aplikované lingvistiky

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Biannual journal Studies in Applied Linguistics is a continuation of Čeština doma a ve světě (The Czech Language at Home and Abroad) published during 1993–2008; it began to appear under its new title in 2010, focusing on selected aspects of applied linguistics, the interdisciplinary field of language description and related methodological issues. In addition to specialized articles, the journal also contains portraits of significant personalities in the world of linguistics, translations or re-prints of basic and inspirational works in the development of relevant areas of linguistics, reviews of specialized publications and the latest news in the field, relating mainly to the Central European region. The contributions are published in Czech, Slovak or English; a scientific board of leading domestic and foreign experts, governs the journal.

Svět literatury

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Czech Republic

Svět literatury (World of Literature) is a peer-reviewed bi-annual scholarly journal. It was founded in 1991 and currently it is published by the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague. It is targeted at the Czech academia, with international outreach, the articles are in Czech with English abstract and keywords. The Editorial Board consists of eminent scholars of literature from both Czech and international academic institutions. The journal contents is structured into several section: academic articles on literature and culture organized in thematic blocs, a section on “Overviews and Materials”, and “Reviews” of scholarly publications in the field of literary science. The journal also organizes interdisciplinary colloquia on various topics, the results of which are published in the section “Discussion”.

Since 2016, the journal Svět literatury has regularly published international special issues with articles in foreign languages, with contributions by many renowned international scholars.

Svět literatury focuses on modern European and American literatures, overreaching into other cultural areas. It is based on interdisciplinary comparative approach, which overcomes the limitations of exclusively national approach to literatures. Its main aim is to foster the integration of the study of foreign literatures in the light of modern thought on literature and of the problems of contemporary world: to assimilate foreign literatures through original reflection, and to open the Czech cultural scene to European and international dimension.