Join us for a lecture and book presentation by historian Václav Žůrek on the English edition of Charles IV: Portrait of a Medieval Ruler. The event takes place on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 7 PM at the Bohemian National Hall in New York. More information: www.svu2000.org/newyork/news...

60 years ago, The Shop on Main Street became the first Czechoslovak film to win an Academy Award. Its Oscar was later lost—and never found. A landmark of world cinema. Read Ladislav Grosman in our Modern Czech Classics series: karolinum.cz/en/books/the...

Jacques Rupnik of Sciences Po and Veronika Tuckerová of @harvard.edu speak on April 23 at University of Nebraska–Lincoln on “Bohemian Jewishness: From Poetics to Politics, from Kafka to Communist Antisemitism”. Keynote by Jindřich Toman (University of Michigan). judaic.unl.edu/czech-and-sl...

Historian Jacques Rupnik joins Mark Kramer at @harvard.edu to discuss Josef Guttmann, who went from a 1930s Czechoslovak Communist Party member to a critic of totalitarianism in American exile. 📅 April 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM 📍 CGIS South, Cambridge, MA daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/cold-...

Writer and curator Meghan Forbes explores how Czechoslovakia’s avant-garde group Devětsil used print to spark a cultural revolution. Join the talk on 10 April at the New York Public Library. More info & tickets: www.showclix.com/event/meghan...

80 years ago, the trial of Nazi leader Karl Hermann Frank began. Even he was granted a fair trial—defended by lawyer Kamill Resler. A biography by Jakub Drápal explores justice, ethics, and the role of defence. @uchicagopress.bsky.social @pf.unikarlova.cuni.cz @unikarlova.cuni.cz

Join us online tomorrow, 12 February at 7 PM CET for the live announcement of the winner of the Freudenheim Translation Prize. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for Julia and Peter Sherwood, translators of The Last Thing! jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events/freud... @juliasherwood.bsky.social

If you are in New York, don’t miss a conversation with architectural historian Helena Čapková and architect Sunil Bald on Wed 4 Feb 2026 at 7 PM at the Czech Center New York, exploring architectural collaboration in Japan and the legacy of Antonín and Noémi Raymond. Learn more: bit.ly/4qCrpIv

"It is an excellent story held by Saturnin’s ingenuity." On its initial publication in Czech in 1942, Saturnin was a best seller, its gentle satire offering an unexpected—if temporary—reprieve from the grim reality of the German occupation. Buy Saturnin here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

‘The Last Thing’ by Slovak author Leopold Lahola, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood, has been shortlisted for the inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize! Judging panel chair Boyd Tonkin refers to the shortlist’s "extraordinary literary rediscoveries and urgent contemporary voices".

🥾 Kdo se o víkendu nechystá na skautskou výpravu, bude mít alespoň dost času na čtení! Absolvent @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz a #FTVSUK @unikarlova.cuni.cz Tomáš Jelínek popsal dějiny skautingu v českých zemích v nové knize, kterou vydalo @karolinumpress.cuni.cz. 📌 www.ukforum.cz/rubriky/alum...

Today we commemorate Jan Palach, a symbol of courage and civic responsibility. For broader historical context, see Petr Blažek’s new book Living Torches in the Soviet Bloc: karolinum.cz/knihy/blazek...

We wish you a warm and peaceful Christmas, and a New Year filled with good health, joy, and great books. Looking forward to many more shared moments in 2026!

How do Czech athletes manage communication and monetization on social media? Kateřina Turková from @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz delivers a study mapping athletes’ social media strategies. Based on year-long data analysis and interviews with athletes and their teams. 🔗 karolinum.cz/en/books/tur...

„Living Torches in the Soviet Bloc“ presents the lives of those who chose self-immolation as a radical form of protest against the political oppression in the Soviet Bloc between 1966 and 1989. In co-edition with the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. karolinum.cz/knihy/blazek...

Recent research has tended to present Charles IV in a purely positive, unblemished light. The book by Václav Žůrek views Charles IV through a more critical lens, examining the careful construction that went into the way he presented himself. karolinum.cz/knihy/zurek-...

Chtěli byste se dozvědět, jak se proměňovalo historické centrum Prahy v letech 1830 až 1970? Pusťte si záznam skvělé přednášky Richarda Biegela na knižním jarmarku Knihex: youtu.be/UDHj9egoIDM?si=HL8J3TwR5xccck5- Přednáška vychází z knihy Richarda Biegela „Město v bouři“. @ff.unikarlova.cuni.cz

Listen to Jussi Parikka’s talk, which he recently gave in Prague. He looks at agriculture as a space where environmental data and technology meet. youtube.com/watch?v=H0Fd... We’ve published his book “Geology of Media” in Czech: karolinum.cz/en/books/par... @flu-cas.bsky.social

Joanna Zylinska is a professor at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. She recently gave a talk in Prague at @flu-cas.bsky.social — definitely worth a watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NktG... We've published her book Nonhuman Photography in Czech: karolinum.cz/en/books/zyl...

On 27 November, Julia Sherwood, Peter Darovec, Martin Janeček and Michael Stein talked about our Modern Slovak Classics series at the Artforum bookshop in Bratislava. @juliasherwood.bsky.social @literalab.bsky.social

Srdečně zveme 27. 11. na večer věnovaný edici Modern Slovak Classics. V Bratislavě budou diskutovat překladatelka Julia Sherwood a naší kolegové Martin Janeček a Michael Stein. Moderuje literární vědec Peter Darovec.

“Pain is a privilege of the living.” The Last Thing by Leopold Lahola, tr. by Julia and Peter Sherwood @karolinumpress.cuni.cz @juliasherwood.bsky.social roughghosts.com/2025/10/30/p...

‘The Last Thing’ by Leopold Lahola, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood, has been longlisted for the inaugural 2026 Freuedenheim Translation Prize! @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk @juliasherwood.bsky.social jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/freuedenheim-translation-prize-longlist-2026

On September 29, literary scholar Tim Beasley-Murray, translator Julia Sherwood and Karolinum Press editor Jan Zikmund discussed two Slovak classics, Alfonz Bednár’s "The Hours and the Minutes" and Leopold Lahola’s "The Last Thing", at Hatchards Piccadilly @hatchards.bsky.social.

On International Translation Day, we are delighted to introduce our collaborator in the Modern Slovak Classics series, the London-based @juliasherwood.bsky.social. She is not only active as a translator but also as a tireless promoter of Slovak and Czech literature abroad.

A Czech literature Starter Pack: The book reviewer Jennifer Jelinkova presents the classic novel „We Were a Handful“ by Karel Poláček from our Modern Czech Classics series! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaWD...

Next Monday at Hatchards Piccadilly: UK launch of two Slovak masterpieces in English – "The Hours and the Minutes" by Alfonz Bednár & "The Last Thing" by Leopold Lahola. Join scholar Tim Beasley-Murray, translator Julia Sherwood and editor Jan Zikmund for a fascinating discussion!

We warmly invite you to the UK launch of two newly translated Slovak classics from Karolinum Press: "The Hours and the Minutes" by Alfonz Bednár and "The Last Thing" by Leopold Lahola at Hatchards Piccadilly on 29 Sept, 6:30pm with Tim Beasley-Murray, Julia Sherwood and Jan Zikmund. Join us!

Today we remember Libuše Moníková, Prague-born German-language author, who would have turned 80. Her works earned her major literary awards. In 2023 we published her novel Transfigured Night (tr. Anne Posten): karolinum.cz/en/books/mon...

A nezapomeňte: na Facebooku UK právě probíhá soutěž o tři vybrané tituly: 📖 Jan Royt: Klášter cisterciáků v Oseku 📖 Eva Bobůrková: Muž Země. Rozhovor s Bedřichem Moldanem 📖 Vladislav Vančura: Rozmarné léto Zapojte se do soutěže a užijte si léto s knihou! 🎉

📚🌞 Letní čtení s Nakladatelství Karolinum! Vydejte se s námi během léta do kláštera, na Arktidu nebo dokonce na námořní plavbu z Prahy! Připravili jsme si pro vás šest inspirativních knižních tipů. 📌 Celý výběr najdete na blogu nakladatelství: karolinum.cz/blog/knizni-...

We’re thrilled to share that THE CULTURE OF NEURAL NETWORKS by Karel Piorecký and Zuzana Husárová, translated by Isabel Stainsby, has won the N. Katherine Hayles Award! Published by Karolinum Press with the Institute of Czech Literature. eliterature.org/elo-awards/ @unikarlova.cuni.cz

🎭 A milestone in theatre theory — „Aesthetics of the Dramatic Art“ by Otakar Zich is now available for the first time in English! 🎬 Watch the editors explain why this book still matters: youtu.be/0aKA2uDbTcs More info at: www.theatretheory.cz

Looking for summer reads? Try these titles from Karolinum Press: 🌦️ Summer of Caprice by Vladislav Vančura 🧱 Adventures in the 'Stone Age' by Leopold Pospíšil 🏡 The Country House Revisited by Tereza Topolovská @charlesuni.cuni.cz

Translator @juliasherwood.bsky.social reads from Leopold Lahola's THE LAST THING( @karolinumpress.cuni.cz, 2024) The nine stories in this collection depict the rise of fascism and its dangers for the Jewish community in Slovakia during WW2. Haunting, compelling, and all too timely.

On Sunday, May 18 at the Book World Prague, the panel „Slovakia in the Shadow of WWII“ will present translators and scholars of Slovak literature discussing Slovak writing in translation along with presenting the two latest books in our Modern Slovak Classics series.

„Sono-fenomenologie je fenomenologie fenomenologie,“ aneb jak mohou zvuky posloužit filozofům. Nad knihou Martina Nitscheho, která velí: Zpět ke zvukům samým! @karolinumpress.cuni.cz www.hisvoice.cz/zkouska-sire...