Charles University, Prague - Courage – Connecting collections

The Faculty of Arts of Charles University (CUNI) is currently one of the largest and most important scientific and educational institutions in the humanities in the Czech Republic, with close to one thousand employees. The Institute of Czech History at the University specializes in Czech history in the context of Europe and Central Europe, from the beginnings of Czech history to the present day, and analyses the different state systems to which the Czech Lands have belonged in different periods of history. The Contemporary History Seminar has recently shifted focus to the transformation of Czech society following the fall of communism in 1989. Members of the faculty of the Institute are involved in numerous regional and international research projects, including the contemporary history research project entitled Czechoslovakia’s Federal Assembly 1989–1992: the Emancipation of Legislative Power, which analyses the history of Czechoslovakia’s parliamentary system during the country’s transition from communism to democracy.