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Brazil: Current Environmental, Social and Political Challenges Brazil: Current Environmental, Social and Political Challenges 19. 5. 2015 Author: Kateřina Březinová The Brazilian rainforest presents a globally important biodiversity hotspot. Besides rich biodiversity, the forest harbours also some remaining American Indian tribes with a traditional way of living. Nevertheless, the total area of Amazonia has been reduced significantly in the last decades, as various interests, such as extractive industries, hydroenergetic project, agricultural enterprises and others are advancing into the ecologically sensitive area.
The Diffusion of Drone Warfare? The Diffusion of Drone Warfare? 10. 4. 2015 Author: Oldřich Bureš In the first ever public lecture delivered by the first ever MUP/C4SS post-doc fellow Andrea Gilli on March 30, 2015, his research of a hot topic of contemporary security studies was presented – drone warfare.
The ‘D-Word’: Dissertation information and advice The ‘D-Word’: Dissertation information and advice 1. 4. 2015 Author: Gerald Power The STAR seminar held a very special meeting in MUP Strašnice building on 24 March 2015, with a workshop dedicated to the question of ‘Your Dissertation: How to do it?!’
Thatcherism in the Czech Lands Thatcherism in the Czech Lands 4. 3. 2015 Author: Jaroslav Weinfurter The world of academia is a world of division. The academic universe is, more often than not, carved up into autonomous and self-contained magisteria, each clinging to its designated slice of social reality. Although not completely unjustified, the tribalisation of academia can be said to promote division, segregation and competition in the name of expert community-building, research focus, variety and order. And yet, this seems to stand in stark opposition to the wonderfully and mind-bogglingly entangled world that spreads out behind the window, one that appears to continually resist rigid categorisations and attempts to impose patterns of order and control.
7th Gala Ball of Metropolitan University Prague 7th Gala Ball of Metropolitan University Prague We would like to cordially invite you to the 7th Gala Ball of Metropolitan University Prague which will be held on Friday, 20 March 2015 from 7:30 pm in the magnificent interior of the Municipal House in Prague at Náměstí Republiky in Prague 1; the event will again occupy three of its halls: the unique Smetana Hall, Sladkovský Hall, and Grégr Hall.
Call for Panels and Individual Papers: Non-Traditional Security Issues in the Indo-Pacific: Threats and Opportunities 7th Annual Prague Conference on Asian Studies hosted by the Department of Asian Studies and the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies Metropolitan University Prague, 20–21 November 2015.
Islamist Militancy in Pakistan Islamist Militancy in Pakistan 19. 1. 2015 Author: Břetislav Tureček One can be almost sure that whatever event related to the greater Middle East region has almost anytime a perfect timing and relevancy. This was also a case of the guest lecture "Islamist Militancy in Pakistan" by Daud Khan Khattak organized by The Centre for Middle Eastern Studies on 16 December.
Borders in the Americas: Processes of bordering and identification in the Americas and their historical, cultural, political and security implications Borders in the Americas: Processes of bordering and identification in the Americas and their historical, cultural, political and security implications Conference of Ibero-American Centre (IAC) at Metropolitan University Prague
Date: November 21, 2014

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