17/10/2014 - Read on Screen: Film Adaptations of Literature in English
The Metropolitan University Prague cordially invites colleagues, students, and interested professionals to a conference hosted by its Department of Anglophone Studies, titled "Read on Screen – Film Adaptations of Literature in English", to be held in Prague in October 2014.Explorations of the mutual relationship between literature and film afford a valuable source of knowledge and understanding in the arts and social sciences, particularly during our times, in which we witness increasingly pronounced shifts from purely textual forms of representation towards the visual and multidisciplinary ones, significant transformations of typical reading behaviour, especially among the younger generations, as well as transformations of the concepts of reading and cultural literacy themselves. Theoreticians, pedagogues, and practitioners in many areas of culture, including publishers and editors, note a rapid decline in reading habits and numbers of readers, related, among other factors, to the hectic development of increasingly more attractive interactive technologies, which frequently replace printed formats, as well as to the transformations of the structures of publishing industry, including the growing popularity of e-books etc. Film as an engaging multidisciplinary medium can thus become a valuable educational tool, providing a powerful and effective insight into social, as well as aesthetic reality, and in a specific sense an instrument for discovering and understanding both classical and contemporary literature.
The conference aims at bringing together experts in the fields such as literature, film studies, history, political science, sociology, and media studies, in order to address issues including, but not specifically limited to the following:
- classical and contemporary literature on the film screen
- from the textual towards the visual: transformations of the forms of reflecting reality
- literary text and film as instruments for education and cognition
- transformations of reading literacy; “film literacy”?
- the future of literature and film
Dates: 17–18 October 2014
Venue: Metropolitan University Prague, Prokopova 100/16, Praha 3
map
Aktuálně
Kristýna Tůmová získala ocenění „Zdravotně postižený zaměstnanec roku“
21. 5. 2026 Autor: redakce
Mgr. Kristýna Tůmová, referentka studijního oddělení MUP, převzala 20. května 2026 v Brožíkově sále Staroměstské radnice prestižní ocenění „Zdravotně postižený zaměstnanec roku“, které uděluje Národní fond osob se zdravotním postižením (NFOZP). Ocenění získala za svou dlouholetou profesionální práci, mimořádné nasazení a inspirativní přístup ke studentům i kolegům na Metropolitní univerzitě Praha.
Jak to chodí v televizi: studenti MUP navštívili všechny tři celoplošné stanice
12. 5. 2026 Autor: Kamila Klausová
Studenti mediálních studií mají v 11. patře na Jarově k dispozici televizní studio, kde si mohou vyzkoušet vedení rozhovorů a moderování. V rámci novinářského certifikátu natáčejí ve druhém a třetím ročníku vlastní reportáže. Ale stejně návštěva "opravdové televize", kde mohou sledovat vznik vysílání v přímém přenosu, je každoročně zážitkem, který se hluboce zapíše.
Digital Extremism and Emerging Threats: Insights from Expert Lectures at MUP
5. 5. 2026 Author: Oldřich Bureš
In April 2026, the Center for Security Studies and the Department of International Relations and European Studies at Metropolitan University Prague hosted thought-provoking lectures examining the evolving landscape of violent extremism. Delivered by Sean McCafferty and Adam Hanzel, both Marie Skłodowska-Curie GLOCTER Project PhD fellows, the sessions explored how terrorist actors exploit the digital environment and how new, harder-to-define forms of extremism are reshaping traditional security frameworks. Together, the lectures offered students a comprehensive look at both the online dynamics of contemporary terrorism and the emerging challenges posed by accelerationist and nihilistic violent extremist movements.