Center for Theoretical Study
@cts.cuni.cz
Center for Theoretical Study, Charles University & The Czech Academy of Sciences | Centrum pro teoretická studia UK/AV ČR | www.cts.cuni.cz
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Center for Theoretical Study
@cts.cuni.cz
· Mar 28
Center for Theoretical Study (CTS) is a unique academic center. We are small in number, but we cover a surprisingly wide range of disciplines—from natural & social sciences to humanities & philosophy. Part of CTS is Jan Patočka archive.
Current focus: transdisciplinary study of the Anthropocene.
Current focus: transdisciplinary study of the Anthropocene.
Zítra na #ctvrtkycts promluví Jitka Molnárová (Fakulta architektury, ČVUT) na téma "Proměny modernistických sídlišť odspodu". 10-12h v seminárce CTS nebo online na cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267
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November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Zítra na #ctvrtkycts promluví Jitka Molnárová (Fakulta architektury, ČVUT) na téma "Proměny modernistických sídlišť odspodu". 10-12h v seminárce CTS nebo online na cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267
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Storch et al. @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
Cradles, museums & disequilibria: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
Equilibrium dynamics clarify biodiversity patterns: tropics may now sit above equilibrium, while temperate zones act as today’s cradles
@cts.cuni.cz @graceridder.bsky.social
Cradles, museums & disequilibria: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
Equilibrium dynamics clarify biodiversity patterns: tropics may now sit above equilibrium, while temperate zones act as today’s cradles
@cts.cuni.cz @graceridder.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Storch et al. @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social
Cradles, museums & disequilibria: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
Equilibrium dynamics clarify biodiversity patterns: tropics may now sit above equilibrium, while temperate zones act as today’s cradles
@cts.cuni.cz @graceridder.bsky.social
Cradles, museums & disequilibria: authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
Equilibrium dynamics clarify biodiversity patterns: tropics may now sit above equilibrium, while temperate zones act as today’s cradles
@cts.cuni.cz @graceridder.bsky.social
New paper by David Storch, @graceridder.bsky.social & Jordan Okie in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social applying the Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics to Cenozoic diversity. Temperate diversity likely below equilibrium; tropical diversity may be above it.
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
New paper by David Storch, @graceridder.bsky.social & Jordan Okie in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social applying the Equilibrium Theory of Biodiversity Dynamics to Cenozoic diversity. Temperate diversity likely below equilibrium; tropical diversity may be above it.
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1m5jLcZ3X3...
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The first "Anthropocene Ruptures" #workshop took place at @charlesuni.cuni.cz in Prague from 9-10 Oct 2025 to connect researchers and students from Central Europe 🪢
To find out more, visit the CTS Anthropocene website: www.anthropocene.cz/en/
#Anthropocene #centralnetwork #research #univie
To find out more, visit the CTS Anthropocene website: www.anthropocene.cz/en/
#Anthropocene #centralnetwork #research #univie
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The first "Anthropocene Ruptures" #workshop took place at @charlesuni.cuni.cz in Prague from 9-10 Oct 2025 to connect researchers and students from Central Europe 🪢
To find out more, visit the CTS Anthropocene website: www.anthropocene.cz/en/
#Anthropocene #centralnetwork #research #univie
To find out more, visit the CTS Anthropocene website: www.anthropocene.cz/en/
#Anthropocene #centralnetwork #research #univie
Tomorrow at #ctvrtkycts, Krzysztof Sękowski (University of Warsaw) will speak on the topic "Conceptual Engineering is Old News" - November 13, 2025, at 10 a.m. at CTS, Husova 4, Prague 1 (3rd floor) or online at cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Tomorrow at #ctvrtkycts, Krzysztof Sękowski (University of Warsaw) will speak on the topic "Conceptual Engineering is Old News" - November 13, 2025, at 10 a.m. at CTS, Husova 4, Prague 1 (3rd floor) or online at cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267.
A collection of final papers by participants in our summer school "Anthropocene: The Contemporary World in a Transdisciplinary Perspective" (2024) has been published. Essays on beehives, glass plates, Tyrian purple, Fordite, and perfume can be downloaded here: www.anthropocene.cz/cz/letni-sko...
Závěrečné projekty 2024 - Antropocén
Výsledkem skupinové práce účastníků a účastnic kurzu bylo zpracování vlastních antropocenností, tedy předmětů, entit nebo jevů, které – když se na ně podíváme tím správným způsobem – vystihují specifi...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A collection of final papers by participants in our summer school "Anthropocene: The Contemporary World in a Transdisciplinary Perspective" (2024) has been published. Essays on beehives, glass plates, Tyrian purple, Fordite, and perfume can be downloaded here: www.anthropocene.cz/cz/letni-sko...
The recordings from this year’s Human-aligned AI Summer School (humanaligned.ai/2025/), hosted by @cts.cuni.cz in July 2025, are now available online. All videos are here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis....
Human-aligned AI Summer School 2025
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November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The recordings from this year’s Human-aligned AI Summer School (humanaligned.ai/2025/), hosted by @cts.cuni.cz in July 2025, are now available online. All videos are here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis....
Zítra na #ctvrtkycts vystoupí Irena Kalhousová (Herzlovo centrum izraelských studií, FSV UK) a promluví na téma Turbulentní ustavování nové rovnováhy sil na na Blízkém východě. Seminárka CTS 10-12h, příp. online na cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267
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November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Zítra na #ctvrtkycts vystoupí Irena Kalhousová (Herzlovo centrum izraelských studií, FSV UK) a promluví na téma Turbulentní ustavování nové rovnováhy sil na na Blízkém východě. Seminárka CTS 10-12h, příp. online na cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267
V rámci Týdne vědy se dnes na @CTS_uk_av uskuteční kulatý stůl na téma "Na hranici důvěry: věda a vědecké poznání ve 'věku podezírání'". Vedle kolegy Zdeňka Konopáska se zúčastní např. Jan Maršálek nebo Petr Koubský. Více viz www.tydenavcr.cz/program/akce...
Program Týdne Akademie věd ČR - Týden Akademie věd ČR
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November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
V rámci Týdne vědy se dnes na @CTS_uk_av uskuteční kulatý stůl na téma "Na hranici důvěry: věda a vědecké poznání ve 'věku podezírání'". Vedle kolegy Zdeňka Konopáska se zúčastní např. Jan Maršálek nebo Petr Koubský. Více viz www.tydenavcr.cz/program/akce...
CTS invites you to the workshop Ruins and Relics: Rhythms, Temporalities, and Trajectories of Change
📍 December 3, 2025, IE, Prague
📑 Details in the attached programme
📚 EN
💰 Funded by OP JAK The Land Gone Wild
📍 December 3, 2025, IE, Prague
📑 Details in the attached programme
📚 EN
💰 Funded by OP JAK The Land Gone Wild
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
CTS invites you to the workshop Ruins and Relics: Rhythms, Temporalities, and Trajectories of Change
📍 December 3, 2025, IE, Prague
📑 Details in the attached programme
📚 EN
💰 Funded by OP JAK The Land Gone Wild
📍 December 3, 2025, IE, Prague
📑 Details in the attached programme
📚 EN
💰 Funded by OP JAK The Land Gone Wild
🎧 David Storch z @cts.cuni.cz v podcastu Pavla Mirovského
O změnách přírody kolem nás, návratu velkých zvířat, problémech ochrany přírody, evoluci i antropocénu.
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T_...
O změnách přírody kolem nás, návratu velkých zvířat, problémech ochrany přírody, evoluci i antropocénu.
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T_...
David Storch: Green Deal, Evoluce, Darwin, Člověk, Zvíře #84
YouTube video by Pavel Mirovský
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October 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🎧 David Storch z @cts.cuni.cz v podcastu Pavla Mirovského
O změnách přírody kolem nás, návratu velkých zvířat, problémech ochrany přírody, evoluci i antropocénu.
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T_...
O změnách přírody kolem nás, návratu velkých zvířat, problémech ochrany přírody, evoluci i antropocénu.
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2T_...
#ctvrtkycts CTS seminář:
Od výzkumu k politice: role vědy v ochraně polních ptáků a utváření zemědělské praxe
🗣️ Adriana Cíbik Hološková (ÚŽP PřF UK & Slovenská ornitologická spoločnosť / BirdLife Slovensko)
🗓️ Oct 30, 10–12 | osobně v @cts.cuni.cz, online: cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267CTS
#ctvrtkycts CTS seminář:
Od výzkumu k politice: role vědy v ochraně polních ptáků a utváření zemědělské praxe
🗣️ Adriana Cíbik Hološková (ÚŽP PřF UK & Slovenská ornitologická spoločnosť / BirdLife Slovensko)
🗓️ Oct 30, 10–12 | osobně v @cts.cuni.cz, online: cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267CTS
October 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#ctvrtkycts CTS seminář:
Od výzkumu k politice: role vědy v ochraně polních ptáků a utváření zemědělské praxe
🗣️ Adriana Cíbik Hološková (ÚŽP PřF UK & Slovenská ornitologická spoločnosť / BirdLife Slovensko)
🗓️ Oct 30, 10–12 | osobně v @cts.cuni.cz, online: cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267CTS
#ctvrtkycts CTS seminář:
Od výzkumu k politice: role vědy v ochraně polních ptáků a utváření zemědělské praxe
🗣️ Adriana Cíbik Hološková (ÚŽP PřF UK & Slovenská ornitologická spoločnosť / BirdLife Slovensko)
🗓️ Oct 30, 10–12 | osobně v @cts.cuni.cz, online: cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267CTS
🎬 Kino Fotografic: Jan Patočka – o duši a politice
📅 23. 10. 2025, 19:00 | vstupné dobrovolné
Doprovodný program k výstavě Depozitář mizení Jindřicha Přibíka. Úvod a diskusi povede Jan Frei (Archiv Jana Patočky, @cts.cuni.cz). Osobní účast režiséra Borise Jankovce.
🔗 fotografic.cz/project/kino...
📅 23. 10. 2025, 19:00 | vstupné dobrovolné
Doprovodný program k výstavě Depozitář mizení Jindřicha Přibíka. Úvod a diskusi povede Jan Frei (Archiv Jana Patočky, @cts.cuni.cz). Osobní účast režiséra Borise Jankovce.
🔗 fotografic.cz/project/kino...
Kino Fotografic | Jan Patočka: o duši a politice | 23. 10. 2025 - Galerie Fotografic
Ve čtvrtek 23. října od 19h se uskuteční speciální projekce dokumentárního filmu Borise Jankovce s názvem Jan Patočka – o duši a politice.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🎬 Kino Fotografic: Jan Patočka – o duši a politice
📅 23. 10. 2025, 19:00 | vstupné dobrovolné
Doprovodný program k výstavě Depozitář mizení Jindřicha Přibíka. Úvod a diskusi povede Jan Frei (Archiv Jana Patočky, @cts.cuni.cz). Osobní účast režiséra Borise Jankovce.
🔗 fotografic.cz/project/kino...
📅 23. 10. 2025, 19:00 | vstupné dobrovolné
Doprovodný program k výstavě Depozitář mizení Jindřicha Přibíka. Úvod a diskusi povede Jan Frei (Archiv Jana Patočky, @cts.cuni.cz). Osobní účast režiséra Borise Jankovce.
🔗 fotografic.cz/project/kino...
#ctvrtkycts CTS seminar tomorrow:
Undefinability and Absolute Undefinability
🗣️ Roman Kossak (City University of New York)
🗓️ Oct 23, 10–12 a.m. | at @cts.cuni.cz or online: cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267CTS
#ctvrtkycts CTS seminar tomorrow:
Undefinability and Absolute Undefinability
🗣️ Roman Kossak (City University of New York)
🗓️ Oct 23, 10–12 a.m. | at @cts.cuni.cz or online: cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267CTS
October 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
#ctvrtkycts CTS seminar tomorrow:
Undefinability and Absolute Undefinability
🗣️ Roman Kossak (City University of New York)
🗓️ Oct 23, 10–12 a.m. | at @cts.cuni.cz or online: cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267CTS
#ctvrtkycts CTS seminar tomorrow:
Undefinability and Absolute Undefinability
🗣️ Roman Kossak (City University of New York)
🗓️ Oct 23, 10–12 a.m. | at @cts.cuni.cz or online: cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267CTS
#ctvrtkycts is back after the holidays and the renovation of our seminar room: tomorrow, Eric Shiraev (George Mason University) will speak on The Use and Misuse of Historical Names: Who Gets Remembered and Why It Matters. 10-12 a.m. at @CTS_uk_av or online at cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#ctvrtkycts is back after the holidays and the renovation of our seminar room: tomorrow, Eric Shiraev (George Mason University) will speak on The Use and Misuse of Historical Names: Who Gets Remembered and Why It Matters. 10-12 a.m. at @CTS_uk_av or online at cesnet.zoom.us/j/92791774267.
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Program Biologických čtvrtků na ZS. Pozor, začínáme už 2.10.!
September 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Program Biologických čtvrtků na ZS. Pozor, začínáme už 2.10.!
“Anthropocene Ruptures: Crossing Borders, Building Connections”, Charles University Prague, October 9–10, 2025 - a two-day event of discussions, networking, and a field trip; participants also from Humboldt University, and University of Vienna. Link and program: www.anthropocene.cz/en/anthropoc...
Anthropocene Ruptures: Crossing Borders, Building Connections
CENTRAL Workshop Anthropocene Ruptures: Crossing Borders, Building Connections, organized by Center for Theoretical Study, Charles University
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October 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“Anthropocene Ruptures: Crossing Borders, Building Connections”, Charles University Prague, October 9–10, 2025 - a two-day event of discussions, networking, and a field trip; participants also from Humboldt University, and University of Vienna. Link and program: www.anthropocene.cz/en/anthropoc...
It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the passing away of our long-time colleague in @CTS_uk_av, mathematician Prof. Petr Kůrka. We will remember.
September 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the passing away of our long-time colleague in @CTS_uk_av, mathematician Prof. Petr Kůrka. We will remember.
📖 Book release! Hinterland. Archeologie severočeských pískovcových krajin. Co-edited by Petr Pokorný, contributions from Jindra Prach and Jan Hošek (CTS).
An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.
🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...
An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.
🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📖 Book release! Hinterland. Archeologie severočeských pískovcových krajin. Co-edited by Petr Pokorný, contributions from Jindra Prach and Jan Hošek (CTS).
An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.
🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...
An illustrated journey (100+ images) through 20,000 years of sandstone landscapes, from the Ice Age to today.
🔗 www.kosmas.cz/knihy/559021...
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The deadline is slowly coming, do not forget. Postdoc at the transdisciplinary institute of CTS.
📢 Postdoc opening at the @cts.cuni.cz
Open to researchers interested in any field developed at CTS, with a strong interest in transdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities
📄 Details: cuni.cz/UKEN-1304-ve...
🗓️ Start: Jan 2026| Apply by: Sept 30, 2025
Open to researchers interested in any field developed at CTS, with a strong interest in transdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities
📄 Details: cuni.cz/UKEN-1304-ve...
🗓️ Start: Jan 2026| Apply by: Sept 30, 2025
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September 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The deadline is slowly coming, do not forget. Postdoc at the transdisciplinary institute of CTS.
We’ve wrapped up our on-site week in Prague and now move into the final online phase of the micro-credential “Anthropocene: The Contemporary World in Transdisciplinary Perspective.” Closing block = 3 sessions + mentor-led groups leading to final projects. 🚀
🔗 www.anthropocene.cz/en/
🔗 www.anthropocene.cz/en/
September 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We’ve wrapped up our on-site week in Prague and now move into the final online phase of the micro-credential “Anthropocene: The Contemporary World in Transdisciplinary Perspective.” Closing block = 3 sessions + mentor-led groups leading to final projects. 🚀
🔗 www.anthropocene.cz/en/
🔗 www.anthropocene.cz/en/
📢 Horizons: Conference in Honour of Petr Vopěnka
🗓️ Oct 24–25, 2025 | Prague, Czech Rep.
On the 10th anniversary of his passing, leading scholars will discuss Vopěnka’s legacy. The event also celebrates the 35th anniversary of @cts.cuni.cz
🔗 Program & registration: www.cts.cuni.cz/index.php?m=...
🗓️ Oct 24–25, 2025 | Prague, Czech Rep.
On the 10th anniversary of his passing, leading scholars will discuss Vopěnka’s legacy. The event also celebrates the 35th anniversary of @cts.cuni.cz
🔗 Program & registration: www.cts.cuni.cz/index.php?m=...
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September 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📢 Horizons: Conference in Honour of Petr Vopěnka
🗓️ Oct 24–25, 2025 | Prague, Czech Rep.
On the 10th anniversary of his passing, leading scholars will discuss Vopěnka’s legacy. The event also celebrates the 35th anniversary of @cts.cuni.cz
🔗 Program & registration: www.cts.cuni.cz/index.php?m=...
🗓️ Oct 24–25, 2025 | Prague, Czech Rep.
On the 10th anniversary of his passing, leading scholars will discuss Vopěnka’s legacy. The event also celebrates the 35th anniversary of @cts.cuni.cz
🔗 Program & registration: www.cts.cuni.cz/index.php?m=...
The deadline is slowly coming, do not forget. Postdoc at the transdisciplinary institute of CTS.
📢 Postdoc opening at the @cts.cuni.cz
Open to researchers interested in any field developed at CTS, with a strong interest in transdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities
📄 Details: cuni.cz/UKEN-1304-ve...
🗓️ Start: Jan 2026| Apply by: Sept 30, 2025
Open to researchers interested in any field developed at CTS, with a strong interest in transdisciplinary dialogue between the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities
📄 Details: cuni.cz/UKEN-1304-ve...
🗓️ Start: Jan 2026| Apply by: Sept 30, 2025
cuni.cz
September 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The deadline is slowly coming, do not forget. Postdoc at the transdisciplinary institute of CTS.
Our colleague Zdeněk Konopásek today in Zürich, at the STS-CH conference "Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique?", gave a presentation entitled "Collins and Latour: Untangling the silent disappearance of SSK".
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our colleague Zdeněk Konopásek today in Zürich, at the STS-CH conference "Holding Things Together? Change, Continuity, Critique?", gave a presentation entitled "Collins and Latour: Untangling the silent disappearance of SSK".
Today marks the start of the main (in-person) part of our summer school on the topic of the Anthropocene: The Contemporary World from a Transdisciplinary Perspective. This time, it will be held entirely in English. #ctssummerschool
September 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Today marks the start of the main (in-person) part of our summer school on the topic of the Anthropocene: The Contemporary World from a Transdisciplinary Perspective. This time, it will be held entirely in English. #ctssummerschool