21.05.2025
Encounters: Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Art (21 May, 2025)
Three exceptional lectures will connect mathematics, physics, artificial intelligence, and art, offering a fresh perspective on the modern world.
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22.04.2025
“A light smile on the face…” Psychiatrist Cyril Höschl dies at 75
“I tried to tell people that psychiatric patients – with rare exceptions – don’t bite and don’t kill. To some extent, I think that message got through. But you have to keep blowing on it.” This is how psychiatrist Cyril Höschl, founding member of the Learned Society, summed up his life’s mission last year when he received the Neuron Award. On Monday 21 April 2025, he passed away from multiple system atrophy, aged 75.
20.05.2025
Quantum Duel: Quantum computers – Do they exist? (20 May, 2025)
The Learned Society of the Czech Republic is hosting a discussion on whether we will ever have practically relevant quantum computers. Matthias Christandl argues that qubits have already been created, and that this will lead to the development of useful quantum computers. Gil Kalai does not dispute the creation of qubits, but he argues that, because of their inherent properties, we will never have practically relevant quantum computers.
16.04.2025
Bolzano Lecture, 16 April 2025: Hugo Duminil-Copin on critical phenomena through the lens of Ising's model
The Learned Society of the Czech Republic cordially invites you to the fifth Bolzano lecture. The Fields Medal winner, the French mathematician Hugo Duminil-Copin, will deliver it on Wednesday, 16 April 2025, in the Blue Hall of Karolinum, Prague. He will discuss the role of the Ising model not only in the study of ferromagnetism but will present it as a general mathematical framework for understanding the phenomena of statistical physics.
18.02.2025
Hematology: An Example of Path to Scientific Discovery and Disease Treatment
Invitation to the symposium (including online access) organized by the Learned Society of the Czech Republic and the Czech Medical Academy. The Czech Academy of Sciences, Národní 3, Praha 1, Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
06.01.2025
Historian František Šmahel Passes Away at the Age of 90
On Sunday, 5 January 2025, Professor František Šmahel, a prominent Czech historian, medievalist, and member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, passed away at the age of 90. He significantly influenced historical research both in the Czech Republic and abroad, profoundly enriching Czech and global historiography. While his scholarly works were primarily focused on the late medieval history of the Czech lands, they also extended to broader European contexts and occasionally addressed contemporary historical themes.
26.11.2024
The Learned Society of the Czech Republic Establishes Collaboration with the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
On Saturday, November 16, Martin Loebl, President of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, met in Prague with Hans-Georg Kräusslich, President of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, to discuss potential forms of collaboration.
25.11.2024
The Learned Society Launches This Year’s „Jiřina Michlová Award for Doctoral Students“
The Learned Society of the Czech Republic is pleased to launch the second annual Jiřina Michlová Award for doctoral students, recognizing outstanding original scientific work. Eligible submissions include scientific articles, student theses, or studies created specifically for the award.
17.11.2024
"Freedom means responsibility." The Learned Society commemorates The Day of Struggle for Freedom and Democracy at Národní třída
Representatives of the Learned Society today laid a wreath at the commemorative plaque on Národní třída in Prague, which marks the events of 17 November 1989. The wreath bore the timeless quote from Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk: "Freedom means responsibility."
29.10.2024
Ivo Starý Awarded the Praemium Academiae
The First Vice-President of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, Ivo Starý from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (IOCB), has been awarded this year's Praemium Academiae — a prestigious grant from the Czech Academy of Sciences providing up to CZK 30 million over the next six years.
02.07.2024
Recording of the Palacký lecture by Stein Ringen
What role did religion play in the modernisation of Europe? Is its influence still present or has secular modernity made religion obsolete? Watch the recording of a lecture by Oxford historian Stein Ringen: The Role of Religion in European Modernisation.
19.06.2024
Jiří Přibáň will become the new judge of the Constitutional Court
Lawyer and sociologist Jiří Přibáň, a foreign fellow of the Learned Society, will become the new judge of the Constitutional Court. On Wednesday 19 June, the Senate approved his nomination by President Petr Pavel (along with Tomáš Langášek).
21.05.2024
Speech by Libor Grubhoffer at the XXXth General Assembly of the Learned Society
"In addition to the highly technical topics of contemporary science and education, it is a vital role of the Learned Society to protect democracy and freedom in our country, to speak out in their defence at any hint of their restriction," said Libor Grubhoffer, who has served as President of the Learned Society for the last two years.
20.05.2024
Martin Loebl takes over the leadership of the Learned Society
The new President of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic is Martin Loebl, a mathematician. He will succeed Libor Grubhoffer, Director of the Biological Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, whose two-year mandate ends at the XXXth General Assembly of the Learned Society (20-21 May 2024).
13.05.2024
Prof. Josef Michl passes away at the age of 85
On Monday, 13 May 2024, Prof. Josef Michl, a world-renowned chemist and a foreign fellow of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, died unexpectedly.
03.05.2024
Julius Lukeš elected a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Prof. Julius Lukeš from the Institute of Parasitology of the Biological Centre of the CAS, a member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic, was elected on 30 April 2024 (as the third Czech citizen) as an international member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NSA).
03.04.2024
Palacký Lecture: Stein Ringen – The Role of Religion in European Modernisation: The Case of Scandinavia
The Learned Society of the Czech Republic cordially invites you to attend Palacký lecture by Stein Ringen, historian and political scientist from Oxford. On Thursday 25 April 2024 in the refectory of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University on Malostranské náměstí in Prague. The lecture will be held in English.
29.01.2024
Prof. Jiří Bičák, former President of the Learned Society, died at the age of 82
On Friday, January 26, 2024, Prof. RNDr. Jiří Bičák, DrSc., Dr.h.c., theoretical physicist, expert in the field of theory of relativity and cosmology, founding member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic and between 2014-2016 also its President, died at the age of 82.
09.01.2024
Jan Závada, founding member of the Learned Society, died at the age of 90
It is with great sadness that we have just received the news that Jan Závada, PhD, molecular oncologist, expert in virus genetics, and founding member of the Learned Society, died on Friday, January 5, at the age of 90.
22.12.2023
Statement of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic on the tragedy at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University on 21 December 2024
The Learned Society of the Czech Republic expresses its deep regret for the tragic event that took place on the grounds of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, during which the lives of fourteen members of the academic community were lost...
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