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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 22/09/2026

Karolinum Press is heading to Frankfurt! 📚 @buchmesse.de @charlesuni.cuni.cz As Czechia is this year’s Guest of Honour, we’ll be bringing new English-language books and joining debates, presentations and professional events throughout the fair. Full programme 👇 karolinum.cz/en/blog/nasi...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 22/07/2026

July 23 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ludvík Vaculík, a novelist, dissident, and one of the defining voices of modern Czech literature. His acclaimed novel A Czech Dreambook is available in English from Karolinum Press: karolinum.cz/en/books/vac...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 10/07/2026

“Shocking the conscience. Calls for freedom and peace through suicide by fire” We're delighted that “Living Torches in the Soviet Bloc” by Petr Blažek has been reviewed in the renowned Times Literary Supplement. Read the review: the-tls.com/regular-feat...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 30/04/2026

Join us for a lecture and book presentation by historian Václav Žůrek on the English edition of Charles IV: Portrait of a Medieval Ruler. The event takes place on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 7 PM at the Bohemian National Hall in New York. More information: www.svu2000.org/newyork/news...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 17/04/2026

60 years ago, The Shop on Main Street became the first Czechoslovak film to win an Academy Award. Its Oscar was later lost—and never found. A landmark of world cinema. Read Ladislav Grosman in our Modern Czech Classics series: karolinum.cz/en/books/the...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 16/04/2026

Jacques Rupnik of Sciences Po and Veronika Tuckerová of @harvard.edu speak on April 23 at University of Nebraska–Lincoln on “Bohemian Jewishness: From Poetics to Politics, from Kafka to Communist Antisemitism”. Keynote by Jindřich Toman (University of Michigan). judaic.unl.edu/czech-and-sl...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 23/01/2026

If you are in New York, don’t miss a conversation with architectural historian Helena Čapková and architect Sunil Bald on Wed 4 Feb 2026 at 7 PM at the Czech Center New York, exploring architectural collaboration in Japan and the legacy of Antonín and Noémi Raymond. Learn more: bit.ly/4qCrpIv

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 21/01/2026

‘The Last Thing’ by Slovak author Leopold Lahola, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood, has been shortlisted for the inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize! Judging panel chair Boyd Tonkin refers to the shortlist’s "extraordinary literary rediscoveries and urgent contemporary voices".

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 15/01/2026

Today we commemorate Jan Palach, a symbol of courage and civic responsibility. For broader historical context, see Petr Blažek’s new book Living Torches in the Soviet Bloc: karolinum.cz/knihy/blazek...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 25/12/2025

We wish you a warm and peaceful Christmas, and a New Year filled with good health, joy, and great books. Looking forward to many more shared moments in 2026!

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 19/12/2025

„Living Torches in the Soviet Bloc“ presents the lives of those who chose self-immolation as a radical form of protest against the political oppression in the Soviet Bloc between 1966 and 1989. In co-edition with the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. karolinum.cz/knihy/blazek...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 19/12/2025

Recent research has tended to present Charles IV in a purely positive, unblemished light. The book by Václav Žůrek views Charles IV through a more critical lens, examining the careful construction that went into the way he presented himself. karolinum.cz/knihy/zurek-...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 05/12/2025

On 27 November, Julia Sherwood, Peter Darovec, Martin Janeček and Michael Stein talked about our Modern Slovak Classics series at the Artforum bookshop in Bratislava. @juliasherwood.bsky.social @literalab.bsky.social

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 21/11/2025

Srdečně zveme 27. 11. na večer věnovaný edici Modern Slovak Classics. V Bratislavě budou diskutovat překladatelka Julia Sherwood a naší kolegové Martin Janeček a Michael Stein. Moderuje literární vědec Peter Darovec.

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 19/11/2025

‘The Last Thing’ by Leopold Lahola, translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood, has been longlisted for the inaugural 2026 Freuedenheim Translation Prize! @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk @juliasherwood.bsky.social jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/freuedenheim-translation-prize-longlist-2026

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 01/10/2025

On September 29, literary scholar Tim Beasley-Murray, translator Julia Sherwood and Karolinum Press editor Jan Zikmund discussed two Slovak classics, Alfonz Bednár’s "The Hours and the Minutes" and Leopold Lahola’s "The Last Thing", at Hatchards Piccadilly @hatchards.bsky.social.

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 30/09/2025

On International Translation Day, we are delighted to introduce our collaborator in the Modern Slovak Classics series, the London-based @juliasherwood.bsky.social. She is not only active as a translator but also as a tireless promoter of Slovak and Czech literature abroad.

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 26/09/2025

A Czech literature Starter Pack: The book reviewer Jennifer Jelinkova presents the classic novel „We Were a Handful“ by Karel Poláček from our Modern Czech Classics series! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaWD...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 12/09/2025

We warmly invite you to the UK launch of two newly translated Slovak classics from Karolinum Press: "The Hours and the Minutes" by Alfonz Bednár and "The Last Thing" by Leopold Lahola at Hatchards Piccadilly on 29 Sept, 6:30pm with Tim Beasley-Murray, Julia Sherwood and Jan Zikmund. Join us!

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 30/08/2025

Today we remember Libuše Moníková, Prague-born German-language author, who would have turned 80. Her works earned her major literary awards. In 2023 we published her novel Transfigured Night (tr. Anne Posten): karolinum.cz/en/books/mon...

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 21/07/2025

We’re thrilled to share that THE CULTURE OF NEURAL NETWORKS by Karel Piorecký and Zuzana Husárová, translated by Isabel Stainsby, has won the N. Katherine Hayles Award! Published by Karolinum Press with the Institute of Czech Literature. eliterature.org/elo-awards/ @unikarlova.cuni.cz

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 14/07/2025

🎭 A milestone in theatre theory — „Aesthetics of the Dramatic Art“ by Otakar Zich is now available for the first time in English! 🎬 Watch the editors explain why this book still matters: youtu.be/0aKA2uDbTcs More info at: www.theatretheory.cz

Hardcover book titled “Aesthetics of the Dramatic Art” by Otakar Zich, placed against a neutral background. The cover features minimalist typography and a modern design, reflecting the scholarly nature of the publication. This is the first English translation of a foundational work in Czech theatre theory.

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 01/07/2025

Looking for summer reads? Try these titles from Karolinum Press: 🌦️ Summer of Caprice by Vladislav Vančura 🧱 Adventures in the 'Stone Age' by Leopold Pospíšil 🏡 The Country House Revisited by Tereza Topolovská @charlesuni.cuni.cz

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 12/05/2025

On Sunday, May 18 at the Book World Prague, the panel „Slovakia in the Shadow of WWII“ will present translators and scholars of Slovak literature discussing Slovak writing in translation along with presenting the two latest books in our Modern Slovak Classics series.

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