The Department of Aesthetics is a relatively small unit within the Faculty of Arts located in the Celetná 20 building. We offer degree programmes at all three levels—BA, MA, and PhD. Our accredited programmes are taught in Czech only; however, we typically offer one to three courses in English each academic year for incoming international […]
Aesthetics has a long and distinguished tradition at Charles University. The subject has been taught at the university since the eighteenth century, shortly after the term aesthetics was introduced by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten. Modern teaching of aesthetics began in 1763 with the establishment of a chair in the “fine arts and moral sciences,” held by […]
The research activities of the Department of Aesthetics at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University operate on two interconnected levels. The first focuses on two fundamental areas: (1) the aesthetic nature of art and (2) non-artistic forms of the aesthetic, examined within both Anglo-American and Continental aesthetic traditions. The second level is devoted to the […]
The Department of Aesthetics maintains active student-exchange collaborations with several partner universities, including: Université de Picardie Jules Verne – Philosophy (Aesthetics) / Arts2 places for 5 months (BA, MA) University of Sussex – Philosophy (Aesthetics)3 places for 5 months (BA, MA) University of Malta – Philosophy2 places for 5 months (BA, MA) University of Gdańsk […]
Prague Aesthetics Lectures is a guest lecture series organized by the Aesthetics Department at Charles University. The aim of the series is to present promising avenues of research shaping current philosophical aesthetics. In 2020/2021, the lectures will be a part of a course titled Aesthetics in the 21st Century held at the Aesthetics Department and taught by Tereza […]
Prague Aesthetics Lectures is a guest lecture series organized by the Aesthetics Department at Charles University. The aim of the series is to present promising avenues of research shaping current philosophical aesthetics. UPCOMING LECTURES May 2026 May 21, 2026, 18:00 The Moment of Authorship A lecture by philosopher Mark Windsor (Uppsala University, Sweden) Thursday 21 […]
International Coordinators: Tereza Hadravova (tereza.hadravova@ff.cuni.cz) a Štěpán Kubalík (Stepan.kubalik@ff.cuni.cz) Department of Aesthetics Celetná 20 Praha 1 116 42 Phone: 00420 221 619 620
