Department of English and American Studies

Spring Semester — Important Dates and Events

Classes	13 Feb – 19 May 2023
National Holidays	7 April (Friday), 11 April (Monday), 1 May (Monday), 8 May (Monday)
Theses Topics deadline	5 March 2023
Reading Week	17-21 April (except combined studies)
BA entrance exam	22-23 April
Thesis submission deadline	30 April 2023 (Information System; hard copy submission on 2 May 2023)
BA State exams – written part BA State exams – defences	5 - 7 June 2023 8 - 9 June 2023
MA State Exams	12 - 14 June 2023
MA Entrance Exam	week of 19 June 2023

Info on COVID rules and restrictions

The photo above is a token of our history: it comes from the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The Gypsywood Players, our students’ theatre company, in 2015.
This year, we are celebrating 100 years of the Department itself. Our first professor was appointed in 1920, regular teaching started in 2021.

On Apr 29, 2022 we celebrated
Prof. Chudoba’s plane tree
and launched D. Sparling’s book Outside In.
See photos from the event.

100 Years of Teaching | Videos from the Virtual “Reunion”

Virtual Open House
(Dny otevřených dveří)

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30 May

Master's State Exams Schedule and Committees - June 2023

26 May

Tomáš Kačer Appointed Associate Professor. Congratulations!

Congratulations! The Head of the Department received his Associate Professor decree from the Masaryk University Rector, Professor Martin Bareš, at a ceremony on Thursday, 25 May.

24 May

Bachelor Thesis Defense Schedule - June 2023

6 May

Josef Jařab, first post-Velvet Revolution UP Rector, dies aged 85

After a brief but serious illness, Josef Jařab has died, aged 85. Professor of English and American Literature, literary theoretician and translator, he was the first post-Velvet Revolution rector of Palacký University Olomouc (1990–1997).

31 Jan

ERASMUS+ STUDENT EXCHANGES 2023/2024 FIRST CALL

26 Jan

Final Bc. State Exam Results - January 2023

19 Dec 2022

Master's State Exams Schedule and Committees - January/February 2023

19 Dec 2022

Bachelor Thesis Defense Schedule - January 2023

Links: Coronavirus situation | CZASE | ESSE

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