Professor Jiří Zima has announced his candidacy for the position of Rector of Charles University

At the meeting of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Science, Charles University, held on May 22, 2025, the faculty’s former dean, Prof. RNDr. Jiří Zima, CSc., was unanimously nominated as a candidate for the position of Rector of Charles University.

Šafařík’s maps inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register

Czech cultural heritage has achieved a significant international success with the inscription of the unique maps by Slavist Pavel Josef Šafařík into the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. UNESCO’s Secretariat received 122 nominations, of which only 74 were recommended for inscription. The Faculty of Science at Charles University can now proudly celebrate its second entry on this prestigious international list — the first being the successful nomination of the Camocio maps in 2017.