The tradition of International Congresses of Historical Sciences started in 1900. Except during the World War I and World War II, it has been held 21 times so far. Being the most influential academic activity of historical sciences, it enjoys a reputation of the “Olympics of Historical Sciences”. From 23 to 29 August, 2015, the 22nd ICHS was held in Jinan, China. It was the first time for the Congress to be held in Asia. The event, hosted by the International Committee of Historical Sciences, was organized by the Association of Chinese Historians and Shandong University. The Congress included four major themes: “China from Global Perspectives”, “Historicizing Emotions”, “Revolutions in World History: Comparisons and Connections” and “Digital Turn in History”. There were also a series of academic activities such as specialized theme discussions, joint sessions, round tables, evening discussions, and poster session for post- graduate and PhD students etc. Over 2000 historians from all over the world participated in those activities including 15 Czech historians from the Institute of History of the CAS, the Institute of Contemporary History of the CAS, Charles University, University of Pardubice and Palacký University Olomouc. and Jaroslav Pánek.
The 9th annual Science and Technology Week was organized for the public by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic on November 2-8, 2009 and it took place in Brno, České Budějovice, Hradec Králové, Ostrava, Plzeň and Praha. The program included speeches by scientific professionals, presentations of noteworthy experiments, workshops, non-traditional exhibitions, science cafés, and visits to laboratories and academic workplaces. Science and Technology Week is one of the largest science communication efforts which presents the latest scientific achievements and results of current research. and Luděk Svoboda.
This was a comment during an interview with Professor Vaclay Pates, a renowned Czech biochemist, for a feature article in this issue. The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) has been observing the 20m anniversary of its inception, of which this is a part. Professor PaOes was President of the Academy (2005-2009) and also of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic (2010-2012). His scientific speciality is genomics. His research group was among the first to completely sequence a genome, namely, the DNA of a bacterial virus. In addition, he discovered a specific enzyme involved in the catabolism of the plant hormone cytokinine. He co-authored of the first Czech synthetic gene (the precursor of the neurotransmitter enkefaline). and Marina Hužvárová.
The article outlines the book culture of the Rudolphine period on the examples of several works by Tycho Brahe (Instruments of the Renewed Astronomy), Johannes Kepler (Somnium: The Dream, or Posthumous Work on Lunar Astronomy; Conversation with the Starry Messenger) and Galileo Galilei (The Starry Messenger). It is based on both research outcomes that have already been published and those that are being prepared for printing. and Alena Hadravová.
Institute of Art History of the ASCR in cooperation with British Archeological Association organized between 7th-12th July 2006 session, that had the character of an international conference, the topic was Medieval Art and Architecture in Prague and Bohemia. The lectures were completed by excursions into main Czech medieval monuments, such as Prague centre, Karlstejn Castle and Kutna Hora Centre. and Klára Benešovská.
Tato studie se věnuje komentářům a glosám k první kapitole druhé knihy Boethiova Úvodu do aritmetiky, jejímiž autory v poslední čtvrtině 10. století byli Gerbert z Aurillacu (Scholium ad Boethii Arithmeticam Institutionem l. II, c. 1), Abbo z Fleury (komentář ke spisu Calculus od Viktorina z Akvitánie, tzv. De numero, mensura et pondere), Notker z Lutychu (De superparticularibus) a anonymní autor textu De arithmetica Boetii. Studie sleduje dva hlavní cíle: nejprve upozorňuje na to, že Boethiův text o převodu číselných posloupností na stejnost lze interpretovat dvěma rozdílnými způsoby, následně se zaměřuje na využití této problematiky v dalších svobodných uměních a při hraní deskové hry rithmomachie., This paper deals with commentaries and glosses to the first chapter of the second book of Boethius’s Introduction to Arithmetic written by Gerbert of Aurillac (Scholium ad Boethii Arithmeticae Institution l. II, c. 1), Abbo of Fleury (commentary on the Calculus of Victorius of Aquitaine, the so-called De numero, mensura et pondere), Notker of Liège (De superparticularibus) and by the anonymous author (the text De Arithmetica Boetii) in the last quarter of the 10th century. This paper follows two main topics: firstly, Boethius’s work implies possibility of double interpretations of converting numerical sequences to equality; secondly, applications of this topic in other liberal arts and in playing board game called rithmomachia., and Marek Otisk.