The international conference was held in Prague November 20-21,2009. The occasion was the 20th anniversary of the fall of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War The Conference was organized by the Institute of Con temporary History of the ASCR in the cooperation with the Office of the Government of the CR and the Institute of International Studies of the Faculty of Social Science of the Charles University. Invited world known historians of contemporary history from eleven countries exchanged their opinions on issues concerning the role which the East-Central European countries played during the 45-year Cold War and to consider long-term consequences of this period which the international community is still poring over at the beginning of the 21th century. and Vít Smetana.
The Centre of Excellence Telč (a project of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the ASCR) was festively opened on October 9, 2012. The venture is being implemented with financial support from the European Union and the Czech Republic through the structural funds and the state budget. The CET project was intended primarily to contribute to the development of Czech and European science by building a European center of excellence. It is an advanced research center with a unique research program and international reputation, especially in the field of cultural heritage. and Eva Semotanová, Pavel Chromý.
At the end of November 2012, the president of the ASCR Jul Draho visited Rome to attend several events, where intellectual, academic and religious spheres converged. As a result of the meeting of Professor DrahoS. with the Archbishop of Prague, Cardinal Dominik Duka, an agreement on cooperation in research in church and religious history was signed by these two leaders. and Jaroslav Šebek.