Due to a major water leak, the Jan Palach Library will be CLOSED from 31 August to 6 September. Thank you for your understanding, and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Due to a major water leak, the Jan Palach Library will be CLOSED from 31 August to 6 September. Thank you for your understanding, and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
All libraries located in the CU ARTS Main Building will close at 4.30 pm on Monday, 24 August. The following libraries are affected: Jan Palach Library, Historical Cabinet and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Library.
All libraries located in the CU ARTS Main Building will close at 1 pm on Thursday, 6 August. The following libraries are affected: Jan Palach Library, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Library and Department of Germanic and Nordic Studies Library.
All CU ARTS libraries will close at 2 pm on Thursday, 30 July. The following libraries are affected: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Library, Department of Germanic and Nordic Studies Library and Celetná Library.
On Thursday, 25 June, all libraries in the CU ARTS main building will be closed from 1.00 pm.due to a water supply interruption.
Opening hours for individual libraries are available on the Opening Hours page.
Users whose affiliation with Charles University ends will now have all active loans automatically shortened to 7 calendar days. The change also applies to graduates between the completion of one degree programme and the start of a follow-up degree programme. To continue using CU library services, you will need to obtain a CU External Service User Card.
UPDATE: As of 10 June, the elevator between the study rooms at the Jan Palach Library is operational again.
During the summer, library opening hours will change, so please make sure to check the opening hours of the relevant library on our website before your visit.
As usual, loan periods will remain unchanged during the summer and will be the same as during the semester. Books can be returned via the book return box located in the respective building.
From 22 June to 31 July, the option to pick up requested items from all CU ARTS libraries at the Jan Palach Library will be temporarily suspended.
During the Jan Palach Library summer closure (1–31 July), documents obtained through the Interlibrary Loan Service (ILL) will be available for study in the Historical Cabinet.
UPDATE: As of 29 April, the elevator between the study rooms at the Jan Palach Library is operational again.
From Monday, 20 April, the study room of the English and Romance Studies Library will be unavailable. Due to renovations in other areas, books will be temporarily stored in the study room.
The loan desk will continue to operate without restrictions during regular opening hours. The study room is expected to reopen in October 2026.
Charles University now has access to more than 200 e-books across a wide range of disciplines. The full list, including links to the UKAŽ discovery service can be found in the full post.
CU now has permanent access to Brill’s encyclopaedic databases. The titles mainly focus on Theology and Far Eastern studies.You can find a list of them with links to the UKAŽ central discovery service by clicking on the post.
On Sunday 14 December, from 4 am to approximately 6 am, maintenance will be carried out on the ProQuest Ebook Central platform. During this time, no content on the platform will be accessible.
For technical reasons, this downtime will not be reflected by hiding affected e-books in the UKAŽ discovery system. If you need access to a specific title during the early morning maintenance period, you can download the book or chapter in advance (if a download option is available).
Until 24 December Charles University has a trial to the Drama Texts Collection database. This database provides to over 6,000 texts of dramatic works in English, along with related ephemeral materials, theater flyers, theater diagrams, and photographs. The Drama Texts Collection includes all dramatic texts from the Alexander Street and Chadwyck Healey collections.
Until 31 December, Charles University has trial access to 28 encyclopedias and encyclopedic databases from Brill.Access to the databases is available via the eResources Portal. Go to The trial includes the following encyclopedias and encyclopedic databases, primarily in the fields of theology and Asian studies:
Lean Library is a browser extension that detects whether the university provides access to the article or e-book you’re looking for and automatically offers login via EZproxy or another available access option (including print alternatives available at Charles University). The extension is useful both on and off the university network – for example, when searching for articles through Google, Google Scholar, or directly on publishers’ websites.
You can find installation instructions by clicking on this post.
From the evening hours of Friday 11 July to Sunday 13 July (inc.), there will be an outage of the library systems due to server migration. The following systems will be out of order: UKAŽ, the eResources Portal and the Electronic application for the use of the CU libraries services.
CU has trial access to Project Syndicate until 16 May. Project Syndicate, an international media organization, publishes and shares commentaries and analyses on important global topics. It posts and shares commentary on many topics, including economic policy and growth strategies around the world, human rights, Islam, and the environment. Access is through the eResources portal.
Until 28 February, CU has trial access to the Encyclopedia of Greek Language and Linguistics Online. The Encyclopedia provides an authoritative and comprehensive treatment of all important aspects of the language throughout its 3,500-year documented history, offering a systematic overview of the language at all levels and from many different perspectives and theoretical traditions. It is accessible through the eResources portal.
EBSCO will perform scheduled maintenance on Sunday, January 19th, starting at 8 AM and is expected to be completed in approximately 3 hours. During this maintenance window, users will not be able to download DRM-protected eBooks.
The Visegrad Recognized Student scheme supports outstanding PhD candidates from Visegrad countries to undertake a one-term research placement at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford.
The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, will host the 3rd ENEOLI General Meeting on 28-29 May 2026 with the support of Radka Mudrochová ( local organizer, Department of Romance Studies, CU Arts).
We cordially invite you to a lecture by Benjamin Tromly, during which he will present his forthcoming book The Vlasov Army: The Specter of Wartime Betrayal from Stalin to Putin. After the lecture, there will be time for discussion.
We invite you to a public lecture by Michele Mioni from Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, whose research explores the political and intellectual foundations of the “European Social Model”, its role in shaping post-1989 visions of European integration, and the tensions between welfare, globalisation, and the EU project.
