Tereza Juhászová received the Charles University Grant Agency President's Award

Charles University traditionally commemorated the Day of Struggle for Freedom and Democracy and International Students' Day during a ceremonial meeting in the Great Hall of the Karolinum. On this occasion, several awards were presented - including the Charles University Grant Agency Awards for extraordinary scientific results achieved within the framework of targeted support of the Charles University Grant Agency. This year, the Charles University Grant Agency President's Award was received by Tereza Juhászová from the Institute of International Studies FSV UK for the project Post-WWII Coexistence in an East Slovak Small-town.

The project, which ran from April 2023 to December 2024, aimed to analyse the mechanisms of coexistence in a post-conflict, linguistically mixed society living on the geographical periphery. The focus of this micro-historical project is the east Slovak small town Medzev, whose inhabitants spoke German, Slovak, Hungarian, or Romani and faced persecution by the Czechoslovak authorities since the end of the Second World War. The project's goal was to contribute to the current state of knowledge about the functioning of societies in the periods of reconciliation after the war and political transformation, with an emphasis on the dynamics of coexistence in small communities on the geographical periphery. Tereza Juhászová was the main researcher of the project, the head of which was Prof. Kateřina Králová from the Institute of International Studies FSV UK.

Congratulations on the award!