K nedožitým devadesátinám profesora Jana Firbase

[The Ninetieth Anniversary of Professor Jan Firbas' Birth]

Martin Drápela

The article is an expanded version of the article ‛Aktuální členění stále aktuální, zejména zásluhou významného brněnského anglisty [The FSP Theory remains relevant thanks to mainly a renown Brno Anglicist]’ that appeared in the Vol.44/No.2/2011 edition of UNIVERSITAS (ISSN 1211-3387) to commemorate the ninetieth anniversary of Professor Jan Firbas' birth.

Vzpomínka na profesora Josefa Hladkého

[In Memory of Professor Josef Hladký]

Miroslav Černý

Published on the occasion of what would have been the year of his 80th birthday, the article recounts the most important milestones in the academic career of Professor Josef Hladký, a prominent Czech Anglicist and philologist, focusing on his less known contributions to the field of literary history and criticism.

Peninsular or/and ‘cuestal’ modernisms

Yordan Lyutskanov

These marginalia are provoked by papers presented and discussions carried out at a conference of EAM. E.g., a link between postmodernism and the syncretism/eclecticism of some modernist movements from the European periphery is hypothesised.

Univerzity, etymologie, společnost (akciová?)

[Universities, etymology, society (Co. Ltd.?)]

Giorgio Cadorini

The actual policy, pulling the universities in the direction of an exclusively material production, rises from a certain idea of the globalisation. Etymology shows us that this idea is not corresponding to reality.

Vzpomínka na jedno výjimečně dynamické téma

[A reminiscence of an exceptionally dynamic theme]

Martin Drápela

Published on the occasion of what would have been his 70th birthday, the article recounts the most important milestones in the academic career of Professor Aleš Svoboda, a prominent Czech Anglicist and researcher in the theory of Functional Sentence Perspective.

Několik poznámek ke třetímu vydání The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language

[Some notes on the third edition of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language]

Martin Drápela

The article is a short review of the third edition of David Crystal’s The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language published by Cambridge University Press in 2010 (ISBN 9780521736503).

Interview with an Oncologist on Doctor-Patient Interactions

Jana Mendelová

The article is an interview with a Czech oncologist presenting her views on the importance of doctor-patient communication for the successful treatment of the patient. The interviewee responds to questions prepared by D. H. Sevin some twenty years ago.