Prague Constitutional Seminar Series

Prague Constitutional Seminar Series

The Prague Constitutional Seminar Series provides a platform for discussions in constitutional studies, constitutional theory, comparative public law, and human rights law.

Seminars are usually held on Thursdays at 16:00 in Room 38 at the Faculty of Law, Charles University of Prague. Sessions are typically in English, unless stated otherwise.

Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in the discussions! Some seminars may also allow remote participation via Microsoft Teams, depending on the speaker’s preference.

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For further information, please contact the seminar series convenor Filip Jelínek (fjelinek@prf.cuni.cz).

In addition to the seminar series, we also organise The Prague Lectures on Constitutional Law and Theory.

📜 Previous Seminars

9 January 2025 Jan Komárek University of Copenhagen Inaugural Seminar: Constitutional Imaginary and Ideology
6 March 2025 Sebastián R. Molina Maastricht University A Matter of Pedigree: Legal Interpretation and Judicial Review
20 March 2025 Yossi Nehushtan Keele University Judicial Review of Legislation and Democratic Legitimacy: Non-Democratic Courts v. Non-Democratic Legislatures
9 April 2025 Barbara Havelková University of Oxford The Non-Constitutionalization and Avoidant Constitutionalization of Gender in Czechia
17 April 2025 Fatih Öztürk Istanbul University Ottoman Constitutional Developments and Their Impacts on Türkiye’s Current Constitutional System
24 April 2025 Donald L. Horowitz Duke University Constitutional Processes, Polarization, and Moderation
15 May 2025 Ondřej Kadlec Masaryk University Two Models of Grand Chambers: Navigating the Tension between Representativity and Quality in Utilising Extended Judicial Formations
22 May 2025 Luka Glušac University of Belgrade

Towards an Inductive Theory of the Fourth Branch of Power
15 December 2025 Cass Sunstein Harvard University Special Seminar on Campus Free Speech
5 March 2026 Maarten Stremler Maastrich University

What Is Constitutional Scholarship About – and What Should It Be About?
8 April 2026 Vladislava Stoyanova University of Lund Positive Obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights: Do Analytical Clarity and Predictability Matter?
21 April 2026 Hugo Canihac Sciences Po Strasbourg Post-Sovereign Imaginaries in the History of European Political and Legal Thought

 

📣 Upcoming Seminars

11 June 2026 Matthias Klatt  University of Graz TBA
24 June 2026 Sebastián Salazar Pizarro Alberto Hurtado University TBA
  Bruno Santos Cunha Federal University of Pernambuco TBA
TBA Pia Chible Villadangos University of Oxford TBA