This paper clarifies the role of socialism in the process of Charles University developing into the University for the Czech people. The prosperity of Charles University, which
was established as Prague University in the 14th century, did not last so long. In the 15th century, after Hus’s death, Prague University survived only as a local educational institution
called Prague Academy.
In the 16th century, Prague Academy regained its life as a University. Under the Habsburg monarchy, it regenerated as Carlo-Ferdinand University. However, it was defined
as Austria’s University, and German was used for teaching. When the Czech revival movement was raised, Carlo-Ferdinand University was divided into German University and
Czech University, which was only an attached institution.
In 1917, independent Czechoslovakia, the first republic came into existence though the German University and Czech University were left together. Czech University became
subject and developed around the traditional faculties, but was broken down again by the Nazi occupation.
In the socialism era after 1948, Charles University was built and magnified, though it was ideologically controlled. Many new faculties were established in the suburbs of Prague and
the local cities which had not had any higher education basis. The lower classes, labors and farmers, who had carried Czech culture, were given the opportunities for higher education.
The number of students increased to be more than in the first republic. The socialist reform changed Charles University into the true Czech people’s university and it formed original of
today’s Charles University.
カレル大学の発展における社会主義期の位置づけ
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