The normalized, the normalizers and their cinemas:
Czechoslovak and Soviet Films of the 1970s
The webinar created and moderated by Anastasia Mamaeva, PhD student at UMR Eur’Orbem (Sorbonne University/CNRS, Paris) was organized with the support of Eur’Orbem, CEFRES (Prague), Charles University (Prague).
Location : CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 and online (to get the link, please register at cefres@cefres.cz)
Date : May 13, May 27, June 4 at 4:30 pm
Language : english
Program
Monday, May 13
The Squalid Charms of the Stagnation Cinematic Aesthetics
Igor Gulin (independent cultural historian, critic, poet)
Monday, May 27
Visitors and Insiders: The Normalisation-Era Career of Jindřich Polák
Jonathan Owen (independent scholar of Eastern and Central European cinema, avant-gardes, and cult film; author, Avant-Garde to New Wave: Czechoslovak Cinema, Surrealism and the Sixties, 2011)
Tuesday, June 4
Czechoslovak public relations films for export
Lucie Česálková (editor-in-chief, Iluminace magazine; Charles University, Prague)
Abstract
Pokračování textu The normalized, the normalizers and their cinemas →
The Matrix of Photomechanical Reproductions of Art. Research Project Presentation
CEFRES Seminar #1
Fedora Parkmann (post-doktorantka, CEFRES)
Hana Buddeus (ÚDU AVČR)
Kde: knihovna CEFRES a online
Kdy: pátek 23. září 2022, 16:30–18:30
Jazyk: angličtina
Kontakt: cefres[@]cefres.cz
Abstract
Funded by the Czech Academy of Sciences, the project The Matrix of Photomechanical Reproductions: Histories of Remote Access to Art examines the rise and spread of photo-reproductions in Czech, French, German and Russian art journals from 1900 to 1950. Combining digital humanities with archival research, the goal is to expand our historical knowledge, from local to transnational, and from empirical to big data, thereby opening new insights into the use of remote access to art in the digital age. This talk will retrace the different steps that led from conceiving the project to submitting a proposal and discuss the methodology and aims of the project.
Program Semináře CEFRESu na rok 2022–2033 najdete zde.
Obrázek : Advertisement for the journal Hollar, published in Umění, n°9-10, 1936.
The End of the Five Solitudes? Towards a Linguistic and Cultural Map of Contemporary Montreal
Sixth session of the 2023-2024 CEFRES Francophone Interdisciplinary Seminar The map and the border
In 2023, we would like to start by beginning by questionning the very act of bordering and representing (a territory, a period, a trajectory), in short, thanks to the interdisciplinarity of our respective disciplines, to question the map and the border.
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Date: Friday 10th, May 2024 from 10am to 12pm CET
Language: French
Speaker: Eva Voldřichová – Beránková (Faculty of Arts, Charles University)
Discussant: Mateusz Chmurski (CEFRES)
Abstract
In 1945, Hugh MacLennan’s renowned novel Two Solitudes explored the cultural alienation between Quebec’s French-speaking and English-speaking populations. Over three centuries, language, religion and socioeconomic factors have traditionally acte as barriers between these communities, fostering coexistence rather than integration. Since the 1980s, a revived academic interest in Montreal’s Yiddish culture had led to discussions of a “third solitude” characterizing certain Jewish diasporas in Canada. Simultaneously, a cultural and political renaissance among First Nations and Inuit peoples has been decribes as the “fourth solitude”, reflecting their unique life experiences. Today, authors of migrant literatures frequently evoke a “fifth solitude”, encompassing immigrants, their descendants, and native Quebecers who explore themes of exile and cultural adaptation. Montreal emerges as a historical nexus of these “five solitudes”, each shaping the city’s landcape and narrative. By examining specific neighborhouds, insights can be gained into how diverse linguistic and cultural communities have become ingrained in Montreal’s urban fabric, expanding across space and time. Through their literary contributions, they offer distinctive perspectives on the Canadian metropolis, contributing to its intricate linguistic, cultural and mental map. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commits to addressing the “trauma of historical solitudes”, consideration is given to the practical tools available to realize this aspiration.
View the complete seminar program for 2023-2024 here.
Osmý seminář CEFRESu
Mezioborový seminář si klade za cíl otevírat diskusi o vědeckých metodách, přístupech a konceptech. Účastníkům umožňuje vzájemně porovnávat své vědecké přístupy a seznamovat se s aktuálními tématy výzkumu napříč obory humanitních věd.
Místo konání: knihovna CEFRESu a online (odkaz k přípojení a text ke čtení, prosím, požadujte na adrese cefres@cefres.cz)
Datum: úterý, 15. dubna 2025, 16:30
Jazyk: angličtina
Jan MUSIL (Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy / doktorand přidružený k CEFRESu)
Diskutující: Hélène MARTINELLI (CEFRES / École normale supérieure de Lyon)
Text ke čtení: Gorer, Geoffrey. “The Pornography of Death.” Encounter., vol. 5, no. 4, 1955.
Abstrakt:
Ve dvacátém století se vlivem postupného vytrácení křesťanské představy posmrtného života začala smrt znovu považovat za reálnou a fatální možnost ukončení života jednotlivce s jediným cílem, a sice vytvořit z ní zavrženíhodné a tabuizované téma. Jak v roce 1955 provokativně podotýká Geoffrey Gorer, takové téma je západní kultuře přístupné pouze prostřednictvím hypertrofovaných žánrů literatury a filmu, které souhrnně nazývá pornografií smrti.
Pokračování textu Thanatografie. Zobrazování truchlení a posmrtného života v literatuře →
Diskusní přednáška s Michelem Wieviorkou pořádaná Centrem francouzské civilizace a frankofonních studií (CCFEF) ve spolupráci s Varšavskou univerzitou.
Moderátor: Gregorz Dobiecki.
Místo konání: Varšavská univerzita.
Páté setkání epistemologického semináře pořádáného CEFRESem a IMS FSV UK pod vedením Katalin Pataki (CEFRES & CEU, Budapest).
Texty:
- MANN, MICHAEL (1986), “The autonomous power of the state: its origins, mechanisms, and results”, in HALL, JOHN A. (ed.), States in History. Oxford: Blackwell. p109-136
- FOUCAULT, MICHEL (2001), “Governmentality’, in Power (The Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984). p199-222
