“The Philosophical Concept of Rebellion: Albert Camus and the Spirit of Anarchy”
Contact: dominik.kulcsar[@]cefres.cz
Research area 2: Norms and Transgressions
The main focus of my dissertation is a historical analysis of the concept of rebellion. I work with the theories of the Russian anarchists, Mikhail Bakunin, Pyotr Kropotkin, and the French philosopher Albert Camus, all of whom consider rebellion as originating from the notion of freedom. Beyond this common thread, I have discovered a deeper, so far not-fully explored, historical and conceptual connection, between Camus’s philosophy of rebellion the anarchist writings of Bakunin, and also Kropotkin. Continue reading Dominik Kulcsár – Research & CV→
“Agency and Emancipation: A Decolonial Analysis of the Lived Experience of Hazara Women in Exile in Europe”
Contact: seema.sridhar[@]cefres.cz
Research area 1: Displacement, Dépaysement and Discrepancies
My research focuses on the lived experiences of conflict, international intervention, and displacement of persecuted communities from present-day Afghanistan, by examining the narratives of the Hazara diaspora women living in select cities in Europe. By drawing upon the linkages from the host country to the home country, connecting the dots between women’s lived experiences of change during intervention in Afghanistan, to circumstances leading to displacement and their capacities to cope with resettlement, and their involvement in advocacy and empowerment initiatives, I trace the circle of participation and agency over a continuum of violence. Continue reading Seema Sridhar – Research & CV→
“References to French, American and British Popular Cultures in Czechoslovak cinema, 1969–1982″
Contact : anastasia.mamaeva(@)cefres.cz
Research Area 2: Norms and Transgressions
From political thrillers to burlesque adaptations of Belle Époque dime novels, references to French, American and British pop culture characters and tropes abound in the Czechoslovak cinema of the “offensive normalization” era. In line with recent works on the concept of “porous Iron Curtain” and the remapping of Cold War media Anastasia’s PhD thesis aims to show that pop culture references abide by their own rules and travel along different routes than those indicated by the political maps of the time. Continue reading Anastasia Mamaeva – Research & CV→
Research area 1 : Displacements, “dépaysement”, discrepancies
My thesis investigates the upheaval caused by the large-scale invasion of Ukraine for Central and Eastern European specialists in academic, cultural and media circles in France and the Czech Republic.
The aim is to understand how the large-scale war led French and Czech researchers, cultural professionals and journalists working on Ukraine to rethink their personal and professional practices. Continue reading Joséphine Brive – Research & CV→
“From a Party Truth to a Class Truth”: Picture of Operaismo in Heresy (1956–1969)
Research Area 1 and 2
His PhD research focuses on the Italian branch of the international “new left-wing”, appearing after 1956, as an intellectual network and activist groups in periphery of the partisan left-wing. His subject is more precisely connected to the group magazines associated with “Operaismo” or “Workerism”, namely Quaderni rossi and Classe operaia, whose archives he discusses (work notes, letters, mettings reports, personal papers) with hybrid methods. He thus uses tools from social history of political ideas, socio-history of parties, sociology of political crisis and transnational mobilisations.Continue reading Julien Allavena – Research & CV→
“Jews in Cheb (Eger) in the High and Late Middle Ages”
Contact : kajetan.holecek[@]cefres.cz
Research Area 3 – Objects, Traces, Mapping: Everyday Experience of Spaces
My dissertation examines the Jewish position in the urban space of Cheb (Eger), a town on the Czech-German border. Given that the Jewish community in this town is among the oldest and most populous in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, it could be seen as representative of other medieval Jewish communities. The local context thus serves as a valuable case study for understanding the role of Jewish residents in the environment of medieval towns. The primary objective of my research is to define the role of Jews in medieval urban society by analysing social interactions within the urban space in answering the question: How should we speak and think of the Jews in the urban space?Continue reading Kajetán Holeček – Research & CV →
French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences – Prague
The main focus of my dissertation is a historical analysis of the concept of rebellion. I work with the theories of the Russian anarchists, Mikhail Bakunin, Pyotr Kropotkin, and the French philosopher Albert Camus, all of whom consider rebellion as originating from the notion of freedom. Beyond this common thread, I have discovered a deeper, so far not-fully explored, historical and conceptual connection, between Camus’s philosophy of rebellion the anarchist writings of Bakunin, and also Kropotkin. Continue reading Dominik Kulcsár – Research & CV 
My thesis investigates the upheaval caused by the large-scale invasion of Ukraine for Central and Eastern European specialists in academic, cultural and media circles in France and the Czech Republic.
His PhD research focuses on the Italian branch of the international “new left-wing”, appearing after 1956, as an intellectual network and activist groups in periphery of the partisan left-wing. His subject is more precisely connected to the group magazines associated with “Operaismo” or “Workerism”