Barbora Vacková is a student of Comparative Literature and Interpreting at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Her research focuses on contemporary literature in the Maghreb region with a focus on current critical approaches such as decolonialism, feminist and queer studies. She specializes in the Francophone region, drawing in particular on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Abdellah Taïa and Monique Wittig. She has completed a student programme in Bordeaux and, in addition to her research work, she also works as a translator and interpreter for non-profit organisations.
She has been a member of CEFRES since February 2025 and is dedicated to translation and communication.
We are happy to announce the name of the winner of the height CEFRES Platform Award for best article in social sciences and humanities in an international peer-reviewed journal (see the call for applications here):
Kristýna KAUCKÁ (Masaryk Institute and Archive of the Czech Akademy of Sciences) for her article:
“The Unknown Infection, or “Rožňava Disease” in Czechoslovakia in 1951’”, Contemporary European History, 2023: 1–19.
Photos Ondřej Besperát
The award ceremony took place on 28 June 2024 at the French Embassy in the presence of Mrs. Milena Králičková, Rector of Charles University, Mrs. Eva Zažímalová, President of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Ambassador of France to the Czech Republic Stéphane Crouzat and Nobel Prize laureate, Jean-Marie Lehn.
Veronique Debord Lazzaro, attachée for scientific cooperation of the French Embassy to the Czech RepublicMateusz Chmurski, director of CEFRES
Anna Yanenko is a researcher (Deputy Head of the Research Department of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and Museums History) in the National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” (Ukraine). She is a co-founder and coorganizer the continual Research Seminar on History of the Humanities in Ukraine (an initiative of ICOM Ukraine and the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). She coordinates conferences on history of humanities, archaeology and museums in Ukraine. Continue reading Anna Yanenko – Research & CV→
“‘Exilic energies’: the expirience of Julia Kristeva”
Contact: r.dzyk[@]chnu.edu.u
Research Area 1 – Displacements, “dépaysement”, discrepancies
Roman Dzyk holds a PhD in Philology and currently serves as the Head of the Department of World Literature and Theory of Literature at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. He obtained his bachelor’s degree (2007) and master’s degree (2008) in philology with honors from the same university. In 2012, he successfully defended his PhD thesis in literary theory. Continue reading Roman Dzyk – Research & CV→
French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences – Prague
Roman Dzyk holds a PhD in Philology and currently serves as the Head of the Department of World Literature and Theory of Literature at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. He obtained his bachelor’s degree (2007) and master’s degree (2008) in philology with honors from the same university. In 2012, he successfully defended his PhD thesis in literary theory.