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CEFRES Review of Books – June 2026

This informal meeting gathers CEFRES team, the library readers, and professionals from libraries and publishing. The aim of our Review of Books is to make better known the publishing landscape in humanities and social sciences. Each book is presented in French and in no more than 10 minutes, so to stress its originality and stakes.

Date: June 23, 2026 at 15:00
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: French

The review will be followed by our traditionnal Tree Party.

So far, the following presentations are announced:

  • Hélène CAMARADE, Résistantes allemandes. Des femmes face à Hitler. Nouveau Monde éditions, 2025. by Mateusz Chmurski et Hélène Martinelli
  • Dictionnaire critique de l’Eglise. Notions et débats de science sociales. PUF, 2023. by Barbora Spalová
  • Charlotte LACOSTE, La charge mémorielle. Une approche genrée de la mémoire du 13-novembre. Hermann, 2025. by Joséphine Brive
  • Marc LAZAR, Pour l’amour du peuple. Histoire du populisme en France XIXe-XXIe siècle. Gallimard, 2025. by Antonin Vuillemin
  • Camille SCHMOLL, Chacun sa place. Une géographie morale des mobilités. CNRS éditions, 2025. by Maïka Nguyen

Women of Image, Images of Women

Cross-disciplinary approach to the role of women in the cinema of Central, Eastern, and Balkan Europe

The event is part of the Quinzaine du genre centre-européen and will feature CEFRES doctoral students.

Partner Institutions
Cerilac (Université Paris Cité), Laslar (University of Caen Normandy).

Date: Film screening – June 3, 2026; Workshop – June 10, 2026
Location: Filmothèque du Quartier latin, Université Paris Cité, 10/06/2026 room 064E (Halles Aux farines) and online.
Language: French

Organizing Committee
Léa DABROWSKI (Université de Caen – Normandie / LASLAR)
Garance FROMONT (Université Paris Cité / Cerilac – CEFRES)

See the official poster and program of the event here.

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Gender Investigations II

Fifth Doctoral Workshop organized within the cooperation agreement between EHESS, CEFRES, Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences, on the occasion of the visiting fellowship at CEFRES of Régis Schlagdenhauffen, EHESS, at CEFRES.

Date: June 9–11, 2026
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Languages : English, French

Coordination : Régis Schlagdenhauffen (EHESS)
with the participation of:
Mateusz Chmurski (CEFRES / Sorbonne University)
Ioana Cîrstocea (CEFRES / CNRS)
Lucie Drechselová (EHESS)
Sébastien Roux (CNRS)

Access the official poster
& the CfP.

Program

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Anti-gender Policies

Creating an Enemy, Undermining Rights

As part of the Pride Month program in Budapest, the French Institute in Hungary is organizing this roundtable discussion with the support of CEFRES. This event is part of the 31st edition of Budapest Pride.

Date: June 8, 2026, 18:00
Location: Francia Intéret, Auditorium, Budapest
Language: Hungarian and French with simultaneous interpretation

In the presence of:
Valentin BEHR, CNRS Research Fellow at the European Center for Sociology and Political Science (University of Paris 1), winner of the Oszkár Sárkány Fellowship 2025/2026
Andréa PETŐ, Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University (CEU)

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Recipe (Scrap)Books

Third session of the seminar organized within the research project Paper Bonds. Bookmaking for Kin, Friends and the Self in Contemporary Europe and the Middle East, developped within AV ČR-CNRS Tandem Program supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences, CNRS and CEFRES.

Date: June 5 2026, 14:00
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 and online (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81257545285?pwd=8fyzo9rn13xFoqBHq5nkvvon2jKmAH.1)
Language: English

Speakers
Albena SHKODROVA (KU Leuven)
Félixe KAZI–TANI (ENSBA; Villa Arson; Montpellier Paul Valéry; ENS de Lyon, Ihrim)

Abstract

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