The Course of a Chinese Colonial Project
At this event, organised in collaboration with the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the publishing house La Découverte, sociologist Dilnur REYHAN (Institute of Oriental Studies, AV ČR) will present her latest book, Génocide ouïghour. Trajectoire d’un projet colonial chinois (Uyghur Genocide. The Trajectory of a Chinese Colonial Project) (La Découverte 2026).
Date: November 19, 2026 at 16:30
Location: CEFRES, Lower Hall, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English
Author and speaker: Dilnur REYHAN (Institute of Oriental Studies, AV ČR)
Moderators: Maika NGUYEN (CEFRES) and Véronique SAULNIER (Riverside International School – Prague)
Presentation
Depuis plusieurs années, la situation des Ouïghours en Chine suscite une inquiétude croissante dans le monde. Dans ce livre, Dilnur Reyhan propose une analyse historique et politique de cette répression. Elle montre comment une domination coloniale s’est transformée, depuis les années 2010, en un système de contrôle et de destruction que de nombreux observateurs qualifient aujourd’hui de génocide. Continue reading Uyghur Genocide →
Private Archives and Their Public Lives
Fourth session of the Paper Bonds project seminar developped within the AV ČR-CNRS Tandem Program supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences, CNRS and CEFRES.
The event is organised in collaboration with the Centre for Economic, Legal and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ), the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Czech Academy of Sciences and ENS de Lyon.
Date: October 25, 2026 at 11:00
Location : The Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ), Cairo & online (join here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/90rDZhVOSFCGTEV1SgbFxQ)
Language: English
Speaker: Hoda ELSADDA (The Women and Memory Forum, Cairo)
The seminar will be followed by a roundtable discussion with the participation of, among others:
Raphaëlle BRIN (ENS de Lyon),
Mina IBRAHIM (SARD),
Hélène MARTINELLI (ENS de Lyon / CEFRES),
Ali AL MOUSSAOUI (CEFRES),
Mélanie PARTAMIAN (visual artist, Cairo)
Adéla PROVAZNÍKOVÁ (Institute of Orientale Studies, AV ČR),
Giedrė ŠABASEVIČIŪTĖ (Institute of Orientale Studies, AV ČR / CEFRES)
Continue reading Making the Private Public →
Climate Governance in Cities and Regions
This workshop will be opened by HE Stéphane Crouzat, Ambassador of France to the Czech Republic, and will bring together voices from government and academia (Czech Academy of Sciences, CNRS, LATTS, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University) to discuss these issues and provide options to help cities and regions to build greener and more inclusive communities.
Date: October 22, 2026
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English
Please register via this form.
Convenor: Gilles LEPESANT (CNRS, CEFRES)
With the participation of:
Jan Chabr (Chairman of the Energy Committee of the Prague City Council)
Bohumil FRANTÁL (Institute of Geonics, Czech Academy of Sciences / Palacký University Olomouc),
Rachel GUYET (CIFE, Nice/Berlin),
Jaroslav Klusak, SEMMO (Association of Local Energy Managers)
François-Mathieu POUPEAU (CNRS, LATTS),
Emmanuelle SANTOIRE (CNRS, LATTS),
Martin STROLENY (Head of Innovation and Projects, Euroheat & Power)
Iryna YAREMAK (Ivano-Frankivsk University / CEFRES associate)
Download the oficial poster here.
Recurrent heatwaves across Europe are a reminder that climate action is needed through both mitigation and adaptation strategies. 75% of the emissions come from cities and the building sector alone is responsible for around 40% of CO2 emissions globally. Continue reading Lost in Transition? →
Linguistic Code-Switching in the Context of Algeria
2nd session of CEFRES in-house seminar
Through the presentation of works in progress, CEFRES’s Seminar aims at raising and discussing issues about methods, approaches or concepts, in a multidisciplinary spirit, allowing everyone to confront her or his own perspectives with the research presented.
Location: CEFRES Library and online (to get the link, write to cefres[@]cefres.cz)
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 4:30 pm
Language: English
Speaker: Lucia BRAZDILOVÁ, CEFRES / Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava
Discussant: Ali AL MOUSSAOUI, CEFRES
Abstract Continue reading Navigating Multilingualism →
The event is organized by the French Embassy in Prague, the French Institute in Prague, Association for International Affairs (AMO Klima), CEFRES, UN Information Centre Prague and Charles University.
Following the Stop Climate Disinfo! Confronting the Reality of Climate Change event at the French Institute, CEFRES warmly invites you to an evening discussion bringing together two climate scientists from France and the Czech Republic, Jean JOUZEL and Zuzana HARMÁČKOVÁ.
Date: October 14th, 6pm
Location: Great Hall (Room 131) of the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1
Language: English without translation.
Free entry.
Please fill in the reservation form on the website of the French Institute of Prague. Continue reading Climate Science & Public Trust →
A workshop organised in the framework of the 4EU+ Alliance project, entitled UNES: UNDER EASTERN EYES. East European Writers Reimagining the West from the Great War to the Present Times.
Organizing committee: Maxime DECOUT (CELFF – Sorbonne University), Clara ROYER (Eur’ORBEM – Sorbonne University), Danuta SOSNOWSKA (Institute of Slavic Studies – University of Warsaw) & Josef ŠEBEK (Faculty of Arts – Charles University / CEFRES)
Date: 14–15 October, 2026
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English
This workshop aims at positioning the East–West relation into a wider spatial dynamic within Europe and postcolonial space, especially regarding the North and the South. The imagination of the North and the South decenters the notion of the uniform West and East, becomes a reservoir of alternative – desired as well contested – models and allows for the overcoming of the East–West binarism. Contacts, networks and coalitions existed between the North and the South in East Central Europe as well as across the East–West divide. In the workshop we want to address representations, images and critical reflections of the West in relation to the European as well as global North and South in East Central European literatures throughout the last century, taking into account also Western literature written by immigrants. Continue reading The North and the South Under Eastern Eyes →
