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
Insights from Central Europe, the Middle East and Latin America
A conference organized by the working group “Conservatism, Illiberalism, Far Right” (CILEX) within the Association française de science politique (AFSP)
Date: Tuesday 27 January, 15:30–18:30
Location: CEFRES Library, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English
Programme
Chair :
Markus POLLAK (CEFRES, Central European University, Vienna)
Discussant: Anemona CONSTANTIN (CESSP (CNRS) / IEE, Free University of Brussels)
Zora HESOVÁ (Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague) Otherness and Far-Right Discourse in the Culture Wars in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Alihan MESTCI (Chair COLIBEX / LinCS (CNRS), University of Strasbourg)
The Making of the ‘Culture War’: Intellectual Roots and Political Uses in Turkey (1961-2017)
Alfredo JOIGNANT (School of political science, University Diego Portales, Santiago du Chili)
Cultural Wars as Spectacle: Political Incorrectness and Reactionary Aesthetics at VOX’s ‘Europa Viva’ Festivals
Ezequiel SAFERSTEIN (CONICET, National University of General San Martín, Buenos Aires)
The Intellectuals of Javier Milei and the Cultural Battle: Production, Dissemination of Ideas, and Sociability of the Radicalized Right
The next edition of CEFRES Review of Books will take place on Tuesday, June 24th, at 3:00 pm at CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
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.
The review will be followed by our traditionnal Tree Party.
So far, the following presentations are announced:
- MAILÄNDER, Elissa: Amour, mariage, sexualité : une histoire intime du nazisme (1930-1950). Paris Éditions du Seuil 2021, by Anabela Zigova
- NEVEUX, Olivier: Contre le théâtre politique. Paris La Fabrique éditions 2019, by Vera Guseynova
- SAPIRO, Gisèle: Qu’est-ce qu’un auteur mondial ? : Le champ littéraire transnational. [Paris] EHESS Gallimard Seuil 2024, by Hélène Martinelli and Mateusz Chmurski
The next edition of CEFRES Review of Books will take place on Friday, June 21st, at 3:00 pm at CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
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.
So far, the following presentations are announced:
- Luz Ascarate : Imaginer selon Paul Ricoeur. La phénoménologie à la rencontre de l’ontologie sociale (Paris : Hermann, 2022) by Petr Horák
- Lise Foisneau : Kumpania. Vivre et résister en pays gadjo (Marseille : Wildproject, 2023) by Yasar Abu Ghosh
- Baptiste Morizot : L’inexploré (Marseilles : Wildproject, 2023) by Hana Fořtová
- Hyacinthe Ravet : Musiciennes. Enquête sur les femmes et la musique (Paris : Autrement, 2011) by Louisa Martin-Chevalier
- Christelle Taraud (dir.) : Feminicides. Une histoire mondiale (Paris : La Découverte, 2022) by Hélène Martinelli
The next edition of CEFRES Review of Books will take place on Monday, December 18th, at 4:30 pm at CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
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.
So far, the following presentations are announced:
- Lise Foisneau : Kumpania. Vivre et résister en pays gadjo (Marseille : Wildproject) 2023 by Yasar Abu Ghosh
- Geneviève Prouvost : Quotidien politique. Féminisme, écologie, subsistance (Paris : La Découverte, 2021) by Ioana Cîrstocea
- Christelle Taraud (dir.) : Feminicides. Une histoire mondiale (Paris : La Découverte, 2022) by Hélène Martinelli
- Anne-Marie Thiesse : La fabrique de l’écrivain national (Paris : Gallimard, 2019) by Michael Wögerbauer (tbc)
- Edouard Vasseur : L’exposition universelle de 1867. L’apogée du Second Empire (Paris : Perrin, 2023) by Adéla Bricínová
The next edition of CEFRES Review of Books will take place on
Tuesday, June 27th, at 3 pm,
at CEFRES Library (Na Florenci 3, Prague 1)
in French.
This informal meeting gathers CEFRES team, 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. A short discussion follows each presentation. Continue reading CEFRES Review of books – June 2023 →
