Echoes and Encounters in Central and Eastern Europe
This workshop is coorganised by the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the French Center in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES) & the Center for French Culture and Francophone Studies in Poland (CCFEF).
Dates and locations: University of Warsaw Library, room 256, Dobra 56
May 28–29, 2026
Czech Academy of Sciences, Národní 3, Prague 1
June 1, 2026
Language: English
Organizing Committee: Mateusz CHMURSKI, Isabel JACOBS, Jiří RŮŽIČKA, Radosław SZYMAŃSKI, Laurent TATARENKO
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Program in Warsaw
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A symposium co-organised by CEFRES, the Coordinating Committee for the Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages (CHLEL), the International Comparative Literature Association, the International Academic Union, and Stockholm University.
When: May 29, 2026, 10:00–16:00
Where: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English
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The Entangled Histories of Romani Imitation
The conference is supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences’ Lumina Quaeruntur Fellowship project Romani Atlantic: Transcontinental Logic of Ethno-Racial Identities, StrategyAV21 – Identities in the World of Wars and Crises and the ERC project Inclusive History of East-Central Europe: Mid-19th Century to Present and CEFRES.
Dates: May 27–29, 2026
Locations: Institute of Czech Literature – AV ČR, Vila Lanna, CEFRES, Prague
Language: English
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Prosopography of Participants in the UN World Conferences on Women (1975–1995)
1st workshop of the CNRS-supported international research network Architectes de l’égalité de genre par-delà et en-deçà de la géopolitique. Prosopographie des participantes aux conférences mondiales sur les femmes (ONU, 1975-1995) – ProCoMF (2026-2030).
The ProCoMF project brings together 23 researchers from various disciplinary backgrounds to study the social profiles, professional and activist careers, practical and symbolic resources, as well as strategies and political alliances of participants in four UN-organized world conferences on women scheduled from 1975 to 1995.
Partner institutions
- CEFRES (Centre français de recherche en sciences sociales, Prague)
- SIRICE (Sorbonne – Identités, relations internationales et civilisations de l’Europe, UMR 8138, CNRS-Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University)
- Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici (DSU), Ca’Foscari University, Venice, ERC program “Wo-NAM”
Coordination:
Ioana CÎRSTOCEA (CNRS / CEFRES)
Date: May 21, 2026
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English
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Preliminary program
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Circulation, Anthologisation And Canon Formation In Comparative Perspective
Partners
Coordinating Committee for the Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages Series, International Comparative Literature Association (CHLEL-ICLA), National Scientific Research Fund, Belgium (FNRS), Brussels Free University (ULB), Adelphi University, New York, United States, French Research Centre in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES), Prague, French Research Fund SPHINX project: Sustaining and preserving cultural heritage, Sorbonne University’s Gender Network PHILOMEL
Date: May 11-13, 2026
Location: ULB – Solbosch, Brussels, Building R42
Language: English and French
Organizers
Mateusz CHMURSKI, CEFRES / Sorbonne University
Clément DESSY, FNRS / Université libre de Bruxelles
Ana I. SIMÓN-ALEGRE, Adelphi University, NYC
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Program
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EHESS-UMIFRE-EFA Workshop
Organizers: EHESS, EURETES « Faire société », CEFRES (Prague), CRFJ (Jerusalem), IFA SHS (Frankfurt/Main), EFA (Athenes), University of Cyprus (Nicosia)
Date: April 29–30, 2026
Location: 1 Panepistimiou Avenue, Aglantzia 2109, Cyprus, http://library.ucy.ac.cy
Languages of the workshop: English, French
Coordination:
- Falk Bretschneider (EHESS / IFRA-SHS)
- Mateusz Chmurski (Sorbonne University / CEFRES)
- Gilles de Rapper (EFA)
Preliminary program
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