Literatures Beyond Literature?

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 28, 2026, 10:00–16:00
Where: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English

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Building Gender Equality above & beyond Geopolitics

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).

Date: May 21, 2026
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English

To secure your spot, please register by clicking HERE.

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)

Program

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Queer Bookshelves and LGBTQI+ Literatures

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

See the CfP here.

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Walls & Borders

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)
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Beyond Reading

The Social Life of Books

Second 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.

Date : 29 avril 2026
Location : Centre Jacques Berque, Rabat
Language: French

Speakers : Hélène MARTINELLI (ENS Lyon / CEFRES), Giedrė ŠABASEVIČIŪTĖ (Institute of Orientale Studies, AV ČR / CEFRES), Zoé CARLE (Fablitt, Paris 8 / IUF)

See the program of the event in French here.

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Gender & Mediation

Reception of Belgian Literature in Czech- and Germanophone Cultural Spaces during Modernism (1870-1940)

This workshop is organised in collaboration with CEFRES, Department of Czech and Comparative Literature, Charles University, Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences & Institute of Slovak Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
It is developped as part of the FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium) PDR project entitled “Belgium ‘Read’ in German and Czech” (2024-2027), directed by Petra James (Université libre de Bruxelles) and Hubert Roland (UCLouvain)

Date: April, 15-17, 2026
Location:
CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Languages: Czech, English, French, German

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