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The naming conflicts “revolution” and “civil war” in Greece

A lecture by Maria Kokkinou (CEFRES)  in the frame of the Franco-czech historical seminar organized by Institute for Czech History of the Faculty of arts, Charles University (FFUK), in collaboration with CEFRES.

Venue: Faculty of Arts of Charles University, nám. J. Palacha 2, Prague 1, room 201
Time: 9:10-12:30
Language: French

Summary

This seminar aims to question the concept of (lost) revolution through a contemporary historical moment: the Greek Civil War (1946-49).  In order to achieve it, we will first present the balance of power of different actors (national and international) during a period that begins with the Occupation (1941) and extends until the outbreak of armed conflict.  In the second part we will try to provide some answers to the following questions: What was the political project of the Resistance movement for the day after the Liberation? “Was it possible, for a country in the camp of the West, for a social revolution or a Civil War guided by communists to succeed at that time? Was it possible for such a strong social movement to overturn the geopolitical relations that the Allies had accepted during World War II? ».

Worker Photography in Museums: History and Politics of a Cultural Heritage in East-Central Europe

International Workshop 

Date & Venue: 26th -27th February 2020, Institute of  Art History, CEFRES, Lower Hall, Prague
Organizers: Institute of Art History (CAS) & CEFRES
In partnership with: Institute of Contemporary History (CAS), Université Paris-Nanterre, within the Strategy AV21 framework
Language: English

This international workshop examines the legacy of worker photography as museum object, cultural heritage and history in East-Central Europe from 1945 until today. How was worker photography preserved, historized, and mediated in East- Central European museums?

Program

Wednesday 26 February 2020
Institute of Art History, Husova 4, Prague 1

16.30-17.30 Keynote Lecture
Christian Joschke (Université Paris-Nanterre, Paris)
“How German Communists Invented French Radical Photography. Regards and Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung (1928-1936)”

17.30 Discussion

Thursday 27 February 2020
CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1

9.45-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.30 Welcome and Introduction
Jérôme Heurtaux (CEFRES, Prague)
Petra Trnková (PHRC, De Montfort University, Leicester / Photography Research Centre, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)
Fedora Parkmann (Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences / CEFRES, Prague)

Panel 1: Photographs in Changing Contexts
Chair: Christian Joschke (Université Paris-Nanterre)

10.30-11.00
 Lucia Almášiová (Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava).
“From Amateur Social Criticism to Institutional Art” 

11.00-11.30
Katalin Bognár (Hungarian National Museum, Budapest)
“Uses of Interwar Worker Photographs in post-1945 Hungarian Public Collections”

11.30-11.45 Coffee break

11.45-12.15
Fedora Parkmann (Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences / CEFRES, Prague)
“The Family Photographs of Antonín Zápotocký: between Private and Public Memory”

12.15-12.45
Anna Hejmová (Arts and Theatre Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences / Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague)
Continuity and Discontinuity in the Iconology of Physical Culture Photography in the Interwar and Postwar Period

12.45-13.00 Discussion

13.00-14.30 Lunch break

Panel 2: Institutional Practices
Chair: Petra Trnková (PHRC, De Montfort University, Leicester / Photography Research Centre, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)

14.30-15.00
Andreas Ludwig (Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung, Potsdam)
“Contemporary Collecting in History Museums: Material Evidence or Cultural Memory as Concurring Conceptions – GDR, Sweden, West-Germany”

15.00-15.30
Tomáš Kavka (National Museum, Prague) – Čeněk Pýcha (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Prague)
“Museum of the Working Class Movement for the 21st Century”

15.30-16.00
Françoise Mayer (Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier).
“Communism in Museum: What Kind of Challenge?”

16.00-16.15 Discussion and Conclusion

The workshop is supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences within the Strategy AV21 framework, the CEFRES in Prague and Université Paris-Nanterre (HAR EA 4414).