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Roundtable

Date: 30 November–2 December 2023
Location: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, Jilská 1, Prague 1 (Conference room, 1st floor) / CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Language: English
Organizers: CEFRES, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences (FLÚ AVČR).

Argument

On the international scene, the separation between ‘STS’ and philosophy of science seems more marked than ever. Since the great controversies between relativists and realists in the 1980s and the Science Wars of the 1990s, the two communities have drifted far apart, and in a sense beyond dissensus. However, a good part of STS specialists could benefit from a philosophical perspective on their work, and vice versa, philosophers of science from a better understanding of problems that have long haunted the history and sociology of science as well as STS. Continue reading Philosophy of Science and Science and Technology Studies →

Cultural Transfers in the Habsburg Monarchy in 18th Century

IX. Biennial Conference of the Czech Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Date: 22–23 November 2023
Location: Institute for Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 (Higher Hall, entrance C, 3rd floor)
Languages: English, German
Organizers: Czech Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ČSVOS),
with the support of the French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES)
and the collaboration of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (FF UK) and the Institute of Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ÚČL AVČR).

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and the abstracts of the contributions to the conference.

Program
Wednesday 22 November 2023

9:30 – Opening of the conference Continue reading Cultural Transfers in the Habsburg Monarchy in 18th Century →

International 4EU+ conference: “Facing familiar violence”

International 4EU+ conference: “Facing familiar violence”, Women’s Creative and Literary Practices in Central and Southeastern Europe in the 20th and 21st Century

The conference is part of the project “Displacements: Gendered-based Violence, Women’s Writing and Creative Practices in Modern Central and Southeastern Europe” (4EU+ mini grant).

Date: 9-10 November, 2023
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague
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Languages: French and English

Organizers: Mateusz Chmurski (CEFRES/Sorbonne), Eva Krásová (FF UK), Iwona Kurz (IKP WP UW) and Clara Royer (Sorbonne).

Partners: CEFRES (CNRS-MEAE), Eur’ORBEM (CNRS, Sorbonne University), Centrum genderových studíi a Ústav české literatury a komparatistiky (FF UK), Instytut Kultury Polskiej (WP UW).

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Urban Aesthetic Environmentalism in the Late 19th Century

From Beauty to Duty: Urban Aesthetic Environmentalism in the Late 19th Century

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
Date: Tuesday, 7th of November
Language: English
Contact / To register: cefres[@]cefres.cz
Discussant: Stanislav Holubec (Institut of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

Júlia Čížová (CEFRES / Slovak Academy of Sciences)

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A cartographic perspective on Northern Africa and Middle East

A Cartographic Perspective on Northern Africa and Middle East after Arab Revolutions

Second session of the 2023-2024 CEFRES Francophone Interdisciplinary Seminar The map and the border
In 2023, we would like to start by beginning by questionning the very act of bordering and representing (a territory, a period, a trajectory), in short, thanks to the interdisciplinarity of our respective disciplines, to question the map and the border.

Location: CEFRES Library, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Dates: Friday, November 3rd, 10 am
Language: French

Speaker : Maher BEN REBBAH, CNRS
Discussant : Clément Steuer, IIR, Prague; associate at CEFRES

“Plus de dix ans après les révoltes populaires dans les pays arabes, comment le printemps arabe a redessiné le “Monde Arabe” ? L’objectif de cet essai de cartographie est loin de faire un bilan des révolutions. Il s’agit tracer la nouvelle géopolitique multiscalaire de la région au prisme de ces révoltes.”

Maher Ben Rebbah is geographer, member of CNRS research institute Ladyss (UMR7533)

Thirty years of independence for the Slovak and Czech Republics (1993–2023)

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the 30th anniversary of the creation of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the French Embassy and French Institute in Slovakia, the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the French Centre for Research in Social Sciences and the Czech Centre in Bratislava invite you to round table discussions on the theme: Thirty years of independence for the Czech and Slovak Republics (1993-2023)

Location: Hall of Mirrors of the Primatial Palace, Primaciálne námestie 2, Bratislava
Date: 23 and 24 October 2023
Language: Slovak / French (Simultaneous translation Slovak ↔ French)

The registration for the event is opened until October 12th. Room capacity is limited. Free admission.
Also available online.

Program

23. 10. 2023

17:30 – 18:00: Opening

18:00 – 20:00: Actors – witness of the historical key events
Moderator: Jaro Valent
Discussants: Xavier Galmiche (Sorbonne Université), Michaela
Jurovská (diplomate), Dušan Kováč (SAV), Václav
Bělohradský (philosophe)

20:00 – 22:00: Reception

24. 10. 2023

10:00 – 12:00: Political development of the two independent Republics
Moderator : Agáta Šustová Drelová
Discussants: Étienne Boisserie (Inalco), Michal Kopeček (ÚSD AV ČR), Juraj Marušiak (ÚPV SAV), Jana Vargovčíkova (Inalco)

12:00 – 13:30: Lunch break

13:30 – 15:30: Literature as a mirror of society
Moderator: Agáta Šustová Drelová
Discussants: Xavier Galmiche (Sorbonne Université), Michal Jareš (ÚČL AV ČR), Jana Kantoříková (Humboldtova Universita), Peter Zajac (ÚSlL SAV)

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee break

16:00 – 18:00: Transformation in Czech and Slovak society
Moderator: Jaro Valent
Discussants: Miloslav Bahna (SÚ SAV), František Novosád (FÚ SAV), Viliam Páleník (EÚ SAV), Paulína Tabery (SÚ AV ČR)