The Unknown Stories of Our Neighbors

A lecture by Monika Vrzgulová (Institute of Ethnology SAS) in the frame of the seminar on Modern Jewish History of the Institute of Contemporary History (AV ČR) and CEFRES in partnership with the Jewish Museum

Language: Slovak

The Ultimate 1970’s Phenomenon in Czechoslovak Cinema

References to French, American and British Pop Cultures as the Ultimate 1970s Phenomenon in Czechoslovak Cinema

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 & Online
Date:
Tuesday, 8 Octobre, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
Language:
English
Contact / To register:
cefres[@]cefres.cz

Anastasia Mamaeva (CEFRES / CNRS)

Chair: Františka Schormová (Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences)

Abstract Continue reading The Ultimate 1970’s Phenomenon in Czechoslovak Cinema

The two faces of contemporary nationalism

The two faces of contemporary nationalism

Lecture by Alain Dieckhoff, Director of CERI (Center for International Studies, Sciences Po, Paris)

Where: Pražské kreativní centrum (Staroměstské náměstí 4/1, 110 00 Prague 1, Studio)
When: 12 April 2019, 10 am – 12 pm
Organizers: CEFRES, Faculty of Social Sciences (Charles University), French Institute in Prague
Language: English

Abstract

The idea of the “end of nationalism” has been shared by many after the end of the Cold War. However, it proved to be deeply wrong. Nationalism remains a strong historical either as separatism or as national-populism. And globalization is not, by essence, anti-nationalist, as proven by long-distance nationalism.

Moderated by Eliška Tomalová and Jérôme Heurtaux

The Transformations of the Book Publishing in Post-Socialist Spaces

The Transformations of the Book Publishing in Post-Socialist Spaces (ex-USSR, post-Yugoslav space, Czech Republic and Slovakia)

A workshop organized by the Research Center Europe-Eurasia, National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), Paris, France with the collaboration of the CEFRES.

Dates: Wednesday February 7 2024, from 10 am to 5 pm
Location: INALCO – Maison de la Recherche – Salle de Sacy – 2e étage (2, rue de Lille – Paris 7e)

Language: English

Convenors
  • Anne Madelain (CREE, Inalco, Paris)
  • Daria Petushkova (CREE, Inalco / CESSP, EHESS)
Speakers
  • Aglaé Achechova (BULAC, Paris),
  • Dmitrii Khriakov (EHESS, Paris),
  • Anne Madelain (CREE, Inalco, Paris),
  • Vanda Mikšić, Mirna Sindičić Sabljo, Željka Tonković (Université de Zadar, Croatie),
  • Bella Ostromooukhova (Eur’Orbem, Sorbonne Université, Paris),
  • Daria Petushkova (CREE, Inalco et CESSP, EHESS),
  • David Piovesan (Magellan, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3),
  • Jiřina Šmejkalová (Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship, Université Charles, Prague)
  • Anna Štičková (Masaryk University, Brno, Rep. Tchèque),
Thesis of the workshop

“The end of the socialist regimes profoundly affected the publishing industry and book distribution in the post-socialist space, including Central and Southeast Europe. Among the most visible transformations that occurred, the end of state control, the appearance of private actors (publishers, distributors, booksellers) and the influx of translations of works by Western authors can be emphasized (as substantial). These transformations have also coincided with the digital revolution that has disrupted publishing and reading practices all over the world. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 brought new pressure and reconfigurations.”

This workshop will bring together the authors of a multidisciplinary and comprehensive set of papers which will be published in the special issue of the open access peer-reviewed journal Connexe. Exploring Post-communist Spaces.

Contacts

anne.madelain@inalco.fr et daria.petushkova@inalco.fr

image: Karolinum Bookshop, Prague, 2019 © Anne Madelain

The Territory of the Modern State: Infrastructural Ties and Dispositions of Power

Fifth session of the common epistemological seminar of CEFRES and IMS FSV UK, led by Katalin Pataki (CEFRES & Central European University, Budapest)

Texts:

  • MANN, MICHAEL (1986), “The autonomous power of the state: its origins, mechanisms, and results”, in HALL, JOHN A. (ed.), States in History. Oxford: Blackwell. p109-136
  • FOUCAULT, MICHEL (2001), “Governmentality”, in Power (The Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984). p199-222

The Soviet Border as a source for the Holocaust

First session of the CEFRES 2023 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, April 14th, 10 am – 11.30 am.
Language: french

Thomas CHOPARD (EHESS / IMS, Charles University), discussant Ronan HERVOUET (Université de Bordeaux / CEFRES)

Recent images reminded us of the entanglement between war, persecution, and exile. What role did the Soviet border play in the survival strategies or in the aggravation of the situation of the Jewish population? What status was the status of the border after the territorial translation and annexations that followed the German-Soviet pact of 1939? Continue reading The Soviet Border as a source for the Holocaust