A European Middle Ages. Circulation of Objects, Practices, and Techniques between Central and Western Europe (1000–1600)
Fourth PhD Students Workshop organized within the cooperation agreement signed by EHESS, CEFRES, Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Date: April 24, 2025
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 (and online, to get the link, register at the address cefres@cefres.cz)
Language of the workshop: English
Convenors:
- Lise Saussus, Center of historical research, UMR 8558, School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences
- Jakub Sawicki, Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
- Tomasz Cymbalak, National Heritage Institute, Prague
- Nicolas Thomas, National Institute of Preventive Archeological Research, Laboratory of Western Medieval Studies, Paris
8th 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 and online (to get the link, write to cefres[@]cefres.cz)
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Language: English
Jan MUSIL (Faculty of Arts, Charles University / associated at CEFRES)
Chair: Hélène Martinelli (CEFRES / École Normale Supérieure de Lyon)
Text to be read: Gorer, Geoffrey. “The Pornography of Death.” Encounter., vol. 5, no. 4, 1955.
Abstract:
With the christian idea of afterlife gradually fading away, 20th century rediscovered death as a real possibility and ultimate termination of individual life, only to make it into an insufferable, abjected topic and a taboo that is, as Geoffrey Gorer provocatively suggests in 1955, only accessible to the Western culture in hypertrophied genres of literature and film that he calls collectively the pornography of death. Continue reading Thanatographies. Staging Grief and Literary Afterlife →
Reinventing our cities in the face of climate and societal challenges
“La Nuit des idées 2025 – Acting for a Resilient City” is organized by the Institut français de Prague and the French Embassy in the Czech Republic, in partnership with CEFRES, AMO and the festival Les 48h pour l’agriculture urbaine. The project is supported by the Institut français de Paris.
Date: April 14, 2025, 6 PM
Location: Cinema Kino 35, Institut français de Prague,
Štěpánská 35, Prague 1
Language of the workshop: English
How can we build cities that are both sustainable and inclusive in the face of growing environmental and social challenges? What will tomorrow’s city look like? What innovative solutions exist for sustainable urban planning? What tools can help create more inclusive and greener cities?
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the future of urban resilience and innovation.
Speakers:
- Barbora CHMELOVÁ (Ministry of the Environment / AMO) – Specialist in public policies for sustainability
- Martin ĎURĎOVIČ (Academy of Sciences / CEFRES) – Researcher in urban planning and ecological transitions
- Flore-Anaïs BRUNET (AFAUP) – Urban agriculture specialist and activist
Moderator: Gilles LEPESANT (Geographer, CNRS / CEFRES)
Key Topics:
- Cities and climate resilience – How can we adapt urban infrastructures to extreme weather events (heatwaves, floods, droughts)? What role can nature-based solutions play in making cities more sustainable?
- Urban planning and new development models – How can we balance urban density, land-use efficiency, and quality of life? What tools are available to create more inclusive and accessible cities?
- Circular economy and social innovation – How can cities promote new modes of production and consumption? What impact do urban commons and citizen-led initiatives have on local governance? What role does urban farming play in strengthening cities’ resilience?
- Mobility and energy transition – What are the alternatives to polluting transportation? How can we foster shared, fair, and sustainable mobility solutions?
Find more informations about all the events here.
Between Poland and the Ottoman Empire: Armenian Chronicles from Ukraine during the Thirty Years’ War
Fifth session of the 2024-2025 CEFRES Francophone
Interdisciplinary Seminar The Map and the Border
Already in 2023, we started questionning the very act of bordering and representing (a territory, a period, a trajectory). In short, thanks to the interdisciplinarity of our respective disciplines, we began inquiring into the question of the map and the border.
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Date: March 28, 2025, from 10am to 12pm
Language: French
Speaker: Petra Košťálová (Institute of Ethnology , Czech Academy of Sciences)
Discussant: Radu Paun (CERCEC/CNRS) & Laurent Tatarenko (CCFEF, Warsaw)
Abstract Continue reading Armenian Chronicles from Ukraine →
When: 27-29 March 2025
Where: ENS de Lyon, Site Descartes
Language: French, English
Organising Committee:
- Raphaëlle Brin (ENS de Lyon)
- Zoé Carle (Université Paris 8)
- Adrien Chassain (Université Paris 8)
- Sylvia Chassaing (Inalco)
- Hélène Martinelli (CEFRES, Prague)
- Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė (Académie tchèque des sciences, Prague)
Blurring Boundaries: Literature as a Tool for
Understanding History and Society.
Meaningful work during normalized Czechoslovakia
7th 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 and online (to get the link, write to cefres[@]cefres.cz)
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 4:30 pm
Language: English
Valentin Auger (Faculty of Arts, Charles University, associated at CEFRES)
Chair: Jan Váňa (Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences)
Abstract Continue reading Literature as a Tool for Understanding History and Society →
