Two European Territories facing History

The Districts of Cheb/Eger and Saverne: Two European Territories facing History from the End of the 19th Century to 1945.

Second 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: Friday 1st, September 2024, from 10am to 12pm
Language: French

Speaker: Pascal Schneider (Sorbonne Université, Paris / Universität des Saarlandes)
Discussant:  Martin Klečacký (Masaryk Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences)

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La Nuit des idées – The Challenge of a Shared Carbon-Free World

La Nuit des idées – The Challenge of a Shared Carbon-Free World

The French Embassy in the Czech Republic and the French Institute in Prague are organising a debate on ‘The scientific community and climate change: informing, raising awareness and taking action’. What role can the scientific community play in raising society’s awareness of environmental issues? What influence can it have on the direction of political decisions? What are the impacts and limits of popularising science? What can go wrong?

Location: Congress Hall of The French Institute in Prague (5th floor)
Date: 
Thursday, 24 Octobre, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Language:
Czech and French

Organizers: The French Embassy in the Czech Republic and the French Institute in Prague

Discussants: Jana Dlouhá (Charles University), Zuzana Harmáčková (Czech Academy of Sciences), Gilles Lepesant (CNRS/CEFRES)

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Disruptions and reconfigurations in the HSS since the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Dislocated Landscape.
Disruptions and reconfigurations in the Humanities and Social Sciences since the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Second international workshop with CEFRES non-residential fellows
Prague, October 22-23, 2024. This workshop is part of the program of non-residential fellowships for Ukrainian researchers in Humanities and Social Sciences.

Date: 22 & 23 October 2024
Location: at CEFRES and online (to get the link, please write to the address cefres@cefres.cz)
Language: English
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Emancipation through Translation?

Emancipation through translation?
Women trajectories in Central and Eastern Europe (19th–21st centuries)

This international conference is part of the “Femmes et choc(s) d’émancipation” cycle at CIRCE / Eur’ORBEM, developed since 2022 in partnership with CEFRES.

Date: from 17 to 18 Octobre 2024
Place: Czech Centre in Paris, 18 rue Bonaparte, Paris 6e
Language: English & French

Organizers: Cécile Gauthier (University of Reims),
Malgorzata Smorag-Goldberg (Sorbonne University)
Agnieszka Sobolewska (University of Warsaw/Sorbonne University)
Partners: CEFRES, Eur’ORBEM (CNRS-Sorbonne University)

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Claiming Women’s Rights. Workshop CEFRES-CNRS

Claiming Women’s Rights, Again and Again

An interdisciplinary workshop organized by CEFRES in cooperation with the Research group “Connaissance de l’Europe médiane” (GDR 3607, CNRS).

Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 & online
Date: 11 October, 2024, 9:30 am–1:30 pm
Language: English, French
Organizers: Ioana Cîrstocea (CNRS, CESSP Paris et CEFRES) & Natasza Quelvennec (EHESS, CESSP Paris)
Partner Institutions: CEFRES, CNRS

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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)

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