A workshop organized by the Centre for Russian, Caucasian and Central European Studies (CERCEC) as part of “Global EHESS” program, in partnership with Charles University and Nemtsov master’s program, Brīvā Universitāte (Free University in Riga, Svobodnij University) and the CEFRES.
Date: 23 September 2024
Location: Charles University, Prague: U Kříže 5, Praha 5 Jinonice, room C520. & online (registration: https://forms.gle/KS1RUFEotALiq8Td9)
Language: English
Convenors: Françoise Daucé (CNRS/EHESS), Dmitri Dubrovski (Charles University & Brīvā Universitāte), Mateusz Chmurski (CEFRES), Daniela Kolenovská (Charles University) & Boris Melnichenko (CNRS/EHESS & Brīvā Universitāte)
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Boundless Affections.
Methodologies in Transnational History of Same-Sex Desire in Literature (19th-20th centuries)
This international workshop is conceived as a preparatory event for the ICLA Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages Series’ Topic Volume Representing Same-Sex Desire. Local Contexts, Global Circulations in European Literary Cultures. (CHLEL : https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/projects/chlel/).
Date: September 19-20, 2024
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague and online (to register, please write to the address cefres@cefres.cz)
Language: English
Organisateurs
Partners
- Coordinating Committee for the Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages Series, International Comparative Literature Association (CHLEL-ICLA)
- National Scientific Research Fund, Belgium (FNRS)
- Adelphi University (New York), United States
- French Research Centre in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES), Prague
- Department of Czech & Comparative Literature, Charles University, Prague (ÚČLK FF UK)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
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CEFRES in a nutshell
- a French public research institution with partnerships throughout Central Europe
- an international research and administrative team (12 nationalities by 2024), developing cutting edge research projects in the humanities and social sciences
- twenty in-house researchers & fifty associates
- about fifty events a year
- some twenty funding grants.
Responsibilities and tasks
- entering and archiving invoices, checking supporting documents, entering suppliers and recording payment requests via Elap (AGE) tool
- follow-up of administrative and scientific team trip requests: preparation of requests, purchase of tickets and hotel reservations, calculation of expense statements and post-trip data entry
- preparation of salary documents of 5 Czech employees, in direct contact with the firm in charge of payroll management and the accounting agency
- placing orders with suppliers and monitoring of the cash register for the Center’s small expenses (including issuing appropriate administrative certificates)
- follow-up of CEFRES invitations: drafting of invitation agreements, purchase of tickets
and hotel reservations
- logistical support for CEFRES events (setting up & preparing receptions)
- ad hoc tasks on request (proofreading of administrative documents, minor translations)
Expected skills
- Good command of French (spoken and written), English (read, written, spoken)
- Proficiency in office automation tools (in particular Outlook, Excel)
- Versatility and ability to handle several tasks simultaneously
Required qualities
- Autonomy, precision, punctuality
- Thoroughness and exactitude in administrative tasks
- Communication skills, responsiveness and ability to work as part of a team
- Respect for confidentiality and good presentation
Qualification
- Studies in administrative management / economics or business / humanities or social sciences / OR experience in a similar position
- Appetence for human resources, accounting and administrative management
- Knowledge of Czech labor law and tax administration is a plus.
Conditions & benefits
- 1-year fixed-term Czech law contract, with possibility of extension
- part-time job according to candidate’s profile and needs: 28 to 36 h attendance / week
- Flexible working hours
- Gross salary 28 to 36k CZK / month
- 21 to 25 days paid vacation
- Long summer break with no scientific events
- Professional training offered by the employer according to the candidate’s profile and needs
- French language courses at all levels at the Institut français de Prague offered by CEFRES
- Office in the center of Prague, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
- Free access to the Kino 35 cinema at the Institut français de Prague
How to apply
- The position is to be filled no later than on 1/10/2024
- Send your CV and motivation letter in French to: claire.madl@cefres.cz Subject:« Candidature au poste de chargé/e de communication et de traduction »
- CC: mateusz.chmurski@cefres.cz
Only selected applicants will be invited to be interviewed, in French.
Call opens 15 June 2024
Deadline for submission: 15 July 2024
Publication of the results: 28 July 2024
Period: 1st October 2024—31st December 2025
Application Language: English
Address for submission: mateusz.chmurski@cefres.cz (send a copy to: claire.madl@cefres.cz)
One post-doctoral researcher will be recruited from 1 October 2024 for 15 months at CEFRES. She or He will be both affiliated to CEFRES and to a relevant department for his or her research at Charles University (UK). The selection of the post-doctoral researcher will be based on the quality of his or her research project and its adequation to the research area it intends to contribute to.
Charles University & CEFRES joint postdoctoral positions. Presentation of the program
Charles University (UK) and CEFRES jointly finance two high-quality post-doctoral research fellows who reside elsewhere than the Czech Republic when applying and have also defended their PhD dissertation in a university outside the Czech Republic. Both post-doctoral researchers are assigned to CEFRES as a hosting institution of the Post-Doc research program of Charles University: “Junior Fund”.
The present position is a 15-months contract starting on 1 October 2024 at CEFRES. The gross monthly salary is 40 173 CZK.
Eligibility criteria
- Be a high-level young researcher from abroad (resident of a country out of the Czech Republic), who defended a PhD dissertation no more than 5 years prior to the application deadline in a university outside the Czech Republic (exceptions to this rule apply for parental or medical leave; for other reasons please contact us directly).
- Conducting a research befitting one of the CEFRES Research areas
- Good command of English is mandatory, French is a plus.
Counterparts
UK-CEFRES post-doc research fellow is expected to:
- contribute through her or his own research to the research area, within which she or he applies;
- take part in the scientific life of the CEFRES;
- submit a yearly report on their research to the director of CEFRES;
- come to live in Prague from 1 October 2024
Evaluation
The applications will be evaluated by a commission chaired by CEFRES Director and composed of researchers from and outside of the CEFRES, to represent the applicants’ various disciplines.
This post-doctoral position is intended for researchers whose research project can be part of one of CEFRES’s three research areas:
1 – Displacements, “Dépaysements” and Discrepancies: People, Knowledge & Practices
2 – Norms & Transgressions
3 – Objects, Traces, Mapping: Everyday Experience of Spaces
Research projects whose object is located in Central Europe, connected to this area and other areas or in comparison with other “cultural areas”, will be prioritized.
Application Package
Applicants must submit the complete application package consisting of the following elements:
- The application form duly filled in (to be downloaded here).
The application form includes the description of the personal research project and must:
- specify the CEFRES research area you want to apply to and how the personal project will benefit it
- include:
- an explanation on the methodology and inputs of your own research, as well as a selected bibliography (max. 1 page-long)
- expected outcomes (publications, conferences, and so forth).
- One letter of reference from the former PhD supervisor of the candidate. Please use the following model form to be downloaded here. The letter must mention the title of the PhD, the date of defense etc.
- A detailed CV
- A list of publications
- A copy of the PhD diploma
Application packages must be submitted by 15 July 2024 at 23:59 CET electronically in an email entitled “YOUR LAST NAME_CEFRES-UK” at: mateusz.chmurski@cefres.cz (send a copy to: claire.madl@cefres.cz). Please send the application form in both PDF and as a Word-document.
CEFRES in a nutshell
- a French public research institution with partnerships throughout Central Europe
- an international research and administrative team (12 nationalities by 2024), developing cutting edge research projects in the humanities and social sciences
- twenty in-house researchers & fifty associates
- about fifty events a year
- some twenty funding grants.
Responsibilities and tasks
- Maintaining a dynamic content calendar with the administrative team;
- Administrating CEFRES’s trilingual website, ensuring it is updated with the latest information, www.cefres.cz (WordPress);
- Writing and producing engaging content for CEFRES’s trilingual accounts on social media (FB, Instagram, LinkedIn, X);
- Producing visual contents (website, social media, posters and programs) for scientific events
- Analyzing data to gauge content performance and proposing communication strategy in accordance
Expected skills
- Exceptional written Czech skills (C2), French (C1 or B2) and English (C1 or B2),
- In-depth knowledge of social media and their monitoring tools
- Experience in translation
- Experience in updating websites using content management systems
- Experience in creating visual contents – video cuts if possible
Required qualities
- Excellent interpersonal skills, proactive
- Exacting and precise written skills,
- Esthetic visual taste,
- Reliable and autonomous,
- Collaborative team player with a positive attitude.
Qualification
- Degree in communication management / digital marketing / languages OR equivalent experience,
- Enthusiastic interest in communication and translation;
- A strong curiosity toward Humanities and Social Sciences is more than welcome.
Conditions & benefits
- 1-year fixed-term Czech law contract, with possibility of extension
- Part-time job according to candidate’s profile and needs: 12 to 20h attendance / week preferred
- Flexible working schedule apart from one fixed day at CEFRES
- 9 to 14 days’ annual leave
- long summer break with no scientific event,
- Professional training offered by CEFRES according to the profile and needs of the employee
- French language courses offered by CEFRES at the French Institute in Prague
- An office in Prague city center, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
- Free access to the cinema Kino 35 at the French Institute in Prague
How to apply
- The position is to be filled no later than on 1/10/2024 · Send your CV and motivation letter in French to: Claire.madl@cefres.cz Subject:« Candidature au poste de chargé/e de communication et de traduction »; Cc mateusz.chmurski@cefres.cz.
Only selected applicants will be invited to be interviewed, in French.
An invisible empire?
Austro-Hungarian economic space in Central and Southeastern Europe 1890–1930:
actors, structures, embeddedness, factors of resilience
A roundtable discussion around the research project led by Gábor Egry, invited researcher at CEFRES in June 2024, thanks to a support granted by CNRS (SMI program).
Date: Thursday June 27, 2024, at 5 pm
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci, Prague 1
Language: English
Gábor Egry is PI of the ERC NEPOSTRANS, Director General of the Institute of Political History in Budapest and member of the COST Action Women on the Move project, Gábor Egry studies post-imperial transitions on the example of Austria-Hungary.
Please find a presentation of his research work here.
In 2017, he received an ERC Consolidator grant for the project NEPOSTRANS – Negotiating post-imperial transitions: from remobilization to nation-state consolidation, a comparative study of local and regional transitions in post-Habsburg East and Central Europe.
