CEFRES Review of books – June 2025

The next edition of CEFRES Review of Books will take place on Tuesday, June 24th, at 3:00 pm at CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1

This informal meeting gathers CEFRES team, the library readers, and professionals from libraries and publishing. The aim of our Review of Books is to make better known the publishing landscape in humanities and social sciences. Each book is presented in French and in no more than 10 minutes, so to stress its originality and stakes.

The review will be followed by our traditionnal Tree Party.

So far, the following presentations are announced:

  • MAILÄNDER, Elissa: Amour, mariage, sexualité : une histoire intime du nazisme (1930-1950). Paris Éditions du Seuil 2021, by Anabela Zigova
  • NEVEUX, Olivier: Contre le théâtre politique. Paris La Fabrique éditions 2019, by Vera Guseynova
  • SAPIRO, Gisèle: Qu’est-ce qu’un auteur mondial ? : Le champ littéraire transnational. [Paris] EHESS Gallimard Seuil 2024, by Hélène Martinelli and Mateusz Chmurski

Special Book Review – June 2022

CEFRES Book Review

For this special edition of the CEFRES Book Review, we will meet Luba Jurgenson, professor of Russian literature at Sorbonne University, director of Eur’ORBEM, translator, author of fiction, essayist and editor-in-chief of various book series, and we will discuss her latest book.

When: Tuesday, June 28th, at 3:30 p.m.
Where: CEFRES Library, Na Florenci 3, Prague (link to online meeting on request – cefres@cefres.cz)
Language: French

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