Circulation, Anthologisation And Canon Formation In Comparative Perspective
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), Brussels Free University (ULB), Adelphi University, New York, United States, French Research Centre in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES), Prague, French Research Fund SPHINX project: Sustaining and preserving cultural heritage, Sorbonne University’s Gender Network PHILOMEL
Date: May 11-13, 2026
Location: ULB – Solbosch, Brussels, Building R42
Language: English and French
Organizers
Mateusz CHMURSKI, CEFRES / Sorbonne University
Clément DESSY, FNRS / Université libre de Bruxelles
Ana I. SIMÓN-ALEGRE, Adelphi University, NYC
See the CfP here.
Program
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The Social Life of Books
Second session of the Paper Bonds project seminar developped within the AV ČR-CNRS Tandem Program supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences, CNRS and CEFRES.
Date: April 29, 2026
Location : Centre Jacques Berque, Rabat
Language: French
Speakers : Hélène MARTINELLI (ENS Lyon / CEFRES), Giedrė ŠABASEVIČIŪTĖ (Institute of Orientale Studies, AV ČR / CEFRES), Zoé CARLE (Fablitt, Paris 8 / IUF)
See the program of the event in French here.
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Reception of Belgian Literature in Czech- and Germanophone Cultural Spaces during Modernism (1870-1940)
This workshop is organised in collaboration with CEFRES, Department of Czech and Comparative Literature, Charles University, Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences & Institute of Slovak Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
It is developped as part of the FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium) PDR project entitled “Belgium ‘Read’ in German and Czech” (2024-2027), directed by Petra James (Université libre de Bruxelles) and Hubert Roland (UCLouvain)
Date: April, 15-17, 2026
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1
Languages: Czech, English, French, German
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PROGRAM
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Memory, Language, and Informal Bookmaking among Armenian and Palestinian Populations and Women in Lebanon
1st session of the Seminar conducted within the research project: Paper Bonds. Bookmaking for Kin, Friends and the Self in Contemporary Europe and the Middle East developped within the AV ČR-CNRS Tandem Program supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences, CNRS and CEFRES.
Date: April 1, 2026, 10:00
Location: CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 & online (please write to the address cefres@cefres.cz to get the link)
Language: English
Speaker: Ali Al-MOUSSAOUI (CEFRES / Charles University)
Discussant: Myriam CATUSSE (Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain / CNRS)
Abstract
This research investigates the intersections of informal bookmaking, collective memory, diaspora, and feminism praxis within displaced communities in Lebanon. Continue reading Domestic Archives of Exile →
Entering literature 2: Self-made Books
This symposium is organised within the framework of the TANDEM Program AV ČR-CNRS and led by Hélène Martinelli (ENS Lyon) & Giedrė Šabasevičiūtė (Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague).
Date: November 14, 2025
Location: ENS Lyon – Buisson (D8 003), 19 allée de Fontenay
Language: French, English
Full program can be downloaded here
Program
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Third International Workshop:
Central European Masculinities in a Comparative Perspective
The international conference is organized by the Institute of Slovak Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences, within the framework of the Central European Masculinities research project.
Date: September 29 – October 1, 2025
Location: University Library of Bratislava, Lecture Hall, Ventúrska 11, Bratislava
Language: English
Download the program in PDF here.
Program
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