(Czecho)Slovak History and the French Colonial Empire in Africa (18th–early 20th centuries)

Kick-off meeting of a research project developed within the TANDEM CNRS-SAV program developed by the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV), the CNRS Humanities & Social Sciences (CNRS SHS), CEFRES and the French Institute in Slovakia.

Date: Tuesday, 10 March 2026 | 9:30
Location: Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave, Klariská 5, Bratislava 
Language: English

Project principal investigators:
Silvester TRNOVEC (Institute of Oriental Studies, SAV / CEFRES)
Romain TIQUET (Institut des mondes africains, CNRS / CEFRES)

Program

9:00 – 9:30 | Welcoming participants

9:30 – 10:15 | Official opening session

Institutional speeches

H.E. Ambassador of France to Slovakia, Nicolas SURAN
William BERTHOMIÈRE (Director for Europe and International Affairs, CNRS SHS)
Zuzana PANCZOVÁ (Vice President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for International Relations)
Mateusz CHMURSKI (Director of CEFRES)
Gabriel PIRICKÝ (Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences)

10:15 – 10:45 | Présentation du projet

Silvester TRNOVEC (SAV)
Romain TIQUET (CNRS)

10h45 – 11h00 | Coffee break

11:00 – 12:20 | Scientific Workshop
Moderation: Romain TIQUET

Speakers

Jana KANTOŘÍKOVÁ (Sorbonne University)
Domestication of colonial imagery in the Czech lands

Zoltán GINELLI (Institute of Oriental Studies, SAV, Bratislava) Colonialism Without Colonies. Hungarians in the “Scramble for Africa”

Piotr PUCHALSKI (University of the National Education Commission, Kraków)
An Impossible Alliance? Promethean Colonialism and the Aborted Polish-French Partnership in Africa during the Interwar Period

Barbora BUZÁSSYOVÁ (Institute of History, SAV, Bratislava) Addressing Colonialism and Coloniality in State-Curated Popular Culture in socialist Czechoslovakia

12:20 – 12:45 | General discussion and conclusions

Find the whole presentation of the project here.