A lecture by Daniela Bartáková (Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Science), in the frame of the seminar on Modern Jewish History organized by the Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Charles University, CEFRES and the Prague Center for Jewish Studies. Where: The session will be conducted over … Continue reading Jewish pioneer youth in interwar Czechoslovakia – crafting the chosen body – ONLINE →
Date & Venue: 25 February 2020, 17h, Academic Conference Center (Husova 4a Prague 1) Organizers: Polish Institute in Prague, CEFRES & OIKOYMENH Language: English (Czech translation) Debate around the Czech translation and publication (2019) of the book Considerations on the Government of Poland of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1782). Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Considerations on the government of Poland (1771) is … Continue reading How to build a Republic? →
The Europe of Resentment and Rubble: a Confederation of the Vanquished? Research Area 1 – Displacements, “Dépaysements” and Discrepancies: People, Knowledge and Practices Maria Kokkinou has recently completed a PhD in Social Anthropology and Ethnology in the IIAC (Institut Interdisciplinaire de l’Anthropologie du Contemporain) research lab at the EHESS school in Paris. At CEFRES she … Continue reading Maria Kokkinou: Research & CV →
Insurance, Banking, and Capitalist Modernity in the Late Habsburg Monarchy Research Area 1: Displacements, “Dépaysements” and Discrepancies Mátyás Erdélyi explores the social and intellectual history of private clerks in the late Habsburg Monarchy, their battle for social legitimation, intellectual authority, and a middle-class identity between the 1860s and the onset of the First World War. … Continue reading Mátyás Erdélyi: Research & CV →
Roundtable On behalf of the 2020 Night of ideas and its theme: “Living the City”, CEFRES and the French Institute in Prague are organizing a roundtable on what it means to live and act in the context of the city nowadays. Venue: CEFRES Library (Na Florenci 3, Prague 1) Time: 3 pm Organizers: CEFRES, French … Continue reading To live on the margins of the city →
International Workshop Date & Venue: 26th -27th February 2020, Institute of Art History, CEFRES, Lower Hall, Prague Organizers: Institute of Art History (CAS) & CEFRES In partnership with: Institute of Contemporary History (CAS), Université Paris-Nanterre, within the Strategy AV21 framework Language: English This international workshop examines the legacy of worker photography as museum object, cultural … Continue reading Worker Photography in Museums: History and Politics of a Cultural Heritage in East-Central Europe →
