The Horizon of Planetary Possibilities. Dynamics and Shifting Boundaries between Science and Science Fiction. Research Area 1 – Displacements, “Dépaysements” and Discrepancies: People, Knowledge and Practices Contact: julien.wacquez@cefres.cz Julien Wacquez is a sociologist currently affiliated with the Labex les passés dans le présent at Paris Nanterre University in France, as a postdoctoral researcher. His work focuses … Continue reading Julien Wacquez: Research & CV →

“Modern French Architecture in the Context of Czech and East-Central European Nineteenth-Century Architecture” Research Area 1 – Displacements, “Dépaysements” and Discrepancies: People, Knowledge and Practices Contact: ad.bricinova@gmail.com My PhD deals with the appropriation of French architectural language in modern times in the Czech lands and more largely, in East-Central Europe. It focuses on a singular … Continue reading Adéla Bricínová (born Klinerová) : Research & CV →

Indebtedness and Credit Relations in Times of Crisis: Reinventing the State by Governing Economic Life in Post-Liberal Romania (1929-1944) Research Area 1 – Displacements, “Dépaysements” and Discrepancies: People, Knowledge and Practices Contact: mihai-dan.cirjan@cefres.cz As a comparative social historian, most of my work focuses on the history of interwar capitalism in Eastern Europe and Latin America. … Continue reading Mihai-Dan Cîrjan: Research & CV →

Troubling Intimacies in Communist Poland Films (1968-1989): the Birth of a Bio-Cinema? Research Area 2: Norms & Transgressions Contact: mathieu.lericq@cefres.cz My research project deals with the presence and values granted to bodies in East-Central European cinema during the Communist era (1968-1989). At the crossroad between aesthetics and anthropology, it aims at showing how the images … Continue reading Mathieu Lericq: Research & CV →

Discourses of Violence within the Hussite Movement Research Area 2 – Norms & Transgressions Contact: martin.pjecha@cefres.cz My Ph. D. project explores the intellectual, theological, and discursive methods and arguments used to encourage and legitimize religious violence, as well as their historical variability and radicalization. My research is focused on the context of late-medieval Bohemia, particularly … Continue reading Martin Pjecha: Research & CV →