Who is afraid of Gender Studies?

Roundtable discussion with professors and young researchers in humanities and social sciences open to public In the frame of the Night of Ideas 2019 (Nuit des idées) entitled “Facing the Present: Being or Not Being Feminist Today?” the French Institute in Prague and CEFRES are organizing a roundtable on the contemporary issues of feminism. Venue: CEFRES … Continue reading Who is afraid of Gender Studies?

List of interns at CEFRES 2018-2019

Zineb El Ouassini Bachelor in Social sciences at EGE Rabat (Ecole de Gouvernance et d’économie) in Morocco. Currently in Prague on exchange at Metropolitan University Prague (International Relations and European Studies department)Research and study fields: Interest in topics related to global issues in International Relations, contemporary history,  geopolitics and political geography of the MENA region, … Continue reading List of interns at CEFRES 2018-2019

Giovanna Capponi: Research & CV

Perceptions and politics of wild boar management in Central Italy Research Project: Bewildering Boar Contact: giovanna.capponi(@)cefres.cz Giovanna is trained as a social anthropologist with a particular interest in human-environment relation, human-animal studies, cultural and historical ecology and ‘natureculture’. During her PhD at the University of Roehampton (London), she conducted an extensive multi-sited fieldwork looking at animal … Continue reading Giovanna Capponi: Research & CV

Maurice Merleau-Ponty: phenomenology and Literature

Lecturer: Benedetta Zaccarello (CNRS / CEFRES) Inscription: Department of German and French Philosophy, FHS UK When & where: Thursdays 4/4, 11/4, 25/4, 9/5, 16/5, 23/5, 11h00-12h20, CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 Language: French Élu à la chaire de Philosophie du Collège de France en 1952, Maurice Merleau-Ponty dispensa pendant sa première année d’enseignement le cours intitulé … Continue reading Maurice Merleau-Ponty: phenomenology and Literature

Cultural Industry: Benjamin, Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse and Critical Theory of Media. 2

Lecturer: Benedetta Zaccarello (CNRS / CEFRES) Inscription: Departement of German and French Philosophy, FHS UK When & where: Wednesdays 3/4, 10/4, 24/4, 15/5, 22/5, 9:30-12h20, CEFRES, Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 Language: French Syllabus Throughout a close reading of some texts of Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno, the course aims to understand the contemporary use of … Continue reading Cultural Industry: Benjamin, Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse and Critical Theory of Media. 2

Civic Integration

The fifth session of IMS / CEFRES epistemological seminar of this year will be hosted by Anna Simbartlová (IMS FSV UK) Topic: Civic Integration Where: CEFRES Library – Na Florenci 3, Prague 1 When: Wednesday 20 February 2019 from 4:30 pm to 6 pm Language: English Text: Sara Wallace Goodman (2010) Integration Requirements for Integration’s Sake? Identifying, Categorising and Comparing … Continue reading Civic Integration