A Little Something in Yiddish. Conceptual Framework(s) for the Study of Yiddish Polish cultural contact in the 20th century

A lecture by Karolina Szymaniak (Wrocław University) in the frame of the seminar on Modern Jewish History of the Institute of Contemporary History (AV ČR) and CEFRES in partnership with the Masaryk Institute (AV ČR). Where: CEFRES library, Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Prague 1 When: from 5 pm to 6:30 pm Language: English Abstract When in 1988 … Continue reading A Little Something in Yiddish. Conceptual Framework(s) for the Study of Yiddish Polish cultural contact in the 20th century

Introduction to CEFRES research projects

An intern seminar of CEFRES as the center welcomes its new members, post-doctoral researchers Aníbal Arregui, Thomas Mercier (CEFRES & Charles University) and Marianna Szczygielska (Czech Academy of Sciences) Venue: conference room, Na Florenci, building A, 3rd floor Language: English 2:15-3:30 Archives and Interculturality Benedetta Zaccarello (CEFRES/CNRS), PI: an introduction of the research project and a footnote on a mission in an Indian philosopher’s archives Thomas … Continue reading Introduction to CEFRES research projects

Bewildering Boar: Changing Cosmopolitics of the Hunt in Europe and Beyond

Project within the TANDEM program of The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Charles University and CEFRES/CNRS based on the CEFRES Platform’s cooperation and endeavour to excellency in social and human sciences. Eurasian wild pigs (Sus scrofa) feature regularly in European public discourse, for their numbers have been rising spectacularly across the continent. While in some … Continue reading Bewildering Boar: Changing Cosmopolitics of the Hunt in Europe and Beyond

Luděk Brož: Research & CV

Bewildering Boar: Changing Cosmopolitics of Hunt in Europe and Beyond Research project: Bewildering boars Contact: broz@eu.cas.cz Luděk Brož is a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences. From February 2018, he is a partner in CEFRES Platform’s TANDEM program with a project entitled “Bewildering Boar: Changing Cosmopolitics of Hunt in Europe and Beyond”. After his undergraduate … Continue reading Luděk Brož: Research & CV

Marianna Szczygielska: Research & CV

Wild Pigs and Proud Elephants: Engendering Wildlife in Central Eastern Europe Research Project: Bewildering Boar Contact: szczygielska@cefres.cz Marianna Szczygielska holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Gender Studies from the Central European University. She is a member of the Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative (Central European University) and an affiliated researcher of “The Seed Box: Environmental Humanities Collaboratory” … Continue reading Marianna Szczygielska: Research & CV

Friend, Writer, Zionist: the Quest for Kafka’s Judaism in Hugo Bergman’s Writings

A lecture by Enrico Lucca (Simon Dubnow Institute, Leipzig) in the frame of the seminar on Modern Jewish History of the Institute of Contemporary History (AV ČR) and CEFRES in partnership with the Masaryk Institute (AV ČR). Where: CEFRES library, Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Prague 1 When: from 5 pm to 6:30 pm Language: English Franz … Continue reading Friend, Writer, Zionist: the Quest for Kafka’s Judaism in Hugo Bergman’s Writings