Call for application for 2nd year and above PhD students from France and the Visegrad countries Deadline for submission: 15 March 2016 (6 PM). Duration: September 1st 2016 – August 31st 2017. CEFRES offers year-long fellowships at the center to 2nd year and above PhD students from France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. Fellows’ … Continue reading CFA: Young Researcher Fellowhips at CEFRES (France & Visegrad Countries) →
A seminar hosted by CEFRES young researcher Mátyás Erdélyi Department of Historical Sociology of the Faculty of Humanities (FHS UK). Open to BA and MA students. Time & Venue: Tuesday 15:30-16:50, FHS UK Jinonice, building A, room 2083 Lecturer: Mátyás Erdélyi – CEU / CEFRES Language: English Contact: matyas.erdelyi@cefres.cz Outline The aim of the … Continue reading Seminar: Modernization in Nineteenth Century Central Europe. Topics, Problem Areas and Research Methods in historical sociology and social history →
Lecture by Michel Wieviorka within the frame of the cycle “Socio-Historical Confrontations” of the Department of Historical Sociology (Faculty of Humanities, Charles University). Topic: Violence and Democracy. Language: English. Where: U Kříže 8, Praha 5 – Jinonice, auditorium 1034. See the invitation in Czech.
A session led by Monika Brenišínová In various theoretical discussions on architecture, we may notice that there is not a singular way of approaching it. From the classical perspective of the history of art classical art historical perspective, it is possible to identify at least three basic methods of inquiry: archaeological building survey („Bauforschung“, A. … Continue reading Architecture and Art as Historical Sources: On the Borders of Humanities and Social Sciences →
A session led by Lara Bonneau It is possible to conceive transdisciplinarity as sharing of objects or methods by several disciplines. Besides objects and methods, it can also be – and this might be its first form – the sharing of a common lexicon. The tendency of certain human sciences – philosophy in particular – … Continue reading The Uses of Analogy in Human and Social Sciences →
A session led by Jana Vargovčíková ‘In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now, heaven knows, anything goes.’ (Cole Porter). Far from being anomalies or mere accidents, transgressions are conditioned and given meaning by norms. Subsequently, norms repeatedly reaffirm their legitimacy and meaning in contrast to transgressions. What is … Continue reading Studying the State through the Scandal: On the Epistemic Value of Transgression →
