The Holocaust and its Aftermath from the Family Perspective

Where: Villa Lanna, V sadech 1, Prague 1 Organizers: Eliyana Adler (The Pennsylvania State University), Kateřina Čapková (ÚSD AV ČR) and Ruth Leiserowitz (German Historical Institute, Warsaw) Check the program and details on the organizers’ website here Program Wednesday 15 March 9:00 – Welcome 9:15 – 11:00 Family and Genocide Chair: Eliyana Adler (Pennsylvania State University) … Continue reading The Holocaust and its Aftermath from the Family Perspective

Disability: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis?

First session of the common epistemological seminar of CEFRES and IMS FSV UK, led by Filip Herza (FHS UK & CEFRES). Texts: 1) Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie. 2002. “Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory”. Nwsa Journal 14 (3): 1-32. 2) Scott, Joan W. 1986. “Gender: A Useful Category Of Historical Analysis”. The American Historical Review 91 (5): 1053-1075.

“Heartfelt Sympathies” – André Spire & Otokar Fischer’s Correspondence

Book launch: “À vous de cœur” André Spire et Otokar Fischer 1922-1938 a collection of texts edited and presented by Marie-Odile Thirouin, Prague: Museum of Czech Literature (Depozitář/Dokumenty), 2016. For French and Czech readers. The book will be presented by Marie-Odile Thirouin (University of Lyon 2) and Marie-Brunette Spire. An odd story of friendship between two poets that everything … Continue reading “Heartfelt Sympathies” – André Spire & Otokar Fischer’s Correspondence