CEFRES Review of Books

To celebrate the end of the semester and gather our readers in the library of CEFRES at Na Florenci 3 before the Summer break, we invite our readers to share about the newest publications in France in the social sciences and humanities! Will be presented on Thursday, June 23rd: Donation GRAU : Néron en Occident … Continue reading CEFRES Review of Books

The Holocaust and its Aftermath from the Family Perspective

Deadline for abstracts: 31 July 2016 Date & Place: 15-16 March 2017 – Villa Lana, Prague Language: English Organizers: Eliyana Adler (Pennsylvania State University), Kateřina Čapková (Institute for Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences) and Ruth Leiserowtz (German Historical Institute, Warsaw) See the call on jewishhistory.cz Please send the abstract of your paper (500 words) … Continue reading The Holocaust and its Aftermath from the Family Perspective

Written Culture and Society in the Bohemian Lands 16th-18th Century

A Workshop Around Roger Chartier Where: Institute of Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences – Na Florenci 3, Prague 1, Entrance C, 3rd Floor Languages: English and French Program 9:30–10:00 Pavel Sládek (Faculty of Arts, Charles University) Fragility of Hebrew Printing and Its Impact (c. 1520 – c. 1650): Printing Press as an Agent … Continue reading Written Culture and Society in the Bohemian Lands 16th-18th Century

Visegrad Forum: Roger Chartier, between Warsaw & Prague

Program Monday 16 May – Warsaw 5-7 PM Lecture and debate at the Institute of Polish Culture (IKP). Topic: History of works, history of book, history of reading. Materiality of the text and horizon of expectations. Discussant: Paweł Rodak (IKP). Tuesday 17 May –Warsaw 10-12 AM IKP and Institute of History (Warsaw University) joint PhD seminar around Roger Chartier’s text « The Author’s Hand. Literary Archives, Criticism, … Continue reading Visegrad Forum: Roger Chartier, between Warsaw & Prague

Giuseppe Bianco: Research & CV

The Construction of a Philosophical International Through World Congresses of Philosophy between 1900 and 1940 Research Area 1: Displacements, Dépaysements and Discrepancies. Contact: giuseppe.bianco@cefres.cz My current research aims at appraising the history of world congresses of philosophy between 1900 and 1940, and the way European philosophers strove to translate and exchange their concepts. I am taking … Continue reading Giuseppe Bianco: Research & CV