Gender As a Transnational Platform. Toward a Sociology of the Diffusion of Feminist Knowledges in Central Europe in the 1990s Research Area 1: Displacements, “Dépaysements” and Discrepancies. Contact: ioana.cirstocea@cefres.cz My work focuses on the diffusion and the institutionalization of the knowledges on gender in the post-communist context. Under the democratization and, more generally, the integration of … Continue reading Ioana Cîrstocea: Research & CV
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
