Session led by Monika Brenišínová. Readings Clifford Geertz. ‘Art as Cultural System.’ MLN 91(6): 1473–1499, 1976. George Kubler. ‘History: Or Anthropology: Of Art?’ Critical Inquiry, 1(4): 757-767, 1975. 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 … Continue reading Architecture and Art as Historical Sources: On the Borders of Humanities and Social Sciences →
Animal Matters: Challenging the Anthropological Difference and Literary Norms Research Area 2: Norms & Transgressions Contact: chiara.mengozzi@cefres.cz The general goal of the project is to investigate the political, ethical and aesthetic questions that arise, when 20th and 21st-century literature try to represent non-human animals and to address them by adopting an approach that is both … Continue reading Chiara Mengozzi: Research & CV →
The Spatial Control of Central European Concierges Research Area 3: Objects, Traces, Mapping: Everyday Experience of Spaces. Contact: istvan.adam@cefres.cz István has been awarded the degree of PhD at the University of Bristol. His doctoral project examines the role of an understudied group of everyday Hungarians during and before the Holocaust: the Budapest building managers, concierges, … Continue reading István Pál Ádám: Research & CV →
CEFRES Platform Workshop for Young Scholars Deadline for Submission: 29 February 2016. Decision notification due: 14 March 2016. Date & Place: 12 May 2016, at CEFRES on Národní 18, conference room on the 7th floor. Organizers: Jana Vargovčíková (CEFRES & FF UK) and Kateřina Merklová (FF UK) Please send your CV, paper title and a 500 words-long … Continue reading Private actors in politics and policy-making: Trespassers producing norms? →
A Platform CEFRES workshop organized by Jana Vargovčíková (CEFRES & FF UK) and Kateřina Merklová (FF UK). Where: CEFRES, Národní 18, conference room on 7th floor. Language: English. See the call for papers here. Discussants: Hélène Michel (SAGE, Institut d’Études Politiques in Strasbourg) Michael Smith (CERGE-EI, Czech Academy of Sciences) Ondřej Císař (Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy … Continue reading Private Actors in Politics and Policy-Making: Trespassers Producing Norms? →
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