Prof. Xavier Galmiche, eminent French Bohemist and winner of the Premia Bohemica Prize (2020), introduces Bohuslav Reynek’s poetry in French translations and his interpretation of his œuvre. The event takes place on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the meeting of Bohuslav Reynek and Suzanne Renaud. When: Thursday May 4th 2023 at 17:00 Where: … Continue reading Reading and translating Bohuslav Reynek’s poetry
According to the dominant understanding, the nation is a product of modernity (the Industrial Revolution, capitalism, linguistic unification, printing press generalization and the democratization of schooling, etc.). However, nations did not appear ex nihilo in the 18th century. Traditional attempts to explain this emergence do not satisfy scholars, as they focus only on the moment … Continue reading Community, Identity, Individuals: Shaping the (Political) Nation in Premodern Europe
This roundtable discussion takes place within a conference organized by the Prague Forum for Romani Histories. Today, many people have become resigned to the fact that xenophobia is a central feature of the transatlantic political landscape. From the United States to France to Eastern Europe, political movements centered on the rejection of “the other” (immigrants; … Continue reading Roundtable: “The Politicization of Xenophobia in Transatlantic Contexts”
The scientific workshop “War in Ukraine and exile” will bring together European researchers to present the preliminary results of their interviews and observations conducted after 24 February 2022 among exiles from three countries: Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. The presentations of papers will address the following themes: trajectories of exiles (mobilised networks, successive displacements), exile experiences … Continue reading War in Ukraine and exile
Second session of the CEFRES 2023 Francophone Interdisciplinary Seminar. The map and the border In 2023, we would like to start by questionning the very act of bordering and representing (a territory, a period, a trajectory), in short, thanks to the interdisciplinarity of our respective disciplines, to question the map and the border. Location: CEFRES … Continue reading “Imagined territory” and community: the construction and uses of the nation in 14th-century Bohemia and Brabant
Presentation of the book: Marie-Elizabeth Ducreux Proměny společnosti ve střední Evropě v 17. a 18. století. Nakl. Karolinum, 2023 organized by the French Institute in Prague, Karolinum Publishing and CEFRES. With the participation of the auteur, the scientific editors and the translator of the book. Marie-Elizabeth Ducreux (EHESS), the author Ivana Čornejová (Charles University), scientific … Continue reading A French Perspective on Czech History. Svět knihy 2023
