Thanatographies. Staging Grief and Literary Afterlife

8th session of CEFRES in-house seminar Through the presentation of works in progress, CEFRES’s Seminar aims at raising and discussing issues about methods, approaches or concepts, in a multidisciplinary spirit, allowing everyone to confront her or his own perspectives with the research presented. Location: CEFRES Library and online (to get the link, write to cefres[@]cefres.cz) Date: Tuesday, … Continue reading Thanatographies. Staging Grief and Literary Afterlife

(Czecho)slovak History and French Colonial Space in Africa

Seventh session of the 2024-2025 CEFRES Francophone Interdisciplinary Seminar The Map and the Border In 2023 we  started questionning the very act of bordering and representing (a territory, a period, a trajectory). In short, thanks to the interdisciplinarity of our respective disciplines, we began inquiring into the question of the map and the border. Location: … Continue reading (Czecho)slovak History and French Colonial Space in Africa

Literature as a Tool for Understanding History and Society

Blurring Boundaries: Literature as a Tool for Understanding History and Society. Meaningful work during normalized Czechoslovakia 7th session of CEFRES in-house seminar Through the presentation of works in progress, CEFRES’s Seminar aims at raising and discussing issues about methods, approaches or concepts, in a multidisciplinary spirit, allowing everyone to confront her or his own perspectives … Continue reading Literature as a Tool for Understanding History and Society

Helga Mitterbauer – Research and CV

Néo-baroque in Central Europe: Literature, Theatre, Cinema, and Other Arts Research area: 1 Helga Mitterbauer, full professor of German literature at the Université libre de Bruxelles, is joining CEFRES from January to March 2025 thanks to the ‘Visiting scholars’ international mobility support programme funded by the CNRS. Previously, she was a visiting professor at a … Continue reading Helga Mitterbauer – Research and CV

Eva Krásová – Research and CV

Eva Krásová teaches theory of literature at the Institute of Czech Literature and Comparative Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. Her research focuses on the history of thinking about literature, especially in the 20th century, using historiographical methods such as text genetics and work with archival documents. She is interested in … Continue reading Eva Krásová – Research and CV

Committee’s Composition 2022-2024

Statutory Members Mgr. Ondřej Beránek, Ph.D., Vice President in charge of Research Area III. Humanities and Social Sciences of AV ČR prof. PhDr. Eva Voldřichová Beránková, Ph.D., Vice-Rector for International Affairs of UK prof. PhDr. Lenka Rovná, CSc., Member of the UK Rector’s College for European Affairs Mateusz Chmurski, PhD, director of CEFRES UK Representatives … Continue reading Committee’s Composition 2022-2024