EARI Conference
The century that witnessed two World Wars, imperial decline and the growth of national self-consciousness also brought about an intense search for historical traditions on which both university and non-university science and research institutions could establish themselves and defend their position in national and international arenas. This process was particularly intense in the newly established states of Central and Eastern Europe, which sought to consolidate their identity in every way possible. Both old and newly founded institutions were engaged in identity politics. What did this consist of? Which goals were being pursued? And to what extent were they achieved? While some institutions presented themselves as the vanguard of modernity, not based on but instead breaking with the past, most constructed and presented specific histories. The EARI 2025 annual conference will inquire into these processes of identity construction, focusing on academies of sciences and other academic institutions.
2/6/2025 MIA CAS
6 pm Conference opening
6.40 pm Keynote: University, Memory, and Class: Residues ofthe Socialist University in Postwar Poland (Agata Zysiak)
Watch the keynote online via Zoom: LINK
3/6/2025 and 4/6/2025 Národní
The detailed conference programme you can find in the attachment.
Organisers:
Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Dr. Martin Franc and Dr. Jan Surman
Centre for Science Studies, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Ms Ronja Steffensky and Dr. Christiane Diehl
EARI hopes to bring together historians and other expert researchers of 20th century history of science to illuminate the interplay between science and politics under the particular perspective chosen for the conference.
Sponsored by Lumina Quaeruntur research grant “Images of science” in Czechoslovakia 1918–1945–1968, Strategie AV21 Identities in the World of Wars and Crises and Leopoldina Centre for Science Studies, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
