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5. 9. 2022 to 7. 9. 2022
Call for Papers: Oriental Studies and Research (not only) in Central Europe. Conference organized to mark the centenary of the Prague Oriental Institute. 5-7 September 2022, Villa Lanna, Prague
Call for Papers: Oriental Studies and Research (not only) in Central Europe. Conference organized to mark the centenary of the Prague Oriental Institute. 5-7 September 2022, Villa Lanna, Prague

Call for Papers: Oriental Studies and Research (not only) in Central Europe. Conference organized to mark the centenary of the Prague Oriental Institute. 5-7 September 2022, Villa Lanna, Prague

Datum konání:
5. 9. 2022, 0:00 to 7. 9. 2022, 0:00
The conference is organized to commemorate the centenary of the Oriental Institute in Prague. Since its inception, this institution has reflected the interconnection of cultural and economic circles, both in practice and research, which has contributed to the establishment of Orientalist disciplines (not only) at the Charles University in Prague. The beginnings of research in Oriental Studies in Europe came to the forefront of scientific circles rather slowly. The great syntheses that arose in the Western European environment drew attention to the specific development of individual disciplines and their gradual establishment, from the interest in biblical languages to comprehensive studies of Oriental countries in its broadest sense.

Oriental Studies has been established in European universities since the end of the 19th century, and in connection with the growing economic interest in the Middle East and Asia, Oriental societies and institutes were founded. Middle East and Asia-focused scholarship have had a long tradition in the Czech lands since the 19th century. After the division of the university into its Czech and German factions in 1882, lectures were held at both universities, and in the interwar period, there was a wide range of disciplines from Hebrew and Arabic Studies to Turkology, Iranian Studies, Indology, Hittite Studies, and Egyptology. The Oriental Institute in Czechoslovakia was founded in 1922 and, despite numerous regime changes, the hardships of World War II, and the reconstruction of academic infrastructure after the war, it has been carrying out its mission for a hundred years.

Convenors:

Dr. Adéla Jůnová Macková (Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

Dr. Tomáš Petrů (Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

Proposed panels:

Orientalism and the Orient

Specific developments of Oriental Studies across Europe

Oriental institutes and Orientalist societies

Oriental programs at universities

Great personalities of Oriental Studies

Development of Orientalist disciplines and research areas of the past and the present

Orientalism and oral history

Historical correspondence and the use of databases in the processing of scientific material of personalities, institutions, and scientific research

How to submit your paper proposal

If you intend to participate at this conference as a speaker, please send the title of your paper, the abstract (250-word limit) and a short resume to Dr. Adéla Jůnová Macková (junovamackova@mua.cas.cz) and Dr. Tomáš Petrů (petru@orient.cas.cz), 15 February 2022.

Fees and provided services

There is no conference fee. Accommodation for the duration of the conference is provided to the selected speakers. Refreshments are also provided throughout the conference. Transportation is the responsibility of the participants.

We look forward to meeting you in Prague in September 2022!

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14. 9. 2022 to 16. 9. 2022

Mezinárodní paleografický kongres, Praha 2022

Mezinárodní paleografický kongres, Praha 2022

Mezinárodní paleografický kongres, Praha 2022

Datum konání:
14. 9. 2022, 0:00 to 16. 9. 2022, 0:00
XXIIe Colloque de paléographie latine

Rencontres et culture écrite : influence, échange, transfert, réception ?

Twenty-second Colloquium of the Comité international de paléographie latine

Encounters in written culture: influence, interchange, transfer, reception?

Prague, 14-16 septembre – September 2022

Stránky kongresu: https://ciplpraha.ff.cuni.cz/

Program (PDF)

Registrace: Scholarships for attending the Colloquium – CIPL Praha (cuni.cz)
14. 9. 2022 to 16. 9. 2022

Twenty-second Colloquium of the Comité international de paléographie latine, Prague 2022

Twenty-second Colloquium of the Comité international de paléographie latine, Prague 2022

Twenty-second Colloquium of the Comité international de paléographie latine, Prague 2022

Datum konání:
14. 9. 2022, 0:00 to 16. 9. 2022, 0:00
Encounters in written culture: influence, interchange, transfer, reception?

XXIIe Colloque de paléographie latine

Rencontres et culture écrite : influence, échange, transfert, réception ?

Prague, 14-16 septembre – September 2022

Website: https://ciplpraha.ff.cuni.cz/

Programme (PDF)

Registration: Scholarships for attending the Colloquium – CIPL Praha (cuni.cz)
15. 9. 2022 to 16. 9. 2022

Call for Papers: Provisioning Crisis and Transformation of East-Central Europe, 1918–1923

Call for Papers: Provisioning Crisis and Transformation of East-Central Europe, 1918–1923

Call for Papers: Provisioning Crisis and Transformation of East-Central Europe, 1918–1923

Datum konání:
15. 9. 2022, 0:00 to 16. 9. 2022, 0:00
Venue: Villa Lanna, Prague

From various perspectives and using different methodologies, recent historiography has shown that food ‘decided’ the First World War. Above all, it was the failure of the food provisioning system towards the end of the war that accelerated the disintegration of societies and the internal breakdown of states such as Austria-Hungary. The growing imbalance between appeals to selfsacrifice and the state’s worsening inability to satisfy the basic needs of its citizens became a symptom of the collapse. While there were differences in this respect between the various regions and states of East-Central Europe, most of them were confronted with the basic problems of malnourished and frustrated populations, depleted agriculture and interrupted international trade routes.

For East-Central Europe, the end of war in the autumn of 1918 also heralded the end of the centuries-old empires of the Habsburgs, Romanovs, and Hohenzollerns. The redrawing of political boundaries brought about competing national projects and provoked border disputes and wars. Radical politics and new ideologies offered promises of a better social order and a way out of the chaos. The primary issue for the new governments was how to feed their exhausted populations as a means of demonstrating better governance than the monarchies, averting the threat of uncontrolled social revolution and securing civic loyalty in a situation of shattered state authority. The issue of food and other basic needs was thus connected to the ability of these new polities to overcome the post-war crisis by providing for the well-being of their citizens. Food, clothes, fuel and shelter were not only everyday necessities, but also a measure of the ability of the new states to provide their citizens with what the former states had failed to provide.

This workshop aims to scrutinize the character and impact of the wartime and post-war provisioning crisis on the transformation of states and their populations in the years that followed the armistice of the First World War. The following questions will be addressed:

How was food produced, distributed and consumed in the period immediately after the First World War? How did the state, provincial and local organs of power regulate food supply and how much continuity was there with the period before 1918? What role did food play as a political tool in securing and reinforcing the legitimacy of the new state and its organs of power at all levels? How was the provisioning crisis perceived and interpreted by various actors – from consumers and producers at the local level, through the media, to political elites and experts? What was the role of international actors and humanitarian aid in attempts to manage the crisis? What new popular reactions and public policies emerged and what kind of legacy for the future did this unprecedented crisis leave?

In addition to case studies from East-Central Europe, we would welcome comparative or transnational approaches to this topic.

The organizers of the workshop are Václav Šmidrkal (Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences) and Rok Stergar (University of Ljubljana). It will take place in Prague or will be a hybrid event, depending on the COVID-19 situation. The working language is English. Limited funds are available for travel costs and accommodation. Please indicate in your application if you require such support.

The keynote lecture will be given by Mary Elisabeth Cox (Central European University).

Please send proposals of a maximum of 300 words and a short biographical statement by 31 March 2022 to smidrkal@mua.cas.cz and rok.stergar@ff.uni-lj.si. Successful applicants will be notified shortly after the submission deadline.

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30. 9. 2022
Střed | Centre, 1/2023 – Call for Papers: Spaces of Encounter in the Cold War
Střed | Centre, 1/2023 – Call for Papers: Spaces of Encounter in the Cold War

Střed | Centre, 1/2023 – Call for Papers: Spaces of Encounter in the Cold War

Datum konání:
30. 9. 2022, 0:00
Issue theme: Spaces of Encounter in the Cold War

Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2022

Contact: stred@mua.cas.cz

Languages of publication: Czech, Slovak, English, German

Journal website: https://www.mua.cas.cz/en/stred-centre-journal-for-interdisciplinary-studies-of-central-europe-in-the-19th-and-20th-centuries-323

Indexed in: SCOPUS, CEEEOL, ERIH+, CEJSH, EBSCO

Recent historical research has demonstrated that despite the obvious divisions and countless conflicts caused by the Cold War in Central Europe, there were also numerous spaces of encounter that problematize the split into two separate Cold War “camps”.

Firstly, the “Iron Curtain” which divided Europe during the Cold War was – figuratively speaking – not made of “iron” but of more permeable fabrics. Notions such as the “Nylon Curtain” (György Péteri) tried to capture this ambiguous quality of the East-West border. Despite its repressive character that manifested itself in curtailed international exchange and violation of human rights, this closely observed trans-systemic border did also allow contacts and cooperation. Sometimes officially, but also beyond the purview of respective governments, the two Cold War camps were more connected than previously assumed.

Secondly, Cold War research moved its attention from the East-West rivalry in the global North to the global South. Newly independent states in Africa and Asia were not only arenas of competition between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Central European states, too, became involved in this cooperation with non-European regions where the East-West conflict and Cold War dichotomies were confronted from a different perspective. Acting in compliance with the grand strategy of their super-allies, Central European states also pursued their own agendas. Various international organizations, seemingly non-political and technocratic, facilitated these contacts and exchanges.

This issue of Střed/Centre is seeking papers that build on the current state of the art and investigate new avenues of research in this historiographic field. Methodologically or empirically new studies will further scrutinize Central European connections beyond the Cold War “camps” by focusing on hitherto under-researched spaces of encounter.

The issue can include, but is not limited to, the following topics:

Economic partnerships and competition between capitalist and socialist economies

Trans-systemic cultural exchanges, religious activities and NGOs

Trans-systemic relations through intermediaries (e. g. United Nations, International Red Cross)

Circulation of knowledge between the East, the West and the South

Grey zones of economic and intellectual exchange

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