Ústavní semináře
Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, v. v. i. pořádá od roku 2002 metodologický seminář k soudobým dějinám, jehož cílem je vytvořit platformu pro akademickou diskusi nad nejnovějšími výzkumnými projekty českých dějin i mezinárodních vztahů.
Semináře se konají poslední středy v měsíci od 16:00 ve studovně ÚSD (Vlašská 9).
Zájemci jsou srdečně zváni.
Nejbližší semináře:
30. září
Od Safara k Pokornému: Transnacionální vlivy, expertní sítě a formování československé záchranné služby (1952–1992)
Moderní československá záchranná služba se od roku 1952 oficiálně zaštiťovala sovětským modelem (skoraja pomošč), na její formování však měl zásadní a dlouhodobý vliv zejména vývoj na Západě, který pronikal do Československa prostřednictvím transnacionálního oběhu odborného vědění, technologií a organizačních modelů, a to různými kanály: zahraniční odbornou literaturou, účastí na mezinárodních konferencích, individuálními kontakty i postupnou institucionální adaptací zahraničních poznatků. Významnou spojnici mezi domácím prostředím a západní urgentní medicínou představoval anesteziolog Jiří Pokorný (1924–2012), jehož odborné působení navazovalo mimo jiné na práce rakouského lékaře českého původu Petera Safara (1924–2003), jedné z klíčových osobností moderní resuscitační medicíny.
Lze přitom rozlišit tři vzájemně provázané roviny tohoto procesu: institucionální a odborné předpoklady reformy 70. let, završené metodickými opatřeními Ministerstva zdravotnictví z roku 1974; praktickou implementaci nových konceptů v prostředí československé záchranné služby (zejména na příkladu Prahy v 80. letech); a zrychlení transnacionálních transferů po roce 1989, kdy se dosud částečně neformální a zprostředkované kontakty začaly proměňovat v otevřenou institucionální integraci.
Na příkladu formování záchranné služby tak lze ilustrovat, jak si odborné vědění i v podmínkách státního socialismu dokázalo uchovat relativní funkční autonomii, která umožňovala jeho cirkulaci napříč ideologicky rozděleným světem.
Vystupující: Jiří Hlaváček (ÚSD AV ČR/FHS UK)
Komentují: Marie Jiřičková (FHS UK) a Jakub Střelec (Charité Berlin)
21. října
Šedý muž, aneb Jak přemýšlet o myšlenkovém světě elitního důstojníka československé kontrarozvědky a rozvědky
Vystupující: Přemysl Houda (ÚSD AV ČR/FHS UK)
3. ročník cyklu Prague-Dresden Lectures – “Topographies of Healing: Stories of Physical and Social Rehabilitation”:
This lecture series brings together scholars from the Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies at TU Dresden and the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. In four talks, the speakers will explore various case studies of physical as well as social rehabilitation in the Czech lands, Hungary and Germany after 1945. The speakers will engage with Roma and Sinti Holocaust survivors in the Czech lands, Hungarian child victims in postwar Sweden, the health of repatriates in Czechoslovakia and the rehabilitation of remigrants in eastern Germany. The talks will take place in person in Prague and Dresden as part of each institution’s regular colloquium or teaching, with the possibility of online attendance.
The four talks will take place in person alternately in Prague and Dresden as part of each institution’s regular colloquium/seminar programme, with the possibility of online attendance.
22. října (ONLINE od 11:10-12:40)
“The War Is Over Now, and What Happened Cannot Be Undone”: Roma and Sinti Holocaust Survivors in the Czech Lands after 1945
The lecture examines the situation of Roma and Sinti Holocaust survivors in the Czech lands from the end of the Second World War to the onset of Stalinist policies toward Roma. As a point of departure for exploring the dilemmas and challenges survivors faced, it discusses the postwar retribution trials of perpetrators of the Holocaust of Roma and Sinti, in which survivors appeared as witnesses. Although there was a general awareness of the racial persecution of Roma and Sinti, survivors’ lived experiences remained largely overlooked. Their postwar lives continued to be shaped by the denial of restitution for confiscated property, as well as by ongoing criminalization and institutionalization. The paper outlines the ways in which survivors responded to trauma and social marginalization in this context, ranging from „living in seclusion“ to forms of political engagement.
Vystupující: Jiří Smlsal (ÚSD AV ČR)
26. listopadu (ONLINE od 11:10-12:40)
Postwar Repatriates (Displaced Persons) in Czechoslovakia and Support for Their Return to ‚Normal‘ Life
This paper will focus on how support for returnees after World War II was conceived and implemented. In particular, it will address the often-overlooked issue of health, which was in fact one of the key factors that necessitated the controlled organisation of the entire repatriation process. Many returnees came back suffering from infectious diseases and in poor health. The relief effort primarily consisted of intensive first aid, medical treatment, hospitalisation and measures to prevent the spread of disease. However, officials were aware that the returnees were experiencing long-term health complications. Consequently, convalescent stays were organised for individuals, and long-term support as well as widespread health screenings were also considered. This presentation will analyse how government authorities, contemporary discourse and the returnees themselves approached these issues of convalescence.
Vystupující: Jana Paseková Kasíková (ÚSD AV ČR)
2. prosince (16:00, knihovna ÚSD)
Reconnecting Families after the Holocaust: Hungarian Child Survivors in Postwar Sweden
This talk examines the postwar fate of Hungarian Jewish child survivors and their attempts to trace survivors from their families, drawing on a newly discovered collection of fragmented letters written by and to them. Through the lens of these personal narratives, the talk focuses on Jewish minors who were brought to Sweden from concentration and DP camps in the spring and summer of 1945 and who remained there for rehabilitation purposes for periods ranging from a few weeks up to several years. As the correspondence shows, some of these severely harmed minors began taking action on their own behalf, seeking to trace and reconnect with surviving family members in Hungary and in emigration. Overall, the talk engages with the question of how letters helped both the child survivors and their relatives to cope with trauma and harm in the postwar period, while also enabling them to reestablish social relationships with their separated and fragmented families. In doing so, the talk tells the story of a complex personal yet transnational postwar encounter.
Vystupující: Friederike Kind-Kovács (Hannah-Arendt-Institut für Totalitarismusforschung, Drážďany)
27. ledna (16:00, knihovna ÚSD)
Holocaust Survivors in Postwar Arbitration Trials in Soviet-Occupied Germany
This lecture examines the extent to which restitution could provide healing tos Holocaust survivors. Initially returning to Germany, they spent the first few months recovering from their physical ailments in local hospitals. However, the traumatic experiences of the past haunted them for the rest of their lives. The refugees who had survived abroad were also scarred by the loss of family members and material possessions. The healing process after the war involved not only physical recovery but also their reintegration into the Jewish community, the recognition of their experiences of loss and Wiedergutmachung. The „Wiedergutmachungsgesetz“ (restitution act) from September 1945 established the first law providing restitution of formerly Jewish property in Thuringia, which found itself in the Soviet occupation zone. The restitution trials in Thuringia brought the issue of rehabilitation of Jewish survivors to light. The lecture demonstrates how during court cases, Holocaust survivors reclaimed their property from those who had benefited from Nazi expropriation and fought for recognition of their experiences of loss. In the legal trials concerning looted Jewish property, there was a struggle over the interpretation of the recent past. For Holocaust survivors, these trials were part of a lengthy healing process. For many, nothing remained of their families except their parents’ private homes.
Vystupující: Stefan Hellmuth (Hannah-Arendt-Institut für Totalitarismusforschung, Drážďany)
Anotovaný přehled všech uskutečněných seminářů je k dispozici zde.
Konání seminářů k moderním židovským dějinám sledujte na www.jewishhistory.usd.cas.cz.
Konání workshopů k romským dějinám sledujte na www.romanihistories.usd.cas.cz.