Ústavní semináře
Since 2002, the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences has been organising a methodological seminar on contemporary history, the aim of which is to create a platform for academic discussion of the latest research projects in Czech history and international relations.
The seminars are held on the last Wednesday of the month at 16:00 in the library of the Institute of Contemporary History (Vlašská 355/9, Prague 1).
Upcoming seminars:
28 January
Prague-Dresden Lectures. The Münchner Platz Dresden Memorial and the Czech Victim Group: Research, Education and Remembrance
During the Second World War, Dresden played a prominent role in the judicial persecution of Czechs from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, but also from the Reichsgau Sudetenland: as the venue of the People’s Court (Volksgerichtshof), the seat of a higher regional court (Oberlandesgericht) and the site of an execution centre. Over two thirds of the 1,330 people executed here were of Czech nationality. The lecture examines the reasons for Dresden’s significance. It introduces the various persecuted groups and sentencing courts and enquires into the whereabouts of the human remains of those executed. In the second part, it reflects on how the memorial at Münchner Platz in Dresden, which was established in 1959 at the seat of the former Dresden District Court, integrated the Czech group of victims in the GDR into its state-legitimising picture of history. Finally, current approaches and themes of the memorial are examined, such as the contacts with different generations of Czech relatives and the educational programme.
Speaker: Birgit Sack (Gedenkstätte Münchner Platz Dresden) Comments: Markéta Devátá (ÚSD AV ČR) a Tomáš Gol (Památník Terezín)
25 February
„Liberec, Liberec, ukrad jsem perskej koberec.“ Směrem k novému promýšlení distribuce německého majetku a jeho role v poválečném vývoji Československa
Speaker: Karina Hoření (Institut slavistiky Polské akademie věd)
25 March
Normalizace a postmoderna: nejen české dějiny umění 1970-1990
Speaker: Milena Bartlová (UMPRUM)
29 April
“To Stop Means to Become Oneself”: Queer Temporalities in Post-Socialist Russian Culture
Speaker: Ella Rossman (GWZO Praha)
27 May
Střední Evropa, konec studené války a utváření post-studenoválečného mezinárodního řádu
Speaker: Matěj Bílý (ÚSD AV ČR)
24 June
Lety u Písku. Památník holokaustu Romů a Sintů v Čechách: představení publikace o cestě k důstojné připomínce obětí holokaustu
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To follow the seminars on modern Jewish history, visit www.jewishhistory.usd.cas.cz.
The workshops on Romani history can be found at www.romanihistories.usd.cas.cz.