Organized by Institute of Contemporary History (Czech Academy of Sciences), Masaryk Institute and Archives (Czech Academy of Sciences) and the Prague Center for Jewish Studies at the Charles University
To the left of the lecture theatre. The ghetto benches at Polish universities in the interwar period
26 Mach 2024, 5:00 pm CET
Natalia Judzińska (Polish Academy of Sciences) The aim of this presentation is to outline the ethno-religious spatial segregation system in Polish universities between the First and Second World Wars. The presentation...
“The Lucky Ones? Intermarried Families and the Holocaust in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia”
16 April 2024, 5:00 pm CET
Tatjana Lichtenstein (The University of Texas at Austin) In the Bohemian Lands (today’s Czech Republic), Jews – including intermarried Jewish and non-Jewish families –responded even before the German invasion by...
Displaced Persons in the Early Cold War
28 May 2024, 5:00 CET
Katarzyna Nowak (Central European University) The fates of Displaced Persons (DPs) in the aftermath of World War II have gained considerable scholarly attention in the recent years. Historians have shed light on refugee...
The seminar is intended to provide a platform for academic discussion about the latest research on Jewish history especially of the last three centuries. Though primarily focused on the Jews of central and east central Europe, the seminar also includes topics related to the Jews of other regions. The seminar is further enriched by including topics not directly concerned with Jews, but enabling one to see Jewish history from other perspectives (for instance, the perspective of other marginalized communities).
Despite our preference for the methods of historical research, the organizers welcome multidisciplinary approaches to the topics, including those of sociology, political science, religious studies, and art history.
During the pandemic the seminar is taking place only virtually as a zoom session. The language of the seminar is English. The seminar is organized by Kateřina Čapková (Institute of Contemporary History), and Michal Frankl (Masaryk Institute and Archive). Since 2018/2019, they cooperate with the Prague Center for Jewish Studies at the Charles University. Your suggestions of speakers should be sent to either capkova@usd.cas.cz or frankl@mua.cas.cz.
