" Le Travail forcé des républicains espagnols pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale " (French)

Après l’exode massif du début de l’année 1939 qui mène vers la France plusieurs centaines de milliers de républicains espagnols, ces derniers connaissent tout au long de la Seconde Guerre mondiale des itinéraires marqués par le travail – souvent forcé –, par des engagements militaires et par diverses formes de résistances contre l’occupant de leur pays d’exil. Ils sont prestataires de l’armée française ou soldats incorporés dans des unités étrangères de celle-ci.

The Role of Public History Within and Outside the United States: Critical Reflections

Since its establishment as an academic research field in the U.S. in the late 1970s, public history has grown significantly, serving as a vital tool for examining contemporary issues, community memories, and conflicts at both scholarly and practical levels. In the 21st century, the field has become a prominent platform for “making history with the public(s)”, moving beyond the confines of academia. Despite its popularity, comprehensively defining public history without oversimplification remains challenging.

CfP: Ethnolinguistic cartography (18th–21st centuries) in comparative perspective: genre, political conflicts, memory

Czech Academy of Sciences (Prague), 14 - 15 October 2024

The workshop Ethnolinguistic cartography (18th–21st centuries) in comparative perspective: genre, political conflicts, memory, organised by the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences with the support of the Strategy AV21: Research programme Identities in the World of Wars and Crises, will take place on 14–15 October 2024 at the Institute of History

CfP: The Czech Workers in Vienna 1868-1918 (SKÖTH Conference)

Vienna, 26 - 27 September 2024

This year's SKÖTH conference will focus on the Czech workers who came to Vienna between 1868 and 1918 and lived and worked there. The focus is deliberately on the labour force.

During the Habsburg Monarchy, the imperial capital and royal seat of Vienna had a great attraction for people from all parts of the monarchy, especially those from the Bohemian lands. Czech-speaking people came in large numbers and shape and changed Vienna.

CfP: Defining Soviet Antisemitism. Everyday Jewish Experiences in the USSR

This edited volume seeks to situate antisemitism within Soviet society and the Soviet system by defining its characteristics and showing how antisemitism intersected with repression of non-Jewish groups. To complicate the more established history of Soviet antisemitism from above, we wish to elucidate the everyday lives of ordinary Jews in different regions and eras of the USSR.