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Published on 4. 3. 2026

The Importance of Data Visualization in Urban Planning

A study by Oldřich Bittner and colleagues published in the International Journal of Geo-Information compared seven spatial methods used to visualize and assess land suitability for residential development.

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Published on 4. 3. 2026

The City as a Historical Lens: First Didactic Workshops Held in Olomouc and Prague

In December 2025 and February 2026, Palacký University organized two workshops for history teachers presenting the city as a didactic prism.

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Published on 4. 3. 2026

Invitation to Colloquium Carolinum 2026

On Friday, March 13th, an international colloqium will take place at Villa Lanna. Researcher and Work package 1 Leader Andrea Průchová Hrůzová will present her recent work at the event.

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Published on 3. 12. 2025

Work Package Workshops: From Medieval Urban Crises to Contemporary Urban Challenges

Methodological workshops organized by the individual work packages took place in May, September, and October 2025.

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Published on 1. 10. 2025

The City and the Friary – workshop for history teachers

The workshop “ The City and the Friary” will focus on how religious institutions contributed to the formation of early modern towns during the construction of a distinctly Catholic society in Central Europe after the Thirty Years’ War. It will concentrate specifically on the Franciscan order and its activities within urban society, using the example […]

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Published on 19. 9. 2025

Invitation: Understanding Urban Inequalities in Dictatorship and Democracy

On September 25-26, 2025, the international workshop „Understanding Urban Inequalities in Dictatorship and Democracy (Perspectives and Narratives)“ will take place in the library of the Institute for Contemporary History (Vlašská 9, Prague 1).

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Published on 19. 9. 2025

Call for papers for a Specialist Session focused on the networks of relationships in which women in pre-modern cities operated and were influenced by at the European Association for Urban History (EAUH 2026) conference

The panel organizers (Michaela Antonín Malaníková, Anna Molnár) invite you to submit abstracts to a specialized section entitled „Inter-Urban Women’s Networks in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Gendered Connections, Legal Frameworks, and Institutional Influence“ (Specialist Session no. 11) at the EAUH conference in Barcelona on September 2–5, 2025. The deadline for submitting abstracts is October 22, 2025, via the website https://eauh2026.confnow.eu/.

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Published on 18. 9. 2025

Call for papers for a panel on deindustrialization at the European Association for Urban History (EAUH) conference

The panel organizers (Vítězslav Sommer, Andrea Pokludová, Martin Jemelka) invite abstract submissions for the panel “Post-Socialist Deindustrialization and Urban Transformation: Resilience, Adaptation, and Global Comparative Perspectives“(panel no. 79) at the EAUH conference in Barcelona on September 2-5, 2025. The deadline for submitting abstracts is October 22, 2025, via the website https://eauh2026.confnow.eu/.

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Published on 18. 9. 2025

Call for papers for a panel on the transformation of city centers at the European Association for Urban History (EAUH) conference

The panel organizers (Petr Roubal, Henrieta Moravčíková, Matěj Spurný) invite abstract submissions for the panel „Downtown Revisited: Neoliberal Urban Planning in Historical Perspective Across Europe and Beyond“ (panel no. 81) at the EAUH conference in Barcelona on September 2-5, 2025. The deadline for submitting abstracts is October 22, 2025, via the website https://eauh2026.confnow.eu/.

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Published on 15. 8. 2025

Invitation to an international workshop Understanding Public Space: Innovative Methods and Concepts for Interdisciplinary Research

From September 4 to 5, 2025, an international meeting of experts offering innovative approaches to explore public space and the topics and problems associated with it at the beginning of the new millennium will take place at the Display Gallery in Prague. The two-day program maps research projects and methodological approaches across the entire spectrum […]

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