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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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Published on 24. 7. 2025

Information from the MSA conference 2025 – International panel Digital Memoryscapes of Solidarity and Refusal

On July 17, 2025, the ninth annual conference of the Memory Studies Association held in Prague featured an international panel dedicated to the issue of the connection between digital public space, human rights movements, and the commemorative cultures they activate. The program, titled „Digital Memoryscapes of Solidarity and Refusal,“ was prepared by researcher Andrea Průchová […]

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Published on 26. 5. 2025

Invitation to the international conference After Industry: Cities and Regions in Transformation

The conference will take place on May 14–15, 2026 in Prague at the Academic Conference Centre Jilská-Husova, Husova 4a, Prague 1.

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Published on 23. 5. 2025

Pozvánka na workshop výzkumného záměru 3: Krize, její dopady a reflexe v městské společnosti v předmoderním a moderním světě

Dovolujeme si Vás pozvat na pracovní zasedání projektu OP JAK Urbanita: nerovnost, adaptace a veřejný prostor měst v historické perspektivě pořádané Výzkumným záměrem 3: Hrozby a odolnost města.

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