Published on 24. 3. 2026
How do cities and regions change when industry declines or undergoes fundamental transformation? What are the consequences of deindustrialization and postsocialist transformation for the economy, society, and everyday life? And how have these processes shaped Europe in the past and today? These questions will be explored at the international conference After Industry: Cities and Regions in Transformation, which will take place on 14–15 May 2026 in Prague as part of the URBANITY project.
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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.
Show morePublished on 4. 3. 2026
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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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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Methodological workshops organized by the individual work packages took place in May, September, and October 2025.
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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 […]
Show morePublished on 19. 9. 2025
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).
Show morePublished on 19. 9. 2025
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/.
Show morePublished on 18. 9. 2025
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/.
Show morePublished on 18. 9. 2025
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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This result was financially supported by the The Johannes Amos Comenius Programme and is part of the research project "Urbanity: inequality, adaptation and urban public space in historical perspective", registration number: CZ.02 .01.01/00/23_025/0008735.
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