CfP: Choosing the Past: The Manifestation of History in a Changing Public Sphere

Ústav východoevropských studií FF UK, Akademické centrum Borise Němcova FF UK a Katedra historických studií FHS UK Vás zve k účasti na mezinárodní studentské  konferenci  “Choosing the Past: The Manifestation of History in a Changing Public Sphere” určenou pro studenty doktorského a magisterského studia. Konference proběhne 10. -12. června 2026 v hybridní formě (online & in-person), pracovním jazykem je angličitna.

Hlavními tematickými okruhy konference jsou:
Patriotism and National-Patriotic Version of History;
The Ideologisation of History and Myth-Making;
National Identity and the Politics of Belonging;
Visual Culture and the Representational Forms of Memory;
Post-Truth and Mechanisms of Disinformation;
Minorities, Indigenous Studies and Transcultural Memory;
New Perspectives on Gender and Gender Inequality;
Media Discourse and Algorithmic Visibility;
Decolonisation of History and the Transformation of Knowledge Frameworks.

Abstrakty (max. 300 slov) lze podávat prostřednictvím e-formy na stránkách konference http://choosingthepast.conference2026.tilda.ws nebo prostřednictvím e-mailu choosingthepast.conference2026@gmail.com. Deadline podání abstraktů je 10. května 2026.
Více o konferenci: http://choosingthepast.conference2026.tilda.ws

 

On behalf of the Department of East European Studies and The Nemtsov Academic Center, Faculty of Arts, Department of Historical Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Charles university, we would like to inform you about the international conference “Choosing the Past: The Manifestation of History in a Changing Public Sphere” intended for PhD and selected MA students. The conference will be held on June 10-12, 2026 (online & in-person).

The main research areas are:
Patriotism and National-Patriotic Version of History;
The Ideologisation of History and Myth-Making;
National Identity and the Politics of Belonging;
Visual Culture and the Representational Forms of Memory;
Post-Truth and Mechanisms of Disinformation;
Minorities, Indigenous Studies and Transcultural Memory;
New Perspectives on Gender and Gender Inequality;
Media Discourse and Algorithmic Visibility;
Decolonisation of History and the Transformation of Knowledge Frameworks.

To submit an abstract (max. 300 words) please complete the online form on the http://choosingthepast.conference2026.tilda.ws or via email choosingthepast.conference2026@gmail.com no later than the 10th of May, 2026.
For more information see our webpage: http://choosingthepast.conference2026.tilda.ws