The Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop aims to bring together researchers, scientists, faculty members and advanced graduate students to exchange their experiences, research results, and ideas.
The CSSW was established in 2000 and is now sponsored by the Czechoslovak Studies Association as well as the Slovak Studies Association. The program committee typically welcomes papers on Czech and Slovak topics, broadly defined, in all disciplines. In the past our interdisciplinary conference has drawn participants from colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Areas of interest have been: anthropology, architecture, art, economics, education, film, geography, history, Jewish studies, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, society, sociology, and theater.
New work in progress is appropriate for our workshop format. Each speaker is typically allotted a 50-minute slot divided between a presentation and active discussion. Junior faculty and advanced graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate. Whether you are a graduate student or faculty member, the organizers of the CSSW are happy to consider your application to present your research at the workshop. For more information, please contact us at slovakstudies@gmail.com
Twenty-fourth Annual Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop
April 25-26, 2025
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Twenty-fourth Annual Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop, which will be held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on April 25-26, 2025, welcomes papers on Czech and Slovak topics, broadly defined, in all disciplines. In the past our interdisciplinary conference has drawn participants from colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Areas of interest have been: anthropology, architecture, art, economics, education, film, geography, history, Jewish studies, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, society, sociology, and theater. Work in progress is appropriate for our workshop format.
Junior faculty and advanced graduate students are particularly encouraged to apply. Hotel accommodation will be provided for participants who are presenting at the workshop.
This year’s program will also include an invited lecture by Professor Melissa Feinberg, former Czechoslovak Studies Association President and author, most recently, of Curtain of Lies: The Battle over Truth in Stalinist Eastern Europe (Oxford University Press, 2017) and Communism in Eastern Europe (Routledge, 2022).
The deadline for submitting proposals is December 18, 2024. The steering committee will review the proposals and contact the applicants in early January, 2025.
Applications should include:
- Paper abstract of approximately 250 words that includes your name and a paper title
- Curriculum vitae
- Please also indicate if you have attended a Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop in the past.
Application materials, as well as any questions, should be emailed to Chad Bryant at bryantc@email.unc.edu with the subject heading “Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop.”
We look forward to your proposals.
- Chad Bryant (chair), History, UNC-Chapel Hill and President of the Czech and Slovak Studies Association
- Michaela Appeltova, History, Wake Forest University
- Kirill Tolpygo, Librarian, Global and Interdisciplinary Studies; Slavic & East European Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Lisa Wolverton, History, UNC-Chapel Hill
Sponsored by the Center for European Studies; the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East-European Studies; and the History Department at Chapel Hill as well as the Czechoslovak Studies Association and the Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
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