Czechoslovakia 100

Czechoslovakia 100 invites Czech and Slovak specialists (including language experts and postgraduate students) from around the UK, together with Czech and Slovak diplomats, policymakers and stakeholders, to Cardiff, where we will reassess the Czechoslovak state’s origins, significance, and legacies in a special 2018 BASEES Study Group Day/Conference timed to mark the centenary of the state’s foundation.

Czechoslovakia 100 is open to students, academics, diplomats, linguists and policymakers. The 100th anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak state is a time to take stock, reconsider, reassess.  Contributions (short/longer) are warmly invited from experts in relevant professions and academic disciplines.

Czechoslovakia 100 is sponsored by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies, the College of Arts and Humanities and Arts at Cardiff University, Special Collections and Archives, the Embassy of the Czech Republic and the Embassy of the Slovak Republic.

Short communications (10 minutes) or longer talks (30 minutes) relating to any aspect of the origins, varied experiences or final dissolution of the Czechoslovak state, together with reflections on their relevance and lessons for today, are invited from postgraduates, academics, diplomats, policymakers and stakeholders.

Specialists with interests in Czechoslovak history, politics, law, culture, diplomacy, international relations, film, language, economics, art, architecture, music and literature are equally welcome to contribute. Talks will be presented as part of themed panels.

Speakers are asked to avoid jargon and to keep strictly to time.

The language of the conference will be English.

If you would like to present a brief talk (10 minutes) or a lecture (30 minutes) at the Czechoslovakia 100 event being held at Cardiff University on 11 May 2018, please send us the title and brief abstract (100 words maximum) of your proposed talk, together with your name, affiliation and email address. Be sure to specify, as part of your 100-word abstract, whether you are proposing a 10-minute or a 30-minute talk.

Proposals for talks (10-minute or 30-minute) should be sent to:

Mary Heimann (Heimannm@cardiff.ac.uk )
Chair of Modern History
School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University
John Percival Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU

Administrative queries should be directed to:

Lara Taffer (share-events@cardiff.ac.uk)
School Administrator
School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University
John Percival Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff CF10 3EU

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Organiser: Mary Heimann, Professor of Modern History at the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University, on behalf of the BASEES Czech and Slovak Study Group (UK). Contact: Heimannm@cardiff.ac.uk.