Written Culture and Society in the Bohemian Lands 16th–18th Century Workshop in Honour of Roger Chartier, 18 May 2016 Cover Image

Written Culture and Society in the Bohemian Lands 16th–18th Century Workshop in Honour of Roger Chartier, 18 May 2016
Written Culture and Society in the Bohemian Lands 16th–18th Century Workshop in Honour of Roger Chartier, 18 May 2016

Author(s): Katalin Pataki
Subject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Modern Age, Scientific Life
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro českou literaturu
Keywords: Bohemian Lands; 16th-18th centuries; Written culture; social history;

Summary/Abstract: The French cultural historian, Roger Chartier was invited to Prague and Warsaw for an academic event series between 16 and 19 May 2016 in the framework of the Viseg-rad Forum program of the French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences (CEFRES). The events were co-organized by Polish and Czech academic institutions, among which the Institute of Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences host-ed the workshop “Written Culture and Society in Czech regions, 16th–18th centuries” on 18th May 2016. The presentations provided insight into the research projects of five renown scholars of Prague inspired by nd engaging in dialogues with the works of pro-fessor Chartier on the history of books, publishing and reading in early modern history.

  • Issue Year: 06/2016
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 114-116
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English
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