Past Events

This public lecture explores the scarcity of women in leadership roles in the early years of European integration, with notable exceptions. In these years, a woman, Käte Strobel, ascended to leadership within a major political group and was appointed vice-chair in a non-traditional policy committee, marking significant breakthroughs in gender representation. Drawing on insights from … Continued

Based on the results of the Czech Science Foundation project, the lecture focuses on selected aspects of childhood at the court of the Central European Habsburgs in the 16th to 18th centuries. Based on the analysis of a wide range of historical sources, its primary focus will be on two areas in particular: childcare from … Continued

Après les indépendances des pays colonisés au cours des années 1950-1960, les pays africains participent progressivement aux grandes compétitions sportives internationales. Parallèlement, dans la lignée d’un panafricanisme postcolonial, ces nations africaines, à travers l’érection de l’Organisation de l’unité africaine (OUA), cherchent à agir sur la géopolitique mondiale. En 1976, une controverse émerge quant à la … Continued