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Conference – Negotiating the Revolt: Punk in Times of Political Transformation
The conference is organized by the Institute of Czech History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University alongside the project Negotiating the Revolt in Czech and Slovak Postsocialist Transition, which is supported by the Czech Science Foundation and carried out in collaboration with the Archive of Czech and Slovak Subcultures, the Centre for the Study of Popular Culture and the Punk Scholars Network Slovak and Czech.
Technorok: Summary of The Year
Technology, Humanity, and (Pop)Culture – a new theme for the 2024/2025 academic year, exclusively at the Center for the Study of Popular Culture. After last year’s successful run at Na Boršově Café, we’re returning there again – and we haven’t forgotten audio either – our podcast Popkultovka will air its second season.
Conference Call for Papers: Exploration of Class, Distinction, and Habitus in Popular Culture of Central and Eastern Europe
6th Conference of the Centre for Study of Popular Culture
Conference organised by the Centre for the Study of Popular Culture, Charles University in Prague and the German Historical Institute in Warsaw, 27–29 October 2023, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract deadline: May 31, 2023 June 30, 2023 (EXTENDED!)
Mainstream! – a conference report
Here you can find a conference report.
Mainstream! – conference programme
Programme of the “Mainstream! Popular Culture in Central and Eastern Europe” conference to be found here.
Call for Papers “Mainstream! Popular Culture in Central and Eastern Europe”
Call for Papers “Mainstream! Popular Culture in Central and Eastern Europe”
5th conference of Centre for the Study of Popular Culture
with the support of National museum of Czech Republic, Faculty of Arts of Charles University
and the German Historical Institute Warsaw
29 October – 31 October 2020, Prague
Mainstream media representations of celebrities remain problematic, as excited discussions regarding the recent funeral of singer Karel Gott have demonstrated. The appraisal of his long-term career has been divided into two extreme positions: uncritical admiration for the idol who spread joy under different political regimes on one hand and condemnation of his kitschy art associated with his selling out under these regimes on the other. What the overall debate has confirmed, is that stars and celebrities of popular culture can become symbols of any given period. Continue reading
Beyond the Café/Pub Split: Interlocking Urbanity and Rurality in the Popular Culture of East Central European Societies
Centre for Study of Popular Culture (CSPK)
is a non-profit organization established in 2009. Its typical projects are seminars, conferences, workshops and other public events, such as alternative city walks, university classes and exhibitions.
CSPK is interested in the topics of popular culture as an important factor for societal imagination and representations as well as in subcultures embedding the life-style promoted by leisure time activities. Continue reading