The Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences
The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences
The Masaryk Institute and Archive of the CAS Library
Call for papers
International and interdisciplinary conference :
Discourse of Republicanism: Common European Legacy?
Prague – 6 th and 7 th November 2020
As John Adams puts it in his famous statement about republicanism as “the most
unintelligible English
word of all time”, the question of the republican thought with its historical
background as well as
modern connotations and ideological applications still remains a very
challenging issue in the history
of ideas and contemporary political theory. What does it require to label a
particular political author as
an adherent to the republican tradition? And is one even supposed to speak
about one common
European republican discourse or is it rather relevant to assume significant
differences among various
“republicanisms” based on distinctive cultural and historical contexts?
In this regard, one should highlight that although the concept of republican
political theory and history
has been identified and “re-invented” mainly in the framework of Western
European philosophical
concept, the question whether one can trace the presence of similar or specific
republican traits in
other “European spaces” has seemed to be very urgent in the last two decades.
Thus, the international and interdisciplinary conference Discourse of
Republicanism: Common
European Legacy since the Early Modern Period? will be focused on the current
trends and possible
methods of research concerning the issue of republicanism as the interlinked
phenomenon of historical
legacy, political thought and discursive tradition. Hence, the meeting of
prominent scholars from
different regions with distinguished scope of research interest will enable
both to intersect historical
and theoretical approaches and to provide the contemporary state of research
with the comparative
European perspective.
How to Apply :
We invite proposals for papers on the following broadly defined topics:
● What are the main options and limits regarding the research of republicanism
as a language
tradition, political theory and historical legacy?
● Is it possible to assume the common “republican language code” in the
European historical context
or is it necessary to distinguish different codes of particular “national”
republican concepts?
● In which ways have the republican ideas been shared and spread in European
space since the early
modern period?
● How is one able to reflect the relation between the republican political
principles and collective
identity?
● How did political thinkers construct images of their own republic and foreign
republics? What were
these allegorical and symbolic images based on?
Paper abstracts (a maximum of 300 words) should be submitted no later than the
2 0th of May 2020
to the following e-mail address: kvet...@hiu.cas.cz
The organizers will send the acknowledgement of receipt of the contribution no
later than the 15th of
June 2020. The organizational committee of the conference reserves the right to
select the papers.
Organizational instructions :
No conference fee is charged. The organizers will provide dinners and
accommodation from the 5th to
7th November 2020.
Conference language : English
Publication Plan :
Selected papers that pass the peer-review process will be published in an
English monograph that is
going to be published after the conference.
Organizing Institution and Committee :
Jan Květina (The Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
Hana Fořtová (The Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
Vratislav Doubek (The Masaryk Institute and Archive of the CAS Library)
Maciej Ruczaj (Polish Institute in Prague)
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