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SUMMARY:Alessandro Benassi – Medea in Bohemia: Female Sovereignty in Ariosto’s Cinque Canti
DESCRIPTION:V úterý 6. října 2026 vystoupí v rámci cyklu Staročeský dýchánek Alessandro Benassi (Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples) s příspěvkem nazvaným „Medea in Bohemia: Female Sovereignty in Ariosto’s Cinque Canti“. \nPřednáška v angličtině se uskuteční v dolním sále pražské budovy Ústavu pro českou literaturu AV ČR (Na Florenci 1420/3) od 17 hodin\, vstup je zdarma a bez registrace. \nAnotace:\nIn Cinque Canti II\, Ariosto describes a kingdom founded by Medea in the Bohemian Forest\, an episode absent from every classical source on the sorceress. Drawing on Bohemian cultural history and its literary tradition\, the lecture explores the origins of this invention within Renaissance networks linking Italy and Central Europe\, and shows how Medea’s libertarian\, communal\, female-ruled kingdom echoes and subverts Charlemagne’s ideal sovereignty as a utopian model of female power.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/alessandro-benassi-medea-in-bohemia-female-sovereignty-in-ariostos-cinque-canti/
LOCATION:Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR\, Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR
CATEGORIES:Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261006T190000
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SUMMARY:Punctum Theory Club | Olga Krasa-Ryabets: Non-places and experimental culture
DESCRIPTION:Punctum Theory Club presents:\nOlga Krasa-Ryabets\nNon-places and experimental culture: the urban apartment as site of creative intervention \nPunctum has been described as the “living room of culture\,” and it’s known for it’s location\, imbedded in one of Prague’s iconic vnitrobloks\, and for the sense of community it built over the years. This makes it an ideal setting for a lecture and workshop on the relationship between domestic space\, creativity\, and resistance. Drawing on over a decade of my own artistic practice in apartments in Amsterdam and Prague\, this session explores why homes and domestic interiors have long served as important sites for cultural production\, from the Middle Ages to contemporary experimental art. Philosophers and theorists such as Gaston Bachelard and Mark Turner have argued that the spaces we inhabit shape our sense of self: home is where identity is rehearsed\, stabilized\, and felt most intimately. Because domestic environments provide continuity and familiarity\, they help people maintain a coherent sense of who they are. At the same time\, when uncertainty or artistic intervention enters these spaces\, the home can become something else entirely: a threshold space outside ordinary social rules\, where new forms of imagination\, encounter\, and resistance become possible. Through examples from apartment theatre\, historical folklore\, and contemporary performance\, the lecture considers how ambiguity\, intimacy\, and atmosphere transform private space into a cultural laboratory. Participants will gain new perspectives on how environments shape identity and creativity\, while the workshop component invites them to reflect on and experiment with the hidden theatrical\, political\, and emotional potential of their own living spaces. This proposal is especially timely as cultural institutions increasingly seek more intimate\, participatory\, and community-based formats beyond conventional venues. \nAbout the lecturer: \nDr. Olga Krasa-Ryabets is a Canadian-Ukrainian theatre director and researcher based in Prague. She has been previously active at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA).\nOlga is the founder of the independent Centre for Aliative and Trivial Research (CenAR) where she has hosted events like the Symposium for Odd Research and created performances for over a decade. Her areas of interest include cognitive humanities and archeology of the everyday. Her most recent collaboration with the theoretical physicist Marek Liška explored the creation of imaginary black holes in urban apartments.\nShe holds a Theatre Specialist BA with Honours (University of Toronto)\, an MA in Alternative Theatre Directing and Puppetry (Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) and a PhD in Theatre Studies from the University of Amsterdam with a dissertation titled Secret Theatre: off-the-grid performance practices in socialist Poland and Czechoslovakia (2019). Most recently\, her work has been published in the Performance Research Journal and by Palgrave Press. \nhttp://www.aliatology.com \nLANGUAGE: English\nDOOR: 19:00 | LECTURE: 19:30\nENTRY by voluntary donations
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/punctum-theory-club-olga-krasa-ryabets-non-places-and-experimental-culture/
LOCATION:Krásova 27\, 13000 Prague\, Czech Republic\, Krásova 27\, 13000 Prague\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261007T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261007T193000
DTSTAMP:20260928T112657Z
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SUMMARY:kulatý stůl Czech Anglophone Literature
DESCRIPTION:“Czech literary history offers a complex and fascinating case of literary multilingualism and the transnational circulation of literature\,” write the editors in the introduction to a special issue of the journal *Svět literatury* / *World of Literature* dedicated to Czech Anglophone literature. We invite you to the launch of this issue\, which will feature a discussion on Czech-Anglophone literary contacts in the twentieth century—covering authors such as Edith Templeton\, Ivan Blatný\, Ivan Schneedorfer\, Milada Součková\, Jan Zábrana\, Jana Prikryl\, Jaroslav Kalfař\, and Janet Malcolm—as well as the implications of these works for the study of literary multilingualism\, transnational literature\, and Czech literature itself.\nThe discussion will be held in English and will feature the issue’s editors\, Julie Hansen (Department of Modern Languages\, Uppsala University) and Justin Quinn (Faculty of Education\, University of West Bohemia in Plzeň; Faculty of Arts\, Charles University)\, alongside Josef Hrdlička (Faculty of Arts\, Charles University)\, Ladislav Nagy (Faculty of Arts\, University of South Bohemia)\, and Anton Romanenko (Faculty of Arts\, Charles University). The debate will be moderated by Františka Schormová (Institute of Czech Literature\, Czech Academy of Sciences) and is organized in collaboration with the Department of Czech Literature and Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts\, Charles University.\nThe event is open to the public\, and no prior registration is required. „Česká literární historie nabízí komplexní a fascinující případ literární vícejazyčnosti a transnacionální cirkulace literatury\,“ píší editoři v úvodu speciálního čísla časopisu Svět literatury/ World of Literature věnovaného české anglofonní literatuře. Zveme na křest čísla spojený s diskusí o česko-anglofonních literárních kontaktech ve dvacátém století\, včetně děl autorek a autorů jako Edith Templeton\, Ivan Blatný\, Ivan Schneedorfer\, Milada Součková\, Jan Zábrana\, Jana Prikryl\, Jaroslav Kalfař\, a Janet Malcolm a implikací těchto děl pro zkoumání literární vícejazyčnosti\, transnacionální literatury a také české literatury. \nDiskuse proběhne v angličtině\, debatovat budou editoři čísla Julie Hansen (Oddělení moderních jazyků\, Uppsalská univerzita) a Justin Quinn (Fakulta pedagogická\, Západočeská univerzita v Plzni a Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy) spolu s Josefem Hrdličkou (Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy)\, Ladislavem Nagyem (Filozofická fakulta Jihočeské univerzity) a Antonem Romanenkem (Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy). Debatu moderuje Františka Schormová (Ústav pro českou literaturu Akademie věd České republiky) a je organizovaná společně s Ústavem české literatury a komparatistiky Filozofické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy. \nAkce je otevřena veřejnosti a není nutné se na ni předem registrovat.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/kulaty-stul-czech-anglophone-literature/
LOCATION:Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR\, Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR
CATEGORIES:Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261009T140000
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SUMMARY:The Colombian Psychedelic Ecosystem: From Ancestral Wisdom to Underground Science
DESCRIPTION:Srdečně zveme na přednášku na Katedře filozofie a dějin přírodních věd\, která je zdarma přístupná také veřejnosti. \nFrom Ancestral Wisdom to Underground Science:\nColombia is a land of immense psychedelic and cultural diversity\, where Indigenous medicines\, natural and synthetic substances\, ancestral knowledge\, and contemporary scientific approaches coexist and intersect. This conversation invites us to explore Colombia’s complex psychedelic landscape from a transdisciplinary perspective\, bringing together Indigenous cosmogonies\, diverse practices and forms of knowledge\, and the emerging academic and civil psychedelic ecosystem\, while reflecting on their historical roots and possible futures. \nSebastián Iguarán is a psychologist and a master’s student in Transdisciplinary Studies in Health at Universidad Externado de Colombia\, focused on psychotherapy\, harm reduction\, and the therapeutic use of psychedelics. He is co-founder of Ciencias Psicodelicas and creator of Psicologo del Psiconauta\, initiatives dedicated to scientific outreach and psychoeducation.\nHis work integrates evidence-based methods with existential and intercultural approaches to promote ethical and culturally sensitive therapeutic processes.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/the-colombian-psychedelic-ecosystem-from-ancestral-wisdom-to-underground-science/
LOCATION:Přírodovědecká fakulta UK\, Viničná 1594/7\, Praha 2\, 128 00\, Czech Republic
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261014T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261014T210000
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SUMMARY:INN Prague: Alternative Housing Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:🏘️🤯❓ \nThe housing market is difficult – should you rent or buy? Or maybe there are other options?  \nTogether with labor historian Bolek Šmejkal from Charles University and Teresa Rucińska from the Větev Community we will take a look at modern and historical alternatives to the usual modes of living.  \nThis month’s public meeting is hosted by the INN Migrants Group.  \n🗣️ It will be held in English with Czech translation available on demand. \n==CZ== \n🏘️🤯❓\nBydlení je dnes obtížné téma – měli byste si pronajmout byt\, nebo si ho koupit? Nebo existují i jiné možnosti? \nSpolečně s historikem práce Bolkem Šmejkalem z Univerzity Karlovy a Teresou Rucińskou z komunity Větev se podíváme na moderní i historické alternativy k běžným způsobům bydlení. \nVeřejné setkání tohoto měsíce pořádá Migrantská skupina INN.  \n🗣️ Setkání proběhne v angličtině\, s možností tlumočení do češtiny na vyžádání.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/inn-prague-alternative-housing-then-and-now/
LOCATION:Punctum – Krásovka\, Punctum - Krásovka
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261014T183000
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SUMMARY:The Eleusinian Mysteries and the Psychedelic Hypothesis of Kykeon
DESCRIPTION:For nearly two millennia\, initiates travelled to Eleusis to participate in the Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone\, one of the most enduring initiatory traditions of the ancient Mediterranean. The sacrament was kykeon\, a ritual drink whose composition and possible role in the initiatory experience have remained the subject of fascination and debate. \nCould the kykeon have contained psychoactive compounds derived from ergot? And could such a preparation have contributed to the profound experiences described by the initiates? Drawing on ancient sources\, archaeology\, chemistry and contemporary psychedelic science\, this talk examines the evidence behind the psychedelic hypothesis of Eleusis\, as well as the questions that remain unresolved. \nYet even if the pharmacological mystery of the kykeon could be solved\, would the molecule alone explain the Mysteries? Perhaps the more interesting question is not only what was in the cup\, but what transformed the initiate. \nBio:\nIsis Rita Anzel Koutrouli is a preclinical researcher at the Psychedelic Research Center of the National Institute of Mental Health (NUDZ) in Prague and a final-year PhD candidate in Neurosciences at the 3rd Faculty of Medicine\, Charles University\, under the supervision of Dr. Tomáš Páleníček. Her research focuses on the therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances\, in preclinical models of substance use disorders\, combining behavioral pharmacology with molecular approaches.\nIsis is also one of the coordinators of the uniMIND Prague psychedelic community and academic journal club\, which is co-hosting this event.
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/the-eleusinian-mysteries-and-the-psychedelic-hypothesis-of-kykeon/
CATEGORIES:Philosophy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261028T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261028T230000
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SUMMARY:PSYCLE Talk: Behind the Iron Curtain\, Beyond the Mind & DJ set ꧁꧂ by @atlaskin_ 𖦹꩜𖦹
DESCRIPTION:Behind the Iron Curtain\, Czechoslovak psychiatrists were exploring the frontiers of human consciousness with one of the most powerful tools of the psychedelic era: LSD. From the 1950s to the 1970s\, Czechoslovakia became an unlikely centre of psychedelic research\, synthesising LSD on an industrial scale and investigating its potential in psychiatry and psychotherapy. This talk revisits this largely forgotten chapter of medical history\, exploring the scientists\, experiments\, therapeutic ambitions\, and political circumstances that shaped the Czechoslovak psychedelic experience—and what its legacy might mean for psychedelic medicine today. \nJoin us for a free lecture on this fascinating topic\, presented by William Norman Lytle\, MD\, Resident at VFN\, Psychiatry Clinic\, and Psycle coordinator. \nThe talk will be accompanied by a DJ set from @atlaskin_\, who will keep the music going after the lecture ends\, so stick around!
URL:https://pragueliterarycalendar.com/calendar/psycle-talk-behind-the-iron-curtain-beyond-the-mind-dj-set-%ea%a7%81%ea%a7%82-by-atlaskin_-%f0%96%a6%b9%ea%a9%9c%f0%96%a6%b9/
CATEGORIES:History
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