Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop 2026 | Harris Center for Judaic Studies

The University of Nebraska will host the 26th Annual Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop.

April 23-25, 2026
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Location TBA

Call for Papers

The workshop welcomes papers on Czech and Slovak topics, broadly defined, in all disciplines.

Areas of interest have been anthropology, architecture, art, economics, education, film, geography, history, Jewish studies, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, society, sociology, and theater.
Work in progress is an appropriate format for our workshop.
Our interdisciplinary conference has previously drawn participants from colleges and universities in the United States and abroad.
Junior faculty and advanced graduate students are particularly encouraged to apply.

Application materials, as well as any questions, should be emailed to Hana Waisserova at hwaisserova2@unl.edu with the subject heading “Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop.”

The steering committee will review the proposals and contact the applicants by the end of January 2026.

Applications

Submit proposals by January 12, 2026.

Paper abstract of approximately 250 words that includes your name and the paper title
Curriculum vitae
Indicate if you have attended a Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop in the past

Email your Application Materials

Keynote Speaker

“Bohemia’s Jews and Their Nineteenth Century”

Jindřich Toman
University of Michigan

Trained in Czechoslovakia, Germany and USA, Jindrich Toman follows an academic path defined by languages and cultures of Central Europe. In the 1980s and 1990s he focused on generative linguistics, with special emphasis on Czech and German (Wortsyntax: Eine Diskussion ausgewählter Probleme deutscher Wortbildung, 1983), as well as on the history of linguistics (The Magic of a Common Language: Mathesius, Jakobson, Trubetzkoy and the Prague Linguistic Circle, 1995). His recent research has been situated at the interfaces of cultural history and visual culture, with topics including modernist book design (Czech Cubism and the Book, 2004; Photo/Montage in Print, 2009). A concurrent project is a monograph in preparation on Jewish culture in Bohemia. He has also co-curated several exhibitions, including Jindrich Heisler: Surrealism Under Pressure (Art Institute of Chicago, 2012).

About Jindřich Toman