Deadline: January 12, 2026
The Twenty-Sixth Annual Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop, to be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on April 23-25, 2026, welcomes papers on Czech and Slovak topics, broadly defined, in all disciplines. In the past, our interdisciplinary conference has drawn participants from colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. 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. Junior faculty and advanced graduate students are particularly encouraged to apply. Hotel accommodation will be provided for participants who are presenting at the workshop, and some travel assistance will be provided to those in financial need.
This year’s program will feature a keynote by Jindřich Toman (University of Michigan): “Bohemia’s Jews and Their Nineteenth Century” as well as a roundtable “Bohemian Jewishness: From Poetics to Politics” with Jindřich Toman, Veronika Tuckerová (Harvard University; author of Reading Kafka in Prague, 2025) and Jacques Rupnik (Sciences Po; author of The Fates of Central Europe Between Hitler and Stalin – in the writings of Josef Guttmann, 2026).
Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the documentary film “The Art of Dissent” with filmmaker James D. Le Sueur and attend a reading from Josef Váchal’s Krvavý román with Stephen Lahey. The program will also include a visit to Wilber, the “Czech Capital of the USA.”
The deadline for submitting proposals is January 12, 2026. The steering committee will review the proposals and contact the applicants by the end of January 2026.
Applications should include:
Paper abstract of approximately 250 words that includes your name and the paper title
Curriculum vitae
Please also indicate if you have attended a Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop in the past.
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.”