MEMPOP researchers took part in the organization of the Institute of Ethnology's presentation at the Prague Science Fair, contributing to an interactive exhibition that invited visitors to explore mig...

In this fieldwork reflection from the Austrian region of Burgenland, Franz Graf explores how conflicts over water-management reveal deeper questions of land ownership, political voice, and why feeling...

When NATO intervened in the Yugoslav wars on 24 March 1999, depleted uranium weaponry punctured Serbian targets across the region, leaving permanent contamination behind. Populists, whose victim narra...

On 1 April Czech President Petr Pavel visited the Institute of Ethnology, as part of his visit meeting centres of excellence within the Czech Academy of Sciences. Diána Vonnák presented the key resear...

Diána Vonnák reflects on how anthropology can approach populism from below, not only as ideology or discourse, but as something embedded in everyday life, affect, and social experience.” Diána Vonnák ...

Laura Mafizzoli and Franz Graf gave guest lectures at Charles University, exploring how borderland landscapes—from Istrian foibe to Austrian–Hungarian peatlands—shape memory, politics, and social ineq...

Image 1: Gift shop window in Belgrade, May 2025, photo by Astrea Nikolovska In the mid-2010s, the tourist center of Belgrade was full of various souvenirs featuring the image of Vladimir Putin. T-shir...

[FREE TO READ] It appeals more to a way of thinking than to a set of ideas — but is it just wrong?

'The past makes the present shudder under the weight of conflicting historical truths' - Read Laura Mafizzoli's piece in the Graphic issue.

Autumn has officially arrived, and with it, the long season of socks is upon us. In Belgrade, one can keep their feet warm in the company of some rather unexpected figures: Vladimir Putin, Donald Trum...

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An article about Johana Wyss, her research, and the MEMPOP project was featured in the latest issue of A-Magazine, published by the Czech Academy of Sciences. The piece explores the rise of populism n...

Mnemonic inclusion in populism is a way to think beyond the usual binaries that dominate the study of memory and populism. Rather than seeing populist memory politics only as exclusionary or antagonis...

Dear colleagues, With great pleasure, we would like to invite you to join us for a special double book launch hosted by the Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences: 🔹 Johana Wyss, PI of the ...

On February 27, 2025, La Voce del Popolo, the main newspaper of the Istrian Italian community in Croatia, featured a curious and provocative headline in Italian: “Đalović, il Terminator degli italiani...

The Scientific Council of the European Research Council welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from the European Commission for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering la...

THE CONFERENCE Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization – Future Directions in Memory Studies Accommodation and Travel Nottingham Sights Programme Register Accommodation and Travel The conference will take p...

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The MEMPOP Team cordially invites you to the upcoming hybrid book talk “Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond: A Transnational History” by Balázs Trencsényi (Centr...

Lecture by Julia Leser (CRC Dynamics of Security, Marburg University) Discussant: Thorsten Gieser (Institute of Ethnology, CAS) Julia Leser explores the intersection of socio-ecological transformati...