Between Salons and Trenches: Social Histories and Sociologies of the Military Uniform / Warsaw, March 6-7, 2025
Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw Room 104 at Karowa 18, Warsaw
SEMINAR PROGRAM
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Opening
9.00 – 9.30
Welcome speeches: Wojciech Rafałowski, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw and Laurent Tatarenko, Director, Centre de civilisation française et d’études francophones de l’Université de Varsovie
Introduction: Petr Wohlmuth (Společnost pro výzkum dějin vojenství) and Jarosław Kilias (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Sociology)
Session 1 The Modern State and the Military and Police Uniforms
9.30 – 11.50
Chairperson: Petr Wohlmuth
Tomáš Konečný (University of Pardubice), Representation through foreign uniforms at the Zeithain encampment (1730)
Paul Bastier (Archives nationales de France), The first regulations for the French Army’s uniforms: Enforcement and observance, from the Polish to the Austrian succession (1729-1747)
Laurent Tatarenko (CCFEF, University of Warsaw, IHMC CNRS), Dressing a fractured army: the troops of the Two Sicilies between diplomatic upheavals and regional localism (1815-1833)
Laurent López (Service historique de la Défense / CESDIP, CNRS), The fabric that the enforcement is done. The uniforms of French gendarmes and policemen in the late 19th Century
Lunch
12.00 – 13.00 (room 403)
Session 2 Between Uniformity and Individualism
13.00 – 14. 50
Chairperson: Jarosław Kilias
Jarosław Czubaty (Faculty of History, University of Warsaw), Uniforms, national sentiments and manifestations of individualism 1807-1815
Alexandre Longer (Sorbonne Université, Paris), Enhancing the uniform. The prestige of military headgear in 19th Century France
Lukáš Lexa (Moravian Museum, Brno), The triumph of individuality over uniformity? Extraordinary uniforms of the Slovácká Brigade from 1918– 1919
Coffee break
14.50 – 15.20 (room 403)
Session 3 Uniform as a Clothing and a Symbol (Part I)
15.20 – 17.40
Chairperson: Jarosław Czubaty
Vítězslav Prchal (University of Pardubice), Between a symbol of social status and a trophy piece: uniforms in cabinets of curiosities, art collections and portrait galleries of the Bohemian and Moravian aristocracy, 1650-1750
Michał Zarychta (Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw), Military uniform in the Warsaw’s public space 1914-1921
Petr Wohlmuth (Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague), Reenactor uniform: authentic copy or primarily means of creating historical meaning? An oral-historical perspective
Stanisław Grabarczyk (Faculty of History, University of Warsaw), The uniform as an emblem of military in youth education: the case of scouting in the Second Polish Republic
Friday, March 7, 2025
Session 4 Uniform as a Clothing and a Symbol (Part II)
9.00 – 11.20
Chairperson: Laurent Tatarenko
Jan Błachnio (Faculty of History, University of Warsaw), Grey rifleman’s [but not only] outfit… Austro-Hungarian military uniform in the first year of the World War I
Jarosław Kilias (Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw), Polish Army uniform 1957-1989, traditional and modern
Michal Cáp (Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague), Smart-dressed democratic officers? Social and cultural role of uniform in interwar Czechoslovakia
Aleksandra Jatczak-Repeć (Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw), From underwear to casual civilian wear to the official attire of a President, the T-shirt tells a remarkable story about the evolving role and significance of military clothing in global fashion
Coffee Break
11.20 – 11.50
Visit of Modlin Fortress and Polish Army Museum (Warsaw Citadel)
12.00 – 16.00
There will be a possibility to attend the seminar online at the Zoom platform. Those who wish to participate online are kindly asked to write to one of the organizers (info@dejinyvojenstvi.cz, okf@uw.edu.pl or j.kilias@uw.edu.pl) by Tuesday, March 4. We will send you the link by e-mail.