Le jeudi de sociologie historique 9/06/2022 – Petr Wohlmuth
Le Centre de civilisation française et d’études francophones de l’Université de Varsovie, la Faculté de sociologie de l’Université de Varsovie et la Section de sociologie historique de l’Association polonaise de sociologie vous invitent à la rencontre dans le cadre du cycle
LES JEUDIS DE SOCIOLOGIE HISTORIQUE
le jeudi 9 juin 2022, 16h00
Memory and experience of the compulsory military service in the Czech Lands 1969-2004
Petr Wohlmuth (FHS UK)
Commentaire : Olga Nowaczyk (Université de Wrocław)
La rencontre se tiendra en anglais.
Elle aura lieu en présentiel (à la bibliothèque du CCFEF, salle 3.012 au 55 rue Dobra) et à distance via Zoom.
Il est nécessaire de s’inscrire préalablement : n.maslowski@uw.edu.pl ou j.kilias@uw.edu.pl.
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MEMORY AND EXPERIENCE OF THE COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE IN THE CZECH LANDS 1969-2004
An oral historical monograph Mezi pakárnou a službou vlasti (“Between pakárna and service to the country”; slang term “pakárna” means meaningless, strenuous activity), dealing with the memory and experience of the compulsory military service in the Czech lands has been published recently. The book is a result of the work of a team of historians from the Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences and the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague. It is the first extensive re-search on the subject, based on more than 100 interviews and published egodocuments of the memories of the military service. The study challenges and problematizes the still dominant, stereotypical understanding of the military service in the Czech lands as a “transition ritual of masculinity” and a milieu where the hegemonic concept of masculinity in Czech society was confirmed and performed. The vast majority of narrators remembered the military service as a violation of human dignity and a disruption of masculinity, mainly because of a brutal system of bullying called “stagers’ war” (an equivalent of Polish “fala” or Soviet “dedovshchina”). The book has caused public controversy and is a subject of a widespread debate in Czech media. The research results challenge the consensus existing in a few previous ethnological and sociological texts on the military service, which sug-gest that the system of bullying during the military service was not a serious phenomenon.
Dr Petr Wohlmuth is a historical anthropologist and military historian who works at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague. His main research field is the oral history and historical antropology of the military. His publications include book monographs Krev, čest a hrůza (2017) and Krymská válka (1853-1856) pohledem historické antropologie (2020).