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After Industry: Cities and Regions in Transformation
Event by: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, v.v.i.
Location: Kampus Hybernska, Hybernská 998/4, Praha 1
About event
How do cities and regions transform after industry recedes or changes fundamentally? What are the consequences of deindustrialization and post-socialist transformation for the economy, society and everyday life? These and other questions will be addressed at the international conference After Industry: Cities and Regions in Transformation, which opens one of the key topics of today: how cities and regions change at a time when industry recedes, transforms or takes on new forms - and how these processes have shaped and continue to shape European societies in the past.
The event is held as part of the Urbanity project: https:/ /urbanita.usd.cas.cz/aktuality/after-industry-do-pragy-miri-meznarodni-konferenche-o-promenach-evropy-po-ustupu-prumyslu/
Details info: https://www.usd.cas.cz/aktuality/after-industry-cities-and-regions-in-transformation/
The program will also include a publicly accessible panel debate After Industry: Rethinking Local Economies, Memory, and Industrial Identity, which will take place on May 14, 2026 from 19:00 at the Hybernská Campus (Circular Hub). The debate will be led by the director of the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Adéla Gjuričová, and will offer the opportunity to participate in a discussion about changes in local economies, industrial memory and current forms of inequality. (CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008735) and in cooperation with the Philosophical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Palacky University in Olomouc. Among the foreign partners, the Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung (IRS) also participates in the organization. The accompanying program will take place with the support of the Strategy AV21 program "The power of subjects: Materiality between the past and the future" of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
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How do cities and regions change when industry declines or undergoes fundamental transformation? What are the consequences of deindustrialization and post-socialist transformation for the economy, society, and everyday life? And how have these processes shaped Europe in the past and today? These questions will be explored at the international conference After Industry: Cities and Regions in Transformation.
The event is part of the Urbanita project: https ://urbanita.usd.cas.cz/en/aktuality/after-industry-transformations-of-cities-and-regions-an-international-conference-on-europe-after-industrial-decline-comes-to-prague/
More information: https://www.usd.cas.cz/aktuality/after-industry-cities-and-regions-in-transformation/?l=en
The conference addresses one of the key issues of our time: how cities and regions are changing as industry declines, transforms, or takes on new forms—and how these processes have shaped and continue to shape European societies.
The program will also feature a public panel discussion, After Industry: Rethinking Local Economies, Memory, and Industrial Identity, which will take place on 14 May 2026 at 19:00 at Kampus Hybernská (Circular Hub, Prague 1). The discussion will be moderated by Adéla Gjuričová, Director of the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and will provide an opportunity to engage in debate on the transformation of local economies, industrial memory, and contemporary forms of inequality.
The conference is supported by the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Program within the research project Urbanity: Inequality, Adaptation and Public Space of Cities in Historical Perspective (CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008735), and is organized in cooperation with the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Palacký University Olomouc. The Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) is also an international partner. The accompanying program is supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences Strategy AV21 program The Power of Objects: Materiality between Past and Future.
The event is held as part of the Urbanity project: https:/ /urbanita.usd.cas.cz/aktuality/after-industry-do-pragy-miri-meznarodni-konferenche-o-promenach-evropy-po-ustupu-prumyslu/
Details info: https://www.usd.cas.cz/aktuality/after-industry-cities-and-regions-in-transformation/
The program will also include a publicly accessible panel debate After Industry: Rethinking Local Economies, Memory, and Industrial Identity, which will take place on May 14, 2026 from 19:00 at the Hybernská Campus (Circular Hub). The debate will be led by the director of the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Adéla Gjuričová, and will offer the opportunity to participate in a discussion about changes in local economies, industrial memory and current forms of inequality. (CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008735) and in cooperation with the Philosophical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Palacky University in Olomouc. Among the foreign partners, the Leibniz-Institut für Raumbezogene Sozialforschung (IRS) also participates in the organization. The accompanying program will take place with the support of the Strategy AV21 program "The power of subjects: Materiality between the past and the future" of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
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How do cities and regions change when industry declines or undergoes fundamental transformation? What are the consequences of deindustrialization and post-socialist transformation for the economy, society, and everyday life? And how have these processes shaped Europe in the past and today? These questions will be explored at the international conference After Industry: Cities and Regions in Transformation.
The event is part of the Urbanita project: https ://urbanita.usd.cas.cz/en/aktuality/after-industry-transformations-of-cities-and-regions-an-international-conference-on-europe-after-industrial-decline-comes-to-prague/
More information: https://www.usd.cas.cz/aktuality/after-industry-cities-and-regions-in-transformation/?l=en
The conference addresses one of the key issues of our time: how cities and regions are changing as industry declines, transforms, or takes on new forms—and how these processes have shaped and continue to shape European societies.
The program will also feature a public panel discussion, After Industry: Rethinking Local Economies, Memory, and Industrial Identity, which will take place on 14 May 2026 at 19:00 at Kampus Hybernská (Circular Hub, Prague 1). The discussion will be moderated by Adéla Gjuričová, Director of the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and will provide an opportunity to engage in debate on the transformation of local economies, industrial memory, and contemporary forms of inequality.
The conference is supported by the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Program within the research project Urbanity: Inequality, Adaptation and Public Space of Cities in Historical Perspective (CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008735), and is organized in cooperation with the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Palacký University Olomouc. The Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS) is also an international partner. The accompanying program is supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences Strategy AV21 program The Power of Objects: Materiality between Past and Future.