Oslavy narozenin prezidentů v meziválečném Československu

• Authors: Dagmar Hájková , Pavel Horák

Title variants

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Celebrations of Presidents’ Birthdays in Interwar Czechoslovakia

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study analyzes celebrations of presidents’ birthdays in interwar Czechoslovakia. Th e authors discuss the formative role of the holidays within the framework of the construction of Czechoslovak national identity. They focus on new forms of the celebrations and discuss how the earlier pattern of Emperor Francis Joseph Festivities were employed in republican festivities. The authors deal with political negotiations of festival regulations and codes as well as their implementation in practice. Th ey analyze which narratives were employed for the image of the president and the presidency in general. They also illuminate how fi rst Czechoslovak president Tomáš G. Masaryk’s birthday was commemorated after his abdication and particularly after his death, and how the festivity was changed after Edvard Beneš became president.

Keywords

EN

festivity; Czechoslovakia 1918—1938; birthday; T. G. Masaryk; Edvard Beneš

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Masaryk's Institute and Archives, ASCR
• Journal: Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století. / Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 32-58
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dagmar Hájková

• Masarykův ústav a archiv AV ČR, v.v.i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic

author

Pavel Horák

• Masarykův ústav a archiv AV ČR, v.v.i., Gabčíkova 2362/10, 182 00 Praha 8, Czech Republic