{"id":3979,"date":"2023-11-12T15:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T14:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obscura.ffabula.cz\/?page_id=3979"},"modified":"2025-05-17T00:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:32:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/obscura.ffabula.cz\/index.php\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3979\" class=\"elementor elementor-3979\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81e2c1b elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"81e2c1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51920c1\" data-id=\"51920c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebcecc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebcecc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Obscura<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-def1c22 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"def1c22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c8dda1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6c8dda1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72ad152 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72ad152\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9164cb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9164cb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The student journal Obscura is a periodical that has been published since 2014 under the patronage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ffabula.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History Students&#8216; Association of Faculty of Arts<\/a>, as one of its long-standing projects. The journal focuses on publishing contributions related to historical topics and aims to serve as a platform for young academics to gain their first publishing experience. Obscura is managed by an editorial team consisting of students of history and related fields taught at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0094777 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0094777\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6c5e51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a6c5e51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f9185a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f9185a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498f799 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"498f799\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d120a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7d120a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why \"Obscura\"?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2490143 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2490143\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our journal was inspired by the ancient optical device known as the camera obscura. This device is used to project an image, which, however, is never entirely faithful to the object being captured, but is always smaller and inverted. The process of projection closely resembles historical research, since history (the image) is not identical to the past (the object being captured) \u2013 that is, to what actually happened. Nevertheless, the impossibility of perfectly capturing the past should not lead us to give up on understanding it, but should instead guide us toward humility (the recognition of our mistakes and preconceptions), which can contribute to a deeper understanding.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7803b8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7803b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef08847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef08847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/obscura.ffabula.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Untitled-design-24-e1699799076783.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1855\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/obscura.ffabula.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Untitled-design-24-e1699799076783.png 861w, https:\/\/obscura.ffabula.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Untitled-design-24-e1699799076783-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/obscura.ffabula.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Untitled-design-24-e1699799076783-768x892.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ed907 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48ed907\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5e1f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed5e1f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In this figurative sense, our journal represents a sort of camera obscura, capturing history at the university and focusing its lens specifically on what history means from the perspective of us, the students. What topics attract us? What would we like to discuss? What do we consider contemporary issues in history and historiography?<\/p><p>The core of the journal will always consist of articles by students, who will decide which objects the lens of Obscura will focus on. In addition to your contributions on historical topics, regularly appearing sections will be provided by the editorial team. Among the established sections is &#8222;tahouni historiografie,&#8220; where our external collaborators introduce us to classical works of history, &#8222;kunst,&#8220; which mostly focuses on engaged art, and &#8222;anketa,&#8220; featuring experts who explore a particular concept or tackle pressing issues. Since the fourth issue, we have also occasionally created space for the sections &#8222;interviews with Czech history students on Erasmus&#8220; and &#8222;events at the faculty,&#8220; where we delve deeper into the events that took place during the semester.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ec577a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0ec577a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be0e30c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"be0e30c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14cccba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"14cccba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c803f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3c803f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Obscura The student journal Obscura is a periodical that has been published since 2014 under the patronage of the History Students&#8216; Association of Faculty of Arts, as one of its long-standing projects. 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