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The following is an initial attempt at
compiling a list of Classical scholars currently active, or at least presumed to
be active, in the Czech Republic (the regions of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia).
I have not included Slovak scholars, inasmuch as their country is now a separate
nation. Sections on the Classics and Classicists in Slovakia will be forthcoming
in upcoming CEECS installments. This list is entirely by alphabetical order, not
by institution or rank. I did not list several scholars who left the Czech
Republic some time ago and, for all practical purposes, have since carried on
their careers in other lands. I have, however, included a whole range of
Classicists now resident in the Czech Republic, from those well-known and
already with international reputations, to doctoral students, from full
professors to departmental lecturers and assistants. As I did for Russia and
Poland earlier, I have put down for each individual his/her title, position,
institutional affiliation and address (postal and/or e-mail) and a brief,
unsystematic but hopefully accurate, description of teaching, research and
publication interests –individually and/or in co-authorship with other
colleagues (TRSW). The persons appearing in this compilation are not just
Classicists in the narrower sense (Greek and Roman/Latin philologists,
historians, archaeologists, etc.) but those who, in broader disciplines (e.g.,
philosophy, religious studies, the Near East and Egypt, the history of science,
Medieval Studies, the auxiliary sciences of history) have conducted research and
published scholarship that touches, to a greater or lesser degree, on the
ancient Mediterranean world – Classicists "in the broader sense", if you will.
Titles and ranks are roughly equated to their American counterparts, professors
being the same as in the United States, docents like our associate professors,
assistants like American assistant professors. In terms of spelling of names and
places, I have indicated the presence of diacritical marks by inserting an
"(h)," "(zh,)," "(y)," "(j)" or "(o)" before or after the letters on which the
diacritics appear, though I have not incorporated these insertions in the
alphabetizing process. I hope, with this modest
effort, to get the project moving, because I believe that it is very useful for
scholars
everywhere to have some knowledge of who their colleagues
are in Central and East Europe (the lands covered under CEECS), and what they
are doing. The information I have presented is, far from being complete, just a
bare beginning and very likely already dated to some extent, while the
addresses, especially e-mail addresses, may not always work. Where I have myself
made errors or simply been inadvertently misinformed by my own sources, I would
request good will, indulgence, patience, and, most of all, communication with
myself so that I can make necessary corrections. I can be reached either at my
postal mailing address (Dr. Chester Natunewicz, 2107 Teague Road, Houston, TX
77080-6409, USA) or by e-mail ( choceecs@aol.com).
One of my hopes is that what I am doing may encourage colleagues in the
respective CEECS countries to take upon themselves the keeping of data on the
Classicists in their own lands. The ideal situation would be for a team of
Classicists (especially younger Classicists with computer expertise) to build on
what I am here starting and, since they have much greater and better access to
information sources than I do myself, use these advantages to create national
data bases on their own. It would be gratifying to have a current, accurate list
of all Czech Classicists, from distinguished well-published full professors, to
public and private lycee/gymnasium/secondary teachers, to graduate and
undergraduate students A cooperative effort from those already resident is far
better positioned than I to develop information from their own compatriots who,
because of the lingering vestiges from the communist era of fear, repression and
hyper-caution, may be reluctant to publicize information about themselves or
their achievements. Indeed, although I have already received the generous
assistance of many Czech colleagues in assembling what I now put forth, I am
eager to extend these contacts and establish many more professional friendships
and co-operative efforts.
With these words by way of introduction, my listing
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