Centre for Research on the History and Culture of Eastern Europe

Activities of the Centre

Subsite – publications

The Centre for Research on the History and Culture of Eastern Europe commenced its activities on 1 September 2015. It coordinates collaboration between scholars and research institutions specializing in topics relating to the cultural, social, economic, religious, and political history of Eastern Europe as well as topics concerning the past of this historical discipline. It works to support and develop interinstitutional and interdisciplinary collaboration with a focus on the comparative and multidisciplinary study of the history of Eastern Europe, wherein the region is viewed as the geopolitical and cultural space of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltics, and countries of the former Soviet Union with a predominantly Slavonic element and possible overlaps into the neighbouring cultures and territories with which they share close ties. The research undertaken at the centre spans the entire chronology of the history of Eastern Europe. Projects are typically preceded by scientific meetings, conferences, and colloquia focusing, not least of all, on matters of methodology and its transformations with regard to the genesis and evolution of the field. The mission of the centre is to restore and develop the tradition of Czech historical and cultural comparative and interdisciplinary studies on the history of Eastern Europe within a broad geopolitical context and, in so doing, open a more comprehensive view (generated in expert opinions, discussions, and new concepts) of Eastern Europe’s past, which is approached from a wide perspective not only in terms of directing discourse and questions but also in addressing cultural-historical and political transformations. All the while, emphasis is placed on the international aspect.

Director

doc. PhDr. Radomír Vlček, CSc.

Secretary

Mgr. Lenka Vlčková Kryčerová, Ph.D.

Contact address

Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno branch
Veveří 967/97
602 00 Brno
easterneurope@hiu.cas.cz

Collaborators

doc. PhDr. Pavel Boček, CSc. (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University) 
Prof. PhDr. Josef Dohnal, CSc. (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University)
doc. PhDr. Lubica Harbuľová, CSc. (Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov)
PhDr. Bohuslav Litera, CSc. (Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University)
PhDr. Marek Příhoda, Ph.D. (Faculty of Arts, Charles University)
Prof. PhDr. František Stellner, Ph.D. (Faculty of Arts, Charles University)
Mgr. Josef Šaur, Ph.D. (Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University)
doc. PhDr. Luboš Švec, CSc. (Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University)
PhDr. Stanislav Tumis, M.A., Ph.D. (Faculty of Arts, Charles University)
doc. PhDr. Helena Ulbrechtová, Ph.D. (Institute of Slavonic Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences)
doc. PhDr. Radomír Vlček, CSc. (Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno branch)
Mgr. Lenka Vlčková Kryčerová, Ph.D.
PhDr. Emil Voráček, DrSc. (Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences)
Mgr. Zbyněk Vydra, Ph.D. (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice)

Scientific Council

The mission of the scientific council is to support scientific and specialized collaboration between historians and other researchers studying problems of the history of Eastern Europe within the context of interdisciplinary chronological and diachronic research on the past of Eastern European countries. This research primarily focuses on a comparative analytical-synthetic understanding of the society, nation, culture, and civilization of Eastern Europe as viewed in broad geopolitical and cultural continuities as well as on the development and transformations of the methodology and field in which that research is conducted. The council’s main activities include publishing, scientific and interdisciplinary meetings, domestic and international conferences, colloquia, and discussions. First and foremost, members of the council are scholars of history but also of other fields relating directly to the history of Eastern Europe and the past of the discipline that studies it. The council’s international composition provides for a bolder confrontation with and mutual enrichment of the Czech national perspective.

Prof. PhDr. Miroslav Daniš, CSc. (Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava)
Prof. dr. hab. Andrzej Gil (Institute of Political Science and Public Administration, Catholic University of Lublin)
Prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D. (Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University)
PhDr. Tatiana Ivantyšynová, CSc. (Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava)
Prof. dr. Kerstin Jobst, M.A. (Institute for Eastern European History, University of Vienna)
doc. Michail V. Kovaljov, k.i.n. (Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)
Prof. PhDr. Michal Reiman, DrSc. (Berlin)
Prof. Galina V. Rokina, dr.i.n. (Mari State University, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan)
Prof. dr. hab. Leszek Zasztowt (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw)