Mgr. Jiří Smlsal

Research areas

modern social history, history of the Roma Holocaust, history of forced labour

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

2011–2015: Bachelor in History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Les pozdního středověku ve světle literárních pramenů / Representation of the Forest in the Late Medieval Literature

2013–2016: Bachelor in Ethnlogy, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Rudý les. Časopis Tramp 1929–1931 / Red Wood. "Tramp" Journal 1929–1931

2015–2018: Master in Economic and Social History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Holokaust českých a moravských Romů: Společenské předpoklady a aktérská perspektiva / Holocaust of the Bohemian and Moravian Roma: Social Preconditions and the Actors Perspective

2019–: Ph.D. in Modern Economic and Social History, Institute of Economic and Social History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Práce se štítící – asociál – příživník. Disciplinace prací a československá společnost / Work-shy – Asocial – Freeloader. Labour as a Mean of Disciplination in the Czechoslovak Society

Domestic grants and major projects

2020–2022: Majetek Romů v holokaustu / Romani Property during the Holocaust, Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes

Teaching activities

Institute of Economic and Social History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University – seminar Roma Holocaust in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (2021)