prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Pánek, DrSc., dr.h.c.

Research areas

history of the early modern period, with a focus on estates society, political systems, the role of the aristocracy, international cultural relations; history of historiography with special emphasis on the history of Czech research in Italy and the Vatican in the 19th-21st centuries

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

1965–1970: Master in Archival Science – History – Slavic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Pojetí českých dějin ve středověkých polských kronikách a análech / The Concept of Bohemian History in Medieval Polish Chronicles and Annals

1971: Rigorosum proceedings (PhDr.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University

1976–1980: Ph.D. (CSc.) in the Czechoslovak History, Institute of Czechoslovak and World History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Stavovská opozice v Čechách a na Moravě v letech 1547–1577 / The Estates Opposition in Bohemia and Moravia in 1547–1577

1991: DrSc., Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Poslední Rožmberkové – velmoži české renesance / The Last Rosenbergs – Magnates of the Bohemian Renaissance

1992: Habilitation Procedure (doc.) in Czech and Slovak History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Výprava české šlechty do Itálie v letech 1551–1552 / The Expedition of the Czech Nobility to Italy 1551–1552

1996: Professor Appointment Procedure (prof.) in Czech and Slovak History, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

2001: honoris causa doctorate (dr.h.c.), University of Opole

2010: honoris causa doctorate (dr.h.c.), University of Pardubice

Foreign internships and scholarships

1989: Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, visiting professor
1994: French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, study stays
1994: Humanities Centre History and Culture of East-Central Europe, Berlin
Since 2009: annual study stays at the Czech Historical Institute in Rome

Teaching activities

Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (1989)
Faculty of Arts, Charles University (1990–2013)
Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (1995–2000)
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice (2000–2010)

Membership of editorial boards

Editor-in-Chief of the editorial series Opera Instituti Historici Pragae (1990–2005)
Editor-in-Chief of the Editorial Board of the journal Historica. Historical Sciences in the Czech Republic (1994–2005)
Editor-in-Chief of the journal Czech Historical Review [Český časopis historický]
Editor-in-Chief of the jounal Bollettino dell’Istituto Storico Ceco di Roma
Editor-in-Chief of the editorial series Biblioteca dell’Istituto Storico Ceco di Roma
Editor-in-Chief of the editorial series Acta Romana Bohemica
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Acta Historica Universitatis Silesianae Opaviensis
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Folia Historica Bohemica
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Historia scholastica
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal The Prague Historical Review [Pražský sborník historický]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Proceedings of Archival Works [Sborník archivních prací]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Nature and History of Podblanicko Region Collection [Sborník vlastivědných prací z Podblanicka]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Studia Comeniana et historica
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Central Bohemian Historical Proceedings [Středočeský sborník historický]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Newsletter of the Historical Club [Zpravodaj Historického klubu]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Slavonic Review [Slovanský přehled]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Central Europe 
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Comenius. Journal of Euro-American Civilization 
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Historia Slavorum Occidentis 
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Historical Journal [Historický časopis]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal New Eastern Policy [Nowa Polityka Wschodnia]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Austrian Journal of the East [Österreichische Osthefte]
Member of the Editorial Board of The Journal of the Institute for Western Affairs [Przegląd Zachodni]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Scholars of Early Modern Studies (Editor for the Czech Republic 1989–2000)

Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils

Chairman of the Association of Historians of the Czech Republic (Historical Club 1872) [Sdružení historiků České republiky (Historický klub 1872)] (1996–2002)
Chairman of the Czech National Committee of Historians [Český národní komitét historiků] (2002–2010)
Vice Presidents of the Czech Academy of Sciences (2005–2012)
Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Charles University (1997–2000)
Member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic [Učená společnost České republiky] (since 2009), between 2014–2018 the charmain of the IV Section: Social Sciences and Humanities
Member of the Scientific Archive Council (1990–1993)
Member of the Editorial Board of the National Archives (since 1992)
Member of the Science Council (2002–2005)
Member of the Scientific Council of Charles University (1997–2000)
Member of the Scientific Board of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (1995–1998)
Member of the Scientific Council of the University of Pardubice (since 2007)
Member of the Scientific Board of the Silesian University in Opava (2006–2015)
Member of Collegium Carolinum (since 1998)
Member of Comenius Academic Club v New Yorku (od 2012)
Honorary International Member of the Polish Historical Society [Polskie Towarszytwo Historyczne] (since 2012) 
Honorary International Member of the Warsaw Scientific Society [Towarzystwo Naukowe Warszawskie] (since 2014)

Significant awards

1998: Jubilee medal of Charles University
1999: Gold medal of Charles University
2003: Medal of Tadeusz Manteuffel (Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences) 2009: J. A. Comenius Medal
2009: Josef Hlávka Medal
2009: Přemysl Pitter Medal
2010: Medal of the University of Pardubice 
2010: Gold Medal of Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice
2010: Zdeňek V. Tobolka Medal
2014: The František Palacký Honorary Medal for Merit in the Historical Sciences
2017: Honorary Medal “De scientia et humanitate optime meritis” of the Czech Academy of Sciences