prof. PhDr. Ladislav Hladký, CSc.

Research areas

history of the South Slavic and other Balkan nations, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries, history of Czech-South Slavic relations. T. G. Masaryk and the South Slavs, national issues in Central and South-Eastern Europe, historiography of Balkan studies

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

1977–1982: PhDr. in Czech Language – History, Faculty of Arts, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Brno (today Masaryk University), thesis title: Zahraniční studenti na brněnských vysokých školách (1918–1939) / Foreign students at the universities in Brno (1918–1939)

1983–1988: Ph.D. (CSc.) in History of Central and South-Eastern Europe, Czechoslovak-Soviet Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Vztahy mezi českým a jihoslovanským sociálně demokratickým hnutím v Rakousku-Uhersku / Relations between the Czech and South Slavic Social Democratic Movements in Austria-Hungary

2005: Habilitation Procedure (doc.), Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, thesis title: Bosna a Hercegovina v 19. a 20. století – politický a národnostní vývoj, problematika státnosti / Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Political and National Development, Issues of Statehood

2022: Professor Appointment Procedure (prof.) in General History, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University

Foreign internships and scholarships

1993, 1996: Austrian Institute of East and South-East European Studies, Vienna, one-month study stay
2003: Faculty of Arts, University of Zagreb
2006: Faculty of Arts, University of Sarajevo

International grants and projects

2001–2003: Czechs and Slovenes: Comparative Studies of their Mutual Relations in Central European History, international project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and Slovenia, Principal Investigator of the Czech part of the project

2004–2005: Czechs and Slovenes: Traditions and Opportunities of Cooperation among Small Nations within Multinational Communities, international project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and Slovenia, Principal Investigator of the Czech part of the project

2007–2008: Czechs and Slovenes: A Shared Bond of Culture and Ideology, international project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and Slovenia, Principal Investigator of the Czech part of the project

Domestic grants and major projects

1994–1996: Historické souvislosti rozpadu Jugoslávie / Historical Circumstances of the Yugoslavia´s Breaking-Up, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 404/94/0884, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, team member

1998–2000: Jihoslovanská národní hnutí do roku 1918. (Problém národní emancipace v mnohonárodním státě) / South Slavs National Movements to 1918: Problem of National Emancipation in Multinational State, Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Grants of Distinctly Investigative Character Focused on the Sphere of Research Pursued at Present, Particularly in the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, reg. n. A9015801, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, team member

2000‒2001: Vývoj Visegradské spolupráce, analýza vývoje, zachycení ohlasů, perspektivy dalšího vývoje / Development of Cooperation of Visegrad Group (V4): Analysis of Development, Receptions, Perspectives, p Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, RB, reg. n. RB15/26/00, beneficiary: Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, team member

2005–2006: České vlivy na kulturní a společenský rozvoj Bosny a Hercegoviny / Czech Influences on the Cultural and Social Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Modern Society - International Relations Research Projects, reg. n. 02/23/05, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator   

2012–2014: T. G. Masaryk a Slované / T. G. Masaryk and Slavs, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n.  P410/12/1136, beneficiary: Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences, cobeneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, coinvestigator

2017–2018: Střední Evropa a balkánští muslimové: vztahy a reprezentace / Central Europe and Balkan Muslims: Relations and Representations, Czech Academy of Sciences, Strategie AV21,poskytovatel: AV ČR, programový rámec: Strategie AV21, Europe and the State: Between Barbarism and Civilisation, coinvestigator

2019: Vztahy Čechů s národy a zeměmi jihovýchodní Evropy / Czech Relations with the Nations and Countries of Southeastern Europe, Czech Academy of Sciences, Strategie AV21,poskytovatel: AV ČR, programový rámec: Strategie AV21, Europe and the State: Between Barbarism and Civilisation, Principal Investigator   

Teaching activities

Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (since 1994)

Membership of editorial boards

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Slavonic Review [Slovanský přehled]

Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils

Member of the Moravian Foundation [Matice moravská] (since 1996)
Member of the Czech Society for Slavonic, Balkan and Byzantine Studies [Česká společnost pro slavistická, balkanistická a byzantologická studia] (since 2018)
Member of the Programme Board of Slavonic Studies – Area Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (since 2021)

Significant awards

2012: Recognition of the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Prague for supporting the development of Czech-Slovenian relations