PhDr. Zdeněk Doskočil, Ph.D.
Head – Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands
Research Associate – Department of Biobibliographical Studies and Library
Prague 
+420 225 443 234 
Research areas
Czech and Slovak history after 1945, focusing on the period of liberalization of the communist regime in the 1960s and the emerging normalisation, biographical research with emphasis on the political and intellectual elites of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Czech-Slovak relations, relations between politics and culture
Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees
1997–2004: Master in History – Teaching for Secondary Schools, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Mocenský zvrat v Československu v dubnu 1969 – příčiny, průběh, domácí a zahraniční ohlasy / The Power Reverse in Czechoslovakia in April 1969 – Causes, Course, Domestic and Foreign Responses
2005: Rigorosum proceedings (PhDr.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University
2004–2008: Ph.D. in Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Anatomie jednoho mocenského zvratu / April 1969. An Anatomy of a Power Reverse
Foreign internships and scholarships
2002–2003: University of Leipzig
2009–2010: The Institute of Political Science of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Domestic grants and major projects
2009–2011: Politické a veřejné působení Gustáva Husáka v letech 1963–1970. Od rehabilitace k přijetí poučení z krizového vývoje / Political and Public Activities of Gustáv Husák between 1963–1970. From Rehabilition to the Adoption of the Lessons from the Crisic Development, Czech Science Foundation, Postdoctoral Projects, reg. n. 409/09/P606, beneficiary: Institute of Contemporary History of the CAS, Principal Investigator
2016–2018: Ladislav Novomeský mezi stalinismem a reformním komunismem. Básník v politice a veřejném životě (1945–1970) / Ladislav Novomeský between Stalinism and Reform Communism. A Poet in Politics and in the Public Life (1945–1970), Czech Science Foundation, Standart Projects, reg. n. 16-02046S, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator
Teaching activities
Oral History – Contemporary History, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University (since 2009)
Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils
Member of the Society for Queer Memory [Společnost pro queer paměť] (since 2014)
Significant awards
2004: Edvard Beneš Award for the best master thesis
