PhDr. Jiří Hrbek, Ph.D.

Research areas

political history of the 17th and 18th centuries, history of royalty and nobility, history of political thought

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

2000–2005: Master in History – Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: České barokní korunovace / The Bohemian Baroque Coronations

2006: Rigorosum proceedings (PhDr.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University

2005–2011: Ph.D. in Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Barokní Valdštejnové v Čechách (1640–1740) / The Baroque Waldsteins in Bohemia (1640–1740)  

Foreign internships and scholarships

2006: two-month study stay in Vienna, Aktion

International grants and projects

2017–2019: Visuelle Kultur der Herrscherrepräsentation in Städten des Habsburgischen Reichs – von Ferdinand I. bis Josef I. (1526–1711) / The Visual Culture of Representations of Rulers in the Cities of the Habsburg Empire – from Ferdinand I to Joseph I (1526–1711), FWF Austrian Science Fund, beneficiary: Austrian Academy of Sciences

Domestic grants and major projects

2012–2014: Symbolické sítě valdštejnského rodu v 17. a 18. století / The Symbolical Networks of Waldstein Family in 17. and 18. Centuries, Czech Science Foundation, Postdoctoral Grants, reg. n. P405/12/P312, beneficiary: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Principal Investigator

2013–2017: Česká a moravská šlechta v habsburských diplomatických službách (1640–1740) / Bohemian and Moravian Aristocracy in Habsburg Diplomacy (1640–1740), Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 3-12939S, beneficiary: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice, team member

2016–2018: Zrození úředníka. Moc, kultura a identita novodobého úředníka v 18. století / The Birth of Bureaucrat. The Power, Culture and Identity of a Modern Bureaucrat of 18th Century, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 16-12844S, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, team member

2017–2019: Panovnický majestát mezi barokem a osvícenstvím. Habsburkové jako čeští králové v 17. a 18. století / The Royalty between the Baroque and the Enlightenment. The Habsburgs as Bohemian Kings in the 17th and 18th Century, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 17-08169S, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator

Teaching activities

Institute of Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles Univerzity (since 2009)

Membership of editorial boards

Managing Editor of Folia Historica Bohemica
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Cornova
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Opera historica 

Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils

member of the Czech Society for 18th Century Studies [Česká společnost pro výzkum 18. století] (since 2009)