Mgr. Jiří Just, Th.D.

Research areas

religious history of the Bohemian Crown Lands in the European context in the early modern period, non-Catholic confessional cultures, especially the Unity of Brethren, its literary activities and book culture

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

1997–2004: Master in Protenstant Theology, Protestant Theology Faculty, Charles University, thesis title: Italský humanismus a Jednota bratrská. Dílo F. Petrarky a L. Vally ve spisech českých bratří do doby Lukáše Pražského / Italian Humanism and the Unity of the Brethen. The Works of F. Petrarch and L. Valla in the Writings of Czech Brethren until the Time of Lukáš of Prague

2004–2007: Th.D. in Historical Theology, Protestant Theology Faculty, Charles University, thesis title: Biblický humanismus Jana Blahoslava / The Biblical Humanism of Jan Blahoslav

Foreign internships and scholarships

2002–2003: Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
4–5/2009: Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation scholarship

International grants and projects

2011–: Acta Unitatis Fratrum – Regestenedition. Akta jednoty bratrské – regestová edice / Acta Unitatis Fratrum – Edition of the Regesten, Czech-German Commission for the Publication of the Acta Unitatis Fratrum on behalf of the Directorate of the Continental Province of Europe of the Unity of Brethren, team member

Domestic grants and major projects

2008–2010: Bratrská biskupská sídla jako komunikační centra nekatolické opozice mezi Majestátem a českým povstáním / Bishopsʼ Residences of the Unity of Brethren as Communications Centres of Non-Catholic Opposition between the Letter of Majesty and the Bohemian War, Czech Science Foundation, Postdoctoral Projects, reg. n. 401/08/P544, beneficiary: Protestant Theology Faculty, Charles University, Principal Investigator  

2010–2013: Europa humanistica. Literární a jazyková recepce antických textů v českých zemích v letech 1470–1600 / Europa humanistica. Literary and Language Reception of Texts of the Antiquity in the Czech Lands from 1470 to 1600, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. P406/10/0591, beneficiary: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, team member  

2014–2018: Evangelické církevní řády v Čechách a na Moravě 1520–1620. Příspěvek k poznání multikonfesionality a šlechtické konfesionalizace v předbělohorských českých zemích / Evangelical Church Ordinances in Bohemia and Moravia between 1520 and 1620. To the Cognition of Multi-Confessionality and Noble Confessionalisation in Czech Lands, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 4-23509S, beneficiary: Faculty of Arts, University of South Bohemian in České Budějovice, team member  

2016–2018: Bratrská šlechta v Čechách a na Moravě. Formování konfesní identity urozených a její proměny v 1. polovině 17. století / Bohemian Brethren Nobility in Bohemia and Moravia. Formation of Noblemen´s Confessional Identity and Its Changes in the 1st half of the 17th Century, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 16-11332S, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator

2025–2027: Rukopisné praxe a textualita exulantských komunit z českých zemí ve 20. a 30. letech 17. století / Manuscript Practices and the Textuality of Exile Communities from the Czech Lands in the 1620s and 1630s, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 25-15529S, beneficiary: Institute of Philosophy of the CAS, cobeneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Coinvestigator

Membership of editorial boards

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Studia Comeniana et historica