PhDr. Jan Květina, Ph.D.

Research areas

political thought of the early modern period and the Enlightenment, political history of Poland and Central Europe, republicanism, nationalism, discourse analysis, didactics of history and social sciences

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

2005–2008: Bachelor in Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Neoslavismus a polská otázka / Neoslavism and the Polish Question

2005–2009: Bachelor in History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Otázka stability moci v polském státě: analýza politického rozhodovacího procesu za vasovské dynastie / The Problem of Stability of Power in the Polish State: Analysis of the Political Decision-making Process during the Vasa Dynasty

2008–2010: Master in Political Theory and Contemporary History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Otázka národního vývoje v politických koncepcích polských elit na počátku 20. století / The Problem of the National Progress in the Political Conceptions of the Polish Elites at the Beginning of the 20th Century

2010–2011: Rigorosum proceedings (PhDr.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Otázka národního vývoje v politických koncepcích polských elit na počátku 20. století / The Problem of the National Progress in the Political Conceptions of the Polish Elites at the Beginning of the 20th Century

2015: Additional pedagogical studies – Secondary School Teacher, University of Hradec Králové, thesis title: Aplikace a meze pluralismu ve výuce společenských věd v liberálně-demokratickém paradigmatu / Application and Limits of Pluralism in Social Science Education within Liberal-Democratic Paradigm

2011–2018: Ph.D. in Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Republikánský mýtus polské aristokracie: Raně novověké pojetí politické identity Stanisława Orzechowského a Andrzeje Frycze Modrzewského / Republican Myth of Polish Aristocracy: Early Modern Concept of Political Identity developed by Stanislaw Orzechowski and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski

Foreign internships and scholarships

2013: workshop Whither Europe? European Integration in Transformation, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
2014: Early Modern Philosophy Seminar, Institute of Intellectual History, University of St Andrews
2014: IEP-Europaeum Policy Seminar: Policy-Making inside Europe?, Brussels, Belgium
2016–2017: Somerville College, University of Oxford, Academic Visitor and Fellow-researcher
2018: University of Łódź, Visiting lectures

International grants and projects

2016–2017: Jagiellonians. Dynasty, Memory and Identity in Central Europe, History Faculty, University of Oxford, Principal Inverstigator: Natalia Nowakowska, PhD., Academic Visitor and Fellow-Researcher

Domestic grants and major projects

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, team member

2018: Občanský průkaz 4.0 - kompetence pro demokratickou kulturu / National Identity Card 4.0 – Competence for a Democratic Culture, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, reg. n.  CZ.02.3.68/0.0/0.0/16_032/0008154, beneficiary: University of Hradec Králové, expert guarantor

Teaching activities

J. K. Tyl Grammar School in Hradec Králové (2007–2020)
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (since 2012)
Metropolitan University Prague (since 2017)