prof. PhDr. Jiří Mikulec, CSc.

Research areas

Bohemian history of the early modern period with a focus on the post-Baroque period, history of religion and churches (issues of religious life, piety and recatholization), thought and cultural development of Bohemian Baroque society, political history of the Habsburg monarchy in the early modern period

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

1981–1986: Master in Czech Language and Literature – History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Hmotná kultura na Starém Městě pražském v době předbělohorské / Material Culture in the Old Town of Prague in the Pre-Blohoric Period

1988: Rigorosum proceedings (PhDr.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University

1987–1991: Ph.D. (CSc.) in the Czechoslovak History, Institute of Czechoslovak and World History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Pobělohorská společnost a venkovské poddané obyvatelstvo v Čechách / Society and Rural Serfs in Bohemia in post-White Mountain Period

2004–2005: Habilitation Procedure (doc.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Náboženská bratrstva v Čechách v 17. a 18. století. Příspěvek k výzkumu barokní lidové zbožnosti / Religious Brotherhoods in Bohemia in the 17th and 18th Centuries. A Contribution to Research on Baroque Folk Piety

2006–2007: Professor Appointment Procedure (prof.) in Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

Foreign internships and scholarships

1993: Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen, Germany, European Community scholarship, 3 months
1995: Forschungsschwerpunkt Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas, Berlin, Germany, study stay, 2 months
1999: Humanities Centre History and Culture of East-Central Europe, University of Leipzig, Germany, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung scholarship, 8 months
2007: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, 2 months

Domestic grants and major projects

1995–1997: Barokní náboženská bratrstva v Čechách (1620–1780). Shrnující pojednání a katalog / The Baroque Religious Brotherhoods in Bohemia (1620–1780) A Syntetical Study with Register, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 404/95/1456, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator

2003–2005: Vývoj české ústavnosti v letech 1627–1918 / The Development of Czech Constitutionalism in the Years 1627–1918, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 407/03/0527, beneficiary: Faculty of Law, Charles university, team member

2014–2016: Zdroje, formy a funkce monastické historiografie raného novověku v českých zemích / Sources, Forms, and Functions of Monastic Historiography of the Early Modern Period in the Bohemian Lands, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 14-05167S, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, cobeneficiary: Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, 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, team member

Teaching activities

Faculty of Arts, Charles University (since 1995)
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice (since 2007)
Faculty of Education, Charles University (since 2020)

Membership of editorial boards

Editor-in-Chief of Folia Historica Bohemica
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Theatrum Historiae
Member of the Editorial Board of Studia Comeniana et Historica

Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils

Member of the Scientific Council of J. A. Comenius Museum, Uherský Brod (since 2015)
Member of the Subject-Area Board of the Doctoral Programme Czech History, Faculty of Arts (since 2018)
Member of the Subject-Area Board Church and General History, Catholic Theological Faculty, Charles University (since 2018)
Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice (since 2020)