doc. PhDr. Jan Němeček, DrSc.

Research areas

political history of the 20th century (international relations and World War II, anti-Nazi and anti-fascist resistance), edition of the series Documents of Czechoslovak Foreign Policy 1918-1945 (project leader)

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

1982–1987: Master in Czech Language – History Teaching, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Pardubicko za nacistické okupace a jeho podíl na národněosvobozeneckém boji českého lidu 1939–1942 / Pardubice Region during the Nazi Occupation and its Contribution to the National Liberation Struggle of the Czech People 1939-1942

1991: Rigorosum proceedings (PhDr.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University

1999: Ph.D. (CSc.) in the Czechoslovak History, Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Československý odboj v Polsku 1939 / Czechoslovak Resistance in Poland 1939

1998–1999: DrSc., Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Vztahy československé a polské exilové reprezentace 1939–1945 / From the Alliance to the Rift. Relationships between Czechoslovak and Polish Exile Representations 1939–1945

2009: Habilitation Procedure (doc.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Soumrak a úsvit československé diplomacie. 15. březen 1939 a československé zastupitelské úřady / Downfall and dawn of the Czechoslovak diplomacy. March 15, 1939 and Czechoslovak diplomatic missions

Foreign internships and scholarships

1997, 2000, 2007: Stanford University, Hoover Institution Archives

International grants and projects

2017–2019: Political Culture in Central Europe from Middle Ages to XX century / Politická kultura střední Evropy od středověku do 20. století, Academy of Sciences, Bilateral Mibility Project, reg. n. PAN-17-16, odpovědný řešitel, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, co-beneficiary: Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, responsible researcher

Domestic grants and major projects

1997–1998: Milan Hodža a slovenská otázka v československém zahraničním odboji za II. světové války / Milan Hodža and the Slovak Question in the Czechoslovak Foreign Resistance during World War II, Charles University Grant Agency, Principal Investigator: prof. JUDr. Jan Kuklík, DrSc., team member

1997–1999: Československo - sovětské vztahy v diplomatických jednáních 1939–1945, Dokumenty, svazek 1–2 / Czechoslovak-Soviet relations in diplomatic negotiations between 1939-1945. Documents, volumes 1, 2; Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 409/97/0053, beneficiary: Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, team member

1997–2002: Dokumenty československé zahraniční politiky / Documents of Czechoslovak foreign policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Research Projects in International Relations, reg. n. RB4/21/97, beneficiary: Institute of International Relations Prague, Principal Investigator

2001–2002: Dekrety prezidenta republiky z let 1940–1945 ve světle vývoje československého, resp. českého právního řádu a z hlediska jeho kompatibility s právem EU / The Presidential Decrees of 1940–1945 in the Development of Czechoslovak / Czech Law and Compatibility with the EU, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Research Projects in International Relations, reg. n. RB17/18/01, beneficiary: Institute of Contemporary History of the CAS, team member

2002–2003: Československo-francouzské vztahy v diplomatických jednáních 1940–1945 / Czechoslovak-French Relations in Diplomatic Negotiations 1940–1945, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 409/02/0795, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator

2002–2004: Dokumenty československé zahraniční politiky / Documents of Czechoslovak foreign policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Research Projects in International Relations, reg. n. RB4/21/02, beneficiary: Institute of International Relations Prague, Principal Investigator

2005–2007: Československá zahraniční politika v letech 2. světové války 1939–1945 / Czechoslovak Foreign Policy during WWII 1939–1945, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 409/05/2380, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, co-beneficiary: Faculty of Law, Charles University, Principal Investigator

2005–2007: Dokumenty československé zahraniční politiky - III / Documents of Czechoslovak Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Modern Society – Research Projects in International Relations, reg. n. RM01/16/05, beneficiary: Institute of International Relations Prague, Principal Investigator

2006–2008: Československé právo a právní věda v meziválečném období (1918–1939) a jejich místo ve střední Evropě / Czechoslovak Law and Legal Science in the Interwar Period (1918–1939) and Their Place in Central Europe, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 407/06/0039, beneficiary: Faculty of Law, Charles University, team member

2006–2008: VKS(b), Kominterna a KSČ 1929–1943, vědecká edice dokumentů / VKP(b), Comintern and the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 1929–1943. Scholarly Edition of Documents, Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Grants of Distinctly Investigative Character Focused on the Sphere of Research Pursued at Present, Particularly in the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, reg. n. A800150603, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, team member

2007–2008: Zápisy ze schůzí československé vlády v Londýně 1940–1941 / Records from Meetings of Czechoslovak Government in London 1940–1941, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 409/07/0962, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, co-beneficiary: Masaryk Institute and Archives of the CAS, Principal Investigator

2008–2010: Dokumenty československé zahraniční politiky / Documents of Czechoslovak Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Modern Society – Research Projects in International Relations, reg. n. RM 14/02/08, beneficiary: Institute of International Relations Prague, Principal Investigator

2009–2010: Zápisy ze schůzí československé vlády v Londýně 1942 / Records from the Meetings of Czechoslovak Government in London 1942, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 409/09/1131, beneficiary: Masaryk Institute and Archives of the CAS, co-beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, co-Investigator

2009–2011: Národnostní statut a snahy o řešení menšinové otázky v Československu 1938 / The Statute of Nationalities and the Efforts on the Solution of Minority Question in Czechoslovakia 1938, Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Grants of Distinctly Investigative Character Focused on the Sphere of Research Pursued at Present, Particularly in the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, reg. n. A800150901, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator

2009–2011: Právní formy perzekuce v letech 1939–1960 – srovnávací aspekty / Legal Forms of Persecution in the Years 1939–1960 – Comparative Aspects, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 407/09/1092, beneficiary: Faculty of Law, Charles University, co-beneficiary: Institute of Contemporary History of the CAS, team member

2010: Přehled tzv. náhradových dohod uzavřených bývalým Československem a jejich vztah k majetkoprávním otázkám celého poválečného období / Overview Replacement Agreements Called the Former Czechoslovakia and Their Relationship to Issues Property Rights Entire Postwar Period, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Modern Society – Research Projects in International Relations, reg. n. RM 10/02/10, beneficiary: Faculty of Law, Charles University, team member

2011: Československo na pařížské mírové konferenci 1918–1920. Dokumenty československé zahraniční politiky / Czechoslovakia at the Paris Peace Conference 1918–1920. Documents of Czechoslovak foreign policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, reg. n. RM06/01/11, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator

2011–2012: Biografický slovník československých diplomatů 1918–1992, vývoj organizační struktury MZV Československa a čs. diplomacie v letech 1919–1992 / Biographical Dictionary of Czechoslovak Diplomats 1918–1992, Development of the Organisational Structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia and Czechoslovak Diplomacy in 1919–1992, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, reg. n. RM 07/01/11, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator

2011–2015: Zápisy ze schůzí československé exilové vlády v Londýně 1943–1945 / Records of the Meetings of the Czechoslovak Exile Government in London 1943–1945, Standard Projects, reg. n. P410/11/1944, beneficiary: Faculty of Law, Charles University, co-beneficiary: Masaryk Institute and Archives of the CAS, Institute of History of the CAS, co-Investigator

2012–2015: Problémy právního postavení menšin v praxi a jejich dlouhodobý vývoj / Problems Regarding the Legal Status of Minorities in Praxis and its Development in Long Term Perspective, Ministry of Culture, NAKI - Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DF12P01OVV013, beneficiary: Faculty of Law, Charles University, team member

2014–2016: Informační portál „Dokumenty československé zahraniční politiky“ / Informative Portal “Documents of Czechoslovak foreign policy”, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, BETA Programme, ID number: TB030MZV001, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator

2015–2016: Doplnění informačního portálu „Dokumenty československé zahraniční politiky“, část II / Addition to Information Server “Documents of Czechoslovak foreign policy”, part II, Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, BETA Programme, ID number: TB940MZV004, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator

2016‒2020: Český historický atlas / Czech Historical Atlas, Ministry of Culture, NAKI - Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DG16P02H010, consortium of beneficiaries, beneficiary-coordinator: Institute of History of the CAS, beneficiary: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, team member

Teaching activities

Institute of Historical Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Pardubice (since 2003)

Membership of editorial boards

Member of the Editorial Board of the Modern History [Moderní dějiny]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Slavonic Review [Slovanský přehled]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal East Bohemian Historical Proceedings [Východočeský sborník historický]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Legal History Studies [Právněhistorické studie]

Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils

Member of the Science Council of the Institute of History of the CAS [vědecká rady Historického ústavu AV ČR] (2002–2007)
Member of the Subject-Area Board of the Doctoral Programme Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (2003–2015)
Member of the Commissions for the Defences of the Scientific Degree “Res. Prof.” of the CAS [Komise pro obhajoby doktorských disertací AV ČR] (since 2003)
Member of the Committee for the Defence of Doctoral Theses in the Field 6.1 Humanities – Historical Sciences at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences [Komise pro obhajoby doktorských disertačních prací z oboru 6.1 humanitné vedy – historické vedy na Historickém ústavu Slovenské akadémie vied]
Chairman of the Czech-Russian Commission of Historians and Archivists [Česko-ruská komise historiků a archivářů] (since 2004)
Member of the Central European Commission of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences [Komisji Środkowoeuropejskiej Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności] (since 2006)
Member of the Board of the Institute of History of the CAS [Rada Historického ústavu AV ČR] (since 2007), its Chairman since 2012
Member of the CAS International Affairs Council [Rada pro zahraniční styky Akademie věd České republiky] (2008–2017)
Member of the Czech-British Historians Forum [Česko-britské fórum historiků], Senior Chamber (since 2010)
Member of the Czech-Slovak Committee of Historians [Česko-slovenská komise historiků] (since 2010)
Member of the Commission on Recent Slavic History of the International Congress of Slavists [Komisji Najnowszych Dziejów Słowian při Mezinárodním kongresu slavistů] (since 2013)
Member of the Subject-Area Board of the Doctoral Programme Contemporary European History, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University (since 2014)
Member of the Comenius Academic Club New York (since 2017)
Member of the Czech National Committee of Historians [Český národní komitét historiků] (since 2017)
Member of the Coordination Commission for the Engagement of Employees in the Highest Qualification Level [Koordinační komise Akademie věd České republiky pro zařazování pracovníků do nejvyššího kvalifikačního stupně]
Member of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic [Účená společnost České republiky] (since 2018)

Significant awards

2003: Wacław Felczak and Henryk Wereszycki Award for the book From Alliance to Rupture. Relations between Czechoslovak and Polish Exile Representation 1939–1945 [Od spojenectví k roztržce. Vztahy československé a polské exilové reprezentace 1939–1945]

2004: Award of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic for outstanding scientific achievement for the book From Alliance to Rupture. Relations between Czechoslovak and Polish Exile Representation 1939–1945 [Od spojenectví k roztržce. Vztahy československé a polské exilové reprezentace 1939–1945]

2012: The Rector's Prize of Charles University for the best scientific work in 2012 (together with J. Kuklík) for the book Liberated Czechoslovakia through the Eyes of British Diplomacy [Osvobozené Československo očima britské diplomacie]

2019: 2020: Award of the Czech Academy of Sciences for Outstanding Achievements of Scientific Importance for Czechoslovakia. History of the State [Československo. Dějiny státu]

2020: Award of the Czech Academy of Sciences for Outstanding Achievements of Scientific Importance for Czech Historical Atlas. Chapters on the History of the 20th Century [Český historický atlas. Kapitoly z dějin 20. století]

2020: Golden Linden Decoration [Zlatá lípa] the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic

2021: For Services to Diplomacy [Za zásluhy o diplomacii] Medal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

2023: František Palacký Honorary Medal for Merit in Historical Sciences

2023: Sapientia et Veritas Meritorious for Polish Science Golden Medal [Zasłużony dla Nauki Polskiej Sapientia et Veritas] of the Polish Minister of Education and Science