prof. PhDr. Eva Semotanová, DrSc.

Research areas

historical geography, historical landscape, historical cartography, history of cartography; application of these disciplines in historical research and atlas cartography; study of urbanisation processes in the Bohemian Lands and in the European area; historical regions (Kladsko)

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

1972–1977: Master in Archival Science – History Teaching, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Přijímání měšťanů do měst pražských v letech 1618–1770 / Admitting of the Citizens to the Prague Towns 1618–1770

1979–1980: Rigorosum proceedings (PhDr.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Přijímání měšťanů do měst pražských v letech 1618–1770 / Admitting of the Citizens to the Prague Towns 1618–1770

1986–1991: Ph.D. (CSc.) in the Czechoslovak History, Institute of Czechoslovak and World History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Kartografie v hospodářském vývoji českých zemí v 19. a na počátku 20. Století / Cartography in the Economical Development of the Czech Lands, 19th and the Beginning of the 20th Century 

1998–1999: DrSc., Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Historická geografie českých zemí / Historical Geography of the Czech Lands

2001–2002: Habilitation Procedure (doc.), University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, thesis title: Mapy Čech, Moravy a Slezska v zrcadle staletí / Maps of the Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in the Miror of the Centuries 

2006–2007: Professor Appointment Procedure (prof.) in Czech History, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

Foreign internships and scholarships

1991: Institute for Comparative Urban History, Münster, study stay
1993: GWZO, Berlin, study stay
1995, 1997: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, study stay
2002, 2003: University of Wrocław, study stay
2012: Roma Tre University, Rome, study stay

International grants and projects

Since 1994: Historický atlas měst České republiky / Historical Town‘s Atlas of the Czech Republic, executed under the auspices of the International Commission for History of Towns, team member

2013–2015: Sieciowa współpraca w Euroregionie Glacensis / Network Cooperation in the Euroregion Glacensis, Association of Polish Municipalities, beneficiary: Euroregion Glacensis and University of Wrocław, team member

Domestic grants and major projects

1994–1996: Historický atlas měst České republiky / Historical Town‘s Atlas of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 404/94/0883, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator   

1997–1999: Historický atlas měst České republiky / Historical Town‘s Atlas of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 404/97/0651, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator   

2000–2002: Historický atlas měst České republiky / Historical Town‘s Atlas of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 404/00/1706, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator   

1999–2002: Fontes Cartographici Bohemiae, Moraviae atque Silesiae, 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. A9015909, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator   

2002–2004: Proměny regionu a města Kladska v dějinách střední Evropy. Mapy, plány, rekonstrukce / Klodzko City and Region Changes in the Central European History. Maps, Charts, Plans, Reconstructions, Czech Science Foundation, reg. n.404/02/0489, beneficiary: Faculty of Education, University of Hradec Králové, cobeneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, coinvestigator 

2003–2005: Historický atlas měst České republiky II. / Historical Town‘s Atlas of the Czech Republic II., Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 404/03/1081, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator   

2006–2008: Historický atlas měst České republiky / Historical Town‘s Atlas of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 404/06/1260, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator   

2009–2012: Historický atlas měst České republiky / Historical Town‘s Atlas of the Czech Republic, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 404/09/0897, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator   

2011–2015: Kartografické zdroje jako kulturní dědictví. Výzkum nových metodik a technologií digitalizace, zpřístupnění a využití starých map, plánů, atlasů a glóbů / Cartographic Sources as a Cultural Heritage. Research of the New Methods and Technologies of Digitalisation to Enable Access and Use of the Old Maps, Plans, Atlases and Globes, Ministry of Culture, NAKI - Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DF11P01OVV021, beneficiary: Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography and Cartography, cobeneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, coinvestigator 

2012–2018: Výzkumné centrum historické geografie / Historical Geography Research Centre, Czech Science Foundation, Projects to Support Excellence in Basic Research, reg. n. P410/12/G113, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, cobeneficiary: Faculty of Science, Charles University, Principal Investigator   

2012–2015: Zpřístupnění historických prostorových a statistických dat v prostředí GIS / Disclosure of Historic Spatial and Statistical Data in GIS Environment, Ministry of Culture, NAKI - Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DF12P01OVV033, beneficiary: Faculty of Science, Charles University, team member 

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, Principal Investigator 

2018–2022: Věnná města českých královen (Živá součást historického vědomí a její podpora nástroji historické geografie, virtuální reality a kyberprostoru) / Dowry Towns of the Queens of Bohemia (A Living Part of Historical Consciousness and Its Support of the Instruments of Historical Geography, Virtual Reality and Cyberspace), Ministry of Culture, NAKI - Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DG18P02OVV015, consortium of beneficiaries, beneficiary-coordinator: Philosophical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, beneficiary: Faculty of Information Technology, Czech Technical University in Prague, team member 

Teaching activities

Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (1992–2012)
Department of Auxiliary Sciences of History and Archival Studies, Philosophical Faculty, University of Hradec Králové (1999–2016)
Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Charles University (since 2012)

Membership of editorial boards

Member of the Editorial Board of the Czech Historical Review [Český časopis historický] (2012–2023) 
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Historical Geography [Historická geografie] (since 1990)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Historic Town’s Atlas of of the Czech Republic [Historický atlas měst České republiky] (since 1994)
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Central Bohemian Historical Proceedings [Středočeský sborník historický] (since 2011)
Member of the Editorial Board of the publishing house Academia (since 2012)
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Studia Historica Nitriensia (since 2013)

Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils

Member of the Academy Assembly of the Czech Academy of Sciences (2010–2017)
Member of the Commission for the Defences of Doctoral Dissertations in Historical Sciences at the Czech Academy of Sciences (since 2007)  
Member of the Committee for Historical Geography [Komise pro historickou geografii] (since 1990) 
Member of the Polish Scientific Society [Polskie Towarzystwo Naukowe] (since 2007)
Member of the Association of Historians of the Czech Republic [Sdružení historiků ČR] (since 1999)
Member of the Scientific Council of Charles University (2010–2014)
Member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Arts, University of Hradec Králové (2013–2019)
Member of the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Arts of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (2015–2019)
Member of the Subject-Area Board of the Doctoral Programme Auxiliary Historical Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (since 2007)
Member of the Doctoral Board of the Doctoral Programme Regional Geography and General Issues in Geography, Faculty of Science, Charles University (since 2012)
Member of the Doctoral Board of the Doctoral Programme Auxiliary Sciences of History and Archival Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Hradec Králové (2012–2020)
Member of the Board for Doctoral Studies of the Doctoral Programme Cultural History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava (since 2018)
Member of the Board of the Doctoral Study Programme History of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague (since 2017)
Member of the Board for State Rigorosum Examinations in the Study Programme Regional Geography and Social Geography, Faculty of Science, Charles University (since 2012)
Member of the Board of the Faculty of Arts, University of Hradec Králové for the state Rigorosum Examination in the Study Programme Auxiliary Sciences of History and Archival Studies (since 2019)
Member of the Science Council of the Czech Academy of Sciences (since 2021)

Significant awards

2004: Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Research Award for the year 2004 for the project Historical Town’s Atlas of the Czech Republic
2007: Wacslaw Felczak and Henrik Wereszycki Award for the output of the Czech Science Foundation grant project: Kladsko. Transformations of the Central European Region. Historical Atlas [Kladsko. Proměny středoevropského regionu. Historický atlas]
2015: Magnesia Litera in the category Publishing Feat for the Academic Atlas of Czech History [Akademický atlas českých dějin]
2015: Map of the year 2014, Award of the Czech Cartographic Society for Academic Atlas of Czech History [Akademický atlas českých dějin]
2015: Encyclopaedia of the year, Jury Award of the Union of Interpreters and Translators (JTP) for an historical encyclopaedic work Academic Atlas of Czech History [Akademický atlas českých dějin]
2015: Josef Hlávka Award for Scientific Literature 2014 for Academic Atlas of Czech History [Akademický atlas českých dějin]
2015: Award of the Czech Academy of Sciences for Outstanding Achievements of Scientific Importance for Academic Atlas of Czech History [Akademický atlas českých dějin]
2018: Memorial Certificate of the Czech Cartographic Society for the development and promotion of historical cartography in the Czech Republic
2020: František Palacký Honorary Medal for Merit in Historical Sciences
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: Award of the publishing house Academia in the category of original scientific or popular science book for the year 2019 for Czech Historical Atlas. Chapters on the History of the 20th Century [Český historický atlas. Kapitoly z dějin 20. století]
2020: Map of the year 2019, Atlases, Map Files and Map Editions, Czech Cartographic Society for Czech Historical Atlas. Chapters on the History of the 20th  Century [Český historický atlas. Kapitoly z dějin 20. století]
2023: Commemorative plaque of the Czech Geographical Society for outstanding contribution to the development of geography
2023: Honorary Medal for Merit for the Czech Academy of Sciences
2023: Josef Hlávka Medal