Ing. Mgr. Michal Vokurka, Ph.D.

Research areas

nobility and aristocracy in the 17th and 18th centuries, historical landscapes and landscape design, historical geography, gardens

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

2012–2015: Bachelor in History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg (1586–1665). Builder of a military career, of a landed dominion and of the eighth wonder of the world

2014–2017: Bachelor in Landscaping, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, thesis title: Identifying landscape relicts left by Saxony-Lauenburg House on the former domain of Zákupy

2015–2018: Master (Mgr.) in History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Baroque landscaping. Comparing the Schlicksʼ and Saxe-Lauenburgsʼ attitude

2018–2020: Master (Ing.) in Landscaping, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences, thesis title: Historical development and building of check dams on example of left-bank tributaries of Ohře – since publication of code 117/1884

2018–2023: Ph.D. in History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Panství. Vztah aristokrata k pozemkové držbě. Sasko-lauenburští vévodové 1600–1750 / The manor. Aristocrat's relationship to the land ownership. Dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg 1600–1750

Foreign internships and scholarships

6–7/2021: Eszterházy Károly Egyetem Eger, CEEPUS

11–12/2021: Universität Hamburg, DAAD-Ost

5/2022: Universität Wien, Visiting PhD student

3/2023: Universität Innsbruck, Aktion Czech republic – Austria

Domestic grants and major projects

2017: Internal grant, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, FF/VG/2017/74: Residences of the dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg and their heiresses in the second half of the 17th century / Rezidence sasko-lauenburských vévodů a jejich dědiček v druhé polovině 17. století, Principal investigator

2023–2027: Program na podporu aplikovaného výzkumu v oblasti národní a kulturní identity na léta 2023–2030 (NAKI III), Ministry of Culture: Borders as a Cultural-historical Phenomenon. Specification, Analysis, Comparison, and Interpretation, team member