Ing. Mgr. Michal Vokurka, Ph.D.
Postdoc – Department of Early Modern History
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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