prof. PhDr. Josef Žemlička, DrSc.

Research areas

the origins of the Bohemian state in the Central European context, the economic development of the Bohemian Lands up to the 14th century, the history of settlement and colonisation, the origins of the Bohemian nobility, the relationship between church and state in the early Middle Ages

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

1965–1970: Master in Archival Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Dějiny osídlení Zbraslavska do počátku 15. století / The History of the Settlement of the Zbraslav Region until the Beginning of the 15th Century

1971: Rigorosum proceedings (PhDr.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University

1970–1976: Ph.D. (CSc.) in the Czechoslovak History, Institute of Czechoslovak and World History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Osídlení Litoměřicka do druhé poloviny 14. století / The Settlement of the Litoměřice Region until the Second Half of the 14th Century

1996: DrSc., Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, thesis title: Přemysl Otakar I

1997: Habilitation Procedure (doc.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Bohemia in the Times of the Dukes

2002: Professor Appointment Procedure (prof.) in Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

Foreign internships and scholarships

1991, 1992, 1994: Humanities Centre History and Culture of East-Central Europe, Berlin, Leipzig
2011: Humboldt University of Berlin

International grants and projects

2004–2007: International project Christianization and the Rise of the Christian Monarchy. Scandinavia, Centra Europe and Rus c. 900–1200, University of Oxford

Domestic grants and major projects

1998–2000: Velká Morava: její vznik, rozvoj a dědictví / Great Moravia: Its Rise, Growth and Heritage, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. GA404/98/0392, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, team member

2005–2009: Přemyslovci – budování českého státu a národa / The Přemyslids – building the Bohemian State and Nation, Grant Agency of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Support for Targeted Research Projects (National Research Programme), ID number: 1QS900090502, beneficiary: Institute of Philosophy of the CAS, team member

2012–2018: Výzkumné centrum historické geografie / 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, team member

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, investigator of the historians sector

2023–2027: Hranice jako kulturněhistorický fenomén. Specifikace, analýza, komparace a interpretace / Borders as a Cultural-historical Phenomenon. Specification, Analysis, Comparison, and Interpretation, Ministry of Culture, NAKI - Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DH23P03OVV030, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, cobeneficiary: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, team member

Teaching activities

Faculty of Arts, Charles University (since 1993)

Membership of editorial boards

Member of the Editorial Board of the jounal Czech Historical Review [Český časopis historický]
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Mediaevalia Historica Bohemica
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Historical Geography [Historická geografie]
Member of the Editorial Board of Studia mediaevalia Bohemica
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal HOP (History – Issues – Problems) [HOP (historie – otázky – problémy)]
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Czech Society of Antiquaries [Časopisu Společnosti přátel starožitností]

Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils

Member of the International Commission for the History of Towns [Commission internationale pour l'histoire des villes] (1989–2012), honorary member (since 2012)
Member of the Subject-Area Board of the Doctoral Programme Auxiliary Historical Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (since 2010)
Chairman of the Commission for the Defences of the Scientific Degree of DSc. in General and Czech History at the Czech Academy of Sciences (since 2014)

Significant awards

2016: František Palacký Honorary Medal for Merit in the Historical Sciences
2019: Josef Hlávka Medal