Research areas
church history of the Middle Ages, coexistence of Jews and Christians in medieval Bohemia and Moravia, cultural history, prosopography, digital humanities
Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees
1990–1996: Master in History – Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Konvikt svatého Bartoloměje a seminář svatého Václava v Praze na Starém Městě. Příspěvek k dějinám jezuitského internátního školství / The Convent of St. Bartholomew and Sv. Wenceslaus Seminary in Prague’s Old Town, A Contribution to the History of Jesuit Boarding Education
1996–2004: Ph.D. in Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archive Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Prosopografický výzkum svěcenců pražské arcidiecéze z let 1395–1416 / Prosopographical Research of the Ordinands in the Archdiocese of Prague between 1395 and 1416 (supervised by prof. František Šmahel and prof. Zdeňka Hledíková)
2004: Rigorosum proceedings (PhDr.), Faculty of Arts, Charles University
Foreign internships and scholarships
1993–1994: University of Konstanz, Geschichte
1998: British Academy of Sciences, one-month stay (London, Oxford)
1996–1999: University of Konstanz, three-month stay
2001–2002: University of Bern, History, doctoral internship, PhD seminar of prof. Rainer Ch. Schwinges
International grants and projects
Corpus der Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden im spätmittelalterlichen Reich / Corpus of Sources on the History of Jews in the Late Medieval Holy Roman Empire, Arye Maimon-Institut für Geschichte der Juden, team member
Domestic grants and major projects
2011–2014: Soužití křesťanského a židovského obyvatelstva ve středověkých Čechách / Coexistence of Christian and Jewish population in medieval Bohemia, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. P405/11/1982, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator
2012–2015: Vývoj digitálních technologií ke zpřístupnění prosopografických a topografických kartoték badatelů minulosti se zvláštním zřetelem k fondu Augusta Sedláčka / Development of Digital Technologies Making Prosopographic and Topographic Files of Past Researchers Accessible to Public, with Special Regard to the August Sedláček Collection, Ministry of Culture, NAKI - Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DF12P01OVV019, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, Principal Investigator
2019–2024: Migrace a mobilita v pražské židovské obci na přechodu od středověku k ranému novověku / Migration and Mobility in Prague’s Jewish Community at the Transition of the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Lumina quaeruntur Fellowship, ID number: LQ300151901, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, team member
2023–2027: Mapa českých hradů. Hrady jako kulturní fenomén, předmět výzkumu a památky minulosti / Map of Czech Castles. Castles as Cultural Phenomenon, Subject of Research and Remains of the Past, Ministry of Culture, NAKI - Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DH23P03OVV040, consortium of beneficiaries, beneficiary-coordinator: University of West Bohemia, cobeneficiary: National Heritage Institute, Institute of History of the CAS, Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Prague, Coinvestigator
Teaching activities
Institute of Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University (since 2002)
Catholic Theological Faculty (since 2010)
Membership of editorial boards
Managing Editor of Mediaevalia Historica Bohemica
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Studia Mediaevalia Bohemica
Member of the Editorial Board of the journal HOP (History – Issues – Problems) [HOP (Historie – otázky – problémy)]
Membership in domestic and foreign professional societies and scientific councils
Member of the Subject-Area Board of the Doctoral Programme Czech History (2008–2016)
Fellow of the Centre for Medieval Studies (since 2010)
Secretary of the Society of the Hus Museum in Prague [Společnost Husova muzea v Praze] (since 2001)
Member of the Subject-Area Board Church and General History (since 2016)
Significant awards
2021: The Award of the President of the CAS for Promotion or Popularisation of Research, Experimental Development, and Innovation