Finished projects

Errol. Life and Work of Josef Škvorecký

Main instigator: Michal Přibáň

The aim of the project is to create an extensive monograph of Josef Škvorecký, conceived primarily as a biography of the author.

Transcultural Synopsis of Czech Literatures of the “Long” 19th Century

Main instigator: Václav Petrbok, Václav Smyčka

Project team: Jan Budňák, Ladislav Futtera, Miroslav Němec, Matouš Turek

The project aims to create a synoptic overview of the development of the literatures of the Czech lands in the “long 19th century” in their interaction, conflictual relations and intermingling.

(Un-)United Europe? Crossing borders in German and Austrian literature, and its reception in Czech Republic after 2000

Main instigator: Renata Cornejo, FF UJEP

Project team: Renata Cornejo, Zuzana Augustová

This project will examine how borders remain an important part of literary discourse in German-language literature after 2000, with an aim to better understand how they are represented, and what concepts they prefigure in the prose and dramatic works that cross them.

Dictionary of Post-1945 Czech Literature online – completion of Part I: A – L

Main instigator: Michal Přibáň

Project team: Eduard Burget, Michal Jareš, Veronika Košnarová, Alena Přibáňová, Pavel Šidák, Andrea Vítová