The aims of the article are to present the development and the degree of representation of individual languages in the Prague printed production of the 16th century and to confirm, or revise, the existing knowledge. The study is also an example of the possible use of the newly created virtual research tool formed within the Knihoveda.cz project. The search interface that is being prepared and is going to be presented to the public in 2020 i.a. provides access to the hitherto separate bibliographical databases Knihopis and Bibliografie cizojazyčných bohemikálních tisků 1501-1800 [Bibliography of Foreign-Language Printed Bohemica 1501-1800]. This will significantly facilitate research into the development of the printed production in the Czech lands in its entirety regardless of language division., Vojtěch Šícha., Obsahuje anglické resumé, and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
The 700th birth anniversary of King of Bohemia (1346-1378) and Holy Roman Emperor (1355-1378) Charles IV has been designated as one of UNESCO´s important world anniversaries for 2016-2017. Throughout 2016, the Sept centennial anniversary will feature a wide array of commemorative events ranging from exhibitions to historical-themed festivities, conferences and celebrations. The Czech Academy of Sciences´ participation is part of the research programs Strategy AV21. Events thus far featured a lecture on "Emperor Charles IV and Master of Theology Jan Hus" February 17, 2016 by Prof. František Šmahel, Czech historian of medieval political and intellectual history, at the Neo- Renaissance Žofín Palace in Prague. It launched a cycle of lectures CAS - Top research in the public interest by prominent Czech scientists. and Marina Hužvárová.
Skotský historik a český sociolog ve společné práci, která vyšla původně anglicky pod názvem Transitions Economies: Political Economy in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (Hoboken (New Jersey), Wiley - Blackwell 2011), předložili obraz ekonomické transformace jako zásadní institucionální změny na širokém plátně celého postkomunistického bloku a na základě široce založeného zdrojového materiálu. Ve srovnávací analýze zahrnující země střední a východní Evropy i bývalého Sovětského svazu a sledující období od posledních let komunistického systému do finanční krize v roce 2008 nabízejí vysvětlení, jak a proč se jednotlivé postkomunistické země vyvíjely různým způsobem, kam se během tohoto vývoje dostaly a čím se dosažený stav liší od jejich předcházejícího stavu a také stavu ve vyspělých kapitalistických zemích. Jejich zásadním příspěvkem do diskuse na dané téma je navržená typologie modelů kapitalismu v postkomunistických zemích. Otazníky klade recenzentka nad výběrem zemí zahrnutých do analýzy, možnostmi jejich komparace z hlediska různých ekonomických ukazatelů a nad absencí rozboru stavu teoretické ekonomie ve studovaných zemích, který spoluutvářel možnosti a limity transformačních strategií., The two authors (a Scottish historian and Czech sociologist) of this publication, which was originally published in English as Transition Economies: Political Economy in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, present a picture of economic transformation as fundamental institutional change on the wide canvas of the whole post-Communist bloc, basing their research on a wide variety of sources. In this comparative analysis, covering the countries of central and eastern Europe and also the former Soviet Union in the period from the later years of the Communist system to the financial crisis of 2008, they offer explanations for how and why the individual post-Communist countries have developed in various ways, how far they have come in this development, and in what respects the state they have reached differs from their previous economic states and from the economies of the developed capitalist countries. The authors’ fundamental contribution to the discussion is a proposed typology of models of capitalism in the post-Communist countries. The reviewer raises questions about the selection of the countries included in the analyses, the possibilities of their comparison from the viewpoint of various economic indices, and the absence of an analysis of the state of economic theory in the countries under consideration here, which helped to create the possibilities of the transformation strategies and to set their limits., and [autor recenze] Antonie Doležalová.