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
Recenzentka přibližuje historický kontext vzniku obou publikací, jejich přednosti i slabiny. Má plné uznání pro zásadní přínos Conquestovy práce o masových represích ve druhé polovině třicátých let v Sovětském svazu (v původním znění: The great teror: a reassessment. London, Pimlico 1992) pro historiografii komunismu v šedesátých letech. Autor se jí zařadil mezi klasiky západní sovětologie, srovnání se studiemi věnovanými násilí ve stalinském režimu z komparativního sborníku Za obzor totalitarismu (v původním znění: Beyond totalitarism: Stalinism and Nazism compared. New York, Cambridge University Press 2009) však napovídá, že současné pohledy na danou problematiku jsou značně nuancovanější a oproštěnější od totalitárních schémat. S ohledem na současný československý kontext recenzentka upozorňuje na úskalí, že se zde v souvislosti s opožděným vydáváním děl, jako je Conquestův Velký teror, mohou reprodukovat hodnocení a diskuse, které jsou v západní vědě již dávno překonané., Considering their recent Czech translations, the reviewer first discusses the original historical context of the making of two publications, and considers their strengths and weaknesses – Michael Geyer and Sheila Fitzpatrick (eds), Beyond Totalitarianism Stalinism and Nazism Compared (Chicago: University of Chicago, 2008) and Robert Conquest, The Great Terror: A Reassessment (London: Pimlico, 1992). She fully acknowledges the fundamental contribution that Conquest’s work on mass repression in the Soviet Union in the second half of the 1930s made to the historiography of Communism in the 1960s, and that with this book Conquest came to be ranked amongst the classic Western Sovietologists. A comparison with the works on violence in the Stalinist régime compiled in the volume Beyond Totalitarianism: Stalinism and Nazism Compared, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, however, suggests that current views on the topic are considerably more nuanced and freer of totalitarian models than Conquest’s. With regard to the Czechoslovak context today, the reviewer points out the pitfalls that the belated publication of works like Conquest’s Great Terror can entail by offering assessments and discussions that have long been superseded in Western historiography., [autor recenze] Daniela Kolenovská., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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.