Biografická prolegomena: k raným létům egyptologa Jaroslava Černého

Title:

Biografická prolegomena: k raným létům egyptologa Jaroslava Černého
Biographical prolegomena: the early years of Egyptologist Jaroslav Černý

Creator:

Navrátilová, Hana and Sinclair, Paul

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:17808bc0-0496-4054-a765-5ffb3659e474
uuid:17808bc0-0496-4054-a765-5ffb3659e474

Subject:

history of science, 20th century, historiography, Egyptology, sicial history, Jaroslav Černý, Czechoslovakia, elites, and invisible college

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model:article and TEXT

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bez média and svazek

Description:

Early life, education and social contacts of the Czech-born Egyptologist Jaroslav Černý (who identified himself as a citizen of Czechoslovakia in his lifetime) are shown in the context of his family history, social expectations and developing academic practices in Austria-Hungary and early Czechoslovakia. Černý’s family aspired to be considered middle class in terms of social interaction, although they lived in straitened circumstances exacerbated by the economic austerity of the First World War era. Černý himself trained as a Classical scholar and later as an Egyptologist at Prague University, but did not fit the role model combining a teaching career (which offered sustenance) with a university Privatdozent role (which offered participation in the academic community), which was the practice accepted in his teachers’ generation. Instead, he embarked on a career in financial services, alongside pursuit of his academic studies that soon encompassed major European museum collections with Egyptian exhibits and put him in contact with the international Egyptological community. His solution was appreciated by his sponsors, including major political and financier figures of the then Czechoslovakia, as being practical as well as showing single-minded determination. It is also suggested that the skills developed during his years in portfolio work were later applied to his research. Translated by Hana Navrátilová and Paul Sinclair and Překlad redumé: Hana Navrátilová and Paul Sinclair

Language:

Czech

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

3-26

Source:

Práce z dějin Akademie věd | 2017 Volume:9 | Number:1

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