PhDr., Ph.D. Institute of International Studies Charles University U Kříže 8, Jinonice Praha 5 158 00 Czech Republic E-mail : kralova@fsv.cuni.cz RECENT WORK, RESEARCH & TEACHING Vice-Dean for International Relations (2/2010 present) Lecturer & research fellow (2005 present): six-years research project of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University Courses: Modern History of Greece; Dictatorships in the Balkans; Greek-Turkish Relations; The Tragic Fate of European Jewry; Contemporary History in Balkan Cinematography; Memory of Greek Civil War Refugees in Czechoslovakia. Seminars: Methodological Seminar; German Speaking Countries and the Balkans in the 19th Century; German Speaking Countries and the Balkans in the 20th Century. UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Prague Summer School, Czech Republic (2006 2009) Course: A Pendulum of Power: Central European History in the 20th Century. EDUCATION Ph.D. doctorate in Contemporary History (2010) Dissertation title: Reconciling with Nazi Past and the Greek-German Relations PhDr. doctorate (2007) Thesis title: Greek-German Relations After the Second World War in the Shadow of Nazi Past FACULTY OF ARTS, PHILIPPS-UNIVERSITÄT, Marburg, Germany M.A. in Political Science & German Language and Literature Studies (2002) Thesis title: Racism in the Czech Republic after 1989 B.A. in International Area Studies (2000) Thesis title: Czech Literary Immigration in Vienna After 1968
AWARDS & GRANTS RECEIVED FOUNDATION "REMEMBRANCE, RESPONSIBILITY, FUTURE" (EVZ), Germany Geschichtswerkstatt Europa: Layers of Memory/Remembrance research grant (1/2010-1/2011) Project title: Sixty Years After. Memory of Greek Civil War Refugees in Czechoslovakia, 1949-2009 J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT COMMISSION, USA Fulbright-Masaryk Research Scholarship - Yale University (9/2008-5/2009) CHARLES UNIVERSITY GRANT AGENCY, Czech Republic Three-year research and publication grant (coinvestigator) (2007-2009) Project title: Reflecting the Holocaust: Postwar Italy, Greece, and Slovakia as a Case Study DEUTSCHES AKADEMISCHES AUSTAUSCHDIENST (DAAD), Germany Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (12/2006 1/2007) Research scholarship for completing the Ph.Dr. thesis SASAKAWA YOUNG LEADERS FELLOWSHIP FUND Ph.D. research grant (2006) GREEK STATE FOUNDATION (IKY), Greece University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki (9/2003 6/2004) Ph.D. research scholarship DEUTSCHES AKADEMISCHES AUSTAUSCHDIENST (DAAD), Germany Award for the Best Foreign Student of the Year (2002) KÖLNER GYMNASIAL- UND STIFTUNGSFOND, Germany Academic Performance Award for completing the master thesis (2002) PHILIPPS-UNIVERSITÄT Marburg, Germany Bilateral University Scholarship in cooperation with Charles University Prague (10/1999 2/2000) GUEST LECTURES (Invited Speaker) Czech(oslovak) American Relations in the Twentieth Century. Lecture at University of New Orleans, The Division of International Education, USA (March 2009) The Destiny of German War Criminals in Greece and the Unresolved Issue of Postwar Reparations. Lecture at Austria Center, University of New Orleans USA (March 2009) Greek Jewry and the Holocaust. Lecture at Yale University, Hellenic Studies Program, Co-Sponsored by the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale (March 2009). Rassismus in Czech Republic since1989. Lecture at Universität Wien, Austria (November 2007) Lecture at Universität Regensburg, Germany (June 2008). Czech History: From the Beginning to Present. Lecture at University of New Orleans, Prague Summer School, Czech Republic (July 2005). How New Member States Entered the EU: Case Study of the Czech Republic. Lecture at Salzburger Bildungswerk, Europa Zentrum, Salzburg Austria (Mai 2005). 2
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Reflexe případu Merten prostřednictvím řeckých uprchlíků v Československu [Reflexion of Merten s Case Among Greek Refugees in Czechoslovakia], Studia Territorialia: Acta Universitatis Carolinae Suplementum I, 1/2010, pp. 37-54. (in Czech). Between Tradition and Modernity: Greek-German Relations in Retrospect, Studia Territorialia: Acta Universitatis Carolinae 4/2009, pp. 97-117 (in English) Otázka loajality řecké emigrace v Československu v letech 1948 až 1968 [Loyalty of the Greek Emigrants in Czechoslovakia between 1948 and 1968], Slovanský přehled 3/2009, pp. 337 350 (in Czech). Einige Anmerkungen zu Rassismus und Xenophobie in Tschechien nach 1989, in Heiss, G./Králová, K./Pešek J.: Tschechien und Österreich nach dem Ende des kalten Krieges, Ústí nad Labem: Albis International, 2009 pp. 341 369 (in German). Několik poznámek ke stavu rasismu a xenofobie v Česku po roce 1989 [Some Remarks about the Racism and Xenophobia in Czechia since 1989], in: Heiss, G./Králová, K./Pešek J.: Česko a Rakousko po konci studené války [Czechia and Austria After the End of Cold War], Ústí nad Labem: Albis International, 2008, pp. 177-206 (in Czech). Řečtí Židé a holocaust [Greek Jewry and the Holocaust], Přednášky České společnosti novořeckých studií 7/2007, Brno: ČSNS, 2007 (in Czech and Greek), pp. 29-43. Řecká občanská válka po 60 letech [Greek Civil War 60 Years After], Slovanský přehled 4/2007 (in Czech), pp. 584 586. Řecko a Třetí Říše [Greece and the Third Reich], Slovanský přehled 3/2007 (in Czech), pp. 339-359. Řecko-německé vztahy po druhé světové válce. Nedořešená otázka odškodnění [Greek-German Relations after the Second World War: The Unsolved Question of Reparations], Pražské sociálně vědní studie, Teritoriální řada TER-015, Charles University Praha, 2006 (in Czech), pp. 1-28. Osudy německých válečných zločinců: Příklad Řecka [Destiny of the German War Criminals: Case Study of Greece], in Vykoukal, J. / Končelík J. (ed.): Rozvoj české společnosti v Evropské unii III, Charles University Praha, 2004 (in Czech), pp. 285-297. Mark Mazower: Inside Hitler s Greece, Český časopis historický 3/2004 (in Czech), pp. 651-653. Řecká zahraniční politika. Historický vývoj a současné trendy [Greek Foreign Policy. Historical Evolution and Current Trends], Integrace 1/2004 (in Czech), pp. 18-19. 3
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - Greek Civil War Refufees in Czechoslovakia. Paper presented at the XVI IOHA International Oral History Conference Between Past and Future, Prague - Czech Republic (7/2010). - History of the German Archeological Institute Department Athens. Paper presented at the conference German Humanitarian Institutes Abroad of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Goethe Institute, Prague - Czech Republic (10/2009). - Greek Minority in Czechoslovakia after 1949. Paper presented at the MGSA 21st International Symposium, Vancouver Canada (10/2009). - From Destruction to Compensation? Reflecting the Holocaust in Postwar Greece and Slovakia. Paper at the annual international conference on The Holocaust as Local History: Past and Present of a Complex Relation, Civil Wars Study Group, Thessaloniki & Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, Paris Greece (6/2008). - Reflection of Merten s Case in Czechoslovakia from the Perspective of Greek Refugees. Paper presented at the Czech-Greek conference on Greek Civil War: 60 Years After, Charles University, Prague & University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Prague - Czech Republic (10/2007). - Holocaust and Its Reflection in Postwar Period: Case Study of Greece. Paper presented at international conference of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University with contribution of the International Visegrad Fund, Charles University, Prague - Czech Republic (9/2007). - Greek-German Relations After the Second World War: The Unsolved Question of Reparations. Paper presented at international conference of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Charles University, Prague - Czech Republic (6/2006). - Greek-German Relations Between Tradition and Modernity. Paper presented at international conference of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Charles University, Prague - Czech Republic (11/2005). - Picture of ELAS in Czech Sources. Paper presented at the international conference on Society in War: Army and Partisans in 1940s, Civil Wars Study Group, Preveza Greece (6/2005). - Destiny of German War Criminals: The Case study of Greece. Paper presented at the international conference of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Charles University, Charles University, Prague - Czech Republic (9/2004). ARCHIVAL WORK Germany Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amtes in Berlin (May 2008, October 2007; November 2005). 4
Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv in Freiburg (May 2006). Zentrale Stelle der Landesjustizverwaltung in Ludwigsburg (May 2006). Greece One-year research during IKY-scholarship (9/2003 6/2004) Parliament Library in Athens (June 2008, June 2007). Jewish organizations & Jewish Museum s Libraries in Athens and Thessaloniki (June 2008; June 2007; June 2009). Institute for Balkan Studies in Thessaloniki (June 2005, February 2006, June 2007). Konstantin Karamanlis Foundation in Athens (February 2006). Gennadios Library in Athens (February 2006). United Kingdom Public Record Office in London (May 2008). Wiener Library in London (September 2007). King s College London (September 2007). United States AJDC Archives, NYC (May 2009). LANGUAGE SKILLS Czech: mother tongue English / German / Modern Greek: fluent in understanding, reading, and writing Russian / French: good working knowledge PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS ίκτυο για τη Μελέτη των Εµφυλίων Πολέµων Civil Wars Study Group - founding member http://www.elia.org.gr/civil_war_greek/civilwargr.htm Initiative for the Promotion of Intercultural Communication - founding member http://www.ifiks.de/index.php?title=hauptseite Οµάδα για την Μελέτη της Ιστορίας των Εβραίων της Ελλάδας Group for the Study of the History of the Jews of Greece http://histjews.blogspot.com/ Czech Society for Neo-Hellenic Studies http://www.sweb.cz/hellenika/csns_cz.html Dialogos Society of Friends of Greece http://www.dialogos-kpr.cz/index.html 5