Assignment:
Department of Social and Cultural History, Oral History Center
Address:
Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, v.v.i., Vlašská 355/9, 118 00 Praha 1
E-mail:
mucke@usd.cas.cz
Telephone:
257 286 357
Education:
- 1993–1997 High School Pardubice
- 1997–1998 Faculty of Arts, Ostrava University in Ostrava – domain History
- 1998–2004 Faculty of Arts, Palacky Univerzity in Olomouc – domain History (M.A.)
- 2003 UFR d´histoire, Université Paris–Sorbonne (Paris IV), Paris (ERASMUS internship)
- 2004–2009 Institute of Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague – Ph.D. in Czech History
Specialisation:
- Modern and Contemporary History, History and Memory, Oral History
Employment History:
- 2002–2003 Research Collaborator in grant project Political Elites and Dissent in the Era of so called Normalisation. Biographical Interviews (Institute for Contemporary History, CAS – Palacky University in Olomouc)
- 2004–2005 Research Collaborator in grant project Databasis of 19th Century World History and Modern Historiography Sources (Faculty of Arts, Palacky University in Olomouc)
- 2006–present Research Assistant and later Senior Researcher, Institute for Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
- 2008-present Lecturer and later Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral History and Contemporary History, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague
Professional and Administrative Appointments (selected):
- 2007–present Council Member, Secretary General(2007–2012), President of Czech Oral History Association (from 2012)
- 2008–present Council Member and Vice-Chairman, Czech National Committee of Oral History
- 2010–present Secretary General, Council of Institute for Contemporary History CAS
- 2011–present Scientific Board Member, Memo. Czech Journal for Oral History
- 2012–present Council Member of International Oral History Association (IOHA), Regional Representative for Europe
- 2012–present Scientific Board Member, Words and Silences journal
- 2012–present Scientific Board Member, IOHA Newsletter
International Conferences (selected):
- 7th European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) organised by International Institute of Social History (IISH), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts&Science – Amsterdam, Netherlands on the ground of University of Lisbon, Faculty of Letters – Lisbon, Portugal (Lisbon, February 26 – March 1 2008), paper „Living under Freedom is More Difficult…“ or the Image of Foreigners and Foreign Countries in Memory of „Working Intelligentsia Class“ in Czechoslovakia in 1970s and 1980s
- 15th International Oral History Conference called Oral History – A Dialogue with our Times (Guadalajara, Mexico, September 23-26, 2008) organised by International Oral History Association, by Mexican Oral History Association, by Universidad de Guadalajara and by Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, paper „What did you know about living behind the Iron Curtain…?“ or the Image of West in Memory of Czechoslovak „Working Class“ and „Working Intelligentsia Class“ from 1970s and 1980s
- International Conference subtitled 70 Jahre Münchner Abkommen. Die Ereignisse im Grenzgebiet Mitteldeutschlands / Westböhmens im Herbst 1938 (Greiz, Germany, November 15-16, 2008) organised by Dialog mit Böhmen e.V., by Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen, by TU Chemnitz, by Euregio Egrensis AG Sachsen / Thüringen and by Thüringischen Staats-archiv Greiz, paper So called Complex of Munich and their Memory Contours in 20th Century
- 8th European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC) organised by International Institute of Social History (IISH), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts& Science – Amsterdam, Netherlands on the ground of Bijloke Site (Ghent, Belgium, April 13-16. 2010), paper Personal History or I was Five in 1989… An analysis of the Construction of Generation Memory and Identity (co-presented with Hana Zimmerhaklová)
- 16th International Oral History Conference subtitled Between Past and Future: Oral History, Memory and Meaning / Entre el Pasado y el Futuro: Comprensión de la Historia y Memoria Oral (Prague, Czech Republic, July 7-11, 2010) organised by International Oral History Association, by Czech Oral History Association, by Institute of Contemporary History, CAS and by Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, panel and paper I was Five in 1989… Personal Analysis and Construction of Generation Memory (contribution with Hana Zimmerhaklová, Petra Tejnorová, Martina Musilová, Petr Vančura, Josef Maděra, Jakub Gottwald and Miroslav Vaněk)
- 45th Annual Meeting called Memories of Conflict and Disaster: Oral History and the Politics of Truth, Trauma, and Reconciliation organised by Oral History Association (Denver, Colorado, USA, October12-16, 2011), paper Fifteen Years On: A Short Analytical Outline of Czech Oral History Projects (1996-2011)
- 9th European Social Science History Conference(ESSHC) organised by International Institute of Social History (IISH), Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts&Science – Amsterdam, Netherlands on the ground of University of Glasgow (Glasgow, Great Britain, April 11-16, 2012), paper Looking for Roots of Oral History in Czech Republic: A Short Analytical Outline of Czech Oral History Projects 1996–2011
- 17th International Oral History Conference called The Challenges of Oral History in the 21st Century: Diversity, Inequality and Identity Construction / Los Retos de la historia oral en el S. XXI. Diversidades, Desigualdades y la construcción de identidades(Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 4-7, 2012) organised by International Oral History Association, by AHORA, by RELAHO, by Patrimonio e Instituto Histórico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires and by Universidad de Buenos Aires, paper Cold War Heritage Transformed…?! Or The Image of West In Memory of Czech (Czechoslovak) Society from 1970s till late 1990s
- 47th Annual Meeting called Hidden Stories, Contested Truths. The Craft of Oral History organised by Oral History Association (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, October9-13, 2013), paper Police Stories and Czech Police and Security Forces Members through the Eyes of Oral History Research
- 15th Annual Czech Studies Workshop organised by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, April 11-12, 2014), paper ‘Friends and “Friends’: Images of “Others” in Czech Society from 1968 to the Present
Selected Bibliography:
Monographs
- Naslouchat hlasům paměti: Teoretické a praktické aspekty orální historie [Listening to the Voices of Memory: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Oral History]. Praha, Fakulta humanitních studií UK – ÚSD AV ČR v.v.i. 2007. 220 pages (co-author with Miroslav Vaněk and Hana Pelikánová)
- Třetí strana trojúhelníku. Teorie a praxe orální historie [The Third Side of the Triangle. Theory and Praxis of Oral History]. Praha, Fakulta humanitních studií UK – ÚSD AV ČR v.v.i. 2011, 296 pages (co-author with Miroslav Vaněk)
- Rámce paměti druhé světové války v českých zemích. Vzpomínkové práce vojáků druhého čs. zahraničního odboje [Frames of WWII Memory in Czech Lands. Memories of Czechoslovak Abroad Soldiers]. Praha, ÚSD AV ČR 2013. 226 pages
- Místa paměti druhé světové války. Svět vojáků československého zahraničního odboje. [Realms of WWII Memory. World of Czechoslovak Soldiers in Abroad Resistance]Praha, Karolinum 2014. 282s.
Articles
- Победители или побежденные? Диссиденты и политичские элиты в Чехословакии до 1989 г. – биографические интервью. In: Р. М. АБДУЛЛАЕВ (ed.), Устная история в Узбекистане: Теория и практика. Сборник статей. I выпуск. Ташкент, DVV International 2011, pp. 288–303 (co-authored with Miroslav Vaněk)
- Cold War Heritage Transformed…?! Or The Image of West In Memory of Czech (Czechoslovak) Society from 1970s till late 1990s. In: Liliana BARELA et al.: 17ª Conferencia Internacional de Historia Oral. Los retos de la historia oral en el siglo XXI: diversidades, desigualdades y la construcción de identidades. Conference proceedings (CD ROM). Buenos Aires, Dirección General Patrimonio e Instituto Histórico 2012 (ISBN 978-987-1642-17-5)
- The Pleasures and Sorrows of Czech Oral History (1990-2012).Oral History Journal of South Africa,Vol 1, No. 1 (2013), pp. 111–130
- Dole i niedoleczeskiej oral history (1990-2012) .Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej (Wrocław Yearbook of Oral History), Number 3 (2013), pp. 131–160
Reviews
- O svůdné a klamavé Třetí říši. [Peter REICHEL: Svůdný klam Třetí říše: Fascinující a násilná tvář fašismu. Praha, Argo 2004]. Soudobé dějiny 13, 2006, No. 1-2, pp. 167–173
- „Stali se jeho obětí“ O Hitlerovi a jeho armádě [Omer BARTOV: Hitlerova armáda: Vojáci, nacisté a válka ve Třetí říši. Praha, Naše vojsko 2005]. Soudobé dějiny 14, 2007, No. 1, pp. 147–153
- [Zdeněk VAŠÍČEK – Françoise MAYER: Minulost a současnost, paměť a dějiny. Brno – Praha, CDK – Triáda 2008] Český lid 97, 2010, No. 1, pp. 106–107
Editorship
- Deset let na cestě. Orální historie na Sovinci 2002–2011 [Ten Years On TheWay. Oral History on Sovinec Castle 2002-2011]. Praha, Fakulta humanitních studií UK 2011, 298 pages (co-editor with Miroslav Vaněk and Přemysl Houda)