Institute of Contemporary History

Research interests:

• Czech society 1945-1989
• Social and political history
• Cadre politics, power, and the enforcement of communist ideology in Czechoslovakia
• Soviet army in Czechoslovakia (1968-1991)
• Historical memory and its politicization

Education:

• M.A. – sociology – 1997 Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prague
• Ph.D. – sociology – 2006 Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Prague

Participation in research projects:

• 2024: Research Group for Historical Transformation Studies (PI: Veronika Pehe, prémie Lumina Quaeruntur Fellowship), research team member
• 2023–2025: The progressive against the conservative? Political decision-making and its actors in Czechoslovakia (1960-1970) (The Czech Science Foundation), research team member
• since 2023: Chanov: History and Memory of a socialist Roma ghetto (Strategy AV 21)
• since 2023: Official celebrations of liberation in post-war and communist Czechoslovakia and legacy of the „Great patriot war“ myth in today´s Czechia (Strategy AV 21)
• 2017–2019: Czech Society and Soviet Army 1968-1991 (The Czech Science Foundation)
• 2016–2018: „Interpretation and promotion of  Communist education in Czechoslavakia 1948-1989 (The Czech Science Foundation), research team member
• 2011–2014: „Stories from the History of the Czechoslovak State: Research and Experimental Development of Software Simulations for the Teaching of the History of the Bohemian Lands in the Twentieth Century“ (Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences), team member
• 2008–2011: „Cadre politics, screenings and purges in Czechoslovakia 1948-1989 (The Czech Science Foundation), research team member
• 2007–2011: „Around 1968: Activism, Network, Trajectories“ (coordinated by Robert Gildea, Faculty of History, Oxford University), research team member

Selected bibliography:

• Černá, Marie: Česká společnost a Sovětská armáda 1968-1991. Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR v. v. i. – Nakladatelství Karolinum, Praha 2021.
• Cuhra, J. – Černá, M. – Devátá, M. – Hermann, T. – Kourová, P.: Pojetí a prosazování komunistické výchovy v Československu 1948-1989 [Concept and implementation of Communist education in Czechoslovakia]. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, v. v. i., 2020.
• Černá, Marie – Cuhra, Jaroslav (eds.): Prověrky a jejich místo v komunistickém vládnutí Československa 1948-1989 (Political screening and its place in the communist rule of Czechoslovakia 1948-1989). Praha : Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2012.
• Černá, Marie: Budování „nové“ společnosti se starými lidmi. Ideologická (převýchova) jako součást poúnorové kádrové politiky. In: PODOLEC, Ondrej a kol.: Nastolenie komunistického režimu v Československu vo februári 1948 a jeho dôsledky pre spoločnosť. Bratislava: Ústav pamäti národa 2023, pp. 510-527.
• Černá, Marie: The Eternal Legacy of the Great Patriotic War? The Political Instrumentalization of the Soviet Victory over Fascism and its Utilization in Czechoslovakia after 1968 and in the Czech Republic Today. Czech Journal of Contemporary History 2022/3, pp. 724–771.
• Černá, Marie: Trading and retail shops of the Soviet Army in Czechoslovakia 1968-1991. CHORD blog, 2021.
• Černá, Marie: Memory of Warsaw Pact Intervention in the post-August History 1968-1989: Manipulation, Oblivion, and Conservation. Review of International American Studies, 2019/2, pp. 141-158.
• Černá, Marie: You have to fight the Struggle Yourselves. The Political Role of the Soviet Army and its Local Allies in Normalisation of Czechoslovakia 1968-69. Czech Journal of Contemporary History, 2019, pp. 111-142.
• Černá, Marie: Occupation, Friendly Assistance, Devastation. The Soviet Army, 1968-1991, in the Memory of the Czech People. Czech Journal of Contemporary History. 1/2016, pp. 80-101.
• Černá, Marie: From „Occupation“ to „Friendly Assistance“: The „Presence“ of  Soviet Troops in Czechoslovakia after August 1968. Hungarian Historical Review 1/2015, pp. 114-143.
• Černá, Marie, M.: Bilder der (un-)zuverlässigkeit. kadergutachten und kaderpraxis in der Tschechoslovakei 1948-1989. Bohemia 2/2013, pp. 304-322.
• Marie Černá, John Davis, Robert Gildea, Piotr Osęka: Revolutions. In: Robert Gildea, James Mark, Annette Warring  (eds.): Europe´s 1968. Voices of Revolt. Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 107-130.
• ČERNÁ, Marie, CUHRA, Jaroslav: KSČ a její pozice v rámci kádrového systému komunistického Československa. In: Český a slovenský komunismus (1921-2011). (Eds. Kocián, J., Kalous, J.), ÚSTR a ÚSD AV ČR, 2012, pp. 210-219.
• Černá, Marie: Comprendre le processus de consolidation. Les campagnes de vérification de 1970 en Tchécoslovaquie. Cahier du CEFRES 32/2012.
• ČERNÁ, Marie: „Katolík, ale objektivní“. Vytváření obrazu (ne)spolehlivosti v kádrových posudcích komunistického Československa. Biograf č. 55/2011, pp. 3-26.
• Černá, Marie: Cadre Policy, Cadre Work and Screening in Communist Czechoslovakia. Simple Ideas, Complicated Practice. AUC Studia territorialia, 2/2011, pp. 9-28.
• Černá, Marie: Entre production et reproduction : à propos du discours officiel sur les femmes tchèques dans les années 1950 et 1960. Histoire@Politique. Politique culture, société n°07, 2009.
• Černá, Marie: Women under socialism: What degree of emantipation? Cahiers du CEFRES, n° 30, 2006.

Software applications:

• Šisler, V. – Gemrot, J. – Kolek, L. – Cuhra, J. – Kokoška, S. – Černá, M.– Hoppe, J. – Činátl, K. – Pinkas, J. – Brom, C. : Svoboda 1945. (Historical video game) 2019.
• Šisler, V. – Gemrot, J. – Kolek, L. – Cuhra, J. – Kokoška, S. – Černá, M.– Hoppe, J. – Činátl, K. – Pinkas, J. – Brom, C.: Attentat 1942. (Historical video game) 2018.