short bio
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fields of interest
philosophy and history of science
philosophy and history of media
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professional affiliation
since 2005
research associate
2001 – 2005
research assistant
Institute of Philosophy
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
2007
assistant professor
Institute of Musicology
Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
2005 – 2007
assistant professor
Center for Audiovisual Studies
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
2002
curator of the New Media Collection
Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art
National Gallery, Prague
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education
2001-2005 – Ph.D. in theoretical sociology
Institute of Sociological Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Charles University, Prague
1999-2001 – M.A. in media studies
Institute of Media Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
Charles University, Prague
1995-1999 – B.A.
Faculty of Humanities
Charles University, Prague
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grants, fellowships
2006 – 2008
Post-doctoral grant (Czech Science Foundation)
“The Archaeology of Virtual Reality: What is New About New Media?”
2002 – 2003
The Fulbright Scholarship for Graduate Studies in the U.S.
(Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, New York)
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publications (selection)
Pýthagorův závoj [Pythagoras’s Veil]. Iluminace, Vol. 19, 2007, No. 3, pp. 163-176.
Parsonsův neplánovaný potomek [Parson’s Unplanned Offspring]. In: Jiří Šubrt (ed.), Talcott Parsons a jeho přínos soudobé sociologické teorii. Prague: Karolinum 2006, pp. 231-236.
Album/atlas/archiv: o obrazech a jejich uspořádání [Album/Atlas Archive: On Images and their Arrangements]. Iluminace, Vol. 16, 2004, No. 3, pp. 121-137.
Entries for the Dictionary of Media Studies. In: Slovník mediálních studií, Prague: Portál, 2004.
Sex appeal neorganického aneb jak malíř moderního života k postmoderní auře přišel [The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic, Or, How the Painter of Modern Life Acquired His Postmodern Aura]. Sociologický časopis, Vol. 40, 2004, No. 1/2, pp. 141-155.
Rozptýlení jako předpoklad soustředění: poznámky k pojetí recepce u Waltera Benjamina [Distraction as a Precondition of Concentration: Remarks on the Problem of Reception in Benjamin]. Iluminace, Vol. 15, 2003, No. 4, pp. 67-84.
A Charming Impasse: Czech Cubist Architecture. www.artmargins.com (10 Nov. 2002).
Elektronická mystika Marshalla McLuhana [Marshall McLuhan’s Electronic Mysticism]. Věda, technika, společnost, Vol. 23, 2001, No. 4, pp. 67-76.
Hry povrchů v architektuře [Surface Games in Architecture]. Architekt, Vol. , 2000, pp
Na hranici obrazových kódů [On the Borders of Image Codes]. In: INSEA 2000: Média a obraznost. Prague: Česká sekce INSEA, 2000, pp. 62-70.
The Body and Visual Technology. In: Tělo a fotografie/Body and Photography. Praha: PHP, 1998, pp. 114-128.
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international conferences
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Living Tissue Over a Metal Endoskeleton – and Vice Versa. Minds, Bodies, Machines conference, Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies, Birkbeck University of London, London, 6-7 July 2007.
A Charming Impasse: Czech Cubist Architecture. – East European Modernist Art and Architecture Conference, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 05-06/10/2001.
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editorial practice
Theory of Science: Journal for Theory of Science, Technology, and Communication.
- thematic issue editor Theory of Science – Electrical Imagination, Vol. 28, 2006, No. 2.
- thematic issue editor Theory of Science – Remediation, Vol. 27, 2005, No. 2.
- thematic issue editor Theory of Science – Archeology of Interactivity, Vol. 26, 2004, No. 2.
- thematic issue editor Theory of Science – Media and Method, Vol. 25, 2003, No. 2.
- thematic issue editor Theory of Science – New Media, Vol. 24, 2002, No. 2.
Fotograf: Magazine for Photography and Visual Culture.
- thematic issue editor Fotograf – The Recycled Image, Vol. 3, 2005, No. 6.
- thematic issue editor Fotograf – Collective Authorship, Vol. 1, 2003, No. 2.
- 2002 founding member of editorial board
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translations (books)
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lectures
since 1998 – lectures in history and theory of media, art, and social sciences at various Czech universities and academies (Charles University, Masaryk University, Aademy of Performing Arts in Prague, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague)
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contact
Institute of Philosophy
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Jilska 1
11000 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420221183341
Email: tomdvorak (at) flu.cas.cz
Fax: +420222220725
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