Mgr. Daniela Čadková Ph.D.

cadkova@ics.cas.cz, dcadkova@centrum.cz
+420 234 612 331

Department of Classics and Classical Reception
postdoctoral fellow
ASEP
Bibliography

Research focus

• reception of Classical Antiquity in Czech 19th and 20th centuries literature and culture
• performances and adaptations of Greek and Roman Classical dramas on the Czech stage
• translations from Latin (Seneca’s tragedies, Octavia praetexta etc.)

Education

• 2016 PhD, Comparative Literature – Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague – final thesis „Dazzled by the Hellenic Sun: Reception of the Classical Antiquity in the Czech Literature between 1880 and 1910“
• 2000 MA, Czech language and literature, Latin language and literature – Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague – final thesis „Intertextuality in the Poetry of Jiří Kolář“

Employment history

2000–now Centre for Classical Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, CAS, Prague

Teaching

Courses at the Departement of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague:
• The Myth of Trojan War in the European Drama; The National Theatre in Prague between 1883 and 1900
• (with Alena Sarkissian) Shakespeare and the Film; Ancient Roman Drama and Theatre; European Comedy

Conference papers and lectures abroad

2005 Prague – conference organized by the Center for Classical Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, CAS, Prague, Staging of classical drama around 2000, paper „Contemporary Czech Adaptations of Classical Drama“

2002 Oxford, UK – postgradual symposium organized by The Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama, University of Oxford, and Departement of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London, The Meeting of Cultures in Modern Performance of Greek Theatre, paper „Hippodamia: an Imitation of Greek tragedy“

Popularization

• 2012 Summer School of Classics, Prague: lecture „Classical Roman Drama and Theatre“
• 2011 Summer School of Classics, Prague: lecture „Comedy as an ars vivendi“
• 2005 Summer School of Classics, Prague: lecture „The Classical Antiquity on the Contemporary Czech Stage“

Current projects

• Classical Roman Theatre and Drama, translating from Latin (Seneca’s tragedy Hercules furens)
• reception of the Classical Antiquity in 19th century parodies, operettas and burleques
• classical tradition in Czech literature in the end of 19th century (Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Julius Zeyer)