prof. PhDr. Jan Bažant CSc.
bazant@ics.cas.cz, jan.bazant@archip.eu
+420 234 612 311
Department of Classics and Classical Reception
senior scholar
ASEP
Bibliography
Research focus
history of art, classical archaeology, classical tradition
Academic websites profile (academia.edu etc.)
Education
2005 professor of classical archeaology at Charles University in Prague
1995 associate professor at Charles University in Prague, dissertation: Ancient portrature
1973 obtained degree PhDr from Charles University in Prague
1972 finished study of history of art and classical archaeology at Charles University in Prague, dissertation: Athenian red-figure vases in the collection of Charles University
Employment history
1973 - Centre for Classical Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, CAS
Grants
2009-2013: Grant of the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic "Classical inspiration in Czech Baroque art"
2001-2005: Grant of the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic "Classical inspiration in Czech art II. Classical antiquity and Czech Renaissance art"
1996-1998: Grant of the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic "Classical inspiration in Czech art"
1993-1995: The Research Support Scheme. The Central European University „Classical Inspiration in Czech Art and Architecture“
1991-1994: Grant of the Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic "History of conception and interpretation of ancient art"
Fellowships and research stays
2001, July: Great Britain, London, British Academy scholarship
1997, June: Great Britain, London, British Academy scholarship
1996, April-May: Austria, Vídeň, Österreichische Akademie scholarship
1982, May: Fondation Hardt, Genève
Teaching
Institute of Classical Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University in Prague, external member
Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University in Prague, external member
Architectural Institute of Prague (ARCHIP), member
Department of Classical Languages, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Trnava University, member
Conference papers and lectures abroad
Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin (Germany), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Nesebar, Bulgaria), CNRS Paris (France), Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris (France), Fédération internationale des associations d’études classiques (FIEC, Ouro Preto, Brazil), Istituto papirologico G. Vitelli (Firenze, Italy), Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Austria), Romanian Academy of Sciences (Bucharest, Romania), Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome (Italy), Università di Firenze (Italy), Université de Lausanne (Switzerland),Werner-Reimers-Stiftung, Bad Homburg (Germany), Universidade de Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Conference papers and lectures in the Czech Republic
„How Venus was Invented,“ Hradecké klasické rozhovory 2016, Hradec Králové 29.6. 2016
Popularization
Week of Science in the Academy of Sciences, 2016:
Charles IV. protected by Meduse, Prague, Karolinum, Patriotic Hall, 2.11
Masaryk's Prague Castle and the Imperial palace at Palatin, excursion 2.11
Editorial positions
Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
Studia Hercynia. Journal of the Institute of Classical Archaeology Charles University in Prague
Membership in universities’ subject area boards
Institute of Classical Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University in Prague
Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University in Prague
Department of Classical Languages, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Trnava University, garant of graduate studies
Memberships in academic associations and other academic bodies
1989 – 1999 International Scientific Committeee for Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, member
1973 - Czech committee for Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, member
Honors and awards
2005, February - May: Hungary, Budapest, Collegium Budapest. Institute for Advanced Studies, Senior Fellow
2004, March: Great Britain, London, The Warburg Institute, Senior Research Fellowship
2003, July: Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales, Paris, visiting professor
1994, April-June: The American Academy in Rome (The Mellon East-Central European Visiting Scholars Program), Visiting Member
1990, June: Thyssen-Stifftung Scholarship, Universität München, visiting professor
1990, June: The British Academy, Oxford, visiting professor
1986, September: Ecole francaise d’archeologie, Athens, visiting member
Current projects
Classical antiquity in Czech art, on-line database
Representation of ancient myths from the beginning up today, series of publications
