Director
prof. PhDr. Michal Stehlík, Ph.D.
born: 13. 4. 1976 v Třebíči
telephone/mobile: 731 439 766
marital status: married, 8 children
Education and qualifications:
Charles University, Prague, 1999, MA, History-Slovak Studies
Masaryk University, Brno, 2001, PhD, Czech History
Charles University, Prague, 2005, Ph.D., Czech History
Palacký University in Olomouc, 2010, Associate Professor, Czech History
Charles University, 2020, Professor, Czech History
Work activities:
2001-2002, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, official
2003-2006, National Museum, Deputy Director General
2006-2014, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University in Prague, Dean
2014-2023, National Museum, Deputy Director General
since 2014, FF UK, academic (associate professor, professor)
from 2023 Director of the Museum of Literature - Memorial of National Literature
Work placements and important international visits and activities:
2008, research stay, New York University, topic of Czechoslovak exile 1939-1968
Lectures abroad: USA, Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, Latvia, Portugal
Scientific and pedagogical orientation:
Czech, Czechoslovak and Central European history of the 19th and 20th centuries, cultural heritage, museum studies, history in public space; from the academic year 2023/2024 guarantor of the study programme Museum Studies (FF UK together with the National Museum)
Pedagogical activity:
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Philosophy, teaching since 2001 (Department of East European and Slavonic Studies, Department of Central European Studies, Department of Czech History, Department of Information Studies and Librarianship), subjects: Slovak History, Older Hungarian History, Contemporary Czech History, Museum Studies, teaching in Czech and English within the Erasmus programme
Membership in councils and bodies:
since 2019, member of the expert College of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of the 20th Century
since 2019, Member of the Board of the Museum of East Bohemia in Hradec Králové
2018-2022, Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
2013-2022, Member of the Scientific Council of the Minister of Culture for Heritage Protection
2013–2015, Member of the Scientific Council of Masaryk University
2012-2017, Member of the Scientific Council of the J. A. Comenius National Pedagogical Museum and Library
2011-2017, Member of the Czech Radio Council, in 2014-2015 Chairman of the Council
2010–2012, Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts, University of Pardubice
od 2007-2014, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Masaryk Institute - Archives of the CAS, v.v.i.
od 2007-2017, Member of the Board of the University of Applied Arts, Vice-Chairman
2007-2014, Member of the Council of the National Museum
2007–2012, Member of the Council of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
2006-2012, Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts Charles University
Additional activities:
- regular scientific and popularization activities
- author of permanent museum exhibitions (realized: Museum of Highlands Třebíč, Slavonice, libretto: The City of Jemnice, the City of Velké Meziříčí), main author or co-author of museum exhibitions (e.g. The Masaryk Phenomenon - National Museum 2017; Journey to the Mountain 1620 - National Museum 2020; Parliament! - National Museum 2020; Never Give Up! - National Museum 2022; The Fifties - National Museum 2023), author of exhibitions abroad (e.g. Velvet Revolution, 2019 - Czech Centers New York, Vienna, Berlin, Riga, Budapest; We will never surrender! - Embassy of the Czech Republic in London).
- since 2020 co-author of the historical podcast Rewrite History (together with Martin Groman)
- regular cooperation with the Czech Radio (programmes How It Was Really, Fatal Women) and the Czech Television (History.cs, series The Third Republic, The Twenties, Red Presidents)
Michal Stehlík joined the Museum of Literature with the following Concept of operations and further development 2024 - 2029.
Deputy for presentation and communication
Mgr. Jean-Gaspard Páleníček
born: 15. 9. 1978 v Praze
Occupation
1997-2001 Orpheus Theatre (leader Radim Vašinka)
2004-2017 Czech Centre Paris, dramaturg, deputy director, in charge of management
2017-2022 JGP ART Tokyo, Director ( Production of cultural projects)
2023-2024 Memorial of National Literature, dramaturg, head of the Collections Presentation Department
since 2024 Memorial of National Literature, Deputy Director for Presentation and Communication
Education
1996-2001 FF UK, Bohemian studies
2001-2004 Université de Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV, literary science
He was a curator, dramaturge and organizer of many exhibitions (J. Barta, P. Brázda, V. Boudník, A. Diviš, R. Dzurko, the Forman brothers, M. Grygar, V. Karlík, I. Pinkava, B. Reynek, M. Síkora, etc.). He is the author, editor, redactor and co-publisher of art monographs and exhibition catalogues (A. Diviš, V. Karlík, I. Matoušek, V. Nováková, V. Šlajch, K. Zeman...). As a translator of academic texts on visual arts, he has collaborated, among others, with the Grand palais Paris, Centre Pompidou, the Rodin Museum in Paris, the National Gallery in Prague, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, the Fine Arts Museums of the Japanese cities of Wakayama, Chiba, Shizuoka, etc.
He was also a dramaturge of several film shows (Forum des images, IFF La Rochelle, IFF Premiers Plans Angers, IFF Travelling Rennes, etc.) and has written about cinema (e.g. Odyssey of the Wild Planet, Capricci, 2023, in collaboration with X. Kawa-Topor and F. Blin). In France, he has participated in the distribution and release of dozens of Czech films.
He participates in scientific conferences and seminars (Sorbonne Paris IV, Sorbonne Paris Nord, Seijo University Tokyo, Meiji University Tokyo, Joshibi University of Art and Design Tokyo, etc.).
He translated a number of literary texts from Czech into French (V. Čerepková, M. Doležal, V. Holan, B. Hrabal, J. H. Krchovský, R. Weiner, etc.) and from French into Czech (G. Bataille, X. Galmiche, V. Hugo, C. Pansaers, B. Schmitt, etc.). He has directed and participated as a reciter of poetry in dozens of literary programmes. Since 2005, he has worked with the magazine and publishing house Revolver Revue as an essayist, editor, proofreader and translator. Above all, he is a poet (Revolver Revue, Revue K, Po&Sie, Place de la Sorbonne, etc.).
Head of the Library Department
Mgr. Blanka Skučková
Occupation
2000–2024 Ministry of Culture, Department of Arts, Libraries and Creative Industries:
2004 – 2024 Head of the Department of Literature and Libraries
2010 – 2012 Head of the independent department of Literature and Libraries
1996-2000 Strahov Library (Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov): professional librarian (specialty - old prints)
Education
Charles University Prague, Faculty of Philosophy, field of scientific information and librarianship, focus on library sciences
2014-2024 Member of the Council of the Minister of Culture for Research
During her work at the Ministry of Culture, she was responsible for the preparation of national strategic documents for the library sector (Conception for the development of libraries in the Czech Republic for the years...) + parts of the conception for the development of arts focused on literature, and their submission to the government. An important task was the technical aspect of the preparation of laws and related standards in the field of libraries and literature (especially Act No. 257/2001 Coll., on libraries and on the conditions of operation of public library and information services and Act No. 37/1995 Coll., on non-periodical publications). Other tasks included the publication of methodical materials for the field of libraries, the continuous organisation of annual subsidy procedures for entities operating in the field of literature and libraries, and the presentation of Czech literature abroad, especially in the form of international book fairs. In collaboration with the UNESCO Division, the establishment of a national list of documentary heritage objects of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme and the related national committee. The department was also responsible for the annual organisation of the State Prize for Literature and the State Prize for Work in Translation + the co-organisation of the Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year competition.
Head of the Department of Literary Archives
PhDr. Tomáš Pavlíček, Ph.D.
Occupation
since 2012 The Head of the PNP Literary Archive Department
2003–2012 Researcher at the Institute for Czech Literature of the AV ČR, v. v. i., Department for Research of Literary Culture
2001–2002 Department of Contemporary Literature at the ÚČL AV ČR, v. v. i.
1996–2007 Archivist-curator at the PNP Literary Archive
1996 Teacher at the Grammar School of Jaroslav Seifert, Prague 9
Education
2010 Awarded the degree of PhDr.; rigorous examination
2001–2009 Doctoral studies at the Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague (Czech and Czechoslovak history; dissertation: From the literary life of the Second Republic (1938-1939), awarded the Ph.D. degree
2007–2008 Scholarship residence in the Institut für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa na Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
1993–2000 Master's degree at the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague, majoring in history
1990–1996 Master's studies at the Faculty of Education, Charles University in Prague, Czech language and literature and civic education
His research focuses on the issues of literary life, especially in the period from the 1890s to the first half of the 20th century and he is more systematically devoted to the topic of literary censorship. He contributed to the collective works History of Czech Literature 1945-1989 (P. Janoušek et al., Prague 2008-2009), In General Interest. Censorship and Social Regulation of Literature in Modern Czech Culture 1740-2014 (M. Wögerbauer, P. Píša, P. Šámal, P. Janáček et al., Prague 2015) and is the co-editor (with M. Wögerbauer and P. Píša) of the committee Nebezpečná literatura? An Anthology of Thought on Literary Censorship (Brno 2012). He publishes in professional journals (e.g. Literary Archive, Contemporary History), serves on the editorial boards of the periodicals Czech Literature, Literary Archive, Marginalia Historica.
As an author and curator he has participated in several exhibition projects, e.g. But this era is hurting me... Karel Schulz poet, prose writer, journalist (PNP 1999), František Bílek. 1870-1942 (GHMP 2000, documentary parts of the exhibition), Who I am. Bohumil Hrabal: writer - Czech - Central European (PNP, Literaturhaus Berlin 2014). Currently, he is the main investigator of the NAKI II grant project “From Source to Edition”. Access to Czech literature collections and their use in editorial practice (DG16P02H033).
Head of the Department of Art Collections
PhDr. Vilma Hubáčková, CSc.
Occupation
since 2011 Head of the PNP Art Collections Department
since 1991 Curator in the Art Collections Department of the PNP
Education
1986–1989 Internal scientific postgraduate at the Institute of Theory and History of Art of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, awarded the title CSc.
1983–1985 Study stay at the Institute of Theory and Art History of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in the working group for contemporary Czech visual art
1978–1982 Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University in Prague, Theory of Culture
She has curated a number of exhibitions, including Random Encounters - collages from the PNP collections, Aleš Veselý: Disproportion of Dimensions - fragments of records, Květa Pacovská: Questions of space, Vladimír Holub – The Survival Place for imagination, Michal Singer: Argonauti, Report on the book, Miloslav Polcar: Intermundia, Book space for graphics or graphics inspiration for a book. She publishes in professional journals such as the Museum, Literary Archive and the Collection for Exlibris and Small Graphic Art. She serves on the professional juries of the Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year, Graphic Art of the Year and the Czech Ex Libris Triennial. Currently, she is the principal investigator of the GA ČR project Josef Portman (1893-1968) - a regional personality with European overlap.