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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vol. 9 Number 2
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. PERSPECTIVES ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION
The End of Civilization? The Apocalyptic Thought of Huntington, Danilevsky, and Spengler by Josette Baer
III. CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTELLECTUALS AT THE TURNING POINT
Jan Hus and Utraquism in the Austro-Bohemian Enlightenment by Zdeněk David
A Czechoslovak Cultural Warrior Par Excellence: Antonín J. Liehm (1924–2020) by Francis D. Raška
IV. CONTEMPORARY DIDACTICS AND EDUCATION
Some Trends in Math Education in the United States by Jan Satranský
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Michal TOMÁŠEK, Právo na Hedvábné cestě [Law on the Silk Road] by Francis D. Raška
Daniel CHIROT, You Say You Want a Revolution? Radical Idealism and Its Tragic Consequencesby Josette Baer
FKristian NIEMIETZ, Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies by Francis D. Raška
Stephan FLEMMIG, Zwischen dem Reich und Ostmitteleuropa. Die Beziehungen von Jagiellonen, Wettinern und dem Deutschen Orden (1386–1526) [Between the Empire and East Central Europe. Relations between the Jagellonians, the Wettin and Order of the Teutonic Knights (1386–1526)] by Jaroslav Pánek
Michael HOCHEDLINGER – Petr MAŤA – Thomas WINKELBAUER (eds.), Verwaltungsgeschichte der Habsburgermonarchie in der Frühen Neuzeit. I/1-2: Hof und Dynastie, Kaiser und Reich, Zentralverwaltungen, Kriegswesen und landesfürstliches Finanzwesen [History of Administration of the Habsburg Monarchy in the Early Modern Period. Court and Dynasty, Emperor and Empire, Central Authorities, Military and Monarchical Finance] by Jaroslav Pánek
Dirk Jacob JANSEN, Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court. The Antique as Innovation, 2 vols. (= Rulers & Elites. Comparative Studies in Governance, Volume 17/1-2) by Jaroslav Pánek
Jiří PADEVĚT, Komunistické lágry. Tábory nucené práce, nápravně pracovní tábory, pracovní útvary vězňů a internační místa duchovních 1948–1962 [Communist Camps: Forced Labor Camps, Penal Work Camps, Prison Labor Details, and Internment Centers for Clergy (1948-1962)] by Josette Baer
Josette BAER, Alexander Dubček Unknown (1921-1992): The Life of a Political Icon by Francis D. Raška
Ioannis BALAMPANIDIS, Eurocommunism: From the Communist to the Radical European Left by Francis D. Raška
Joel KOTKIN, The Coming of Neo-Feudalism: A Warning to the Global Middle Class by Francis D. Raška
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vol. 9 Number 1
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. POLITICAL UPHEAVAL IN EARLY MODERN CENTRAL EUROPE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
The Emperor´s Insolvency and the Economic Causes Leading to the “Bohemian War” in 1618 by Petr Vorel
The White Mountain Problem (Central European Political Upheaval in 1620 and Its Current Reflection) by Jaroslav Pánek
National and Baroque Patriotism (Case Study: Bohemia) by Jiří Mikulec
III. THE BOHEMIAN REFORMATION AND THE MORAL DIMENSION OF POLITICS
President Thomas G. Masaryk’s View of Jan Hus by Zdeněk David
IV. EMIGRATION AND EXILE
The Settling of Kansas by Immigrants of Czech Origin in the Second Half of the 19th Century: The Example of František Švehla by Jan Satranský
“How They Double-Crossed Me:” The Involuntary Emigration of Journalist Vladimír Tosek by Daniela Spenser
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Ben SHAPIRO, The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great by Francis D. Raška
Pavla STÁTNÍKOVÁ – Olga FEJTOVÁ et al., Praha 1580-1680 (Místo konfesijních střetů) [Prague 1580-1680 (The Place of Confessional Clashes)] by Petr Vorel
František BAUER, Život proti zkáze. Torzo pamětí novináře 1925-1945 [Life Against Destruction: Memories of a Journalist, 1925-1945] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jiří PADEVĚT, Kronika Protektorátu. Represe, rezistence, holokaust, státní a okupační správa, kolaborace, bojové operace, všední život [A Protectorate Chronicle: Repression, Resistance, the Holocaust, State and Occupation Administration, Collaboration, Combat Operations, and Everyday Life] by Jaroslav Pánek
Michaela ŠMIDRKALOVÁ, Vyhlížení atomového věku I. Popularizace jaderné energie a energetiky v Československu v padesátých letech 20. století [Looking Out for the Atomic Age I: The Popularization of Nuclear Energy and Power Engineering in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s] by Francis D. Raška
Jaroslava HOFFMANNOVÁ, Jaroslav Werstadt (1888-1970). O minulosti pro přítomnost [Jaroslav Werstadt (1888-1970): About the Past for the Present] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jiří NĚMEC (ed.), 150 let krajanského ochotnického divadla v USA 1868-2018 [150 Years of Compatriot Community Theatre in the USA, 1868-2018] by Edita Vaníčková Makosová
Zdeněk BASTL, Století československé námořní plavby [A Century of Czechoslovak Maritime Navigation] by Jaroslav Pánek
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Vol. 8 Number 1
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. THE JEWISH DIASPORA IN EUROPE
Jewish Migration in Central Europe during the Transition from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period by Marie BuňatováDid the Czechs Want the Holocaust? On a Modern History of Jews in the Bohemian Lands by Ivo Cerman
III. EUROPE AND AMERICA IN WARS AND REVOLUTIONS
Railroad and Military Medicine in the 19th Century: A Comparison of Development in Europe and the United States by Vojtěch Szajkó
Havel’s Brief Partnership with Gorbachev in the Velvet Revolution, 1989–1991 by Zdeněk V. David
IV. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND IDENTITY POLITICS
The Salemization of the US Campus? A Liberal Critique of Identity Politics (IP) by Josette Baer
V. COMENIUS AND THE WORLD
John Amos Comenius and the Contemporary World: Recalling the Legacy of the Founder of Modern Pedagogy by Markéta Pánková
VI. HISTORICAL MISCELLANEA
Two Years in Prague, 1945–1947 by Sylvia Daintrey née Lowit
VII. BOOK REVIEWS
Petr VOREL, Šmalkaldská válka v evropských dějinách 1546–1547 [The Schmalkaldic War in European History (1546-1547)] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jan KVĚTINA, Mýtus republiky. Identita a politický diskurz raněnovověké polské šlechty [The Myth of the Republic. Identity and Political Discourse of the Early Modern Polish Nobility] by Jaroslav Pánek
Ladislav HLADKÝ et al., Czech Relations with the Nations and Countries of Southeastern Europe by Jaroslav Pánek
Pavel KALINA, Hluboké město. Moderní metropole jako Druhý Řím [Deep City: The Modern Metropolis as Second Rome] by Jaroslav Pánek
Martin CONWAY, Western Europe’s Democratic Age, 1945–1968 by Francis D. Raška
Roger LIPSEY, Politics and Conscience: Dag Hammarskjöld on the Art of Ethical Leadership by Francis D. Raška
Martin KOVÁŘ, Brexit. Drama psané přes průliv [Brexit. A Drama Written Across the Channel] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jonah GOLDBERG, Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Nationalism, and Socialism Is Destroying American Democracy by Francis D. Raška
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vol. 8 Number 2
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. POLITICAL UPHEAVAL IN EARLY MODERN CENTRAL EUROPE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
The Emperor´s Insolvency and the Economic Causes Leading to the “Bohemian War” in 1618 by Petr Vorel
The White Mountain Problem (Central European Political Upheaval in 1620 and Its Current Reflection) by Jaroslav Pánek
National and Baroque Patriotism (Case Study: Bohemia) by Jiří Mikulec
III. THE BOHEMIAN REFORMATION AND THE MORAL DIMENSION OF POLITICS
President Thomas G. Masaryk’s View of Jan Hus by Zdeněk David
IV. EMIGRATION AND EXILE
The Settling of Kansas by Immigrants of Czech Origin in the Second Half of the 19th Century: The Example of František Švehla by Jan Satranský
“How They Double-Crossed Me:” The Involuntary Emigration of Journalist Vladimír Tosek by Daniela Spenser
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Ben SHAPIRO, The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great by Francis D. Raška
Pavla STÁTNÍKOVÁ – Olga FEJTOVÁ et al., Praha 1580-1680 (Místo konfesijních střetů) [Prague 1580-1680 (The Place of Confessional Clashes)] by Petr Vorel
František BAUER, Život proti zkáze. Torzo pamětí novináře 1925-1945 [Life Against Destruction: Memories of a Journalist, 1925-1945] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jiří PADEVĚT, Kronika Protektorátu. Represe, rezistence, holokaust, státní a okupační správa, kolaborace, bojové operace, všední život [A Protectorate Chronicle: Repression, Resistance, the Holocaust, State and Occupation Administration, Collaboration, Combat Operations, and Everyday Life] by Jaroslav Pánek
Michaela ŠMIDRKALOVÁ, Vyhlížení atomového věku I. Popularizace jaderné energie a energetiky v Československu v padesátých letech 20. století [Looking Out for the Atomic Age I: The Popularization of Nuclear Energy and Power Engineering in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s] by Francis D. Raška
Jaroslava HOFFMANNOVÁ, Jaroslav Werstadt (1888-1970). O minulosti pro přítomnost [Jaroslav Werstadt (1888-1970): About the Past for the Present] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jiří NĚMEC (ed.), 150 let krajanského ochotnického divadla v USA 1868-2018 [150 Years of Compatriot Community Theatre in the USA, 1868-2018] by Edita Vaníčková Makosová
Zdeněk BASTL, Století československé námořní plavby [A Century of Czechoslovak Maritime Navigation] by Jaroslav Pánek
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Vol. 7 Number 2
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. THE 500TH BIRTHDAY OF THE DOLLAR
How the Word “Tolar” Became a General Term for European Silver Coins in the 16th Century by Petr Vorel
III. THE ROLE OF HISTORIOGRAPHY
Historiography between Science and Politics (125 Years of The Czech Historical Review) by Jaroslav Pánek
IV. CHAPTERS FROM THE MODERN HISTORY OF CENTRAL EUROPE
Josef Lukl Hromádka and the Scots-Irish Connection by Declan Geaney
The Coup d’Etat of 1948 within the Context of the Czech Political Tradition by Zdeněk V. David
Mass Murder or Mental Insanity? The Case of Olga Hepnarová (1951–1975) by Josette Baer
V. COMENIUS AND THE WORLD
The Descendants of J.A. Comenius (The Correspondence of Greta Figulus) by Markéta Pánková
VI. BOOK REVIEWS
Marie BUŇATOVÁ, Hedvábí, sklo a koření. Obchod mezi Prahou a Itálií (1500–1620) [Silk, glass and spices. Trade between Prague and Italy (1500–1620)] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jaroslav HRDLIČKA – Jan Blahoslav LÁŠEK (eds.), Paměti Vlastimila Kybala [Memoir of Vlastimil Kybal], vols. I–II (= Deus et gentes, 22, 24) by Jaroslav Pánek
Andrea PREISSOVÁ KREJČÍ – Jitka STANJA BRDAR – Jana KOČÍ, Češství v nás. České školství a jeho vliv na zachování české národní identity v Chorvatsku [The Czech in Us. Czech Education and Its Influence on Preservation of the Czech National Identity in Croatia] by Jaroslav Pánek
Bohumil DOLEŽAL, V zemi babišismu a buranokracie. Rozvrat české demokratické politiky v letech 2013–2020 [In the Land of “Babišism” and “Loutocracy”: The Collapse of Czech Democracy in the Years 2013–2020] by Francis D. Raška
Yascha MOUNK, The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It by Francis D. Raška
Patrick J. DENEEN, Why Liberalism Failed by Francis D. Raška
Jiří MÁLEK, Věda a jiné lásky [Science and Other Loves] by Jaroslav Pánek
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Vol. 7 Number 1
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. HUMANITY, TOTALITARIANISM AND RESPONSIBILITY
Jan Patočka as a Critic of Thomas Masaryk and a Mentor of Václav Havel by Zdeněk V. David
Czechoslovakia and the Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals (1945–2013) by Vojtěch Kyncl
Normalization in Slovak Czechoslovakia (1969-1989) by Josette Baer
III. MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY BETWEEN SCIENCE/SCHOLARSHIP AND POLITICS
Czech Historiography in Conflict with Politics: The Case of Karel Stloukal and His Search for the Meaning of History by Bohumil Jiroušek
Jan Slavík: A Czech Historian of the Russian Revolution by Jaroslav Bouček
IV. MISCELLANEOUS
Náprstek’s America in Prague by Milena Secká
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Šimona LOEWENSTEIN (ed.), Evropská civilizace a její problémy. Jubilejní sborník pro Bedřicha Loewensteina (k nedožitým devadesátinám) [European Civilization and its Problems. Jubilee Anthology for Bedřich Loewenstein (Posthumously Dedicated to His Ninetieth Birthday)] – Die europäische Zivilisation und ihre Probleme. Festschrift für Bedřich Loewenstein (zum nicht erreichten neunzigsten Geburtstag) by Jaroslav Pánek
Eva STEJSKALOVÁ, Novinové zpravodajství a noviny v Čechách od 17. století do roku 1740 [Newspaper Reporting and Newspapers in Bohemia from the 17th Century to 1740] by Jaroslav Pánek
Eva SEMOTANOVÁ – Zlatica ZUDOVÁ-LEŠKOVÁ – Jitka MOČIČKOVÁ – Jiří CAJTHAML – Pavel SEEMANN – Jan D. BLÁHA et alii, Český historický atlas. Kapitoly z dějin 20. století [Czech Historical Atlas. Chapters from the History of the 20th Century] by Jaroslav Pánek
Norman M. NAIMARK, Stalin and the Fate of Europe: The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty by Francis D. Raška
Michal MACHÁČEK, Gustáv Husák by Josette Baer
Michal REIMAN, Čínský deník a skupina Listy, jaro 1981 [A Chinese Diary and the Listy Group (Spring 1981)], Prague, Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR [Institute of Contemporary History, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic] by Francis D. Raška
Douglas MURRAY, The Strange Death of Europe. Immigration, Identity, Islam by Jaroslav Pánek
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Vol. 6 Number 2
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITIONS IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE
Masaryk’s Relation to the Austrian Philosophical Tradition: Brentano’s Disciples and Herbart by Zdeněk V. David
III. WAR, PEACE, AND POLICYMAKING
Czechoslovakia, Turkey, and the Question of Settling War-Related Claims by Petr Novák
Czechoslovak Participation in the Liberation of Paris: In Remembrance of the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the French Capital by Jaroslav Bouček
The Smuggling and Distribution of Exile Publishers’ Materials in Czechoslovakia, 1968-1989 by Francis D. Raška
History as a Unifying Tool in Putin’s Russia by Karel Svoboda
IV. ART BETWEEN SOCIETY, ECONOMICS, AND POLITICS
Dvořák and America—What We Know and What We Don’t Know: An Essay Exploring the Relationship between the Composer, His Music and the Rest of the World by Michael Beckerman
Graffiti, Street Art, and Land Art in Historical and Contemporary Landscapes by Eva Semotanová
Economic Analysis of the Czech Art Market from an International Perspective by Matyáš Kodl
V. MISCELLANEA
Smallpox Zero by Pavla Křížová
Comenius at the Caspian Sea (International Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan) by Jaroslav Pánek and Petr Vorel
VI. BOOK REVIEWS
Jaroslav PÁNEK, Jiří PEŠEK, and Petr VOREL, Velmocenské ambice v dějinách [The Ambitions of Powerful States in History] by Francis D. Raška
Ivan DUBOVICKÝ, Czechs in America and Czech-American Relations over the Course of Five Centuries by Markéta Pánková
Michal TOMÁŠEK, Právní systémy Dálného východu [Legal Systems of the Far East] by Jaroslav Pánek Jana GYÜREOVÁ, Demokracie, stát a společnost. Případová studie Polské republiky [Democracy, the State, and Society: A Case Study of the Polish Republic] by Francis D. Raška
Ivo BARTEČEK, Československá Mona Lisa. Jan Zrzavý: Portrét paní Pavly Osuské (1926) [Czechoslovak Mona Lisa. Jan Zrzavý: Portrait of Mrs. Pavla Osuská (1926)] by Jaroslav Pánek
Magdaléna PLATZOVÁ, Máme holý ruce. Deník studentky z roku 1989 [We Have Bare Hands: The Diary of a Student in 1989] by Francis D. Raška
Leopolda DOBRZENSKÁ z LOBKOWICZ, A hudba přestala hrát. Životní příběh Leopoldy Dobrzenské z Lobkowicz [And the Music Stopped Playing. The Life Story of Leopolda Dobrzenská of Lobkowicz] by Jaroslav Pánek
Liran RAZINSKY (ed.), Writing and Life, Literature and History: On Jorge Semprun by Francis D. Raška
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Vol. 6 Number 1
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND POLITICAL THOUGHT
Preparation of the Helsinki Conference and the Diplomacy of Socialist Czechoslovakia, 1972–1975 by Jindřich Dejmek
Jan Patočka and Václav Havel view Edvard Beneš by Zdeněk David
The Gorbachev Effect? How Václav Havel (1936–2011) conceived of Perestroika and Glasnost by Josette Baer
III. CENTRAL EUROPEANS IN THE EURO-AMERICAN CULTURAL CONTEXT
Opinions on Tadeusz Kościuszko in French Writings in the 1790s by Anna Łysiak Łątkowska
A Young Exile Musician in Britain: From the Diaries of Karel Janovický, 1951–1956 by Sylva Šimsová
IV. HISTORICAL MISCELLANEA
Undesirable Professional: Airman and Patriot Jindřich Kostrba by Martin Čížek
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Taťána PETRASOVÁ and Rostislav ŠVÁCHA (eds), Art in the Czech Lands, 800–2000 by Jaroslav Pánek
Josef PETRÁŇ – Lydia PETRÁŇOVÁ, Čestní doktoři Univerzity Karlovy 1848-2015 – Doctors Honoris Causa of Charles University in Prague 1848–2015 by Jaroslav Pánek
Jindřich DEJMEK et alii, Československo. Dějiny státu [Czechoslovakia: History of the state] by Jaroslav Pánek
Muriel BLAIVE (ed.), Perceptions of Society in Communist Europe: Regime Archives and Popular Opinion by Francis D. Raška
Sylva ŠIMSOVÁ, Láska v exilu 1949–1950: Z deníků a dopisů Sylvy Šimsové a Karla Janovického [Love in Exile, 1949–1950: From the Diaries and Letters of Sylva Šimsová and Karel Janovický] by Francis D. Raška
Marek ŠVEHLA, Magor a jeho doba. Život Ivana M. Jirouse [Magor and His Era: The Life of Ivan M. Jirous]by Josette Baer
Peter JAŠEK, Vasil Biľak. Zradca alebo kolaborant? [Vasil Biľak: Traitor or Collaborator?] by Josette Baer
Jaroslav BOUČEK, Reportérem na třech kontinentech: Střední východ, Afrika, Latinská Amerika [A Reporter on Three Continents: The Middle East, Africa, Latin America] by Francis D. Raška
Peter WILDING, What Next? Britain’s Future in Europe by Francis D. Raška
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Vol. 5 Number 2
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THE 20TH CENTURY
The Birth and Character of the First Czechoslovak Republic by Jiří Pešek
The Crisis of Democracy (1938) by Jan Němeček
The International Position of Communist Czechoslovakia and its External Activities: An outline of the basic problems (1948–1989) by Jindřich Dejmek
III. IDEOLOGICAL TENDENCIES IN MODERN EUROPE
Cosmopolitanism and Xenophobia in Central Europe: Masaryk’s Encounter with Lagarde by Zdeněk V. David
Western Leftist Intellectuals from 1945 to the 1970s by Josette Baer
Zdeněk Hejzlar: The Life and Struggles of an Exiled Czechoslovak Reform Communist by Francis Raška
IV. GENOMICS AND ITS CONTEMPORARY SIGNIFICANCE
Genomics In The Renal Clinic by Jordan Nestor and Jai Radhakrishnan
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Wolfgang REINHARD, Die Unterwerfung der Welt. Globalgeschichte der europäischen Expansion 1415–2015 [The Submission of the World. Global History of European Expansion 1415–2015] by Jaroslav Pánek
Pavel MAREK, Pernštejnské ženy. Marie Manrique de Lara a její dcery ve službách habsburské dynastie [The Women of Pernštejn. Marie Manrique de Lara and her Daughter in the Service of the Habsburg Dynasty] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jiří KUBEŠ et alii, V zastoupení císaře. Česká a moravská aristokracie v habsburské diplomacii 1640–1740 [On behalf of the Emperor. Bohemian and Moravian Aristocracy in Habsburg Diplomacy 1640–1740] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jaroslav BOUČEK, 27.6.1950 Poprava Záviše Kalandry: Česká kulturní avantgarda a KSČ [27 June 1950–The Execution of Záviš Kalandra: The Czech Cultural Avantgarde and the Czechoslovak Communist Party] by Francis D. Raška
Monika MANDELÍČKOVÁ, Historie v exilu. Československá exilová historiografie v letech 1948–1989 [History in Exile: Czechoslovak Exile Historiography in the Years 1948–1989] by Francis D. Raška
Dušan HAVLÍČEK, Jaro na krku. Můj rok 1968 s Alexandrem Dubčekem [A Spring Chore: My 1968 with Alexander Dubček] by Francis D. Raška
Kenneth Dexter MILLER, Uncle from America by Vlado Šimko
Jan KELLER, Evropské rozpory ve světle migrace [European Conflicts in the Light of Migration] by Jaroslav Pánek
Miroslav BÁRTA and Martin KOVÁŘ (eds.), Jak dál? Svět, Evropa a Česká republika v době „na rozhraní“ [How to proceed? The World, Europe and Czech Republic at a Turning Point] by Francis D. Raška
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Vol. 5 Number 1
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
A New Image of the World at the Beginning of Modern Times (European Humanist Sebastian Münster and his Cosmographia) by Jaroslav Pánek
Major Developments in the Silver Trade in Central and Easter Europe in the16th and 17th Centuries (A Comparison of the Function of Bohemian and Polish Coins in Monetary Circulation Abroad) by Petr Vorel
III. POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
‘I did not want to lie’: Thomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937) and the Intellectual Failure of the Russian Revolution by Josette Baer
The Prague Coup d’État of February 1948: Heretical Thoughts on the Communist Takeover by Igor Lukeš
Jan Patočka on Marx and Socialism: From People’s Democracy to the Aftermath of Prague Spring by Zdeněk V. David
IV. HISTORICAL MISCELLANEA
The Renegade Count: František Lützow by Milan Kocourek
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Miroslav BÁRTA – Martin KOVÁŘ – Otakar FOLTÝN (eds.), Povaha změny. Bezpečnost, rizika a stav dnešní civilizace [The Safety, the Risks and the State of Current Civilization]Miroslav BÁRTA – Martin KOVÁŘ – Otakar FOLTÝN (eds.), Na rozhraní. Krize a proměny současného světa [Crises and Changes in the Current World] by Jaroslav Pánek
Axel GOTTHARD, Der Dreißigjährige Krieg. Eine Einführung [The Thirty Years’ War: An Introduction] by Jaroslav Pánek
Peter RIETBERGEN, Rome and the World – The World in Rome. The Politics of International Culture, 1911-2011 by Jaroslav Pánek
Rutger BREGMAN, Utopia for Realists by Jaroslav Pánek
Heike KNORTZ, Gastarbeiter für Europa. Die Wirtschaftsgeschichte der frühen europäischen Migration und Integration [Guest Workers for Europe: The Economic History of Early European Migration and Integration] by Jaroslav Pánek
Jiří PELIKÁN, Tanky proti sjezdu. Protokoly a dokumenty XIV. (vysočanského) sjezdu KSČ [Tanks against the Party Congress: Protocols and Documents of the XIV (Vysočany) Congress of the Czechoslovak Communist Party] by Francis D. Raška
Jiří SUK, Michal KOPEČEK, Kristina ANDĚLOVÁ, Tomáš VILÍMEK, Tomáš HERMANN, and Tomáš ZAHRADNÍČEK, Šest kapitol o disentu [Six Chapters on Dissent] by Francis D. Raška
Erik TABERY, Opuštěná společnost. Česká cesta od Masaryka po Babiše [An Abandoned Society: The Czech Path from Masaryk to Babiš] by Francis D. Raška
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Vol. 4 Number 2
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. INTEGRATION, DISINTEGRATION, AND CONSOLIDATION IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE
Conditions for the Integration of Central Europe at the End of the Middle Ages (1356 – 1495) by Petr Vorel
Habsburg Monarchy – An Attempt at the Dynastic Integration of Central Europe by Jaroslav Pánek
Modern Nationalism and the Development of Central Europe: The Enlightenment and Romanticism by Zdeněk V. David
East and West: A Failure of Imagination by Delia Popescu
III. WORLD WAR II: HEROISM AND BETRAYAL
The Combat Readiness of the Czechoslovak Air Force in 1938 by Martin Čížek
Emanuel Moravec (1893–1945) – The Political Thought of the Czech Quisling by Josette Baer
Wartime Refugees who did not return to Czechoslovakia in 1945 by Sylva Šimsová
IV. LIFE UNDER TOTALITARIAN REGIMES
The Moral Responsibility of Leading Intellectuals by Vlado Šimko
Losing Room for Maneuver? The Effects of Western Crises on Czechoslovak Foreign Trade in the 1970s by Karel Svoboda
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Alfred KOHLER, Neue Welterfahrungen. Eine Geschichte des 16. Jahrhunderts by Jaroslav PánekBez hranic: Umění v Krušnohoří mezi gotikou a renesancí [Without Borders: Art in the Ore Mountain Region between the Gothic and the Renaissance] (art) without borders: Medieval Art and Architecture in Ore Mountain Region (1250–1550) by Jaroslav Pánek
Petr VOREL, Te War of Princes. Te Bohemian Lands and the Holy Empire 1546–1555 by Jaroslav Pánek
Epistulae et acta nuntiorum apostolicorum apud imperatorem 1592–1628. Tomus I. Epistulae et acta Caesaris Speciani 1592–1598. Pars I-III [Letters and Files of Papal Nuncios at the Imperial Court 1592–1628. Volume I. Letters and Files of Caesare Speciano 1592–1598. Parts I-III] by Jaroslav Pánek
Nancy JACHEC, Europe’s Intellectuals and the Cold War: Te European Society of Culture, Post-War Politics and International Relations by Francis D. Raška
Pavel TIGRID, Přikládáme sekeru ke kořenům lži. Rozhlasové projevy programového ředitele Rádia svobodná Evropa v Mnichově 1951–1952 Pavla Tigrida [We are taking an Axe to the Roots of the Lie: Radio Broadcasts in Munich of the Program Director of Radio Free Europe, Pavel Tigrid (1951–1952)] by Francis D. Raška
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vol. 4 Number 1
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. A SPACE FOR HUMAN WELL-BEING
The United States Healthcare System at the Crossroads by Leslie D. Hirsch
Taming the Tiger: It’s not just about Diagnostics anymore by Eugene G. Martin
Czech Republic and Emission-Free Energy by Vladimír Wagner
Women and Medical Studies in the 19th Century: An American Example in the Czech Lands by Milena Lenderová
III. ASPECTS OF EURO-AMERICAN CIVILIZATION
Jan Patočka’s Assessment of European Civilization: From Exaltation to Disillusionment by Zdeněk V. David
Charter 77 still alive: The Concept of Non-Political Politics in the Work of Ladislav Hejdánek by Tomáš Hejduk
The Connection between Racial/Ethnic Formation and Space in Dallas by Pavla Voborníková
IV. THE COMENIAN LEGACY
Comenius and Naarden by Hans van der Linde and Miroslav Vaškových
V. CENTRAL EUROPE IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL RELATIONS
Iter Britannicum: Noble Visitors from the Bohemian Lands and Their Perception of the British Isles in the Second Half of 16th and Early 17th Century by Martin HolýAlmost forgotten-The First American History of Poland by Barbara Klassa
VI. BOOK REVIEWS
Holm SUNDHAUSSEN and Konrad CLEWING (eds.), Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas [Lexicon of Southeast European History] by Jaroslav Pánek
Marceli KOSMAN, Henryk Sienkiewicz i polityka [Henryk Sienkiewicz and Politics] by Jaroslav Pánek
Petr ORSÁG, Mezi realitou, propagandou a mýty. Československá exilová média v západní Evropě v letech 1968-1989 [Between Reality, Propaganda, and Myths: Czechoslovak Exile Media in the Years 1968-1989] by Francis D. Raška
Kateřina KRÁLOVÁ-Jiří KOCIAN-Kamil PIKAL (eds.), Minderheiten im sozialistischen Jugoslawien. Brüderlichkeit und Eigenheit [Minorities in Socialist Yugoslavia: Brotherhood and Unity] by Jaroslav Pánek
Łukasz GÓRNIOK, Swedish Refugee Policymaking in Transition? Czechoslovaks and Polish Jews in Sweden, 1968-1972 by Francis D. Raška
Jiří PADEVĚT, Věda života. Rozhovory s profesorem Jiřím Drahošem [The Science of Life: Interviews with Professor Jiří Drahoš] by Jaroslav Pánek and Petr Vorel
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Vol. 3 Number 2
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. CENTRAL EUROPE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
The Camphill Movement in the United States and Czech Republic by Šárka Klímová 173
Efforts to place Soviet Troops in Czechoslovakia until the Beginning of 1968 by Martin Čížek 185
The Struggle for Czechoslovak Literature in Exile, 1971–1994 by Francis D. Raška 201
The Hamlet of Central Europe: Czechs Between East and West by Igor Lukeš 215
III. EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Education and Politics: The Standpoint of the Czech Deputy Prime Minister by Pavel Bělobrádek 225
Understanding US Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century: The Insights of John Amos Comenius by John Barron Boyd, Jr. 227
The State of Higher Education in the United States by Bryon Lee Grigsby 241
American High School Systems according to the Views of Czech Pedagogues, Part II – Personal Experience by Ilona Moravcová (Ďatko) 251
IV. BOOK REVIEWS
Franz SCHÖN and Dietrich SCHOLZE (eds.), Sorbisches Kulturlexikon by Jaroslav Pánek 271
Roman ZAORAL (ed.), Money and Finance in Central Europe during the Later Middle Ages (Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance) by Petr Vorel 274
Petr VOREL, From the Silver Czech Tolar to a Worldwide Dollar (The Birth of the Dollar and its Journey of Monetary Circulation in Europe and the World from the 16th to the 20th Century) by Ladislav Nekvapil 279
Alberto TRONCHIN, Spravedlivý riskuje. Karel Weirich, český novinář a zachránce Židů v Itálii, [The Just Takes Risks: Karel Weirich, Czech journalist and rescuer of Jews in Italy] by Jaroslav Pánek 281
Jiří HOPPE, Markéta ŠKODOVÁ, Jiří SUK, and Francesco CACCAMO, „O nový československý model socialismu.“ Čtyři interdisciplinární vědecké týmy při ČSAV a UK v 60. letech [“Striving for a New Czechoslovak Model of Socialism.” Four Interdisciplinary Scientific Teams of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and the Charles University in the 1960s] by Francis D. Raška 284
Karel BARTOŠEK, Z papírků (1973–74) [From Slips of Paper (1973–74)] by Francis D. Raška 288
“King Jagiello”: The Monument to the Polish King in New York´s Central Park by Marceli Kosman (Appendix: Illustrations) 290
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vol. 3 Number 1
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. CULTURE AND POLITICS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Jan Patočka, Milan Kundera, and Václav Havel: Effect of the Prague Spring by Zdeněk V. David 9
Emigration as an “Added Value”: The Example of the Work of Jan Novák and of Miloš Forman by Joanna Czaplińska 27
American High School Systems in the Views of Czech Pedagogues by Ilona Moravcová (Ďatko) 35
Culture and Education at the Refugee Camp Valka (1949–1950) by Sylva Šimsová 55
The Humanities in Exile by Vladimír Papoušek 67
III. TRANSATLANTIC TIES
“King Jagiello”:The Monument to the Polish King in New York’s Central Park by Marceli Kosman 77
The American Dream in “Czech” Chicago: August Geringer’s Publishing Activities by Lenka Procházková – Jaroslav Kříž 81
Václav Hlavatý – World-Famous Czechoslovak Mathematician and the First President of SVU by Martin Nekola 97
Major General Oldřich Španiel: The Unofficial Czechoslovak Military Attaché in the United States (1939–1941) by Tomáš Jiránek 109
IV. CHEMISTRY AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Challenges in Amorphous Chalcogenide Materials Research by Jiří Málek 125
Nucleotide Analogues as Life-Saving Drugs by Marcela Krečmerová 135
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Ulrich BECK, Das deutsche Europa. Neue Machtlandschaften im Zeichen der Krise [German Europe: New Regions of Power marked by the Crisis] by Jaroslav Pánek 145
Alain BADIOU and Marcel GAUCHET, What is to be done? A Dialogue on Communism, Capitalism, and the Future of Democracy by Francis D. Raška 151
Aleš NOVÁČEK, Dualita Evropy: historickogeografická analýza [The Duality of Europe: A Historico-Geographical Analysis] by Jaroslav Pánek 156
Jan CEBE, Spolkový život českých novinářů v letech 1945-1948, [The Associational Life of Czech Journalists (1945-1948)] by Francis D. Raška 158
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vol. 2 Number 1
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY HISTORY
Mirror of Life under Communism: Jan Patočka's Interpretation of Czech History by Zdeněk V. David 9
At Home among Strangers: The Extraordinary Year 1950 in the Life of an Ordinary American Family in Communist Czechoslovakia by Kathleen Geaney. 25
Trusting Nothing except Power, Gustáv Husák (1913-1991): An Attempt at a Political Psychological Profile by Josette Baer 43
Male Suicides in Europe and Political Systems by Vládo Simko and Emil Ginter. 53
III. TRANSATLANTIC TIES
Czech Printed Immigrant Press in the United States of America by Alena Jaklová 63
A Case-Study regarding the Anthology of Czech Translations of Contemporary American Poetry Child on Top ofa Greenhouse by Josef Jařáb 71
How the Light got in (and out): Some Thoughts on the Great Czech Cold-War Cultural Renaissance and its Reception in the West by Paul Wilson 77
Václav Havel, His Life and his Legacy in the United States by Martin Palouš 83
IV. COMENIUS AND THE VISUAL ARTS
John Amos Comenius in Czech and Global Visual Art by Markéta Pánková 95
The Opening of the Permanent Exposition “The Cabinet of Coins and Medals of Zdeněk Kolářský” at the Chateau Pardubice in 2015 by Petr Vorel.
V. BOOK REVIEWS
Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest by Jaroslav Pánek 127
Markéta Devátá, Marxismus jako projekt nové společnosti [Marxism as a Pro- ject of the New Society] by Francis D. Raška 133
Josette Baer, A Life Dedicated to the Republic: Vávro Šrobáťs Slovák Czechoslovakism by Zdeněk V. David 135
Eva Semotanová and Jiří Cajthaml, et al, Akademický atlas českých dějin [Academie Atlas of Czech History] by Francis D. Raška 137
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vol. 2 Number 2
I. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
II. TRADITIONS OF THE CZECH AND EUROPEAN REFORMATION
Perennial Hus:
Views from the Protestant Reformation to the Enlightenment by Zdeněk V. David 151
The Importance of the Bohemian Reformation for the Political Culture of Central Europe from the 15th to the 17th Century by Petr Vorel 171
The Bohemian Reformation and the Metamorphoses of Czech Culture by Jaroslav Pánek 181
On the Heritage of Comenius in the U.S.A. by Karel Rýdl 195
III. COMENIUS AND THE VISUAL ARTS
John Amos Comenius in Czech and Global Visual Art by Markéta Pánková 219
IV. EURO AMERICAN CULTURAL RELATIONS
Henryk Sienkiewicz - Artist, Polish Patriot, and Citizen of the World by Marceli Kosman 245
V. BOOK RE VIEWS
Stefan Fisch, Geschichte der Europdischen Universitát. Von Bologna nach Bologna [The History of the European University: From Bologna to Bologna] by Jiří Pešek 265
Jaroslav Mrázek, Svět očima Samuela P. Huntingtona. Pohled z historickosociologické perspektivy [The World through the Eyes of Samuel P. Huntington: A View from a Historio-Sociological Perspective] by Jaroslav Pánek 270
Tomáš Jiránek, Šéf štábu Obrany národa. Neklidný život divizního generála Čeňka Kudláčka [Head of the National Defense Corps - The Restless Life of Division General Čeněk Kudláček] by Václav Veber 274
Jan Mervart, Kultura v karanténě. Umělecké svazy a jejich konsolidace za rané normalizace [Culture in Quarantine: Artists Unions and their Consolidation in the Early Normalization Era] by Francis D. Raška 276
Karol Modzelewski, Zaženem dějin klisny. Vyznání potlučeného jezdce [Riding the Maře of History into the Ground: Confessions of a Bruised Rider] by Francis D. Raška 279
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Inaugural Issue
Vol. 1 Number 1
I. Editor’s Introduction 5
II. The World of Comenius
John Amos Comenius: The 17th Century Bohemian Humanist and His Legacy to Mankind by Jaroslav Pánek 9
The Depiction of J.A. Komenský on Czechoslovak and Czech Legal Tender in the Twentieth Century by Petr Vorel 43
Parallel Landscapes: Bohemia and Moravia in the Age of Comenius by Eva Semotanová 53
III. Views on the Evaluation of Scholarship
The Financing and Evaluation of R&D in the Czech Republic by Jiří Málek 71
Outcomes (or Performance) of the Research Sector in the Czech Republic by Slavoj Czesaný 85
Organization and Funding by Research Councils in the UK by Juraj Iványi 97
Research: Contributions, Cost, and Evaluation by John M. Lehman and Michael B. Prystowsky 101
IV. Book Reviews
Martin Kovář-Miroslav Bárta a kolektiv, Civilizace a dějiny. Historie světa pohledem dvaceti českých vědců (Civilization and History: A History of the World from the Perspective of Twenty Czech Scholars) by Francis D. Raška 115
Markéta Křížová, Otroctví v Novém světě od 15. do 19. století (Slavery in the New World from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries) by Jaroslav Pánek 116
Jiří Pešek-Lucie Filipová a kolektiv, Věda a politika-Německé společenskovědní ústavy v zahraniči (Science and Politics: German Social Science Institutes Abroad) by Petr Vorel 122
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Vol. 1 Number 2
I. Editor’s Introduction 131
II. EPISODES IN 20TH-CENTURY HISTORY
Appeal and Challenge: Masaryk’s Problem with Plato, Comte, and Herder by Zdeněk V. David 135
Andrej Hlinka - A Psychopath? On Clericalism, Politics,and Psychology in Slovakia by Josette Baer 163
Underground Evangelism during the Cold War: The Case of Reverend David Gordon Hathaway by Francis D. Raška 175
Psychological, Cultural, Historical, and Spiritual Aspects of Exile by Bronislava Volková 199
III. THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF MALIGNANT TUMORS IN FEMALES
Introduction to the Most Frequent Malignancies in Females by Karel F. Raška 213
News in Breast Cancer Incidence, Diagnostics, and Treatment by Petra Tesařová 215
The Saint Peter’s Univ. Hospital Breast Center: What have We learned in Twenty-Three Years as a Team by Susan McManus 219
Prevention of Cervical Cancer in the UK by Ivan Jelen 225
Laboratory Evaluation of Breast and Cervical Cancers: What is Really needed? by Karel F. Raška and Abhijeet Chaubal 231
IV. BOOK REVIEWS
New Brazilian Publications about the Czech Reformation and about Comenius by Jaroslav Pánek 239
Václav Klaus a kolektiv, Česká republika na rozcestí - Čas rozhodnutí [The Czech Republic at the Crossroads: Time to decide] by Slavoj Czesaný 243
Jaroslav Šebek, Papežové moderního věku. Vatikán od Pia IX. po Františka a jeho vztah k českým zemím [Popes of the modern age. The Vatican from Pius IX to Francis and its relations with Czech countries] by Jaroslav Pánek. 245
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EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION
Not so long ago, a small group of Czech and American scientists met in New York City and discussed the ways and means through which scientific institutions and universities on both sides of the Atlantic are supported. It was a productive meeting, which led to the idea to establish an independent cultural organization whose aim would be to engage in advocacy in some areas of general interest. Such an organization would bring together scientists and artists, as well as personalities from public life, to address matters of science, education, healthcare, economics, and culture. This marked the beginning of the Comenius Academic Club, the sponsor of this journal.
The first conference of the Comenius Academic Club took place in June 2013 in New York City. The program included a mini-symposium on Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius) and a session on the evaluation and funding of science in the United States and some European countries. The meeting was also used as a venue for the opening of the exhibition “Millennial Heritage of Czech Currency.”
The conference generated a genuine interest on both sides of the Atlantic. Shortly thereafter, the decision was made to establish a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal devoted to Euro-American civilization. The journal should address both current issues as well as history, which could contribute to a better understanding of the present.
It is a privilege and a great honor for me to introduce the first issue of “Comenius: Journal of Euro-American Civilization.” The editors hope that the journal, which will come out biannually, will not only inform of our similarities and differences, but also that it will contribute to the selection of better options.
In this issue, you will find the content arranged in three sections. Since this is the introductory issue, the first part is devoted to the life and work of the world-famous Czech philosopher, thinker, and educator, Jan Amos Komenský (Comenius), whose name we have borrowed. Jaroslav Pánek of the Czech Academy of Sciences summarizes the legacy of Comenius for humankind. Petr Vorel of the University of Pardubice sheds light on and documents the use of images of Comenius on Czechoslovak and Czech banknotes and Eva Semotanová of the Czech Academy of Sciences leads us into the Comenian world of European geography.
The second part reflects in part the discussion of the evaluation and funding of science at the 2013 Comenius conference. Jiří Málek of the Czech government’s Committee on Research, Development, and Innovation introduces the new system of scientific evaluation in the Czech Republic. Slavoj Czesaný of the Economics University in Prague compares research funding and performance in the Czech Republic with that of other European countries. Juraj Iványi of Kings College London briefly introduces the methodology used by funding bodies in the United Kingdom and John Lehman of East Carolina University, together with Michael Prystowsky of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine describes the evaluation process of biomedical research in the United States.
In the final section of the journal, you will find reviews of three recently published books dealing with civilizational issues that cut across disciplinary boundaries.
It is my hope that you will find this volume informative as well as thought-provoking.
Francis D. Raška
Editor
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