prof. PhDr. Jan Bažant CSc.
bazant@ics.cas.cz, janjakubbazant@gmail.com
+420 602 156 298
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 Arts, Charles University in Prague, external member
Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, external member
Department of Art History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, external member
Masaryk Institute od Advanced Studies, Czech Technical University in Prague
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)
"Ancient Gems on the Imperial Crown of Charles IV. (1349)" in: ANCIENT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ELITES FROM THE BRONZE AGE TOLATE ANTIQUITY (CENTRAL EUROPE – MEDITERRANEAN – BLACK SEA), Trnava, Trnava University 8.10.2017
„Metamorphosis of Aphrodite in Modern Times. Statues of the Goddess in Czech Culture.“ 11-12, Athens, Muzeum G. Gounaropoula.
"Pompa in honorem Ferdinandi, 1558" University College London: Memory and Performance: Classical Reception in Early Modern Festivals (15th-18th Century), 2023-02-23
Conference papers and lectures in the Czech Republic
„Jak byla vynalezena Venuše / How Venus was Invented,“ Hradecké klasické rozhovory 2016, Hradec Králové 29.6. 2016
"Renaissance Villas in Prague as Imperial Attributes: from Ambition to Achievement", in: Archduke Ferdinand II (1529-1595) and his Cultural Patronage between Prague and Innsbruck, Academic Conference Center, Praha, 22. 2. 2018
"Aphrodite among Christians. Representation of the naked goddess in late antiquity" in: International Postgraduate Conference (Perspectives of Classical Archaeology) 2019. Visual culture in the classical world 17.12.2019
"Lanna und antike Mythologie - Ikonografische Analyse den Wandgemälden von H. Gärtner" in: Lanna et Lanna. Interdisziplinäre wissenschaftliche Konferenz, Villa Lanna, Praha 1.6.2021
„Návrat démona. Recepce Venuše v raném novověku The Return of Demon. Reception of Venus in Early Modern Europe“ in: Peregrinare – scribere – docere. Setkání k poctě Janě Kepartové, Pedagogická fakulta UK, 11.6, 2021
„Ikonologie“ Ústav pro klasickou archeologii FF UK 16.5.2022
„O čem vypovídají zobrazení na athénských vázách 6.-4. století před Kristem?/ Interpretation of Ancient Greek Vases“ UK, PF Katedra andragogiky a managementu vzdělávání, 34. letní škola historie, Praha PF UK, 4.7.2022
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
"Perseus a Medusa dnes / Perseus and Medussa Today "Národní Muzeum v Praze, Cyklus přednášek věnovaných antickému starověku, 7.11.2017
"Antická mytologie v českém umění / Ancient Mythology in Czech Art" Slánská akademie volného času, Dny italské kultury ve Slaném, Slaný, 7.4. 2018
"Adalbert Lanna. Der verlorene Ruhm" ORF 27.10.2019, 18:26 (interview).
„Rezidence rodu Lannů – mluvící architektura / Lanna Residences“ in: Dny evropského kulturního dědictví (České Budějovice klasicistní) Jihočeské muzeum v Českých Budějovicích, 12.9.2020
„Afrodita dnes / Aphrodita Today“ exhibition organised by Akademiíe věd České republiky and Spolek grafických umělců Hollar ve výstavní síni „Věda a umění“, Národní 3, 3.9.-22.10.2021.
"Belvedere v Královské zahradě Pražského hradu/ Belvedere in the Garden of the Prague Castle," Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy U3V, exkursion 12.10.2024
"Letohrádek Hvězda v Liboci/ Summerhouse Star in Liboc," Ústav klasických studií Masarykovy univerzity Brno, exkursion, 11.10.2024
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
Memberships in academic associations and other academic bodies
2023 - SASPRO 2 (Slovak Academic and Scientific Programme 1) Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowsja-Curie COFUND Action 2, member of the evaluation gremium
2021 - National Museum, Historical Museum, Collection of classical archaeology, member of the advisory committee
2021 - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Commission for DSc. degrees in the field of classical studies, member
2017 - Government of the Czech Republic, Research, Development and Innovation Council, member of the expert panel I
2012 - 2017, Council for Cooperation with Universities and Training of Researchers of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, member
1989 – 1999 International Scientific Committee 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
The Prague Belvedere (1537-1562), together with R. Leggatt Hofer (in print, Academia)
Afrodita včera a dnes (in print, Filosofia)
Řecké mýty / Greek myth (in preparation, Argo)
