Mgr. Daniela Čadková Ph.D.
cadkova@ics.cas.cz, dcadkova@centrum.cz
+420 234 612 331
Department of Classics and Classical Reception
associate researcher
ASEP
Bibliography
Research focus
• Classical reception 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: Hercules furens, Troades, 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 (2014); The National Theatre in Prague between 1883 and 1900 (2011)
• (with Alena Sarkissian) Shakespeare and the Film (2012); Ancient Roman Drama and Theatre (2010); European Comedy (2010)
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“
Conference papers and lectures in the Czech Republic
• 2023 Prague (Theatrology Society) – lecture “Seneca’s tragedy Agamemnon translated by Václav Renč”
• 2020 Pilsen – Conference paper “‘Tragedy Upside Down’: Amateur Parodic Operetta and its Place in Popular Culture” at the conference Pilsen Symposium on 19th Century Issues: Leisure Time and Entertainement in the Czech Culture of 19th century, oganized by the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Gallery of West Bohemia in Pilsen etc.
• 2017 Prague – Conference Paper “Notes on the Genre of Amateur Parodic Operetta” at the conference Perspectives of Theatre Studies, organized by Society of Theatre Studies, Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, National Museum etc.
• 2015 Prague – Conference paper “Reception of the Silver Age of Latin Literature in Czech Culture between 1850 and 1900” at the conference Roma Argentea MMXV., organized by the Departement of Greek and Latin Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
• 2014 Prague (Circle of Friends of Czech Language) – lecture “The Hippodamia Trilogy of Jaroslav Vrchlický and its Contemporary Reception”
• 2012 Prague (Theatrology Society) – lecture “Jaroslav Vrchlický’s Dramas Inspired by Classical Antiquity”
• 2010 Prague – Conference paper “Plautus and Comedy of Doubles” at the Symposium in honor of Eva Stehlíková, organized by The Center for Classical Studies at the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• 2003 Prague – Conference paper “On the Genesis of Vrchlickýʼs Hippodamia” at the conference Slavism or Cosmopolitanism in Czech 19th Century Literature, organized by the Departement of Czech Literature, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
• 2003 Prague – Conference paper “The New Oresteia of Arnošt Dvořák and the Problem of Oresteian Adaptation” at the Symposium on Aeschylusʼ Oresteia, organized by the Institute for Classical Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences
Popularization
• 2021 festival The Week of the Academy of Sciences, Prague: discussion among A. Sarkissian, D. Čadková, and M. Zahálka: “Truth in Art. On the Representation of Classical Antiquity in Pop Culture”
• 2021 information brochure: J. Bažant, D. Čadková, E. Poláčková, A. Sarkissian, M. Vaculínová: Reception of Classical Culture in Databases. Prague, Academia 2021. 16 pp.
• 2021 Centre for Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague: lecture “Otakar Theer and Otokar Fischer”
• 2018 Open Day of the Centre for Classical Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences: lecture “Otakar Theer’s Phaethon as a ‘Monument to the Czech Revolution’”
• 2014 Open Day of the Centre for Classical Studies, Czech Academy of Sciences: lecture “Greek Myths in the Czech Literature”
• 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 tragedies)
• Classical reception in Czech literature and Drama in the 19th and 20th century
