Mgr. Daniela Čadková Ph.D.

Foto pracovníka Daniela Čadková

cadkova@ics.cas.cz, dcadkova@centrum.cz
+420 234 612 331

Department of Classics and Classical Reception
associate researcher
ASEP
Bibliography

Research focus

• reception of Classical Antiquity 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, 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 tradition in Czech literature and Drama in the 19th and 20th century
• reception of the Classical Antiquity in 19th century parodies, operettas and burleques