Mgr. Jakub Čechvala Ph.D.
cechvala@ics.cas.cz
+420 234 612 330
Department of Classics and Classical Reception
deputy head / associate scholar / managing editor of Eirene. Studia Graeca et latina
ASEP
Bibliography
Research focus
- Greek tragedy and theatre (especially Euripides); archaeology of Greek theatres; methodological issues of interpretation of Greek tragedy
- Czech reception of Greek tragedy
Education
2005–2013 Ph.D. in Classical Greek Philology (Institute of Greek and Latin Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University); Thesis: The Dramatic Shaping of Myth: Tradition, Manipulation, Interpretation
2000–2002: Classical Greek Philology (Institute of Greek and Latin Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague)
1998–2005 MA in Hussite Theology – Religious Studies (Hussite Faculty of Theology, Charles University, Prague)
Employment history
2016 (April) – present: research secretary of the Centre for Classical Studies
2013 (April) – present: managing editor of Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
2012 (May) – present: Centre for Classical Studies (since 2013: Post-doc)
2003–2004 lector of New Testament Greek, Hussite Faculty of Theology, Charles University, Prague
Grants
2006–2007 Specific research project no. 224128 (Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague), Intertextual reading of Greek mythology and tragedy
2004 Cooperation in Multimedia Greek Course (within the development programme of the Czech Ministry of Education, Youths and Sports, no. 391/2004, 378/2005)
Fellowships and research stays
October 2010 – October 2011: University of Crete, State Scholarships of Hellenic Republic (under the guidance of Professor Athena Kavoulaki)
February – July 2007: University of Crete (exchange scholarship of the Czech Ministry Education, Youths and Sports)
Teaching
Antické divadlo [Ancient Theatre] (winter semester 2016/2017, Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague)
Zrození tragédie II. [Birth of Tragedy] (winter semester 2015/2016, Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague)
Zrození tragédie I. [Birth of Tragedy] (spring semester 2014/2015, Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague)
Sofoklés v interpretacích a divadelní kritice [Sophocles in Interpretations and Theatre Criticism] (winter semester 2014/2015 Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague)
Antické divadlo [Ancient Theatre] (winter semester 2013/2014, Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague)
Jak číst řeckou tragédii II. [How to Read Greek Tragedy II.] (spring semester 2012/2013, Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague)
Jak číst řeckou tragédii I. [How to read Greek Tragedy I.] (winter semester 2012/2013, Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague)
Conference papers and lectures abroad
April 2014, Moscow, Lomonosov Moscow State University, International student, postgraduate and young scientist conference “Lomonosov-2014”; lecture: “The Term ‘dithyrambic stasimon’ and the Third Stasimon of Iphigenia in Tauris”
Conference papers and lectures in the Czech Republic
13. 10. 2015 Katedra divadelních studií [Department of Theatre Studies], Masaryk University, Brno; lecture: “Prostorová specifika Dionýsova divadla” [Space of the Theatre of Dionysus]
24. 4. 2014 Jednota klasických filologů [The Association of Czech Classical Philologists], Prague; lecture: “Problematika sboru v řecké tragédii a sborová perspektiva v Ífigenii v Tauridě” [Chorus in Greek Tragedy and Choral Perspective in the Iphigenia in Tauris]
23. 1. 2014 Teatrologická společnost [The Theatrological Association], Prague; lecture: “Řecká tragédie mezi literárním close reading a performance criticism” [Greek Tragedy between Literary Close Reading and Performance Criticism]
16. 10. 2007, Conference “Laetae segetes iterum”, Telč; lecture: “Missing a Target: Intertextuality and Greek Tragedy”
Editorial positions
Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina (since 2013 managing editor)
