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Jan Odstrčilík is an Academy Scientist at the Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) in Vienna, where he has been working since 2015. Since 2023, he has also been a full member of the Cluster of Excellence: EurAsian Transformations. He specializes in Medieval Latin texts and manuscripts, with a particular focus on multilingualism in medieval preaching and educational treatises.
His educational background includes a PhD in Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies from Charles University in Prague (2012-2015) and a Master's degree in Czech language and literature with focus on Latin from the same institution (2005-2012).
Odstrčilík's research interests center around Medieval Latin texts and manuscripts, Digital humanities applications in medieval studies, Multilingual texts and translation practices, Latin translations of vernacular texts, and the History of education in the Middle Ages. His work bridges traditional philological methods with cutting-edge digital humanities approaches, especially in Handwritten Text Recognition for medieval documents. He has made significant contributions to understanding multilingual sermon traditions, particularly those related to the Hussite movement and Jan Hus.
His scholarly output demonstrates consistent focus on multilingual sermon traditions and the application of digital tools to medieval manuscript studies, with recent work emphasizing AI and machine learning techniques for analyzing medieval texts across linguistic boundaries.
- Herzog Ernst Scholarship (2019) for research on Henry Totting of Oyta
- Summer school 'Beyond Editing' Scholarship (2017)
- Paul Lehmann-Scholarship for Codicological Research (2013)
- Erasmus-Scholarship in Medieval Latin Philology (2010-2011)
Odstrčilík has secured research funding for projects examining Prague University's influence in medieval manuscripts and has developed digital resources including the Dictionary of Medieval Latin in Czech Sources. He has organized numerous workshops and conferences, particularly the Winter School of HTR series, which has trained scholars across Europe in digital manuscript analysis techniques.
He is actively involved in the Working Group on Textual Networks and Translation Cultures at IMAFO, where he contributes to projects like the Database of Carolingian manuscripts and innovative encoding of Carolingian manuscripts in collaboration with other scholars. His leadership in digital humanities initiatives has established him as a key figure in applying computational methods to medieval studies.
