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Mgr. Tomáš Havelka, Ph.D. is Head of the Department for the Study and Edition of the Works of J. A. Comenius at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and concurrently Assistant Professor at the Department of Literature, Faculty of Education, Charles University. Since 1997 he has combined research at the Academy with pedagogical activities, specialising in early Czech and European literature and Baroque studies.
Education:
- 2009 – Ph.D. in Czech Literature, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (dissertation: The Comic of Early Modern Bohemian Drama)
- 1990–1996 – Faculty of Education, Charles University, Czech language and art education (diploma thesis: Comic Characters of Czech Baroque Drama)
Research interests centre on the literary culture of the Czech early-modern period, especially the drama and prose of the 17th–18th centuries, the pansophic writings of Jan Amos Comenius, and the broader intellectual and religious contexts of the Czech Baroque. His work integrates textual scholarship, editorial theory, historical theology, and the history of the book.
Current projects include the GA ČR grant Manuscript practices and textuality of exile communities from the Czech lands in the 1620s and 1630s (2025–2027, principal investigator) and participation in the LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ infrastructure project MEMORI – Comenius online.
Editorial and scholarly service:
- Chief editor of the Comenius series
- Secretary of the editorial board, critical edition Dílo Jana Amose Komenského (Academia)
- Member of the editorial board, Acta Comeniana (since 2005)
- Supervisor of six defended master’s theses on early-modern literature
Publications profile:
Author or editor of numerous monographs, critical editions, and scholarly articles; frequent contributor to international conferences and colloquia; active reviewer for leading journals in Czech and European literary history.
