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Zuzana Rozwałka, Ph.D. serves as an Assistant Professor at the Japanese Studies Seminar within the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. Her office is located in building B1/B1.213 at Arna Nováka 1, where she teaches Japanese language and culture to students. With a focus on Japanese theater, calligraphy, and cultural studies, Dr. Rozwałka contributes significantly to the field of Japanese Studies in Central Europe.
Dr. Rozwałka's research interests span multiple dimensions of Japanese culture and its reception in Czech lands:
- Japanese Theater (particularly Kabuki and traditional performance)
- Japanese Calligraphy and writing systems
- Cross-cultural reception of Japanese culture in Central Europe
- Orientalism in contemporary literature
- Historical Japanese-Czech cultural exchanges
- Japanese cultural concepts in global context (Ikigai, Wabi-sabi)
Her scholarly output demonstrates a consistent focus on the intersection of Japanese traditional arts and their reception in Czech cultural context. Over the past decade, Dr. Rozwałka has organized numerous calligraphy workshops for Japanese Studies students and contributed to academic conferences on Japanese theater. Her recent work examines how Japanese cultural concepts are interpreted through an Orientalist lens in self-help literature, while maintaining strong connections to historical analyses of Japanese performance in Czech lands.
Dr. Rozwałka actively contributes to academic community through:
- Organizing the annual Japonica Brunensia conference
- Coordinating the Summer School of Japanese Studies
- Mentoring students in Japanese language and culture
- Developing specialized curriculum for Japanese Studies
Her work bridges traditional Japanese cultural practices with contemporary academic inquiry, creating valuable opportunities for students to engage with authentic Japanese cultural experiences through workshops, lectures, and specialized courses.