Short biography of Michal Stehlík

Employment:
January 2024 to Date, Museum of Czech Literature, Director
2014-2023, National Museum, Deputy Director General for Central Collection-building and Exhibition Activity
2014,Professor, Institute for a Czech History Charles University
2006–2014, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Dean

Work in Academic, Scientific and Other Fields:
2011-2017, Member of Czech Radio Council, Chairman 2014-2015
2009–2011, Member of the Executive Board of European Faculties of Arts Deans' Initiative
2009–2014, Member of Czech–Austrian Permanent Confederation of Historians
2007–2012, Member of the Council of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, from 2018 member of the Science Board of this Institute.
2007-2017, Member the Supervisory Board of Masaryk Institute and Archive of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,

Research:
The primary themes of my research are modern Czech and Slovak history, history of central Europe in the 20th century, ethnic politics, political processes of the 1950s, collectivization, the development of the Church and its relation to the state after 1945.