Centre for Medieval Studies, Prague
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Centrum medievistických studií | |
Type | Research institute |
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Established | 1998 |
Affiliation | Czech Academy of Sciences Charles University |
Director | Pavel Soukup |
Location | , |
Website | cms |
The Centre for Medieval Studies in
History and activities
The centre was established in 1998 thanks to the efforts of
The main objective of the Centre for Medieval Studies as laid down by its statute is to provide highly qualified support to doctoral and post-graduate students in all disciplines of the
A no less serious responsibility of the centre is represented by research and publication projects of an interdisciplinary nature, necessitating the pulling together of top professionals, specialised equipment and financial resources. It organises internal meetings and workshops with guests from the Czech Republic and abroad, and meetings for young scholars with an interdisciplinary orientation towards unconventional projects and approaches to research,
The Centre for Medieval Studies owns a highly specialized and constantly-expanding library equipped with editions of sources and scholarly literature, amounting to some 9,000 volumes. The library is open to all interested students and researchers.[2] The Centre runs the Czech Medieval Sources online project which makes available editions of primary sources important for Czech medieval history for internet users.[4] Since 2009, it publishes Studia Mediaevalia Bohemica (SMB), a biannual journal open to scholarly contributions in all fields related to the Middle Ages in Central Europe written in Czech, Slovak, English, German, Polish, or French.[5]
Directors
- František Šmahel (1998–2004)
- Petr Sommer (2004–2019)
- Pavel Soukup (current)
References
- ^ "What is CMS?". cms.flu.cas.cz. Centre for Medieval Studies.
- ^ ISSN 2464-6245.
- ^ a b "History and Mission". cms.flu.cas.cz. Centre for Medieval Studies. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Czech Medieval Sources online". cms.flu.cas.cz. Centre for Medieval Studies. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "SMB Journal". cms.flu.cas.cz. Centre for Medieval Studies. Retrieved 4 April 2020.