Appendix 4

country report – Czech Republic

October 2003 – April 2004

1. New courses and new centres       

Masaryk University, Brno

            - The Early Writing in Canada (Klara Kolinská, Department of English and American

Studies, in English)

- Canadian Film (Tomáš Pospíšil, Department of English and American

Studies, in English)

            - Introduction to Canadian Arts (Karel Foustka, AMU Praha, in English)

- Canadian Drama (Martin Pšenička, Department of Theatre Studies; taught in Czech, play texts in English)

2. Conferences, conference participation

“SCO 2004: E-learning is coming”, Masaryk University in Brno, 26 January.2004

- Alois Hynek, Leona Kovaříková, Pavel Sedlacek (Masaryk University, Brno). “E-  

    learning in Teaching the Geography of Canada“

4th Canadian Studies Seminar, Komenský University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 26 March 2004

- Alois Hynek, Leona Kovaříková, Pavel Sedláček (Masaryk University, Brno),

      “Multimedia in Teaching the Geography of Canada”

- Jaroslav Hroch (Masaryk University, Brno), “The Philosophy of Charles Taylor”

- Nikola Hynek (Masaryk University, Brno), “Canada and the Concept of Middle

      Power”

- Zdenka Schejbalová (Masaryk University, Brno), “Le langage parlé au Canada”

- Don Sparling (Masaryk University, Brno). “A Canadian Thanksgiving – July 3, 1927”

3^rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, Krakow, Poland, 30 April – 3 May 2004

- Klara Benisova (Masaryk University, Brno), “The Perception of French-Canadians by

      the ‘English’ Rest of Canada”

- Kenneth Froehling (VUT, Brno), “The ‘Tourtiere’ and Its Link to One’s French

      Canadian Heritage”

- Alois Hynek (Masaryk University, Brno), “Mental Maps of Canada”

- Jaromir Kadlec (Palacky University, Olomouc), “Le monde acadien et son reflet dans

      les particularites lexicales du francais acadien”

- Nikola Hynek (Masaryk University, Brno), “Canada in the International System”

- Klara Kolinska (Masaryk University, Brno), “‘In the Midst of Terrors’: Anna Brownell

      Jameson’s Discovery of Canada”

- Leona Kovarikova (Masaryk University, Brno), “Perception of Nova Scotia and           Regional Policy

- Petr Kylousek (Masaryk University, Brno), “Le ‘pays incertain’ de Jacques Ferron”

- Katerina Prajznerova (Masaryk University, Brno), “The Persistent Historical ‘Ghosts’

      of Haida Gwaii

- Pavel Sedlacek (Masaryk University, Brno), “The Canadian City at the Dawn of the

      New Millenium”

- Don Sparling (Masaryk University, Brno), “Parliament Hill as a Site of Memory”

3. Academic publications

Klara Kolinksá, “Trickster Fictions and Subversive Storytelling”, in: Individual and Community: Canada in the 20^th Century, proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, 26-28 October 2001, Bucharest, Romania

Don Sparling, “Society and the Individual in Modern Canadian Drama”, in: Individual and Community: Canada in the 20^th Century, proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, 26-28 October 2001, Bucharest, Romania

Kenneth Froehling, “The Regionalization of Canadian Federal Elections and the Decline in Voter Turnout”, in: Individual and Community: Canada in the 20^th Century, proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, 26-28 October 2001, Bucharest, Romania

Alois Hynek and Leona Kovaříková, “Teaching the Geography of Canada”, in: Individual and Community: Canada in the 20^th Century, proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, 26-28 October 2001, Bucharest, Romania

Alois Hynek and Leona Kovaříková. Geography of Canada (in Czech). Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Geography, Brno, 2003, 214 p.

4. Visiting lecturers

Masaryk University

- Danielle Schaub, University of Haifa, Israel, visiting lecture  – 4 December 2003

- Prof. Alfred Pletsch, Philipps University, Marburg – series of lectures 14-19 March 2004

5. Grants

Masaryk University, Brno

- grant from the J.F. Kennedy Institute, Berlin, for Martina Horáková to do research on

     Native Canadian and American literature

- Faculty Enrichment Programme grant – Zdeňka Schejbalová

- the AIEQ Gaston Miron Prize to Petr Vurm for research in Quebec on Rejean

   Ducharme

Palacký University, Olomouc

- Faculty Enrichment Programme grant – Jiři Flajšar

University of Hradec Králové

- Faculty Enrichment Programme grant – Daniele Geoffroy Konštacký

6. Young Canadianists

Masaryk University, Brno

- MA theses in progress: French Canadian literature (4), English Canadian literature (3),

            Geography (2)

- PhDs in progress: Francophone literature (2), political science (1), theatre (1), Native

   literature (2), philosophy (1). geography (3)

Charles University, Prague

- PhDs in progress: Anglophone literature (1), political science (1)

Palacky University, Olomouc

- MA in progress:  Anglophone literature (1)

- PhD in progress: Anglophone literature (1)

7. Cultural activities related to Canada

- articles published regularly at the “Canadian books” section of the literature server www.iliteratua.cz

- lecture by Alois Hynek, Leona Kovaříková, Pavel Sedláček: “The Canadian Rockies, etc.” as a part of a photo exhibition by Radovan Vales: “Canada Rocky Mountains, etc.”, Prague, 8 April 2004

8. Translations and special issues of journals

Vinnetou tady nebydlí (Vinnetou Doesn’t Live Here), a collection of thirty-

   two contemporary short-stories by North American Natives (Canadian and                            American), translated by students from Masaryk University

9.  Other

Lecture – Pavel Sedláček, Alois Hynek: “Vancouver and its Surroundings”, The Czech Geographical Society, South Moravian Branch, 8 December 2003