Jaroslav Miller
Czechoslovakia exiled : František Váňa and Hlas domova

2021 | Nakladatelství NLN

“It is the best-run and highest-quality Czech newspaper in the entire free world.” With these heart-warming words Jiří Voskovec belauded Hlas domova, the exile periodical issued by František Váňa in remote Australia for almost three decades. And yet, this book is about more than just Hlas domova; it is also about the r…ise of an alternative Czechoslovak exile centre in Melbourne. If the Council of Free Czechoslovakia aspired to be an umbrella organisation coordinating exile activities throughout individual countries, its disunity and the constant infighting that characterised this organisation gradually led to an erosion of confidence and a steep decline in its authority in the eyes of the entire political diaspora. This naturally led to the heavy atomisation of exiles around the world and to the emergence of several “power” centres of Czechoslovak exile life, with Melbourne gaining prominence thanks to the strong community of Czechoslovaks and especially as the result of František Váňa and his associates’ activities. In a certain sense, Váňa was the “ideal” exile, a kind of reference figure in the Czech exile community, someone you could compare to only a few dozen equally versatile, generally recognised and selflessly working individuals , although they generally enjoyed better starting conditions than their colleague in inhospitable and isolated Australia. “It is the best-run and highest-quality Czech newspaper in the entire free world.” With these heart-warming words Jiří Voskovec belauded Hlas domova, the exile periodical issued by František Váňa in r…emote Australia for almost three decades. And yet, this book is about more than just Hlas domova; it is also about the rise of an alternative Czechoslovak exile centre in Melbourne. If the Council of Free Czechoslovakia aspired to be an umbrella organisation coordinating exile activities throughout individual countries, its disunity and the constant infighting that characterised this organisation gradually led to an erosion of confidence and a steep decline in its authority in the eyes of the entire political diaspora. This naturally led to the heavy atomisation of exiles around the world and to the emergence of several “power” centres of Czechoslovak exile life, with Melbourne gaining prominence thanks to the strong community of Czechoslovaks and especially as the result of František Váňa and his associates’ activities. In a certain sense, Váňa was the “ideal” exile, a kind of reference figure in the Czech exile community, someone you could compare to only a few dozen equally versatile, generally recognised and selflessly working individuals , although they generally enjoyed better starting conditions than their colleague in inhospitable and isolated Australia.

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	165
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ISBN10:	8074228185
ISBN:	9788074228186
Vydání:	First English edition
Vydáno v:	Praha
Vystaveno:	30. 1. 2026 14:28
Číslo položky:	1579098

O autorovi

Jaroslav Miller

Jaroslav Miller je český historik, v letech 2014 až 2021 rektor Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci. Odborně se zabývá urbánní problematikou, dějinami politického myšlení a v posledním období také otázkami českého a slovenského exilu. Jaroslav Miller vystudoval Gymnázium v Šumperku a poté Filozofickou fakultu Univerzity Palackého obory Historie – Ruská filologie a literatura – Anglická filologie a literatura . Pokračoval ve studiu na Středoevropské univerzitě v Budapešti . Absolvoval postgraduální studium na Filozofické fakultě Univerzity Palackého v oboru obecné dějiny a na Central European University v Budapešti v oboru komparativní dějiny. Historii raného novověku studoval také na Oxfordské univerzitě . Mezi jeho učitele patřili například Josef Jařab, Ralf Dahrendorf, Stephen Greenblatt či Robert John Weston Evans. Absolvoval řadu stáží na univerzitách a vědeckých ústavech v Kanadě, Maďarsku, USA, Velké Británii, Spolkové republice Německo a Austrálii. Dvakrát byl stipendistou prestižní německé vědecké nadace Alexandra von Humboldta a americké nadace Andrew W. Mellona . V roce 2008 obdržel stipendium Fulbrightova programu na Georgia College and State University, USA. V letech 2010/2011 zastával místo hostujícího profesora na University of Western Australia v Perthu. V roce 2012 ho velvyslanec Spojených států amerických jmenoval do funkce ambasadora Fulbrightova programu v České republice. V stejném roce byl jmenován profesorem historie. Miller obdržel několik akademických a vědeckých ocenění, mezi jinými v roce 2005 „R. John Rath Prize for Best Study in Habsburg History“ či „Best Urban History Monograph Award“. V roce 2008 vydalo prestižní britské nakladatelství Ashgate jeho monografii Urban Societies in East Central Europe, 1500–1700. V roce 2010 publikoval v New Yorku a Budapešti ...

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