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Doc. PhDr. Milos Calda

Dept. of American Studies, Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague

Publications and Other Academic Activities

 

Chapters in Monographs
- "The Roundtable Talks in Czechoslovakia 1989-1990" (in The Roundtable Talks and the Breakdown of Communism, University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1996; (pp. 135-177). Ed. by Jon Elster.
- Irsko. Chapters "History", "Population and Settlement", "Culture" (parts "Literature and Theater", "Visual Arts“, "Music"), "Mass Media". Institute of Foreign Trade/Czech Press Agency, Prague 1978.
- "Dvakrát do téže řeky? Resuscitace doktríny sociálfašismu a americká levice po uzavření sovětsko-německého paktu o neútočení" [Stepping into the Same River Twice? Resuscitation of the Doctrine of Social Fascism and the American Left after the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact], in: Politologie: Ideje a dějiny. Sborník k 75. narozeninám Theodora Syllaby, ed. Václav Veber. nakl. Gaudeamus, Univerzita Hradec Králové, edice Prométheus sv. 47, 2001, str. 94--111. ISBN 80-7041-448-0
- Zahraniční politika České republiky 1993-2004 [Foreign Policy of the Czech Republic], Otto Pick, Vladimír Handl (eds.), Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, Praha 2004. ISBN 80-86506-39-8. My contribution: "Česko-americké vztahy: od vzdálené alternativy k blízkému spojenectví" [Czech-American Relations: from a Distant Alternative to Close Alliance] (str. 93-98).
- Viribus Unitis: nedosti bylo Jana Křena. Janu Křenovi k pětasedmdesátinám. [Festschrift on the occasion of Jan Kren's 75th birthday] Kristina Kaiserová and Jiri Pesek (eds.). Albis international Ústí nad Labem 2005. ISBN 80-86971-03-1. My contribution: Spory o podstatu fašismu a počátky americké nezávislé levice" [Disputes over the Substance of Fascism and the Birth of American Independent Left] (pp. 87-102).
- Studia Territorialia I - 2001. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. (ed. and Introduction by Milos Calda). Karolinum Praha 2002. ISSN 1213-4449 (Introduction pp. 7-14)
- Studia Territorialia V - 2003. Acta Universitatis Carolinae. (ed. and Introduction by Milos Calda). Karolinum Praha 2005. ISBN 80-246-0912-6. (Introduction pp. 7-15)
- Předmluva [Foreword] in Hana Ripková, Vysoké školství v USA [Higher Education in the U.S.], Karolinum 2006, ISBN 80-246-1151-1. (pp. 9-12)


Working Papers
- Working Paper No. 127 "Demographics Slump vs. Immigration Policy: The Case of the Czech Republic". Presented on November 1, 2005 at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California at San Diego.


Papers in Specialist Journals
- Analytical articles on the developments in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, each of about 10 pages, published in the "Constitutional Watch" section of the East European Constitutional Review quarterly, Chicago. Spring 1992, Winter 1993, Summer 1993, Summer/Fall 1994, Winter 1995, Spring 1995, Summer 1995.
- "Globální vesnice nebo globální město? Třicet pět let od vydání McLuhanova díla Jak rozumět médiím", [Global Village or Global City: 35 Years since the Publication of Marshall McLuhan’s Understanding Media] Mezinárodní politika, 8/1999.
- "43. americký prezident" [43rd American President], Mezinárodní politika 12/2000, str. 4-5.
- "Trnitý proces formování nové americké administrativy", [Rocky Road to the New American Administration] Mezinárodní politika 2/2002.
- "Imigrace a americká společnost" [Immigration and American Society], Mezinárodní politika 10/2003, str. 9-10.
- "Etnické lobby a jejich vliv na zahraniční politiku Spojených států" [Ethnic Lobbies and their Influence on the Foreign Policy of the United States], Mezinárodní politika 4/2004, str. 13-14.
- "Vnitropolitické determinanty americké zahraniční politiky" [Domestic Determinants of U.S. Foreign Policy], Mezinárodní politika 3/2005, str. 8-10.

Review Articles
- "Dvojsečnost americké tradice" [Double-Edged American Tradition], Mezinárodní vztahy 3/98, str. 84-88. (Review of S. M. Lipset, American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword, New York 1996).
- "Euroskeptický pohled na Evropskou unii" [Euro-Sceptic View of the EU], Prostor, č. 43/44 (podzim 1999), str. 169-180 (review of John Laughland, The Tainted Source: The Undemocratic Origins of the European Idea, Little, Brown and Co. 1997, Warner Books 1998)
- "Totalitarismy 20. století v konfrontaci", [20th-Century Totalitarianisms Confronted], Soudobé dějiny 4/2004, str. 146-151. Review of Novák M. (ed.), Komunismus a fašismus, Praha 2002.
- "Kovbojský kapitalismus: evropské mýty, americká realita", Mezinárodní politika 11/06, str. 39-40. Rezenze práce Olaf Gersemann: Cowboy Capitalism: european Myths, American reality. Cato Institute Washington D.C. 2004.

Other Academic Activities  
- Complete set of texts and tests for the State language Examination in the České (then Socialist) Republic. Approximately 30 pages. Prepared for the Ministry of Education of the Czech Soc. Republic, Prague 1989.


Written Assessments
- Assessments of Projects by Czech applicants for the Fulbright Commission grants (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004).

Textbooks
- Reader of English Texts for Philosophy Faculty Students. Section „Philosophy“, pp. 37-50. SPN Prague 1974. Ed. by Karla Hyánková.
- Reader of American History Documents II (IMS FSV UK),

Lectures of "invited speaker" type
"From a Distant Wonderland to a Nearby Disneyland: America in Czech Eyes before and after 1989”. Salzburg Seminar Session, November 1994
"Rules and Procedures in Czech Parliament" (coauthored by Mark Gillis). Conference "Rules and Procedures in Post-Communist Legislative Bodies", Center for Constitutionalism in Central and Eastern Europe, University of Chicago, Chicago (USA), November 1994.
"Jazz as a Politically Incorrect Genre". Conference "America in Central/Eastern Europe; Past and Present. North American Studies Center, Lodz University, Poland, June 1995.
"Czech-American Cultural Transfers in the Interwar Period". Conference Pilsen Talks 1998, May 1998 (I also co-organized the conference)

"Constitution-Making in Post-Communist Countries: A Case of the Czech Republic", výroční konference APSA (American Political Science Association), Atlanta, GA, USA, září 1999. (PDF-file, 201kB)
- "Několik poznámek o politické tradici Spojených států" [Remarks on the Political Culture of the United States], Center for Economics and Politics seminar “USA and Czech Republic – close or distant countries?", Prague, May 2001

- "Akademická svoboda v USA " [Academic Freedom in the U.S.], „Governance and Enterpreneurship in the Czech Republic and the European Union“, conference co-organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, and by the Center for Environmental Studies of Charles University section „Universities and Education“, November 2002. Prague, November 1, 2002. In Konsolidace vládnutí a podnikání v České republice a v Evropské unii: příspěvky z konference konané ve dnech 31.10.-2.11.2002. 3, Univerzity a vzdělání. Ed. Jiří Pešek, Ota Konrád, Blahoslav Hruška. Matfyzpress 2002. ISBN 80-86732-00-2.
"Politologické instituty v USA" [Think Tanks in the USA], Paper presented at the conference co-organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University „Univertities and the State“, section „Universities and Education“, Prague, November 2003. Czech text HERE.

"Globalizace a americká společnost" [Globalization and American Society]. Paper presented at the the conference co-organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, several departments of the Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University, and by the Center for Environmental Studies of Charles University „The Development of Czech Society in the EU“. Czech text HERE.
Participation at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting 2004, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 2004, meeting of American Studies program directors.
"Analýza voleb v USA 2004" [Analysis of 2004 Elections in the U.S], Center for Economics and Politics Conference, Prague, November 2004. Czech text in  Ekonomika, právo, politika č. 37/2005, pp. 11-18, ISBN 80-86547-37-X, ISSN 1213-3299.


Post-Doctoral Dissertation
- The American Left and the Challenges of the 1930s. Charles University FF UK edition, 246 pp. A4, 1998.

M.A. Thesis
- Ideas in E. A. Poe. 1967.

Grants
- U.S. Immigration Policy since 1965 and the Integration of Newcomers. I am the head of a team of researchers. Grant from the Czech Grant Agency 2003-2005

 

Editorial work
- Američtí prezidenti [American Presidents] (orig. Die amerikanischen Präsidenten), Prostor 1999

- Annual Collection of Papers of the Dept. of American Studies, Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague

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