The Learned Society of the Czech Republic was established on May 10, 1994 at a festive session in the Hall of Patriots of Carolinum, the original seat of the Charles University, founded 1348 in Prague. Attending were 36 members of the Foundation for the Restoration of the Learned Society who became its Founding Members. New and Honorary Fellows of the Learned Society are elected at annual General Assemblies, pursuant to the Society's Statutes. The Czech Learned Society membership is comprised of 101 Fellows and 38 Honorary Fellows. Prof. Ing. Rudolf Zahradník, DrSc. was elected the first president of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic for the period 1994 – 1997. Succeeding terms were served by Prof. MUDr. Josef Koutecký, DrSc. (1997 – 2002), Prof. PhDr. František Šmahel, DrSc. (2002 – 2004) and RNDr. Jiří Grygar, CSc. (2004 - 2008).

Pursuant to Act 83/1990, the Learned Society of the Czech Republic is a civic association. Its executive body is the Council of the Society.

The Council
the Executive Board of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic
for the period May 2008 - May 2010

• prof. RNDr. Helena Illnerová, DrSc. (president)
• prof. RNDr. Václav Pačes, DrSc. (vice-president)
• RNDr. Jiří Grygar, CSc. (vice-president)
• RNDr. Zdeněk Jirák, CSc. (scientific secretary)
• prof. RNDr. Aleš Pultr, DrSc. (member)
• prof. Ing. Vladimír Mareček, DrSc. (member)
• doc. RNDr. Jan Konvalinka, CSc. (member)
• prof. PhDr. Ivan Hlaváček, CSc. (member)

Headquarters and Secretariat of the Learned Society of the Czech Republic:
Národní 3, 110 00 Praha 1
tel: +420-221 403 384, fax: +420-221 403 418
e-mail: jedinakova@kav.cas.cz, ucena.spol@kav.cas.cz
The Czech Learned Society is a member of
the Council of Scietific Societies of the Czech Republic.

Note: Czech university titles and degrees and their British equivalents