Kvaček Robert

Prof., PhDr., CSc.
Born July 5, 1932 in Dvorce, † April 27, 2024

• Member of Learned Society since 2004 

Educational and professional preparation: 

• 1951, graduate academic secondary school, Jičín; 
• 1951-1956, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University (FP CU); 
• 1965, CSc., FP CU; 
• 1967, PhDr., FP CU; 
• 1966, Associate Professor in Czechoslovak history; 
• 1990, Full Professor in Czechoslovak and Czech history, FP CU 

Employment and academic positions: 

• 1956-1959, assistant lecturer, FP CU; 1959-1967, lecturer, PF CU; 
• 1967-1990, Associate Professor, PF CU; 
• 1990-2002, Professor, PF CU; 
• 2002-present, External Professor, PF CU; 
• 1998-present, Professor, Pedagogical Faculty, Technical University (PF TU) in Liberec (part time) 

Membership in selected domestic scientific bodies: 

• 1990-1996, Member, Scientific Council, PF CU 
• 1993-2003, Member, T. G. Masaryk Institute, AS CR (AS CR) 
• 1998-present, Member, Curatorium of Masaryk Institute 
• 1998-present, Member, Scientific Council, Hradec Králové University 
• 1998-present, Member, Scientific Council, PF TU 
• 2002-present, Member, Assembly of AS CR 
• 2002-present, Member, Council of National Museum 
• 2002-present, Member, Scientific Council, Czechoslovak Documentation Centre 
• 1990, Member, Higher Editorial Board, Czech Historical Journal 
• 2003-present, Member, Commission for Science of Literary Fund of CR 

Membership and positions in international organizations and societies: 

• 1993, Member, Czech-Slovak Commission of Historians, Prague-Bratislava 
• 1995, Member, Czech-Russian Commission of Historians, Prague-Moscow 

Notable awards: 

• 1976, Annual Award, Mladá fronta Publishing House, Prague 
• 1984, Annual Award, Melantrich Publishing House, Prague 
• 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004, E. E. Kisch Award, International Jury, Prague  
• 1998, Medal, Charles University 
• 2002, Medal, PF TU, Liberec, 
• 2003, Annual Award, KALF (Non-fiction Literature Club) and SČS Jury, Prague (for authors of factual literature) 

Selected publications (all in Czech): 

• Fatal Mission, Prague 1958
• Cloudy Over Europe, Czechoslovakia and Europe 1933-1937, Prague 1967
• The History of One Year, Prague 1976
• On Historical Traditions, Prague 1984
• And the World Has Changed, Prague 1987
• Diplomats and the Others, Diplomacy of the Great Three and the Axis, Prague 1988
• Problematical Allies. Political and Diplomatic Relations between Czechoslovakia and France 1937-1938, Prague 1989
• The Case of Emil Hácha (together with D. Tomášek), Prague 1995
• Czech History 1790-1992, Prague 2002
• The First World War and the Czech Question, Prague 2003