Curriculum Vitae

Person-Related Identification Information

• Prof. Jan Holzer, Ph.D.; 1969, 16th March

Department

• Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Employment - Position

• Professor

Education and Academic Qualifications

• • 2012 - Professor Subject: Political Science Degree at the Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • 2004 - Associate Professor Subject: Political Science Degree at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Theme: Ruské politické strany. Ruské politické stranictví, jeho ideologie a doktríny (Russian Political Parties. Russian Political Partisanship, Its Ideologies and Doctrines) • 1998 - Ph.D. Subject: Political Science Degree at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Theme of Dissertation: Český model autoritativní demokracie. Komparativní analýza vzniku, struktury a mechanismu fungování politického systému Druhé republiky (Czech Model of the Authoritarian Democracy. Comparative Analysis of Rise, Structure and Practice of Political System of the Second Czechoslovak Republic) • 1992 - M.A. Subject: History - Russian Language and Literature Degree at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Master’s Thesis: Vnitřní a systémový vývoj politických stran v českých zemích v období květen 1945 - květen 1946 (Inner and System Genesis of Political Parties in the Czech Lands from May 1945 to May 1946)

Employment

• • since February 2012: Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • since January 2012: research worker, International Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • August 2010 - August 2011: Vice-Dean for Development and External Relations, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • since September 2005: E.MA National Director (Czech Republic) of European Inter - University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization (EIUC, Venice, Italy) • September 2005 - August 2012: Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Studies, Faculty of Political Studies, Wyzsza Szkola Biznesu - National Louis University, Nowy Sacz, Poland • September 2005 - June 2006; September 2007 - June 2008: Visiting Professor, Department of Public Administration and Regional Politics, Faculty of Philosophy and Science, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic • January 2005 – December 2011: research worker, Comparative Political Research Center, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • since March 2004: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • since February 2004: Vice-Dean for Education, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • September 2000 - February 2002: Vice-Dean for International Relations, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • September 1998 - February 2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • January - September 1998: Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • September 1996 - December 1997: Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • October 1993 - August 1996: Junior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Faculty of Defence Economy, Military Academy, Vyškov, Czech Republic

Teaching Activities

• • Political History and Political System of Czech Lands • Political Doctrines: Theory and Practice • Political System of Russia • Political Systems/Regimes of East-European Countries and former Soviet Republics • Theory of Democratization • Theory of Non-Democratic / Hybrid Regimes

Scientific and Research Activities

• • Political System of Russia • Comparative Area Studies and Transitology - Development of Political Systems/Regimes of the East-European Countries and former Soviet Republics • Theory of Non-Democratic and Hybrid Regimes • Czech/Central-European Political Science in Academic and Scientific Space • Modern Czech Politics - Institutions, Actors and Strategies

Internship

• • November 2006 - Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw, Poland • May-June 2003 - Moscow State University of Lomonosov, Department of Political Science, Russia • November 2001 - University of Műnster, Germany • June 2001; June 2000 - University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland • September 2000; September 1999 - Moscow State University of Lomonosov, Russia • June-July 1999 - Warsaw University, Centre for East European Studies, East European Summer School - International School of East Central European History and Contemporary Affairs, Poland • October 1998 - University of Copenhagen, Denmark • October 1997 - University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Poland • March 1996 - Marie Theresie Military Academy, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

University Activities

• • since November 2013: chairman of committee of Doctor’s programme Political Science - Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (October 2004 - January 2008 and December 2011 - November 2013 member, October 2005 - January 2008 vice-chairman) • since May 2004: member of Science Council of Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • since September 2003: Chief of Editorial Board (member since October 1999) of on-line Journal Středoevropské politické studie (Central European Political Studies, www.iips.cz/seps.html), editor Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • January 2003 - February 2004: member of Academic Senate of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • since February 2002: member of committee of Doctor’s programme Theory of Area Studies - Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • October 1999 - August 2000: member of Academic Senate of Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic • January 1997 - January 2003: member of Editorial Board of Journal Politika v ČR (Politics in Czech Republic), editor International Institute of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Activities Outside University

• • since October 2019: member of Science Council of Institute of Political Science and Adminstratiron, University of Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej Lublin (Poland) • since January 2019: member of Editorial Board of Journal Mysl polityczna, UJ Krakow (Poland) • since April 2018: member of Science Council, University of Economics, Prague (Czech Republic) • since January 2018: member of Science Council of Journal Przeglad Sejmowy (Sejm Review), Warsaw (Poland) • since January 2017: country expert, Varieties of Democracy, University of Gothenburg (Sweden) • since November 2015: member of Editorial Board of Journal Annales UMCS. Sectio Balcaniensis et Carpathiensis, UMCS Lublin (Poland) • since September 2015: member of Science Commission of Research Center for East European History, Institute of History of Czech Academy of Science, Brno (Czech Republic) • since April 2015: member of Programme Council of Journal Wschod Europy. Studia humanistyczno-spoleczne (East of Europe. Social-Human Studies), UMCS Lublin (Poland) • since December 2013: member of Editorial Board of Journal Central European Papers, Silesian University Opava – Janos Kodolanyi University Szekesfehervar (Hungary) • since November 2013: chairman of committee of Doctor’s programme Political Science - Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (October 2004 - January 2008 and December 2011 - November 2013 member, October 2005 - January 2008 vice-chairman) • since March 2013: member of Edition Council of Journal Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Rzeszowskiej. Nauki społeczne i zarządzanie (Scientific Workbooks of Politechnik of Rzeszow. Social Sciences and Management), Politechnik of Rzeszow (Poland) • October 2012 – September 2019: member of Science Council of Faculty of Political Science, University of Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej Lublin (Poland) • since March 2012: member of Edition Council of Sociological Publishing House SLON, Prague (Czech Republic) • since March 2012: member of Science Council of CEVRO Institute, Prague (Czech Republic) • November 2011 - September 2015: member of Science Council of Faculty of Arts, University of J. E. Purkyne, Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic) • since November 2010: member of Edition Council of Series Człowiek-Społeczeństwo-Państwo (Human-Society-State), Publishing House Adam Marszałek, Torun (Poland) • April 2009 - March 2013: member of discipline panel for law and political science of Czech Science Foundation • April 2008 - March 2009: member of discipline committee for humanities and social sciences and discipline subcommittee for law and political science of Czech Science Foundation • since July 2006: member of committee of Doctor’s programme Political Science - Department of Political Science and European Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University, Olomouc (Czech Republic) • since January 2006: member of International Political Science Association (IPSA; RC13 and RC33) • January 2005 - December 2011: member of Science Council of Comparative Political Research Center - Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic) • June 2004 – December 2017: member of committee of Doctor’s programme Political Science - Institute of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic) • since May 2004: member of Science Council of Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic) • October 2003 - March 2006: member of Council of Central European Political Sciences Association (CEPSA) as a representative of Czech Republic • September 2003 – December 2018: Chief of Editorial Board (member since October 1999) of on-line Journal Středoevropské politické studie (Central European Political Studies Review, www.cepsr.com), Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic) • January 2003 - February 2004: member of Academic Senate of Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic) • February 2002 – September 2018: member of committee of Doctor’s programme Theory of Area Studies - Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic) • since July 2001: member of East-European Summer School Club of Warsaw University (Poland) • since June 2001: member of European Political Science Network (EPSNet) • October 1999 - August 2000: member of Academic Senate of Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic) • January 1999 - August 2004: member of Science Council of Faculty of Command and Staff, Military Academy, Brno (Czech Republic) • January 1997 - January 2003: member of Editorial Board of Journal Politika v ČR (Politics in Czech Republic), editor International Institute of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic) • September 1996: member of Czech Political Science Association (vice-chairman September 2006 - September 2012; member of committee September 2012 - September 2015) • February - August 1996: member of Science Council of Faculty of Defence Economy, Military Academy, Vyškov (Czech Republic) • January - June 1996: chairman of Academic Senate of Faculty of Defence Economy, Military Academy, Vyškov (Czech Republic) • January 1994 - November 1996: member of Editorial Board of Journal Budování států (Report on the Czech and Slovak Republics), editor International Institute of Political Science, Masaryk University, Brno (Czech Republic)

Awards Related to Science and Research

• since January 2006: member of International Political Science Association (IPSA)

Major Publications

• HOLZER, Jan, Miroslav MAREŠ, Pavel DUFEK, Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Michal MOCHŤAK, Aneta PINKOVÁ, Andrew Lawrence ROBERTS, Petra VEJVODOVÁ a Petr KUPKA. Challenges To Democracies in East Central Europe. London: Routledge, 2016. 145 s. Routledge Advances in European Politics, sv. 127. ISBN 978-1-138-65596-6. URL info
• DUFEK, Pavel, Jan HOLZER a Miroslav MAREŠ. Challenges to democracy in East Central European Politics: introductory remarks. In Holzer, Jan, Miroslav Mareš et al. Challenges To Democracies in East Central Europe. Abingdon: Routledge, 2016. s. 1-14, 15 s. Routledge Advances in European Politics, sv. 127. ISBN 978-1-138-65596-6. information about the book at publisher's website info
• DUFEK, Pavel a Jan HOLZER. Debating democracy in East Central Europe: the issues and their origins. In Holzer, Jan, Miroslav Mareš et al. Challenges To Democracies in East Central Europe. Abingdon: Routledge, 2016. s. 15-35. Routledge Advances in European Politics, sv. 127. ISBN 978-1-138-65596-6. information about the book at publisher's website info
• HOLZER, Jan, Pavel MOLEK, Pavel DUFEK, Jiří BAROŠ, Michal MOCHŤAK, Ivo POSPÍŠIL, Petr PRECLÍK a Hubert SMEKAL. Demokratyzacja i prawa czlowieka. Spojrzenie z Europy Srodkowej. první. Krakow - Brno: Osrodek Mysli Politycznej – Uniwersytet Masaryka, 2016. 327 s. Studie i analizy. ISBN 978-83-64753-47-3. URL info
• VLČEK, Tomáš a Jan HOLZER. Demokratizace a lidská práva. 2014. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Democracy versus Non-democracy. Historical and Methodological Comments on theory and classification of political regimes. In Malicki, Jan. Russia of the Tsars, Russia of the Bolsheviks, Russia of the new times. první. Warsaw: Centre for East European Studies University of Warsaw, 2013. s. 133-149. ISBN 978-83-61325-30-7. info
• BAROŠ, Jiří. Demokracie, konstitucionalismus a lidská práva. In Jan Holzer, Pavel Molek. Demokratizace a lidská práva. Středoevropské pohledy. 1. vyd. Brno - Praha: MUNI Press - SLON, 2013. s. 104-124. Studie 105. svazek. ISBN 978-80-7419-159-6. info
• BAROŠ, Jiří a Pavel DUFEK. Teorie lidských práv. In Jan Holzer, Pavel Molek. Demokratizace a lidská práva. Středoevropské pohledy. 1. vyd. Brno - Praha: MUNI Press - SLON, 2013. s. 75-103. Studie 105. svazek. ISBN 978-80-7419-159-6. info
• BALÍK, Stanislav, Jan HOLZER a Vít HLOUŠEK. The Political System in the Czech Republic. In Political Systems of Visegrad Group Countries. Trnava, Lublin: University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 2012. s. 13-41. mimo edice. ISBN 978-80-8105-434-1. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Dwa czeskie autorytaryzmy. In Adamczyk, A. – Biniecka, P. - Kazmierczak, K. Europa XX wieku miedzy totalitaryzmem, autorytaryzmem a demokracja. Piotrkow Trybunalski - Warszawa: EURO-CENTRUM – Instytut Józefa Pilsudskiego, 2011. s. 179-198. ISBN 978-83-7726-030-2. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Ladislav CABADA. Political Science in the Czech Republic. In A Student´s Guide to European Universities. 1. vyd. Opladen & Farmington Hills: Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2011. s. 95-108. Guide de létudiant Européen en Sciences Sociales. ISBN 978-3-86649-386-5. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Die Transformation in der Tschechoslowakei. Anmerkungen zum Typus des nicht-demokratischen Regimes. In Jahre des Umbruchs. Friedliche Revolution in der DDR und Transition in Ostmitteleuropa. 1. vyd. Gőttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011. s. 93-102. Schriften des HAIT Band 43. ISBN 978-3-525-36919-7. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Pavel PŠEJA. Twenty Years of Czech Political Science: On the Edge of Maturity. In Political Science in Central-East Europe. Diversity and Convergence. 1. vyd. Opladen & Farmington Hills: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2010. s. 103-118. IPSA AISP. ISBN 978-3-86649-293-6. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Petr HLAVÁČEK. Lukashenka´s Belarus. A Dilemma of Regime Type in the Light of Linz´s Theory. Politeia. Krakov: Jagellonská univerzita, 2010, roč. 12, č. 2, s. 157-174. ISSN 1733-6716. info
• BALÍK, Stanislav, Jan HOLZER a Jakub ŠEDO. Samt und sanft - wohin man auch schaut: Die so genannte "samtene" Revolution in der Tschechoslowakei. In Akteure oder Profiteure? Die demokratische Opposition in den ostmitteleuropaeischen Regimeumbruechen 1989. 1. vyd. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag fuer Sozialwissenschaften, 2010. s. 183-202. Politische Kultur in den neuen Demokratien Europas. ISBN 978-3-531-15576-0. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Quality in the transitional process of establishing political science as a new discipline in Czech higher education (post 1989). In Leadership and Management of Quality in Higher Education. 1. vyd. Oxford - Cambridge - New Delhi: Chandos Publishing, 2010. s. 137-146. CP. ISBN 978-1-84334-576-3. URL info
• HOLZER, Jan a Stanislav BALÍK. The Concept of Totalitarianism - Czech Reflections and Inspirations. DIVINATIO. Studia culturologica series. Sofia: MSHS Sofia, 2010, roč. 31, spring, s. 125-144. ISSN 1310-9456. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Josef SMOLÍK. Sportovní politika. In BALÍK, Stanislav, Ondřej CÍSAŘ a Petr FIALA. Veřejné politiky v České republice v letech 1989-2009. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2010. s. 476-504, 28 s. Srovnávací politologie, 13. ISBN 978-80-7325-236-6. info
• BALÍK, Stanislav a Jan HOLZER. Gozar be demokrasí. In BALÍK, Stanislav a Pavel PŠEJA. Gozar be demokrasí dar kešvarhá-je Oropá-je markazí. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2009. s. 26-36. mimo edice. ISBN 978-80-7325-182-6. URL info
• HOLZER, Jan a Hubert SMEKAL. The Czech Republic: From Lip Service to Concrete Application. In 60 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Europe. 1. vydání. Belgium: Intersentia, 2009. s. 305-324. Intl Law and Human Rights. ISBN 978-90-5095-880-6. info
• HOLZER, Jan. The transition in Czechoslovakia: prepositions and consequences. In Die Friedliche Revolution in der DDR 1989/90. Transition im ostmitteleuropaischen Vergleich. 2009. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Stanislav BALÍK. Weak Opposition Takes Power: Czechoslovakia 1989-1990. In Autoritarismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa. 1. vydání. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2009. s. 86-108. 1. ISBN 978-3-531-16845-6. info
• HOLZER, Jan, Roman CHYTILEK, Pavel PŠEJA a Michal ŠINDELÁŘ. Jaká se produkuje politická věda? Tematická analýza publikací v českých recenzovaných politologických časopisech. Politologický časopis. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2009, XVI., č. 2, s. 91-115. ISSN 1211-3247. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Stanislav BALÍK. Postkomunistyczne rezimy niedemokratyczne. Badania nad przemianami teorii politycznej w okresie po transformacji ustrojowej. 1. vydání. Krakow: Osrodek Mysli Politycznej, 2009. 237 s. seria Biblioteka Mysli Politycznej. ISBN 978-83-60125-67-0. info
• HOLZER, Jan. On the Road to Normal Science: The State of the Discipline as Seen by Political Science Communities in Four Central European Countries. In XXI. World Congress of International Political Science Association. 2009. info
• HOLZER, Jan, Roman CHYTILEK, Pavel PŠEJA a Michal ŠINDELÁŘ. Kým a kde se produkuje česká politická věda? Personálně-institucionální analýza publikací v českých recenzovaných politologických časopisech. Středoevropská politická studia. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav MU Brno, 2009, XI., 2-3, 22 s. ISSN 1212-7817. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Petr HLAVÁČEK. Opposition in Non-Democratic Regimes: Notes on Possibilities and Limits of Current Theory. World Political Science Review. Berkeley: The Berkeley Electronic Press, 2009, roč. 5, č. 1, 16 s. ISSN 1935-6226. URL info
• HOLZER, Jan. The Definition of Totalitarianism in Accordance to the Czechoslovak/Czech Situation. In Totalitarianisms of the 20th Century in Comparative Perspective. 2009. info
• HLOUŠEK, Vít a Jan HOLZER. So-called Eastern Studies and Czech Political Science. In East and West. History and Contemporary State of Eastern Studies. 1. vydání. Warsaw: Uniwersity of Warsaw - Centre for East European Studies, 2009. s. 179-199. ISBN 83-61325-09-3. info
• HOLZER, Jan, Roman CHYTILEK, Pavel PŠEJA a Michal ŠINDELÁŘ. O pravidlech polemiky, politické vědě a apriorních představách. Středoevropská politická studia. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav MU Brno, 2009, XI., č. 4, 6 s. ISSN 1212-7817. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Totalitäre Traditionen in der tschechischen Politik. Bohemia. A Journal of History and Civilisation in East Central Europe. München: Collegium Carolinum, 2009, roč. 49, č. 2, s. 359-370. ISSN 0523-8587. info
• BALÍK, Stanislav a Jan HOLZER. Teorija i praktyka perechodu do demokratiji. In Uspišnyj šljach. Demokratija, hromaďans´ke suspiľstvo, transformacija i intehracija Jevropy. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2009. s. 39-45. mimo řady. ISBN 978-80-7325-204-5. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Fenomén ruské revoluce a politologovo oborové curriculum. In Hanuš, J. - Vlček, R. (eds.): Interpretace ruské revoluce 1917. 1. vydání. Brno: CDK, 2008. s. 109-121. Edice Dějiny a kultura, svazek č. 16. ISBN 978-80-7325-150-5. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Pavel PŠEJA. Na cestě ke světlým zítřkům aneb česká politologie patnáct let po. Politologický časopis. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2007, XIV, č. 1, s. 61-70. ISSN 1211-3247. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Ženíšek, M.: Přechody k demokracii v teorii a praxi. Plzeň, vyd. a nakl. Aleš Čeněk - FF ZČU 2006. Politologický časopis. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2007, XIV, č. 1, s. 74-76. ISSN 1211-3247. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Stanislav BALÍK. Linz Revisited: Theory of Non-Democratic Regimes in Post-Transition Era. In Warsaw East European Conference 2007. Democracy vs. Authoritarianism. Abstracts. Warsaw: OSW Warsaw, 2007. s. 36. ISBN 83-903109-2-9. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Petra KUCHYŇKOVÁ. Russia in the Era of B. Yeltsin: A Case Study of An Uncertain Regime. In Prague Perspectives II. A New Generation of Czech East European Studies. 1. vydání. Praha: National Library of the Czech Republic – Slavonic Library, 2007. s. 277-308. ISBN 978-80-7050-534-2. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Stanislav BALÍK. Postkomunistické nedemokratické režimy. první. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2007. 223 s. Politologická řada - č. 25. ISBN 978-80-7325-128-4. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Pavel PŠEJA. Politologia Czeska: pietnasce lat rozwoju. In Politologia w Polsce. Stan badaň i perspektywy. 1. vyd. Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo UW, 2007. s. 109-131. sv. 5. ISBN 83-914951-4-0. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Občanská demokratická strana a tradice české politiky. In Občanská demokratická strana a česká politika. ODS v českém politickém systému v letech 1991-2006. 1. vyd. Brno: CDK, 2006. s. 271-283. Politické strany a hnutí. ISBN 80-7325-079-9. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Platí ještě v české politice tranzitologické paradigma? In Parlamentní volby 2006 a česká politika. 1. vyd. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2006. s. 26-37. ISBN 80-210-4161-7. info
• HOLZER, Jan. Poznámka k metodologii praktické politiky v Čechách a na Moravě. In Sociální stát, sen, či noční můra? 1. vydání. Praha: Votobia + Institut mediální komunikace VŠJAK, 2005. s. 31-37. ISBN 80-7220-221-9. info
• HOLZER, Jan a Petr HLAVÁČEK. Lukašenkovo Bělorusko. Případová studie nedemokratického režimu. Středoevropské politické studie. Brno: MPU, 2005, VII., č. 4, s. 409-427, 29 s. ISSN 1212-7817. info
• FIALA, Petr a Jan HOLZER. Politické strany Ruska. Hledání identity. Brno: CDK, 2004. 335 s. Politologická řada, svazek č. 18. ISBN 80-7325-032-2. info

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