Personal information

• Martin Klapetek, Ph.D. born 27. 3. 1977 on Čeladná

Department/Faculty/University

• Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
  The Faculty of Theology
  University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
  Kněžská 8, CZ- 370 01 České Budějovice

Function, current position

• Lecturer

Education and academic qualifications

• 2003: Mgr., Historical Studies - Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts Masaryk University in Brno, thesis "Pilgrimage as the component of folk spirituality in years 1945-1989"
• 2003: State Examination for Teaching, History-Social sciences, FF MU
• 2010: Ph.D., Study of Religions, Faculty of Arts Masaryk University in Brno, thesis "Muslim Organizations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland"

Professional experience

• 2005 -: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies The Faculty of Theology University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, lecturer

Teaching activities

• Study of Religions - World Religions (for full-time study and external study)
• Fenomen Pilgrimage in Western Monotheism (for full-time study and external study)
• Folk Spirituality (for full-time study and external study)
• Systematic Study of Religions 3. (Islam) (for full-time study)
• Introduction to Reading the Koran (for full-time study and external study)
• Islam on the Threshold of the Third Millenium (for full-time study and external study)
• Islamic Art and Architecture (for full-time study in The Faculty of Theology University of South Bohemia and for external in Faculty of Arts Masaryk University in Brno)
• Reading the scholarly Texts in German 1. (for full-time study and external study)
• Systematic Study of Religions 4. (India)(Hinduism, Early Buddhism) (for full-time study and external study)
• Introduction to the Study of Religions
• New religious movement (for full-time study)
• Islam in Western Europe (for full-time study in Faculty of Arts Masaryk University in Brno)
• Islam (for external study in Faculty of Arts Masaryk University in Brno)
• Proseminar for Islam (for external study study in Faculty of Arts Masaryk University in Brno)
• Postcolonialism, Orientalism, Balcanism, and the Concept of Central Europe (for full-time study in Faculty of Philosophy, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice)

Research activities

• Islam in Western Europe
• Folk Devotion - Pilgrimage
• Modern Sacred Architecture
• Interfaith Dialogue and Religions in Pluralistic Society

Projects

• 2006: Program CURSUS INNOVATI The Jan Hus Educational Foundation "Innovation of Lecture Study of Religions – World Religions".
• 2007: Project Higher Education Development Fund (FRVŠ), No. 464/2007 F5/a "Innovation of Lecture Systematic Study of Religions 3. (Islam)"
• 2008: Project Higher Education Development Fund (FRVŠ), No. 192/2008 F5/a "Innovation of Lectures on Faculty of Theology University of South Bohemia - replenish the fund teaching aids (ritual, ikonografic and art charakter)"
• 2014: Subproject TF - Innovation of Lecture „Islamic Art and Architecture“, Institutional Development Plan 2014 University of South Bohemia in Czech Budejovice.
• 2014-2016: Postdoctoral Project "Contemporary Islamic Architecture in Germany, Austria and Switzerland", Czech Science Foundation.
• 2014-2016: Member of team of Standard project "Death, Tombs and Grave in Islam", Czech Science Foundation.
• 2014: Innovation of Lecture „Introduction to Reading the Qur'an“, Institutional Plan 2015 University of South Bohemia in Czech Budejovice.

Professional stays abroad

• 2005: Intensiv Program Socrates/Erasmus "The Concept of God in Europes Global Religious Dialogue- Translating God(s): Thinking the Divine in Interreligious Encounter." Paris, France.
• 2006: "Neuwaldegg Summer Seminar" Neuwaldegg Institut/Civil Institut, Vienna, Austria.
• 2006: SOCRATES/ERASMUS - lectures about modern history of islam, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Greek-Catholic Theology, University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia.
• 2009: ERASMUS - lectures about modern history of islam in Europe and Arabic in Koran Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Greek-Catholic Theology, University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia.
• 2012 March: "Study and research stays for academic staff" at the Institute of Religious Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland), the program Academic Information Agency, the Centre for International Services of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
• 2012 September October: "Study and research stays for academic staff" in Berlin (Poland), financed by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
• 2013: lectures about classical islam and modern history of islam in Europe, Department of Ethnology and Non-European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia.
• 2014: March-April: "Study and research stays for academic staff" at the Department for European Islam Studies Warsaw University (Poland), the program Academic Information Agency, the Centre for International Services of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
• 2017: ERASMUS+ - lectures about islam in Germany and Austria, Department of Ethnology and Non-European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Slovakia.
• 2019: March-April: "Study and research stays for academic staff" at the Department for European Islam Studies Warsaw University (Poland), the program Academic Information Agency, the Centre for International Services of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

Non-university activities

• 2004 -: member of Czech Association for the Study of Religion. 2015-2017: Member of the Executive Committee
• 2006-2016: moderator of local group The Czech Christian Academy in České Budějovice
• 2007 - 2016: draft committee of Religious Studies journal Pantheon, Department of Religious Studies Faculty of Arts and Philosophy University of Pardubice, 2013 - 2016: assistant editor.
• 2007-2014: draft committee of tabloid "Perspektivy" of journal Katolický týdeník
• 2009 -: member of Společnost česko-arabská/Czech–Arab Society
• 2009 -: member of Společnost pro mezináboženský dialog/Society for Interreligious Dialogue.
• 2014-: member of Baraka: Centrum pro kultury Blízkého východu a severní Afriky.
• 2014-: member of Rada Wspólna Katolików i Muzułmanów/The Common Council of Catholics and Muslims.

Scientific lecturer czech edition

• Sean McLoughlin, Světová náboženství, Praha: REBO 2005, 320 s. ISBN 80-7234-446-3
• Ludmila Muchová, Porozumění světovým náboženstvím, Brno: Jiří Brauner, Kartuziánské nakl. 2006, 147 s. ISBN 80-86953-03-3
• Karel Sládek, Ruská diaspora v České republice. Červený Kostelec: Nakladatelství Pavel Mervart 2010, 144 s.
• Audiovizuální pořady Judaismus, Křesťanství, Islám, Hinduismus, Buddhismus. Pardubice: Religionistické a filosofické vzdělávací centrum Univerzity Pardubice 2010.
• Pracovní listy religionistiky. Sv. 1-9. Pardubice: Religionistické a filosofické vzdělávací centrum Univerzity Pardubice 2010. ISBN 978-80-7395-270-9 (soubor)
• Jakub Havlíček, Cesty božstev. Otázky interpretace náboženství a nacionalismu v moderním Japonsku. Brno: MUNI 2011, 223 s. ISBN 978-80-210-5563-6.
• Petr Hlaváček et al., (In)tolerance v evropských dějinách / (In)tolerance in European History (Europaeana Pragensia 3), Praha 2011.
• Beránek, Ondřej (ed.): Arabské revoluce: Demokratické výzvy, politický islám a geopolitické dopady.Praha: Academia 2013.
• Červenková, Denisa: Náboženství jako teologický fenomén. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart 2014.
• Sládek, Karek: Ruská menšina a česká společnost: Východiska transkulturní komunikace. Ostrava: Moravapress 2014.
• Mendel, M.: Muslimové a jejich svět: o víře, zvyklostech a smýšlení vyznavačů islámu. Praha 2016.
• Topinka, D. (eds.): Muslimové v ČR. Etablování muslimů a islámu na veřejnosti. Brno: Barrister & Principal 2016.
• : Křížek, D. - Sobotková, V.: Qom, náboženské centrum Íránu. Plzeň: FF ZČU 2016.
• Černá, Z.: Reflexe náboženství ve vzdělávání s důrazem na analýzu českých středoškolských materiálů. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice 2017.
• Rosůlek, P. (ed.): O islámu a muslimech v České republice – vybrané kapitoly. Praha: nakl. Dokořán 2017.

International conference

• 2004: International conference "Pilgrimages in European Culture." Příbram, Czech Republic.
• 2005: Conference "Pilgrimage and Reformation." Heilbad Heiligenstad, Germany.
• 2005: III. international conference Central European Religious Studies "Religions and body." Brno, Czech Republic.
• 2006: 8th Crimean International Conference on Religious Studies "Religious Outlook in Ancient and Modern Societies: Holidays and Everyday Life", Sevastopol, Ukraine.
• 2006: 5th Conference on Religious Studies "Religions and Politics", Pardubice, Czech Republic.
• 2007: International conference "Mircea Eliade", Košice, Slovakia.
• 2007: 9th Crimean International Conference on Religious Studies "Heavenly patrons and earthy ministers of religion", Sevastopol, Ukraine.
• 2007: Conference "Interreligious Dialogue today", Prag, Czech Republic.
• 2008: 8th conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions "Time of Decline, Time of Hope: Scientific, Cultural and Political Engagement of the Study of Religions", Brno, Czech Republic.
• 2008: 7th Conference on Religious Studies "Religions and Education", Pardubice, Czech Republic.
• 2009: International Theoretical and Practical Conference “Topical Issues of the Research of Religious Processes in Contemporary World”, Sevastopol, Ukraine.
• 2009: XI. International conference "Sakralne fenomeny: wczoraj i dziś", Zakopane, Poland.
• 2010: Conference "Duchovní život ve svobodné společnosti aneb Dvacet let náboženské svobody u nás", Praha, Czech Republic. Chairman of discussion group about islam in Czech Republic.
• 2011: Organizer of scientific meeting "The relationship of theology and religious studies - still live topic?", České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
• 2011: Internacional workshop "Islam and Europe", Plzeň, Czech Republic.
• 2011: 6. Treffen des Dominikusforums "Christentum und Islam", Leipzig, Germany.
• 2011: International scientific conference "Christianity and Islam – dialogue of cultures and civilizations", Sevastopol, Ukraine.
• 2011: 10th conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions "New Movements in Religion", Budapest, Hungary. Chairman of group about contemporary islam.
• 2011: International conference "Symbolizm religijny jako światowe dziedzictwo kulturowe", Zakopane, Poland.
• 2012: 11th conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions "ENDS AND BEGINNINGS", Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2013: Conference "Religion and Crisis of Multiculturalism", Bratislava, Slovakia.
• 2013: XV. International conference „313-2013: «…ut daremus et Christianis et omnibus liberam potestatem sequendi religionem quam quisque voluisset…» (w 1700-tną rocznicę Edyktu Mediolańskiego)”, topic: "The growth of importance of Islam in Europe as a part of the separation of religion from culture", Kraków - Zakopane, Poland.
• 2013: expert seminar "Options anthropological research in the study of Muslims in the Czech Republic", The Department of Sociology, Andragogy and Cultural Anthropology the Philosophical Faculty of Palacký University in Olomouc.
• 2014: Anniversary Conference of the Department of European Islam, WO UW: "Islam w Europie - Nowe kierunki badań.", Warsaw, Poland. Topic: Islamic Architecture in Germany as a Research Area.
• 2014: The main organizer of the Student Philosophy Conference České Budějovice 2014.
• 2015: 4th International Study od Religions Congress. Tittle of my paper: Mosques and Islamic Prayer Rooms in Germany and Austria: Past and Present. Gdynia, Poland.
• 2015: XXI. IAHR World Congress. Tittle of my paper: "Mosque in the European Urban Environment: Center and Periphery"., Erfurt, Germany.
• 2015: International expert workshop "Freedom of Religions and Religious Buildings", Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague. Tittle of my paper: "Contemporary Islamic Architecture in Germany and Austria: Expression of Integration or Segregation?".
• 2016: 15. meeting on the issue sepulchral monuments. I presented a poster on my research of the islamic areas at municipal cemeteries in Germany and Austria. The Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic.
• 2016: National conference Religion and Spirituality from the Perspective of Contemporary Study od Religions. The titul of my paper was: "Islamic areas at municipal cemeteries in Germany and Austria", Faculty of Arts, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
• 2016: International conference Minorities and Majorities in the Middle East and Asia. Department of Comparative Religion, Comenius University in Bratislava and Slovak Association for the Study of Religions. The titul of my paper was: "The Near Orient? The Transfer of “Otherness” to European Context", Bratislava, Slovakia.

Most significant professional accomplishments

• 2006/2007: Grant Jan Hus Foundation
• 2012: 8.2. Invited lecture for the Centre for the Study of Language, Mind and Society, Faculty of Arts University of Hradec Kralove. Theme lecture "The importance of religion as an identity element for integration into Western society: Muslims in Germany, Austria and Switzerland."
• 2012: 2.5. Invited lecture for the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, Metropolitan University Prague. Theme lecture "Muslims in Germany, Austria and Switzerland."
• 07.11: Lecture on the topic: Contemporary Islamic Aarchitecture in Germany, The Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences.
• 2012-2016: Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Theology, the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Budejovice.
• 2016-2020: Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Theology, the University of South Bohemia in the Czech Budejovice.

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