research focus
- especially the history of late medieval and early modern urban law and judiciary
- history of criminal law, social history of crime
- history of witchcraft and witch trials
- history of Czech land law in the late Middle Ages and early modern period
- scientific editions of sources (15th-20th centuries)
- biographies of 20th century legal scholars (especially Hans Kelsen)
Contact
- E-mail: petr.kreuz@praha.eu
professional curriculum
- Since 1989 - Municipality of the Capital City of Prague, Department of the Archives of the Capital City of Prague, position of archivist, professional archivist, archivist-specialist, since September 2018 - clerk (archivist-specialist)
- 1996-2008 - assistant, since 1997 assistant professor of history, auxiliary historical sciences and archives at the Institute of Historical Sciences (since 2005 at the Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archives) of the University of Education in Hradec Králové, respectively (since 2000) at the University of Hradec Králové (Faculty of Education, since 2005 Faculty of Humanities, since 2007 Faculty of Arts)
- 2008-2010 - Researcher at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Institute of Czech History (Research Plan No. 0021620827: Czech Lands in Central Europe in History and the Present).
- 2010-2016 - external lecturer at the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem
- 2010-2011 - lecturer/external teacher (history and auxiliary historical sciences) at the Department of History, Faculty of Education, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
education and academic qualifications
- 1985-1989 - Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University in Prague (Charles University), majoring in archives.
- 1989 - graduation (December 1989)
- 1990 - PhDr. (graduation - April 1990)
- 1991-1997 - postgraduate doctoral studies (PGDS ─ doctoral studies) at the Faculty of Law (PF) of Charles University (law and legal science; specialization: legal history, theory of law and philosophy of law)
- 1997 - Dr. (graduation - November 1997)
- 2018 - associate professor (appointed from 1 April 2018) in the field of history with a focus on Czech and Czechoslovak history; habilitation at the Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences, Silesian University in Opava
professional and scientific awards
- 1997 - Josef Hlávka Award for dissertation
- 2009 - biennial Scientific Award of the Historical Commission for the History of the Czech Lands (Historische Kommission für die böhmischen Länder) for the years 2007 and 2008 (with PhDr. Ivan Martinovský)
- 2012 (taken over in March 2013) - Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art (Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst)
Bibliography
- Especially the history of late medieval and early modern urban law and justice, the history of criminal law, the social history of crime, the history of witch trials, the history of Bohemian provincial law in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, scientific editions of sources and biographies of legal scholars of the 20th century (especially Hans Kelsen).
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