Modern Czechoslovakian/Czech military history in international context
The end of Cold War
Transatlantic relations
Professional Experience
2016 – to date: Researcher, Military History Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
2016 – to date: External lecturer, Institute of World History (IWH), Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2015–2017: External Lecturer, East and Central European Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2014–2017: Lecturer, CEVRO Institut (School of Political Studies), Prague, Czech Republic
Education
2005–2013: Postgraduate Programme in World History, IWH, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree
2006: IWH, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Awarded the PhDr. Degree
1999–2005: Graduate Programme in History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Awarded Master Degree in History
Fellowships
2011: Participation in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists organized by the United States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State
2006: 4-month study and research stay at George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
2003: Erasmus Programme: 5-month study at RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
International Conferences and Invited Speaker Lectures
Janoušek, P. Czechoslovak President Václav Havel and the End of the East-West Conflict. Presented at: “From Peace to War, from War to Peace/Conflict Initiation and Termination: Implications for Policy Makers,” PfP Consortium Euro-Atlantic Conflict Studies Working Group 20th Annual Conference, Košice, 27–30 September 2021.
Janoušek, P. „Záklaďáci“ ve válce Zálivu. [Compulsory service soldiers in the Gulf War.] In: Vojenská služba v interdisciplinární perspektivě: organizace – disciplinace – zkušenost – kultura. [Military service through an interdisciplinary perspective: organisation – disciplinary process – experience – culture. ], Praha, 24–25 May 2021.
Janoušek, P. Cesta Československé (lidové) armády k pařížskému summitu KBSE. Vybrané milníky, aktéři a problémy odzbrojovacích let 1989 a 1990. [The Czechoslovak (People’s) Army’s Path Towards the Paris Summit CSCE. Selected Milestones, Actors and Challenges of the Disarmament Years 1989 and 1990.]
Presented at: “The Warsaw Pact at the End of the Cold War,” international seminar organised by the Military History Institute in Prague, 3 September 2019.
Janoušek, P. Goodbye Moscow. Transformation of the Czechoslovak Military’s Foreign Relations between 1989 and 1992. Presented at: “The Role of Territorial
Defense Forces in Peace and War,” PfP Consortium Euro-Atlantic Conflict Studies Working Group 19th Annual Conference, Budapest, 27–31 May 2019.
Janoušek, P. Czechoslovakia in the Gulf War Coalition 1990–1991 (Diplomatic and Military Aspects). Presented at: “Alliance Planning and Coalition Warfare: Historical
and Contemporary Approaches,” PfP Consortium Euro-Atlantic Conflict Studies Working Group 18th Annual Conference, Belgrade, 16–20 April 2018.
Research Grants
2017–2021: member of research team of the project Land Reform on Estates of Foreign Nationals in Czechoslovakia in the Interwar, Czech Science Foundation
Professional Affiliations
2017 – to date: Member of the Czech Commission of the International Commission of Military History
Main Publications
Chapters in monographs
Janoušek, P. Pozemková reforma na statcích francouzských státních příslušníků. [Land reform on French-owned estates]. In: Horčička, V. and collective. Cizí páni na české půdě. Pozemková reforma v meziválečném Československu na statcích cizích státních příslušníků 1918–1939. [Foreign lords on Czech lands. Land reform in interwar Czechoslovakia on estates owned by foreign nationals 1918-1938.] Praha: Agentura Pankrác, 2021. ISBN 978-80-86781-43-3.
Janoušek, P. Herbert Wehner (1906–1990). Politický stratég a muž mnoha tváří. [Herbert Wehner (1906–1990). A Political Strategist and a Man of Many Faces]. In: Bárta, M. – Kovář, M. (eds.). Lidé a dějiny [People and History]. Praha: Academia, 2017. ISBN 978-80-200-2716-0.
Studies
Janoušek, P. “Od Gorbačova ke ‘Gorbymu’. Správa zahraničních vztahů Generálního štábu ČSLA/ ČSA v letech 1989–1992”. [From Gorbachev to ‘Gorby’: International Affairs Administration of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak (People’s Army) in the period 1989–1992.]“ Historie a vojenství [History and Military. ] 2021, no. 2, pp. 50-69.
Janoušek, P. Chemici s Havlem proti agresorovi. [The Chemical Defense Unit and Havel Against the Aggressor]. In: Historie a vojenství [History and Military]. 2018, no. 2, pp. 4–21.
Janoušek, P. Ludwig Erhard jako „volební lokomotiva“. Spolkové hlasování v roce 1965 a několikery zemské volby v roce 1966 v kancléřské perspektivě [Ludwig Erhard – An ‘Electoral Locomotive’. The German Chancellor’s Performance in the Federal Election of 1965 and Several Regional Elections of 1966]. In: Dvacáté století / The Twentieth Century. 2016, no. 2, pp. 29–41.
Janoušek, P. Johnson, Erhard a Vietnam. K vyjednávání Američanů s Němci o podpoře ve vietnamské válce v letech 1963–1966 [Johnson, Erhard and Vietnam. US
Consultations with Germany About Germany’s Support in the Vietnam War in the Years 1963–1966]. In: Dvacáté století / The Twentieth Century. 2015, no. 2, pp. 56–70.
Janoušek, P. Relations of the United States of America and Federal Republic of Germany in the Years 1963–1966. In: Dvacáté století / The Twentieth Century. 2010, no. 2, pp. 21–38.
Janoušek, P. Pád kancléře Erharda. [The Downfall of Chancellor Erhard]. In: Historický obzor [Historical Horizon], 2009, 20, no. 5–6, pp. 131–133.
Janoušek, P. USA, SRN a ztroskotání projektu Mnohonárodních sil [USA, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Failure of the Multilateral Force]. In: Historický obzor [Historical Horizon]. 2008, 19, no 7–8, pp. 178–180.
Janoušek, P. Od Chruščovových ultimát k Ženevě: Adenauerova zahraniční politika v počáteční fázi druhé berlínské krize v letech 1958–1959 [From Khrushchev’s Ultimatums to Geneva: Adenauer’s Foreign Policy at the Beginning of the Second Berlin Crisis]. In: Kovář, M. – Nálevka, V., (eds.), „Dvacáté století“. Ročenka Semináře nejnovějších dějin Ústavu světových dějin Filozofické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy v Praze [‘Twentieth Century’. A Yearbook of Modern History Studies of the Institute of World History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University]. Praha: FF UK, 2005, pp. 297–342. ISBN 80-7308-132-6.
Conference Proceedings
Janoušek, P. Goodbye Moscow: Transformation of the Czechoslovak Military’s Foreign Relations between 1989 and 1992. In: Jobbágy, Z. – Andaházi Szeghy, V. –
Eriksson, F. – Kiss, P. A., (eds.), The Role of Territorial Defense Forces in Peace and War: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Conference of the Partnership for Peace
Consortium Euro-Atlantic Conflict Studies Working Group Budapest, Hungary, 27-31 May 2019. Budapest: Hungarian Defence Forces Scientific Research Centre, 2020. ISBN 978-615-5585-13-5.
Janoušek, P. Diplomatic and Military Aspects of Czechoslovakia in the Gulf War Coalition. In: Raugh, H. E., Jr., (ed.), Alliance Planning and Coalition Warfare: Historical and Contemporary Approaches. Belgrade: Institute for Strategic Research, 2019. ISBN 978-86-81121-24-5 (ISR).
Other Publications
Marek, J. – Turek, J. – Janoušek, P. 4. brigáda rychlého nasazení. [4th Rapid Deployment Brigade.] Prague: Ministerstvo obrany České Republiky – VHÚ Praha, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7278-773-9.
