Jařab Josef

Prof., PhDr., CSc., Dr.h.c.
Born July 26, 1937, Kravaře ve Slezsku, † May 3, 2023

1955, graduate, grammar school, Hlučín;
1959, state examination in English and Russian Philology, Faculty of Philosophy, Palacký University, Olomouc;
1964, scholarship, British Council, one-month summer course in London;
1966, study stay, Salzburg Seminar of American Studies;
1967, three-month scholarship, British Council at University of London;
1968, PhDr., Charles University;
1969-70, study stay, American Council of Learned Societies at New York University and at Brandeis University;
1978, CSc., CU;
1981-1982, International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) study stay, University of California, Berkeley and at New York University;
1986, Associate Professor;
1989, researcher, DuBois Institute at Harvard University;
1990, full Professor of English and American Literature;
1997, study stay, Salzburg Seminar of American Studies

1959, Language school, Ostrava;
1960-61, University of 17^th of November, Teplice v Č. (lector of Czech);
1961-1964, Institute of Mining Technology, Department of Languages;
1964-1968, P. J. Šafárik University, Košice, Faculty of Philosophy, Prešov;
1968-1972, Pedagogical Faculty, Ostrava;
1972, Faculty of Philosophy, Palacký University, Olomouc;
1996, Director, Centre for Comparative Cultural Studies, PU;
1989-1997, Rector, PU;
1997-1999, Rector, Central European University in Budapest and Warsaw;
1996-1998, Senator;
2000-present, Chairman, Senate Committee on International Affairs, Defense and Security, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Media in the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe

1992, J.A. Comenius Medal, Czechoslovak Federal Government
1994, Memorial Medal, Masaryk University, Brno
1995, Memorial Medal, Silesian University, Opava
1996, Hannah Arendt Award, reforms at PU, Institut fűr die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna
1996, Medal, Conference of European Rectors, Geneva
1997, Gold Medal, PU (for merit)
1998, Award, City of Olomouc (Municipal Authority)
2000, Medal, Accreditation Commission, Czech Republic, Accreditation Commission, Prague (for merit)
1990, Dr. h. c., in humanitarian sciences, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1997, Dr. h. c., in legal sciences, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1997, Dr. h. c. in civic law, University of Durham, England

Chairman, Czech and Slovak Association for American Studies
Member, Havel-Kováč Foundation
Member, Committee of European Cultural Foundations
Member, International Consulting Committee, Accreditation Commission, Republic of Hungary
Member, Czech Fulbright Committee (first Chairman)
Member, Executive Board, Association of European Universities
President, European Association for American Studies
Member, Observatory l of the Bologna Magna Charta Universitatum
Member, Czech UNESCO Committee
Member, Standing Committee for Humanities, European Scientific Foundation, Strasbourg (ESF)
Member, Foundation and Program Committee, Forum 2000
Member, Administrative Board, Open Society Fund
Member, Society for Arts and Sciences
Member, Czech Pen-Club and the Czech Writers´ Union

Race and the Modern Artist (editor-in-chief and co-author). Oxford University Press, New York, 2003. ISBN 0-19-512323-9
Edgar Allan Poe´s Literary Strivings. In: POEtic Effect and Cultural Discourses, Ed. H. J. Schnackertz. Universitaetsverlag, Heidelberg, 2003. ISBN 3-8253-1498-8
Imagists (critical essay and commentary). Fra Publishing House, Prague, 2002. ISBN 80-86603-01-6
Allen Ginsberg: Red, white and blue karma (Editor, critical commentary, translator). Mladá fronta, Prague, 2001. ISBN 80-204-0893-2
The Czech Story of American Literature. In: Realism and Moralism in International Relations, Eds. W. J. M. van Genugten et al. Kluwer, The Hague, 1999. ISBN 90-411-1138-7
The Czech Republic. In: Transforming Higher Education: Views from Leaders Around the World. (M. F. Green, Ed.). The Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1997
Black American Literature and Cultural Pluralism. In: In the European Grain: American Studies from Central and Eastern Europe. (O. Overland, Ed.). VU Univ. Press, Amsterdam, 1990. ISBN 90-6256-958-7
Child on top of a greenhouse (editor, author of critical study and commentaries). Odeon, Prague, 1989. ISBN 80-207-0080-3
Masks and faces of black America (Editor, author of critical study and commentaries, translator). Odeon, Prague, 1985
American Poetry and Poets of Four Centuries. SPN, Prague, 1982, 1988