Mgr. Jana Synovcová Borovičková, PhD.

Digital humanities IT support

Prague

Research areas

information technologies for historical research, digital humanities, databases, data modelling, data analysis, geographic information systems, digital scholarly editions, prosopography

Graduated programmes, schools and thesis topics, academic degrees

1991–1997: Master in History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Regionální a sociální původ studentů polského univerzitního národa na pražské právnické fakultě v letech 1372–1419 / The Geographical and Social Origins of Students Registered as Members of the Polish University Nation at Prague's University of Law Between 1372 and 1419

1997–2002: Ph.D. in Theory and Methodology of Historical Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, thesis title: Historik a počítač – využití výpočetní techniky v historickém výzkumu / Historian and the Computer – Using IT in Historical Research

Foreign internships and scholarships

1999–2000: Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Fulbright grantee

2003: Department of Digital Humanities, King‘s College London; Arts and Humanities Data Service, London; History Data Service, UK Data Archive, University of Essex

Domestic grants and major projects

2012–2015: Jan Hus 1415 a 600 let poté / John Hus 1415 and 600 Years Afterwards, Ministry of Culture, NAKI - Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DF12P01OVV026, beneficiaries: Hussite Museum in Tábor; Society of the Hus Museum in Prague, GIS specialist

2016–2020: Telč a jezuité, řád a jeho mecenáši / Telč and Jesuits, Order and its Patrons, Ministry of Culture, NAKI – Program to Support Applied Research in the Field of National and Cultural identity, ID number: DG16P02M043, beneficiary-coordinator: Institute of History of the CAS, beneficiary: National Heritage Institute, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the CAS, team member

2019–2024: Migrace a mobilita v pražské židovské obci na přechodu od středověku k ranému novověku / Migration and Mobility in Prague’s Jewish Community at the Transition of the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Lumina quaeruntur Fellowship, ID number: LQ300151901, beneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, database design and management

2022–2024: Theatrum Neolatinum Bohemiae Moraviae Silesiaeque, latinské divadlo v českých zemích / Theatrum Neolatinum Bohemiae Moraviae Silesiaeque, Neo-Latin Theatre in the Czech Lands, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 22-03909S, beneficiary: Institute of Czech Literature of the CAS, digital edition, XML TEI P5, web design

2024–2026: Požár jako katalyzátor změny urbanistického a sociálního vývoje města. Praha-Hradčany před a po roce 1541 / Fire as a Catalyst for Change in the Urban and Social Development of a Town. Prague Hradčany Before and After 1541, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 24-12124S, beneficiary: Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Nodegoat data modelling and system management

2025–2027: Řádová studia jako alternativa univerzitního vzdělávání. Příklad česko-moravské kapucínské provincie (1673–1783) / Religious Orders’ “Studia” as an Alternative to University Education. Case Study of the Bohemian-Moravian Capuchin Province, 1673–1783, Czech Science Foundation, Standard Projects, reg. n. 25-15886S, beneficiary: Institute of the History of Charles University and Archive of Charles University, cobeneficiary: Institute of History of the CAS, team member