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2 — Transformations at Palacký University 6 — New dean at the Faculty of Health Sciences: Martin Procházka 6 — UP strengthens cooperation with the University of North Texas 7 — Kopretina project aims to prevent cervical cancer by “self-sampling” 7 — Health Talks offer experience with epilepsy in children, breast cancer, and palliative care 8 — Faculty of Law allowed to grant the title Professor of Civil Law 8 — Faculty of Physical Culture given over to foreign lecturers for the 15th time Dear colleagues, students, and esteemed friends of Palacký University 9 — Scientists studied how drivers work with latest technologies At the turn of the past year our country 9 — Faculty of Science modernised labs commemorated the 30th anniversary of an event which became known 10 — Cultivation of new varieties thanks to sequencing throughout the world as the Velvet the pea genome Revolution. Czechs remembered those 11 — People with cardiac implant devices can safely drive moments in which we set out together on electric cars the path to building a democratic state. 12 — Discovery of a unique luminous click beetle reveals At the university, we also remembered, the evolution of bioluminescence in Elateridae and gave our thanks. As you will read in this issue, we wanted to express our 13 — Modified graphene can attack aquatic microorganisms. gratitude and respect for personalities And vice versa! who exhibited a great deal of personal 14 — Research into the conversion of solar energy into fuels courage in difficult times. And thanks to supported by a prestigious grant them we live today in a country where 15 — Portrait – Pavel Kučera, sign language interpreter we can participate in deciding its future. 18 — Success In my opinion, it is exactly this possibility 22 — Kaleidoscope of news briefs of actively engaging in events, not being just a mere “user” of freedom, that is 24 — UP awarded prize for internationalisation essential to our university. To the three 25 — Interview – Marek Jukl: If you want to help, you have to goals of education, science, and research talk to all sides which we daily fulfill in our lecture halls 28 — 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution at UP and labs, I think there should be one more: the public. This is why we, as a free 30 — Foreign stays are the spice of (not only) doctoral studies university, offer our expertise and ideas 31 — Fort Science: Scientia ludus to elements of our society outside the 32 — Successful in dry run rescue university campus, and why we raise our voices in times when we feel the 33 — Alumnus – Ladislav Korotvička knows how to treat tooth basic principles of a democratic state decay are being threatened. At the same time, 35 — When pottery clay heals we make use of our freedom in the 37 — Experience – Back from Patagonia clash between our work and the outside world, we are building an international 39 — Reflection – Mali environment, our scientists are 40 — Patron of the Olomouc university recognised authors of discoveries with global impact, students are setting off for work experience all over the world. I am very glad that our active conception

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Jaroslav Miller Rector text: Ivana Pustějovská theme photos: Vojtěch Duda, Adolf Jankovský

Transformations at Palacký University

Thirty years. A short time or a long time? From the point of view of a human lifespan, it’s quite long: a person grows up, matures, and enters into the active life of a whole new generation. From the perspective of a university which was founded almost 450 years ago and has survived centuries, it can represent just a brief episode. But when that time period overlaps with the era of the sweeping societal changes which took place in Czechoslovakia at the close of 1989 when communism fell, then thirty years is time enough for even fundamental transformations. And since human memory is short, we have decided to jog people’s memories via photographs to show how Palacký University looked in 1989 and how it looks now.

2 žurnál 2020 The current seat of the Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology has an incredibly colourful history. It was built between 1717–1720 and served as a Jesuit College for impoverished students. After the dissolution of the university in 1860, only the library and the Theological Faculty, Medi- cal-Surgical Faculty, and a German gymnazium remained in its premises. After the founding of Czechoslovakia, it was the headquarters of the Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theol- ogy in Olomouc, which was later shut down by the Nazis in 1939. During the Occupation, it became the Hitler- jugend headquarters. After WWII, the Faculty of Theology was reopened. In 1950, however, the communist regime abolished the faculty, and the building was used by the Pedagogical Faculty. In 1990, the UP Sts Cyril and Methodi- us Faculty of Theology was re-established there.

Thousands of people every year go to the November 1989, Palacký University could the mid-50s, when I and my classmates had former Jesuit Convictorium, now the UP finally breathe a sigh of relief, and over the to go there for our military training. Major Arts Centre, for the international Acade years since it has transformed itself into an Tůma taught us how to break down and as- mia Film Olomouc film festival, others internationally recognised and respected semble an anti-aircraft gun, which we real meet up in the Armoury café or sit on the university. The number of students both ly did learn, but luckily, we never had to test bench at Václav Havel’s Place, law students domestic and from abroad, its fields of the weapon for real. Later the student bri- hurry to their classes at the Envelopa cam- study, faculties, and scientific workplaces gade was no longer sent there because the pus, their classmates from the Faculty of have all increased. building was made strictly military and Education walk back and forth past the It has been a long journey, and one of off-limits to the public. The armoury. After statue of T.G. Masaryk, the first president the milestones has been renovations to November 1989, I could not get the build- of Czechoslovakia, and Olomouc citizens all of its existing and acquired premises. ing out of my sight – it was so close to the take pictures of their city from the high ter- So let’s take a look back to the start of the university buildings, it irritated me!” re- races of the Faculty of Science. And only 1990s with the first “Velvet” rector of UP, calls the UP emeritus rector. After long ne- seldom do they realise that where today Josef Jařab. “We all knew how rundown gotiations, the Armoury was given (and not people debate about films and art there was and decrepit the state of the university was. only the Armoury) to the university. The a parking lot for military vehicles, that fu- Because we lived inside that environment. former fortress city of Olomouc could thus ture lawyers are now in the place of the for- All the buildings occupied by both the Sovi- be finally transformed into a real university mer communist apparatchik headquarters, ets and our troops were in dire conditions,” town. Take a look for yourselves at the ar- and that the future generation of teachers is remembers Prof. Jařab. And he added chival photos by Adolf Jankovský and com- walking the same halls where the boots of a reminiscence on how the Armoury was pare them to the way Olomouc looks today, Soviet Army commanders stomped. After acquired. “I remember the building from as captured by Vojtěch Duda.

žurnál 2020 3 One of the latest and most significant changes at UP has been renovations to the buildings of the Faculty of Arts at 10 Křížkovského Street. The complete renovation of “No. 10” was completed in 2018 and comprised complete surface repairs, electrical rewiring, water and heating conduits, installation of ventilation and air-conditioning, reconstruction of sanitary facilities, repairs to the façades, and interior modifications. It is now home to the Dean’s Office and five large departments of the Faculty of Arts. The building also has a renovated Assembly Hall as well as a renovated courtyard with seating.

One illustrative example of how the university has been transformed is the Envelopa campus, a centre for student life due to its halls of residence, central dining hall, and outdoor sports facilities. The dominant feature of this space today, however, is the building of the Faculty of Science, which was built between 2006–2008 on a vacant lot on 17. Listopadu St.

The surroundings of the Theoretical Institutes, where the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry are located, are constantly changing. Since construction, the building of the Department of Allergology and Clinical Immunology has obscured the view of the institutes; a few months ago, it used to be the building of the Department of Internal Medicine II. Behind the “old” Theoretical Institutes, we can see their modern completion, and on the left we can also see the building of the Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine. Both modern buildings were completed in 2012.

4 žurnál 2020 PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1988/1989 >> IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

4 faculties 8 faculties 6,239 students 20,292 students 157 international students 4,045 international students from 107 countries 6,073 registered library patrons 28,166 registered library patrons 1 Marxist-Leninist Institute 1 Endowment Fund 0 Václav Havel’s Places 1 Václav Havel’s Place

The former site of a memorial to the first president of communist Czechoslovakia, Klement Gottwald, is now the place of a memorial to those who fought for freedom and democracy. Hardly any place in Olomouc is a bigger symbol of the changes in the political system. The former headquarters of the District Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party has been transformed into the UP Faculty of Law. Its modern history began in 1991, when it was founded as the first post-communist law faculty in what was then Czechoslovakia. Its mission is to support the values of freedom, democracy, and civil society. For its efforts in this field, it was photo: Olomouc Museum of Art of Museum archives Olomouc photo: awarded the Hannah Arendt Prize in 1996.

Originally a Jesuit Convictorium (dormitory for aristocratic students and students receiving imperial, papal, and episcopal scholar- ships), it later served variously as a mint, military barracks, infirmary, and warehouses. All this was in the past of the former Jesuit Convictorium on Univerzitní Street – today, it is the UP Arts Centre, which provides facilities for the departments of Art History and Art Education of the Faculties of Arts and Education. The “Konvikt” is also a popular place for various cultural activities, where festivals, lectures, discussions, and concerts take place. And its restaurant is a good place to go for coffee, lunch, or dinner.

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New dean at the Faculty of Health Sciences: Martin Procházka

The UP Faculty of Health Sciences has new cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine and the winter schools we organise. These management. Martin Procházka was elect- and Dentistry and University Hospital Ol- are factors which increase the prestige of ed Dean by the Academic Senate of the fac- omouc. Among his priorities are, for in- the faculty,” said Procházka. ulty for the next four years. He was the head stance, the preparation of a career codifica- In order to fulfil these visions and goals, of the Department of Midwifery and was tion and the adjustment of academic staff he has a four-member vice-dean team. the only candidate for Dean. He took office salaries, hoping to enhance interperson- Zdeňka Mikšová is in charge of study af- on 1 November 2019. al relations and communication at the fac- fairs, Jiří Vévoda is responsible for science The goal of the new dean is to develop ulty. “My main task is the preparation and and research, Jiří Stavovčík is in charge of the faculty as a first-rate and modern in- implementation of a new building shared external relations and international coop- stitution of transnational importance with with the medical faculty. Further, inter- eration, and Andrea Drobiličová became emphasis on the quality of education of national cooperation is of big importance, Vice-Dean for Quality and Practical Train- non-medical healthcare workers and in such as student internships, joint projects, ing. (vim)

UP strengthens cooperation with the University of North Texas

With the aim of enhancing mobility and “We have a great partnership with ship was established earlier. “Some time expanding artistic and scientific projects, Palacký University, confirmed by our ago, I lectured at the University of North John Richmond, Dean of the University joint memorandum. I really look forward Texas, led a workshop Different Hearing, of North Texas (UNT) College of Music, to our future joint projects,” said Rich- and published in their in-house journal was invited to Palacký University, in par- mond. The bilateral cooperation agree- Harmonia. Even before Rector Jaroslav ticular its Faculties of Education and Arts. ment between the two universities was Miller signed the Memorandum of Coop- He discussed further possibilities of coop- signed by their rectors in December 2018. eration, five UNT students had visited Ol- eration with members of the Department According to UP Vice-Rector and com- omouc. Together with Ensemble Damian of Music Education and Musicology. poser Vít Zouhar, however, the partner- led by Tomáš Hanzlík from the Depart- ment of Music Education, they performed Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergo- lesi here in 2018,” recalled Zouhar. During his two-day visit, John Rich- mond got acquainted with the practical exercises of the Different Hearing programme and took part in a class at the De- partment of Music Education and Musi- cology. (map)

Left to right: Martin Vodrážka, John Richmond, and Faculty of Education Vice-Deans Jana Kvintová and Vojtech Regec.

6 žurnál 2020 Kopretina project aims to prevent cervical cancer by “self-sampling”

Ten thousand self-sampling tests were Its aim is to improve prevention of cervical Republic, almost half of women do not go distributed to women aged 30–65 by the cancer, which is the cause of death of up to to a gynaecologist regularly for various Czech Cancer Research Foundation in co- 400 women a year in the Czech Republic, reasons, although it is older women who operation with the Institute of Molecu- and to ensure acceptability of “self-exami- most often suffer from this malignant dis- lar and Translational Medicine (IMTM) of nation” in the comfort of home. ease. Cervical cancer develops in the body the UP Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry “If the project could diagnose and save in for 10–15 years. The home test takes only as part of the Kopretina [Daisy] project. time even a single patient, it would make it ten minutes. all the worthwhile. We believe that the pro- “As part of our project, every woman can ject will provide unique data for the gov- take the smear test herself and simply send ernment, health insurance companies, it to the lab in a return envelope for free. and medical/pharmacological companies The Cancer Research Foundation of the that will enable them to optimise the exist- Czech Republic and IMTM are thus trying ing cervical cancer screening programme. to overcome barriers concerning preven- Above all, we want to improve the engage- tion,” added Peter Vanek, the director of ment of women who do not get screened for the foundation. various reasons and who are at the high- The research is carried out in cooper- est risk for cancer,” said IMTM Director ation with the Czech Gynecological and Marián Hajdúch. Obstetrical Society and the company Nat- In some countries, the prevalence of cer- uraMed Pharmaceuticals, who are coop- vical cancer is minimal because the popu- erating in the preparation of a database of lation is vaccinated against the human pap- women, communication with them, and illomavirus (HPV). However in the Czech subsequent care. (vim)

Health Talks offer experience with epilepsy in children, breast cancer, and palliative care

The unique web portal Health Talks, which ty women who have been diagnosed with said Lenka Slepičková, the guarantor of the is being created at the UP Sts Cyril and breast cancer and the experience of termi- Palliative Care topic. Methodius Faculty of Theology, was ex- nally ill patients with palliative care. “The The Health Talks portal informs in an un- panded by three topics last year. Parents interviews often serve as an overall evalua- biased way about issues related to health, of children with epilepsy and women who tion of everything they have gone through. illness or specific social needs. The main tool have been diagnosed with breast cancer It is very valuable to us and at the same time is the international methodology DIPEx, the shared their experience in in-depth inter- a commitment, in that these people shared Czech version of which was created by the views. The Palliative Care module is dedi- their precious time with us. We believe that OUSHI team, which also holds the certifica- cated to the end of life experience. the published interviews will be useful,” tion for the Czech Republic. (vim) Scientists from the Olomouc Universi- ty Social Health Institute (OUSHI) managed to capture a wide range of experiences. In the case of epilepsy, they talked to the parents of children who are already seizure-free, as well as to offspring with more severe manifestations of the dis- ease, one that affects the whole family’s quality of life. “Parents described how they coped with the demands and obstacles that epilepsy brought with it. Some mentioned that they gained some new insight into life, that they reassessed their life values. It was moving to hear them describe how they could only watch their children suffering from seizures and could not help them,” said one of the researchers, Jana Trtílková. Visitors may also find support and inspi-

photos: Ivana Pustějovská | Martin Višňa | Czech Cancer Research Foundation ration in the testimonies of more than fif-

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Faculty of Law allowed to grant the title Professor of Civil Law

Great news for the UP Faculty of Law came in August 2019. The accreditation will be ment, the successful accreditation is an from the National Accreditation Bureau for valid for ten years. The decision came into important confirmation and acknowl- Higher Education. The Faculty obtained ac- force in mid-September,” said UP Faculty edgement of the growing qualities of the creditation for habilitation and professor- of Law Vice-Dean Blanka Vítová. school. The Faculty of Law received ac- ship procedures in Civil Law. The title of While the habilitation procedure in creditation for the habilitation procedure Professor in this field can be granted by the Civil Law has been carried out by the UP in Civil Law for the first time in autumn faculty for the first time in its modern history. Faculty of Law for four years, the possi- 2014. Since then, the title of associate “The Board of the National Accredi- bility of awarding the title of professor is professor (i.e. docent) has been awarded tation Bureau approved our application a first. According to the faculty manage- to three candidates. (eha)

Faculty of Physical Culture given over to foreign lecturers for the 15th time

Lectures focused on sports diagnostics, Portugal, Serbia, Canada, and the United least, they had the opportunity to establish physiotherapy, and biomechanics, innova- States held classes as every year. fellow networks with our teachers and re- tive methods for swimming education, or “Thanks to the International Teach- searchers, which creates potential for new pickleball which combines elements of ten- ing Week, our foreign guests could get ac- projects and partnerships,” said Jitka Mar- nis, table tennis, and badminton – all these quainted with the environment of our fac- tincová, faculty coordinator for incoming were offered by the 15th International ulty, meet their students who are here on students and academics. Teaching Week at the UP Faculty of Phys- Erasmus, or Czech students who had pre- The friendly atmosphere of the week ical Culture. Teachers from Israel, Iran, viously visited their countries. Last but not was praised by one of the foreign lecturers, Anat Farkash from the Academic College at Wingate. “The faculty’s employees have taken great care to make this week a wonderful experience for us, both professional- ly and personally. Communication with the students was perfect and interaction with other foreign teachers was simply amazing,” said the Israeli lecturer. The International Teaching Week has been held at the UP Faculty of Physi- cal Culture since 2012, when compulso- ry English was introduced at the faculty. This week-long programme with foreign teachers is organised by their Interna- tional Office twice a year. So far, students and other interested parties have been able to meet more than a hundred lecturers from thirty countries. (vim)

8 žurnál 2020 Scientists studied how drivers work with latest technologies

Driver assistance systems do not automati- If some precautions are in place, they may cally guarantee traffic safety, as was proven adapt and their behaviour may become un- in an investigation by experts from the UP consciously more risky. A typical exam- Faculty of Arts and the Czech Academy of ple is ABS (Anti-lock Brake System),” said Sciences (CAS) who created a new educa- Matúš Šucha, Head of the Department of tional system for drivers, driving schools, Psychology at the Faculty of Arts and the and car dealers. project manager. As part of the project “Adaptation of hu- The objective of the research by experts man beings to driver assistance systems from UP and CAS was to develop educa- in motor vehicles”, experts from the Fac- tional materials for drivers and thus im- ulty of Arts and the Institute of Informa- prove driving culture in the country. “We tion Theory and Automation under CAS succeeded. The result of our work is an ef- mapped out the positive and negative im- fective database of knowledge that can be pacts of driver assistance systems on traf- used for information campaigns by state fic safety. These include adaptive cruise institutions, driving schools, and car man- control, parking assist, or navigation. “We ufacturers. We provide educational soft- found that newly developed intelligent sys- ware, video tutorials, a driving school in- tems may not increase traffic safety. Risk struction book, and a lot of information compensation theory suggests that drivers for car dealers,” concluded the traffic psy- expect a certain level of risk when driving. chologist. (map)

Faculty of Science modernised labs

New cutting-edge devices and laborato- ics. “The three optical laboratories have ation and matter, or Raman spectroscopy, ries that open the door to conducting the excellent parameters regarding microcli- all of which require extreme stability and most demanding experiments in optical, mate and cleanrooms that are compara- purity of the environment,” said Fiurášek. material, nanotechnological, biochemi- ble to the world’s leading scientific work- The Laboratory of Applied Physics now cal, and biophysical research are available places. It provides us with brand new ideal enables students and researchers to sig- to students and scientists at the UP Facul- conditions for the realisation of the most nificantly expand research in experiments ty of Science. Thanks to funding from the demanding experiments, for example in focussing on applied physics, nanotechnol- Operational Programme Research, Devel- quantum optics, optical quantum technology, Mössbauer spectroscopy and material opment and Education (OP RDE) in a to- ogies, quantum interaction between radi- characterisation. (cho) tal amount of €6,250,000, more than fifty scientific devices have been purchased and four laboratories have been completely modernised. The new research infrastructure will primarily serve doctoral students. “The modern laboratories we have built are taking us forward in the field of instrumenta- tion. It will allow us to keep in touch with world leaders and to carry out experiments that have not been physically possible in our country. It is a strategic project of our faculty, focused on the support and development of doctoral studies,” said Jaromír Fiurášek, Head of the Department of Op- tics and main investigator of the OP RDE project “Modernising research infrastruc- tures for the needs of doctoral study in physics, chemistry, and biochemistry at the UP Faculty of Science”, from which the in- vestment was financed. Four laboratories were modernised – three optical laboratories and one under photos: www.skoda-auto.cz | Gabriela Knýblová | Faculty of Science archives | Alexandra Ženatá the Department of Experimental Phys-

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Prof. Jaroslav Doležel at the flow cytometer. Cultivation of new varieties thanks to sequencing the pea genome

After the banana tree, barley, and bread wheat, Olomouc scientists participated in sequencing of the genome of another important crop – the common pea. The findings from six years of research by an international team were published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature Ge- netics. This discovery could facilitate faster cultivation of new varieties with better properties.

The research required the collaboration of Agricultural Research (CRH), made a sig- laboratories from all over the world, associ- nificant contribution to this achievement. ated in the International Pea Genome Con- Sequencing the pea genome, which is one- sortium, coordinated by the French Na- third larger than the human genome, could tional Institute for Agricultural Research result in expanding the cultivation of this in Dijon. Scientists from the Olomouc important source of protein. laboratory of the Institute of Experimen- “It opens up a whole new path to pea tal Botany (IEB) at the Czech Academy breeding because it will be possible to ap- of Sciences, which is part of the Centre of ply the latest methods of molecular biology text: Martina Šaradínová the Region Haná for Biotechnological and and biotechnology. Personally, I see a cer- photo: Miroslav Bednařík

10 žurnál 2020 tain symbolism in this work, in relation to laboratory in Olomouc, which is still the only in the Czech Republic, grown on less than the legacy of the founder of genetics, Men- workplace in the world that uses this meth- 75,000 acres. This is because the cur- del, who studied in Olomouc and who dis- od routinely. The same technology was used rent varieties of peas are somewhat prob- covered the laws of inheritance in Brno by experts to investigate the differences be- lematic for farmers, so it is economically thanks to studying peas. I have no doubt tween the structure of hereditary informa- more advantageous for them to grow oth- that he would be very pleased with our tion in cultivated peas and its wild relatives. er crops. The pea is however an important work, and I hope that with our help the pea The outcome of the project is fascinating. plant source of proteins. Its cultivation will become a widespread crop again,” said They have been able to reveal how the evolu- does not burden the environment as much Jaroslav Doležel, the head of the laboratory tionary information of the pea evolved from as livestock breeding, from which we ob- and Scientific Director of CRH. a common ancestor existing 50 million years tain animal proteins. A big advantage of His team participated in the research in ago to today. The detailed knowledge of he- the pea, as well as other plants of the bean two ways. By means of using unique tech- reditary information will make it easier for family, is that it can fix atmospheric ni- nologies of genome optical mapping and breeders to produce new pea cultivars resist- trogen and improve soil quality. And last chromosome sorting, they contributed sig- ant to fungal and viral diseases and having but not least, peas are also a great healthy nificantly to improving the assembled text of better nutritional quality. and ecological alternative to soy, which is hereditary information. The method of chro- Although peas are traditionally grown imported to the Czech Republic in large mosome sorting was developed by the IEB legumes, it is a slightly overlooked crop quantities.

People with cardiac implant devices can safely drive electric cars

Could a sophisticated piece of machinery “None of the 26 tested patients operat- concluded the head of the clinic, regarding like a modern electric car be driven safely ing an electric car had any significant in- the study’s results. by a person with a cardiac implant device? terference nor other disturbances. There However, he added that the study has its The answer to this question was investigat- were only two cases in which patients de- limits. “It represents a small number of tested by the “Safety Study of the Use of Elec- scribed perceiving the charging process ed patients, and only one type of electric ve- tric Vehicles by Patients with Implantable in the form of pressure on the chest; nev- hicle was tested; in addition, there was an Cardioverter–Defibrillators (ICDs) and ertheless, monitoring showed no patho- absence of induction technology charg- Pacemakers” by the UP Faculty of Medi- logical effects, so these were likely subjec- ing this automobile, not to mention the ex- cine and Dentistry and University Hospital tive perceptions. Thus it can be stated that tremely rapid development of technology in Olomouc. the use of modern electric vehicles by pa- this area. Thus it is clear that the study must “We were especially interested whether, tients with cardiac implant devices in ordi- be repeated in the future, and we plan fur- in ordinary road conditions, such modern nary road conditions does not present any ther cooperation with other electric vehicle high-performance electric vehicles could potential risk and can be considered safe,” manufacturers,” added Táborský. (fri) create potential electromagnetic interfer- ence, which might lead to incorrect detection of signals in the heart cavities and then cause inappropriate reactions in defibrillators in the form of inadequate ICD discharges or potential inhibition of pace- maker functions. This would not only be dangerous, but also unpleasant – and even painful,” explained Miloš Táborský, Head of the First Internal Clinic – Cardiology, at the UP Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry pixabay.com Illustrative photo: and University Hospital Olomouc. His team approached 52 patients with cardiac implants. Half were tested using ordinary automobiles and half in the Audi e-tron electric car. Emphasis was placed on testing everything connected with automobile operation. During testing, patients were monitored with the assistance of a techni- cian in the vehicle and also remotely on-line.

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Discovery of a unique luminous click beetle reveals the evolution of bioluminescence in Elateridae

A unique bioluminescent click beetle was known only from Latin America and species belongs to a previously unknown discovered by a team of scientists in a sub- ocean islands. The discovery of a biolu- genus and represents its own subfamily of tropical forest in China, where such beetles minescent click beetle from the subtrop- Elateridae, which was given the name Sin- had not yet been recorded. It was named ical evergreen forests of southwestern opyrophorinae. Sinopyrophorus schimmeli, and according China is therefore something extraordi- “What is also fascinating about the new- to experts, it represents not only a new spe- nary,” said Kundrata, who collaborat- ly discovered species of click beetle is its cies and genus, but also a unique unknown ed with Wen-Xuan Bi, Jin-Wu He, and light organ. The position of these organs developmental branch of click beetles, Xue-Yan Lie from the Chinese Academy differs in bioluminescent beetles. Most of- which deserve to receive the status of a sep- of Sciences in Kunming, and Chang-Chin ten, two paired organs are located only on arate subfamily. The newly discovered bee- Chen from Tianjin New Wei San Industri- the thorax at the base of the wing-case or tle species is helping scientists uncover the al Company, Ltd. in Tianjin. in combination with an unpaired organ on evolution of bioluminescence. Analysis of Chinese entomologists discovered rep- the abdomen, and the presence of an un- molecular data has shown multiple occur- resentatives of the species Sinopyrophorus paired abdominal bioluminescent organ rences of this phenomenon in click beetles. schimmeli in 2017 on an expedition to the has so far been recorded in only one ocean- The results of the study, in which Robin forests of the western part of Yunnan prov- ic genus,” explained Kundrata. Kundrata from the Department of Zoology ince. Since no bioluminescent click bee- While thoracic organs glow green, the of the UP Faculty of Science participated tle had been known from Asia until then, abdominal organ in previously known in cooperation with Chinese authors, were scientists immediately began to examine lineages produces yellow, orange, or red published in the journal ZooKeys. in detail the morphology of the new spe- light. “Sinopyrophorus is unique in that it “The family of click beetles (Elateri- cies. Using DNA sequence analysis, they has only one unpaired abdominal organ, dae) contains over 10,000 described spe- also found out its relationship with other and it glows green. A discovery of this kind cies from various regions of the world, groups within the family. The combination sheds a new light, literally, on the geo- but only about 200 species classified into of the unique morphology of this beetle to- graphical distribution and evolution of bi- three subfamilies can emit light. These gether with the phylogenetic analysis of 16 oluminescence in click beetles,” pointed bioluminescent lineages have so far been genes has shown that the newly described out the scientist.

12 žurnál 2020 text: Martina Šaradínová image: RCPTM research

Modified graphene can attack aquatic microorganisms. And vice versa!

An important contribution to the debate on the possible negative impact of carbon nanomaterials on the microorganisms present in aqueous environments was made by researchers from the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Ma- terials (RCPTM), Palacký University Ol- omouc, in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS). They confirmed that in certain conditions, chemically modified graphene can change into “nano-blades” which can harm algae in water. However, it was found that these unicellular organisms can build, over time, an effective defence against such mechan- ical attacks, making them capable of dealing with them. Chemically oxidized graphene is one the most widely studied two-dimensional materials at present. As opposed to graphene, oxidized graphene (graphene oxide) dis- perses well in water, offering broad application potential, e.g. in biomedicine in targeted drug transport, in new technol- Graphical representation of graphene oxide ogies for energy storage, and in a number interaction with of environmental technologies. It has been microorganisms in water. proven to work in desalination and in the removal of pollutants from water. “In this regard, the scientific community has been er number of bonded functional groups were able to produce proteins and hydro- investigating whether oxidized graphene did not possess this ability. These findings carbons so that they managed to coat the can negatively impact the microorganisms are novel. The complex mechanism of the graphene oxide with these molecules, thus living in surface waters. The aim of our re- behaviour of oxidized graphene in contact averting the danger. Therefore, the envi- search was to identify the mechanism of with these simple organisms, and mainly ronmental risk of graphene materials has interaction between these carbon 2D ma- the impact of its surface chemistry on the been proven not to be so large. In the long terials and algae and cyanobacteria, which overall ecotoxicity of these materials, has term, even very simple organisms are able form a fundamental part of the food chain not been described previously”, added Ma- to defend themselves. Nature can handle in water ecosystems”, said the main author lina, who conducted the research as part of nanomaterials,” said Blahoslav Maršálek of the study, Tomáš Malina, of RCPTM. his PhD studies. from RCPTM and the Institute of Botany of The researchers prepared three chemi- An important finding is that micro-or- the CAS, where the experiments with algae cal forms of nanomaterials having different ganisms can develop defensive mecha- and cyanobacteria were performed. levels of oxidation. “The graphene that had nisms against such 2D nano-blades. “With The work, published in the journal Car- the lowest number of functional groups on the example of algae, we demonstrated bon, follows long-term research done by its surface acted like a very thin scalpel or that the most devastating impact of these RCPTM regarding the interactions of razor, able to disrupt cell membranes. By microorganisms occurred only in the first nanomaterials with biosystems and micro- contrast, graphene materials with a high- hours of the interaction. Then the algae organisms.

žurnál 2020 13 text: Martina Šaradínová research photo: Viktor Čáp

Research into the conversion of solar energy into fuels supported by a prestigious grant

Development of a new class of catalysts is raise my chance of winning an ERC grant low the emergence of ultra-compact port- the aim of a project that succeeded in the in the Consolidator category,” said Nal- able fuel synthesis devices in biorefineries 4th tender of the ERC CZ programme. Its doni, who has been dealing with solar ra- powered by light radiation. Results of the author is Alberto Naldoni, an expert focus- diation applications in photochemistry, research will also serve to further devel- sing on research into nanomaterials for en- plasmonics, and catalysis for a long time. op the scientific field of photochemistry, to ergy and environmental applications at the He moved to Olomouc two years ago from which the youngest research group of the Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies the Institute of Molecular Science and RCPTM – Photoelectrochemistry – is de- and Materials (RCPTM) at the UP Facul- Technologies in Milan. “I decided to join voted. ty of Science. Among the seven projects a group which is one of the leaders in the The ERC CZ programme aims to pro- awarded, Naldoni’s was ranked first. field of renewable energy conversion,” ex- mote top quality research in the Czech Re- “The support from the Czech Minis- plained Naldoni. public by implementing projects submitted try of Education marks the starting point The project, “Light-driven biorefin- in response to calls of the European Re- for the development of an internationally ery using metacatalysts”, enables the research Council which successfully passed recognised research programme for the searcher and his team to work on devel- expert evaluation but did not receive finan- direct conversion of solar energy into fu- oping catalysts with high selectivity and cial support from the European body. Nine els and the development of sustainable efficiency, whose properties can be man- project proposals were submitted to the chemistry. The ERC CZ grant will allow aged and optimised during the course of 4th ERC CZ tender, seven of which met the me greater independence in research and chemical reactions. Metacatalysts will al- criteria.

The European Research Council (ERC) supports cutting-edge research across all disciplines. ERC supports individual researchers and their research teams. The only criterion for evaluation is scientific excellence – both in the project design and the investigators themselves. There are currently five types of ERC grants: Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, Synergy, and Proof-of-Concept.

14 žurnál 2020 text: Milada Hronová photos: Gabriela Knýblová portrait

Pavel Kučera Sign language interpreter, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Special Education Studies, UP Faculty of Education žurnál 2020 15  In these three shots Pavel Kučera makes the sign for happiness, which he wishes all readers of UP Žurnál.  Signing Bear – a fun and mainly educational tool for parents and nursery school teachers for communicating with children with hearing impairments. Pavel Kučera uses this aid even when working with university students (introductory photo on the previous page).

The man has talented hands. The same were at home, they spoke in every which Pavel Kučera (b. 1972) hands that clothe him by knowing how to way, had their own language, and also He graduated from the sew trousers also feed him via interpret- learned to lip read. Drama Education for the ing. Pavel Kučera of the UP Faculty of Ed- “I began learning sign language only at Deaf programme at JAMU in ucation has been living with hearing im- a technical secondary school for clothing Brno, Special Education for the Hearing Impaired at the pairment since he was four, and despite manufacture for the hearing impaired in Faculty of Education, Masaryk the fact that he did not learn sign language Kremnice, Slovakia. It was actually there University in Brno, and Primary until secondary school, today he is a much where I first found myself solely among School Education at the Faculty sought-after interpreter. He is fulfilling his deaf people. At first they rejected me, be- of Education, University of dreams when he signs, and it also brings cause I’m only hard of hearing. It wasn’t Hradec Králové. He completed his doctorate in Olomouc at him closer to students, children, and their an easy time, I didn’t fit in, being neither the UP Faculty of Education. He parents, for whom he often serves as an ex- a hearing person nor a deaf person. And has taken courses in teaching ample. He loves the world of the deaf. on top of that, I was in a Slovak-speak- sign language, and he has been “The events of 1989 changed a lot of ing environment, not a Czech one.” And teaching it himself since 1999. things in sign language. Until 1989 sign so he forced himself to learn. In his sec- Since 2009 he has been employed as an assistant professor in the language was forbidden here, you couldn’t ond year, he learned sign language so Institute of Special Studies at even sign on the street. It was found offen- well, he began helping his classmates the UP Faculty of Education. sive by most people. According to the so- with interpreting. He translated the tele- He mainly teaches Czech sign ciety of the time, signing hindered a per- vision news, and messages to and from language. In addition, he is the son’s development,” recalls the lively the teachers. “Once my classmates real- Coordinator for Hearing Impaired Students at the UP Centre for Olomouc interpreter. At that time, doc- ised I was good at signing, the barriers Students with Special Needs. He tors were instilling the idea in parents that fell down,” says the energetic man, whose is part of a team creating sign a child must be spoken to in order to learn presence fills the room. language dictionaries, and is language. Pavel Kučera himself says he’s an opti- connected to various projects “But for people with disabilities, of mist. He sticks to the motto: “Tomorrow regarding physical disabilities. He works externally for the Tamtam course it’s not that easy. Learning Czech for can be even better than today.” After grad- Children’s Hearing Centre and a deaf person is like studying any other for- uating, he knew that he would not stay in is an expert consultant and eign language. For such people the mother the clothing industry. “I wanted to be clos- teacher of Czech sign language for tongue is not innate. Also, if a hearing per- er to deaf people, so I began to study Dra- parents. At UP, he takes part in son can learn a foreign language, they can ma Education for the Deaf at the Faculty of the videos Let’s Sign Together and he also interprets children’s fairy also learn sign language,” he adds. Theatre in the Janáček Academy of Music tales for Czech Television. Pavel Kučera grew up in a family in Olo- and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno. Al- mouc with hearing parents and a deaf though facial expressions and gestures, an brother. While his brother attended an ele- essential part of sign language expressing mentary school for the hearing disabled, he for example emphasis, reminded me of bad attended a standard school. But when they theatre: keeping one foot in theatre and the

16 žurnál 2020 other in school was something I loved do- addition, he runs courses in sign language The time has long passed when Pavel ing and continue to love,” he explains. even for entire families and it is not an ex- Kučera wasn’t sure whether he belonged After graduating from JAMU, he taught ception for him to travel to teach in their to the hearing or deaf community. “It’s ab- hearing impaired pupils for ten years, in- homes. solutely clear to me now. I can express my- cluding math and science, but mainly dra- Living every day as if it were his last, self better through signing than in Czech. ma and physical education. Later he also he tries to make things better. For exam- The world of the deaf is more natural to worked as an interpreter at Masaryk Uni- ple, he continues to point out imprecise me, and I know a lot about it,” says the like- versity in Brno and there he would partic- terminology. “Everyone knows the word able interpreter and teacher. He enjoys the ipate in various conferences. ‘nosočistoplena’ (nose-cleaning-cloth = variety which teaching sign language of- “And it was at one of those where Eva handkerchief), which was used by the 19th fers. He travels hither and yon to interpret Souralová, head of the Institute of Special century Czech language revivalists but is at weddings or lectures. Now he’s filming Education Studies at the Faculty of Edu- now archaic, however in the deaf-mute videos called Let’s Sign Together, for the cation in Olomouc, asked me if I wouldn’t community it is still in use, even in the me- purpose of popularising sign language. like to pursue doctoral studies at UP. At dia,” he says. He also thinks it is a shame When he has time, he does sports. His rec- that time I had already completed studies that due to poor communication, many reational activities include cycling, skiing, in both Hradec Králové and Brno. I’m not talented people are not used to their full and hiking. And on top of all that, he likes really the bookish type, so I turned down potential. Wherever he goes, he draws at- to work with his hands. the offer, saying I’m better with my hands, tention to the lack of interpreters. “People “When I was fifteen, my mum realised and I would prefer to teach sign language with hearing disabilities sometimes have that I was quite handy. That is why she than write scholarly studies. But a few to wait even days at certain offices until sent me to a technical school in the cloth- years later I did start studies,” he says. He an interpreter arrives, and thus find them- ing industry. Today it has its advantages. has been working at UP for ten years now. selves in the situation of feeling discrimi- I can sew anything, and in addition to inter- He also works in the university-wide Cen- nated against. Those around them do not preting, I’m always available for sewing or tre for Students with Special Needs and know how to communicate with the deaf,” mending something – even for my mum,” the Tamtam Children’s Hearing Centre. In he adds. he adds with personal charm.

“It’s absolutely clear to me now. I can express myself better through signing than in Czech. The world of the deaf is more natural to me, and I know a lot about it.”

Petra Šobáňová Eva Souralová UP FE Vice-Dean Director of the Institute of Spe- cial Education Studies, UP FE

How to describe Pavel? Words are It is not easy for someone with not enough. Perhaps a lovely, dy- hearing problems to easily deal namic sign could describe him. In with all the snares in a world full of short, only by visual-motor means sounds. Pavel is however one of the like those which he himself masters few who can cope with anything. so perfectly could one describe his Proof of this is his work on cam- cheerful attitude, boyish mischief pus, about which I hear only praise – and also expertise. Pavel is a real from our students. We teach the professional, which has been prov- same subject, and thanks to Pav- en to me many times, for instance el’s professional and human com- when filming our videos Let’s Sign mitment, I sometimes realise that Together or when he interprets for if I want to have such good feed- students. back from students as his, I’m going to have to try harder. I must say that it is great to have such a good colleague and friend around upon whom I can absolutely rely.

žurnál 2020 17 success

UP Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry granted European accreditation

Palacký University Olomouc’s Faculty of their future employers. “This is an impor- in the European Union, and many Euro- Medicine and Dentistry (UP FMD) is the tant achievement for us. The fact that our pean hospitals will give preference to med- first in the Czech Republic to pass the de- medical faculty has become the first in the ical graduates with it. At the same time, it manding external evaluation to receive ac- Czech Republic and one of the first in Eu- is necessary to realise that it is also a com- creditation from the Association of Med- rope to receive this European certification mitment to further development, i.e. main- ical Schools in Europe (AMSE), which is mainly due to the efforts by previous fac- taining this seal of European quality,” add- confirms the high quality and European ulty management and to the long-term cul- ed Kolář. standards of medical studies in Olomouc. tivation of the General Medicine curricu- The Olomouc faculty underwent the de- UP FMD, together with five other medi- lum during the era of my predecessors,” manding evaluation during the past two cal schools in Europe, was subjected to the said Dean Josef Zadražil. years. The evaluators appreciated, among detailed evaluation of its General Medicine According to Dean Emeritus Milan other things, the modern facilities used for study programme as part of a pilot project Kolář, this is a confirmation of the quality education, the comprehensiveness of the launched by the association. AMSE ac- of UP FMD as an educational and scientif- curriculum and the continuity of individu- creditation guarantees the quality of edu- ic research institution. “This accreditation al subjects, and the above-standard collab- cation provided for medical applicants as means that our diploma will be one of the oration of the faculty with University Hos- well as hospitals and healthcare facilities as most recognised and highly sought-after pital Olomouc. (vim)

Prestigious grant for international team led by Olomouc lawyers

Three years of work by legal experts from Society” project. The project succeeded in current technological developments,” said five European universities has been con- a worldwide competition for a prestigious Šišková. ducted under the auspices of the “Europe- grant awarded by the European Commis- The team will consist of academics from an Union and the Challenges of Modern sion. In the Networks and Projects catego- five European universities – the Jean Mon- ry, it received one of the highest amounts. net Centre of Excellence in Olomouc, the The work of the international team will be University of Heidelberg, Tallinn Univer- managed by the Jean Monnet Centre of Ex- sity of Technology, Comenius University in cellence in European Law at the Faculty of Bratislava, and the Taras Shevchenko Na- Law, headed by Naděžda Šišková. tional University of Kiev. “The selection of From September 2019 to the end of Au- partners was influenced by our previous gust 2022, experts have to meet the objec- collaboration as well as their expertise,” tives of the project called “European Union explained Šišková. In the next three years, and the Challenges of Modern Society: Le- the project investigators will hold a series gal issues of digitalization, robotization, of lectures, round tables, workshops, and cyber security and prevention of hybrid academic conferences. Their joint research threats”. “We want to influence future Eu- will then culminate in the publication of ropean legislation and be engaged in shap- two monographs and articles in impact

ing and creating new legal rules related to journals. (eha) photos: G. Knýblová | E. Hrudníková | A. Berka Orienteering | EUSA

18 žurnál 2020 UP has three representatives in Highly Cited Researchers 2019

Three Palacký University Olomouc scien- Ondřej Novák, an expert in plant hor- tists appeared on the list of the world’s most mone analysis, works in the Olomouc cited scientists, Highly Cited Research- workplace of the Institute of Experimental ers, published annually by Clarivate An- Botany at the Czech Academy of Sciences, alytics in the United States. Analytical which is part of the Centre of the Region chemist and phytochemist Ondřej Novák Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultur- and chemists Rajender Varma and Radek al Research. “I accept with great humble- Zbořil have repeatedly reached the elite ness the fact that I am among the group of club, which includes 23 Nobel Prize win- highly cited scientists for the second time. ners. Fourteen scientists on the list are af- I would like to thank all my colleagues filiated with Czech research institutions or from the Laboratory of Growth Regula- universities. tors and other colleagues from abroad, Radek Zbořil, an expert in nanotech- without whose cooperation I could not nologies working at the Regional Centre be part of this prestigious ranking,” said of Advanced Technologies and Materi- Novák, who is included in the category als (RCTPM), appeared in the list in the Plant and Animal Science. Cross-field category. “This is really an ap- The list of Highly Cited Research- preciation of the great ideas and all the ers 2019 includes over 6,000 research- staff at RCPTM who conduct multi-dis- ers from roughly 60 countries. These are ciplinary research with large potential in scientists who have won recognition and applications,” Zbořil said. Rajender Var- received great citation response across ma, who also works for the US Environ- 21 research areas and have immensely mental Protection Agency, is also em- contributed to the development of both ployed at RCPTM. knowledge and society. (mš)

European champions: Tereza Janošíková in orienteering, Klára Hricová in canoe slalom

One studies Recreation and Leisure Stud- the greatest hopes of Czech orienteering ies, the other will be a midwife: both have today. one thing in common. They are champions The Faculty of Health Sciences can also of Europe in their respective sports. boast a European champion – canoer Klára Tereza Janošíková ran for the golden hat Hricová. “First place when three canoes trick at the historically first European aca- go as a team is wonderful. I’m satisfied demic championship in orienteering, host- even with the fourth place in the individ- ed in summer 2019 in Olomouc and its sur- ual race, my goals weren’t that high,” said roundings. “It was an amazing feeling, to the member of canoe slalom team SK UP take the top place at the winners’ podium, about her success at the European Cham- especially in my native region. I appreciate pionship in Slovenia. During the summer, the medals very much. And I’m glad that she also achieved second place in canoe we have brought the name of Palacký Uni- teams at the ICF U23 and Junior Canoe Sla- versity to the forefront and that our univer- lom World Championships and also at the sity placed a respectable second place in Czech national championship, and third the ranking of schools,” said the student place in the overall ranking of the Czech of the Faculty of Physical Culture, one of Cup. (vim)

žurnál 2020 19 success

Palacký University was awarded national prize for social responsibility

UP was awarded the National Prize for the university – working for the benefit of tion on key trends in social responsibility Social Responsibility. The award was society, both in the city and in the region. and sustainable development in our coun- granted in the category of large and me- Recently, UP was particularly involved in try,” said Marešová, Vice-Rector for Stra- dium-sized public sector organisations. local and regional action plans for educa- tegic Planning and Quality, whose depart- The prize was accepted by Rector Jaroslav tion; volunteer activities such as Civic Uni- ment coordinated the evaluation process. Miller and Vice-Rector Hana Marešová at versity, in which students and academics It resulted in the first place in the National a gala evening at Prague Castle, where the offer their knowledge via lectures to the Prize for Social Responsibility, which UP Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade and public; the Euforka project, which seeks shares with the Technical University of Os- the Quality Council of the Czech Republic to mediate relevant information about Eu- trava. In addition, the victory includes be- announced the winners of the 2019 Czech rope; and the student association Sustaina- ing granted the internationally recognised National Prizes. “This achievement repre- ble Palacký, which promotes environmen- Committed to Sustainability Award for sents the success of the entire university, but tally friendly behaviour. “We perceive the three years and the inclusion of UP in the the team of Vice-Rector Marešová deserves university as a community that systemati- European Foundation for Quality Manage- the greatest credit for it. I would like to thank cally helps its members even in the public ment database. her and all my other colleagues,” said Rec- space,” added Vice-Rector for External Re- “We were positively rated as a very ac- tor Jaroslav Miller after receiving the award. lations Petr Bilík. tive institution with recognition in region- UP enrolled in the programme to find “We wanted to conduct an external eval- al cooperation activities, social responsi- out how it stands in the competition with uation of UP and, in addition to compar- bility and sustainable development,” added other schools in fulfilling the third role of ing it with other schools, to get informa- Marešová. (ipu)

French Embassy awarded a doctoral student from the Faculty of Arts

Every year, the French Embassy in Prague students in social sciences and humanities. honours the best young researchers from “I wrote the dissertation for which I was Czech universities and research institu- awarded under two advisors – in addition tions. They have been awarded prestigious to Palacký University it was in cooperation awards for their outstanding scientific with the University of Bologna. I called achievements across disciplines. In 2019, the thesis ‘Linguistic Approach to Protein Ľudmila Lacková from the Department of Folding: Towards Semiotic Descriptions of General Linguistics of the Faculty of Arts Living Systems’ and I focus on the applica- won third place in humanities and social tion of linguistic methods and theories to sciences. biological processes,” said Lacková, who The prize awarded to the PhD student works as an assistant professor at the De- bears the name of French philosopher partment of General Linguistics and spe- Jacques Derrida. Its purpose is to highlight cialises in semiotics, biosemiotics, and the best research work of Czech doctoral general linguistics. (map) photos: G. Knýblová | Czech Ministry of Industry Helísek Chovancová | Š. and | T. Trade

20 žurnál 2020 Tomáš Pluháček from the Faculty of Science received the Shimadzu Award

In the future, searching for serious crimi- position corresponds to a firearm, projec- nals who use a firearm could be facilitated tile, and cartridge. “Unfortunately, none of by a unique method of fingerprint detection the methods used so far have been able to and classification of post-firing residues, for determine the correlation between biomet- which its author Tomáš Pluháček from the ric information and corpus delicti, which in Department of Analytical Chemistry at the our case is the presence of post-firing resi- Faculty of Science won the prestigious Shi- dues,” said Pluháček. madzu Award for young scientists under 35. The research, made in collaboration Police investigators are now able to de- with Martin Švidrnoch, Vítězslav Maier, tect post-firing residues, for example on Vladimír Havlíček, and Karel Lemr, result- clothes and human skin, but first they need ed in the LA-ICP-MS imaging method that to track down the suspect. Thanks to the allows the detection and classification of recently developed method of analysing post-firing residues on fingerprints or their the chemical composition of post-firing fragments; such findings can be further residues on fingerprints obtained by crim- correlated with the course of papillary lines. inalists at the crime scene, it is possible to “It is an award that I greatly appreciate. It is find out precisely and relatively quickly in not only mine – it also belongs to my col- the laboratory and in the dactyloscopic da- leagues who participated in this research. tabase who pressed the trigger of the fire- The presented work was part of my disser- arm and committed the crime. tation focused on the use of inductively cou- The post-firing residues have the form of pled plasma mass spectrometry in clinical spherical particles and their chemical com- and forensic analysis,” said Pluháček. (cho)

UP jumps up in the Shanghai Rankings

Palacký University has achieved the best vious year. In the country, UP is second sults of one of the most prestigious glob- positions in its history in the prestig- best after Charles University in Prague, al rankings as a confirmation of our great ious ARWU Academic Ranking of World but it has surpassed Masaryk University work, and being second best in the country Universities – the “Shanghai” rankings. in Brno. makes us obligated. It has turned out that Among the one thousand evaluated uni- “The placement of Palacký University we are capable of entering the club of top versities, UP placed between the 501st and on the verge of the top 500 universities in global universities for good, however, we 600th positions, improving its score by the world is a sign that we have come a long need to keep up the hard work,” said UP one hundred places compared to the pre- way in the last few years. I consider the re- Rector Jaroslav Miller. The Czech Republic is represented in the rankings by seven universities. Olo- mouc’s university has bettered its stand- ings in one half of monitored indicators: in the number of highly cited researchers according to Clarivate Analytics, the number of publications in Nature and Science, and its academic performance. The Shanghai rankings also rank individual disciplines within the natural sciences, medical sciences, technical sciences, life sciences, and social sciences. The oldest Moravian university has placed highest in agricultural science, placing globally in that category between the 151st and 200th positions. In physics, UP occu- pies the 301st–400th positions. UP placed between 401st–500th positions in chemistry, biological sciences, and pharmacy, as well as in ecology and public health, where it had its first ever ranking. (srd)

žurnál 2020 21 Faculty of Arts graduate kaleidoscope won the Edvard Beneš Award

Law student won one of the region’s awards for environmental activities

The 2019 Olomouc Region Environmental Awards have had a successful premiere, and UP also scored significantly. Luděk Plachký, a student of the UP Faculty of Law, won one of the awards for a major achievement in the Air category in 2018. The organisers made nominations, and the winners were then decided by the votes of the public. The law student earned the nomination for his activities fo- cussed on the legislative limits of air protection and their pos- Petr Žižka, a graduate of the Depart- sible development. “My success ment of History at the Faculty of Arts, is largely due to the UP Endow- won the Edvard Beneš Prize, Honoura- ment Fund, which trusted me ble Mention in History. He received the from the beginning and sup- prestigious award for his Master’s the- ported my activities. I see the sis entitled “Czechoslovak Ground award as a confirmation that my Staff No. 8311 Servicing Echelon”. The work makes sense and also as competition is open to young histori- a motivation for the future,” said ans and sociologists and is awarded by Luděk Plachký. (eha) the town of Sezimovo Ústí. (map)

UP scored in the Faculty Punch helps of the Year poll Almost 4,500 euros were earned by the employees of the UP Faculty of Physical Cul- ture when selling Xmas punch at the charity stand A Good Place to Live during the Christmas markets in the centre of Olomouc. The proceeds will support the activities of the faculty’s APA Centre, which, among other things, operates a loan of compensa- tory aids for the handicapped, and the Olomouc branches of the Early Care Society, one of them helping families with visual and multiple disabilities. The other branch Several faculties of Palacký Univer- of this organisation, which is ded- sity were rated as the best in their cat- icated to children with physical, egories in a survey organised among mental, and multiple disabilities, Czech students. The Faculties of Arts, was assisted a few days later by the Education, Science, and Physical Cul- UP staff together with representa- ture won their respective first places. tives of the Institute of Experimen- The Faculty of Health Sciences took tal Botany of the Czech Academy second place in the Healthcare catego- of Sciences. Within twelve hours, ry. The Sts Cyril and Methodius Facul- they sold two thousand cups of hot ty of Theology and the Faculty of Medi- punch and together “punched out” cine and Dentistry both occupied third almost 2,200 euros for families in place in their categories. (vim) need. (ipu)

photos: V. Duda | M. Višňa | F. Jančo | Sezimovo Ústí

22 žurnál 2020 kaleidoscope

Wagnerová in the spirit of J.L. Fischer

Lawyer and judge Eliška Wagnerová spoke at Palacký University about constitutional order and its changes over time. Her talk in the Corpus Christi Chapel of the UP Arts Centre took place as part of the traditional Annual Lecture honouring the first Rector of the renewed University of Olomouc J.L. Fischer. Eliška Wagnerová also discussed the status of elites in Czech society, their responsibilities, and the role of civil society and its emancipation, which we have witnessed in recent months. “Civ- il society is going in the right direction, it just has to persevere in the struggle for a liberal constitutional democracy, which must be permanent, because its threat is also permanent, although it changes in form,” said the respected lawyer. (ipu)

UP appreciated volunteers

The UP Volunteer Days culminated for the third time with the award of the Rector’s Prize for Merit in Volunteering. Eight students received a coloured glass angel for their time devoted to others, including Roksolan Ilnyck of the UP Crowd club for science popularisation activities, Applied Physical Education student Veronika Chvojková for her educational programme for children, and “fairy godfather” Květoslav Koudelný, a student of the University of the Third Age, who regularly visits the kindergarten in the nearby village of Tovéř. (vim)

Ice-hockey players: new name, new competition

The eight teams that play the premiere season of the University Ice Hockey League also include ice-hockey players from Palacký University, newly under the name HC Palacký University Olomouc. “This league is a revolution in academic ice hockey in our country and it is a challenge for us. The reason is, among other things, that we as club representatives can see from the inside how the league operates, and we have the opportunity to influence it ourselves. This is important for us,” said the club president Dominik Pudelka. Rec- tor Jaroslav Miller also got his new jersey with the honorary number one on its back. (vim)

žurnál 2020 23 text: Milada Hronová event photo: Daniel Vegel

UP awarded prize for internationalisation

For excellence in internationalisation, egy and results once a year. “The award Palacký University Olomouc received the celebrates higher education institutions prestigious 2019 Institutional Award, giv- that have shown excellent results in inter- en by the European Association for Inter- nationalisation. The association acknowl- national Education. UP has thus became edges successfully developed and imple- one of the best European universities in mented internationalisation strategies and this field. The award was received in Hel- activities that include, reflect, or promote sinki at the largest European conference on three or more EAIE values. These include international university education by Rec- collaboration, inspiration, inclusiveness, tor Jaroslav Miller and Vice-Rector Martin and excellence. As the prize is awarded Kudláček. once a year, we can say that we are the best “It has been teamwork by all our col- in Europe in 2019,” said Martin Kudláček, leagues at the university over the past five Vice-Rector for International Relations. years. I thank everyone for their work. The The European Association for Interna- award is proof that our efforts are mean- tional Education is an organisation aimed ingful,” said Rector Miller. at developing internationalisation in the The European Association for Interna- environment of European higher educational Education (EAIE) selects the univer- tion. It is the European leader in the inter- sity with the best internationalisation strat- nationalisation of university education.

UP Vice-Rector Martin Kudláček and EAIE Vice-President Michelle Stewart during the award ceremony in Helsinki.

24 žurnál 2020 text: Ivana Pustějovská photos: Gabriela Knýblová interview

Marek Jukl: If you want to help, you have to talk to all sides

žurnál 2020 25 Marek Jukl (b. 1969) Associate Professor at the UP Faculty of Science, where he also graduated in Mathematics and Physics. He is interested in algebraic and geometrical disciplines. He is the author of eight dozen publications, including the textbook Analytic Geometry. He joined the Czechoslovak Red Cross in 1987 and has been its president since 2005. He also specialises in international humanitarian law. He is a member of the interdepartmental National Group for International Humanitarian Aid under the His parents – doctors – wanted him to fol- Mathematics is of interest because it is a very Czech Ministry of Foreign low in their footsteps. But he was fascinated exact science. It describes and quite pre- Affairs and the National by technology, especially trains, and consid- cisely defines concepts and finds various Transfusion Commission ered going to a university to study transpor- connections between them, their qualities. under the Czech Ministry of tation. In the end he decided otherwise. Mathematics is a world through which a per- Health. A certain “duality” – logical thinking and the son can easily navigate. willingness to help others – stayed with him, and today he is a recognised mathematician ——Some people can… my memories and also the president of a large humanitar- of descriptive geometry lessons are ian organisation which has more members of a completely incomprehensible than the majority of the political parties in world. Your “objects” are ones you this country and in times of need is able to cannot touch. Where can I find your mobilise the entire nation to aid in catastro- ordered world? phes. Marek Jukl, Associate Professor at the You see it in your head. And if you cannot UP Faculty of Science and President of the touch it… you can at least make sketches. At Czech Red Cross. the same time the description I mentioned is a method to depict real objects via a certain ——Mathematics and humanitarian number of projections, for example, two – work. How do they go together? which is how Monge’s (or orthographic) My inclination toward humanitarian con- projection works. And did you know that cerns is in the family. Both my parents were it was developed for absolutely real needs? doctors and counted on me to follow in their It was used in constructing fortifications, footsteps. In addition, my father was active in and its method was kept secret for decades the Red Cross for years and I used to go with by the army. So that ordered world is just him when I was a boy to various events when a question of your thinking. he was responsible for first aid and for training. That couldn’t help but influence me. And ——They say that mathematics is a dif- when mathematics began to interest me and ficult subject. What’s your opinion? I decided to study maths and physics, I didn’t I think it’s not hard to learn mathematics, want to give up on the experience I already but it is difficult to teach. Or better said, had, so I joined the Red Cross when I was 18 to present it to students in such a way that and I still work for it to this day. makes it accessible to them. Many teachers are unsuccessful at this. But mathematics ——What do you like about mathe- is extremely important in one’s life – it de- matics, specifically algebra, which velops logical thinking, which is needed in you work with? many fields – it is the language of physics, To be precise, I work with geometry, includ- for example. I also devote myself to humani- ing some algebra. tarian law and people often ask me what that has in common with mathematics. Logic. ——That doesn’t help me. So what Medicine is also based on logical reasoning. interests you about – from my per- This is why I insist that acquainting oneself spective – an abstract discipline? with maths is important – and I am using

26 žurnál 2020 the word “acquaint” on purpose, because Health Organisation has the ambitious (but think for the most part that our work is such I am not convinced that any special aptitude in my view, unrealistic) plan to make all the that thousands of healthcare workers arrive is necessary for an understanding of math- blood donated globally be provided free and set up lots of hospitals and everything ematics. What is important is taking an in- of charge by the year 2030. I say unrealis- works. That’s only true to a certain extent terest and whether you are willing to make tic because only half of the countries in the – we primarily attempt to support the local some kind of effort. world, including Czechia, are that way now. infrastructure. We send medicines and nec- “Whole” blood is for free here, whereas plas- essary material, not only medical, but things ——You mentioned humanitarian law, ma may have a different status. that might surprise you: foil for glazing bro- which is it related to your presiden- ken windows, fuel for electrical generators. cy. The Czech, or more precisely, ——Founded by a Swiss businessman, Czechoslovak Red Cross, celebrated the International Red Cross also ——Let’s get specific. I live in a region its centennial in 2019. What else does celebrated an anniversary last year. which becomes the site of a more or it embody today? In 1859, Henri Dunant was a volun- less legitimate armed conflict. How The first things that come to mind are donat- teer nurse at the Battle of Solferino can the Red Cross help me? ing blood and first aid. But our activities are where he attended tens of thousands You were right in saying that it doesn’t matter much more wide-ranging; generally speak- of the dead and wounded. The hor- whether the war is legitimate or not. The Red ing, these are social-health activities. Few rors of the battle’s aftermath led him Cross does not judge who is the aggressor realise that in the Czech Republic we have to the idea of helping the wounded, and who is the victim. Now to your model sit- roughly four dozen facilities with social and and he suggested founding an inter- uation. If the warring factions respect inter- health-related purposes. Nor should I forget national organisation to do so. How national conventions, then they will not fire to mention preparedness for catastrophes far have we come in those 160 years? at you. But you will still be exposed to clear and providing help both domestically and We have organisations, the law – are and present danger, so it is certainly better to abroad, where we cooperate with all 191 na- we any more humane? remove yourself from the site of the conflict. tional Red Cross organisations. We are cre- Yes and no. Yes, in that the essential content The citizenry should be helped by both war- ating a global network which can be one of of our work is to get healthcare to the needy. ring factions, and at that moment the role of the first to arrive at a crisis spot. That is what Dunant began and it was also the Red Cross is crucial. Few people however the content of the first founding principle are aware that we are in contact with all sides, ——We regularly promote blood of the Red Cross, which they say was born and that we are in the position to remind and drives at the university. Do you from the suffering of thousands on the bat- explain to them the principles of internation- donate blood? tlefield and that it attempts to prevent or at al humanitarian law. It is important to say I sure do, ever since I was a student. I’ve given least alleviate all types of human suffering. that humanitarian law does not prevent the blood over 260 times. It’s a family affair for And that is still very urgent today. There are start of conflicts, that is not its role. However us – my wife and sister donate, even my fa- less than two hundred countries in the world there are rules about how the fighting should ther was a donor. In the Red Cross we call it and at present more than 90 of them are at be carried out, in order that the humanitari- a family donation, which is the best kind of war. So it’s almost a 1:1 ratio. And wherever an impact is kept to an absolute minimum, advertising. When something is anchored in there’s fighting, healthcare is one of the first and they also state how to care for the even- family tradition, then it is taken for granted casualties of the conflict. tual victims of the fighting. I do not recognise that the children will continue it. dividing factions into better and worse sides ——Why? during a conflict. What is important is to ——How is it possible that in such an Because such care is based on free move- keep up a dialogue with all sides, it is the only economically-oriented era, people ment – of medical personnel to the sick and way to help the victims. are willing to donate blood for free? wounded and sick people to the healthcare They understand the necessity. The tra- workers. That all stops at the moment of ——Do you ever get a feeling of help- dition of donating blood for free here and conflict, so we are in the same situation in lessness? So many years and rules, world-wide is not so old, it started in 1959. At which Dunant found himself. Of course, and still so many casualties and wars? that time, it was a reaction to the high trans- we have much better foundations, a set of Sure, there are still hundreds of wars in mission worldwide of hepatitis B via trans- laws exists – international humanitari- which crimes are committed, you are right. fusions. It wasn’t about the money paid to an law – which limits the free hand of war- But that certainly doesn’t mean that that people in different countries, it was mostly ring parties and dictates what they must there are more standards being broken than about the safety of blood recipients. It turned do. One example is that they must provide are being honoured. The number of wars is out that when people were not bound by the healthcare. That does not mean however, not negligible, it must be reduced, but to be prospect – albeit small – of financial consid- that everyone actually gets it. One example in despair is not the right feeling one should eration, they answered questions about their out of many: in Yemen, where armed con- have. health truthfully before giving blood, and flicts have been going on for several years, the transmission of hepatitis B decreased more than fifty percent of the medical facil- ——So you do see a light at the end of dramatically. We must also bear in mind ities are out of order. In the last three years, the tunnel, a hope that wars will de- that even if the blood of the donor is checked, one-third of people on dialysis have died crease in number or stop altogether? it’s not enough, for it cannot be tested for all there. They did not die of gunshot wounds, To say when or if there will be world peace is diseases. It is crucial that the donor does not but because they couldn’t get to dialysis, be- quite difficult. But even if it never happens, hold back any information regarding their cause they could not stick their noses out of there is still the effort of the Red Cross; even if health status. By the way, the trend of donat- their homes, or they did get to the hospital, it seems like a contradiction, to “humanise” ing blood for free is global, even the World but the machines were not working. People war is still important. I’m convinced of that.

žurnál 2020 27 text: Ivana Pustějovská, Martin Višňa reportage photos: M. Višňa, V. Duda

30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution at UP

Medals, happenings, meetings, talks, exhibitions, book launch- “I’ve heard several times in the es, a strike occupation, and a wall made out of cardboard boxes. past years that Palacký is the Via a rich programme, Palacký University publicly commemo- university which retains the most rated the 30th anniversary of the events of November 1989, ‘Velvet’ atmosphere of any in the when Czechoslovak society overthrew the governing communist country and is still full of Havel regime and set out on the path to democracy. lovers. I suppose most people meant that pejoratively, but the legacy of Václav Havel and that By awarding important personalities in er remains a constant and permanent value time still warms my heart. Because societal, political, and cultural develop- of the past, present, and future,” said Rec- respectfully, tenaciously, and ment, the university declared its gratitude tor Jaroslav Miller. Medals were given for completely idealistically, we still for their activities in building democracy. example to the Austrian politician and po- stick to a simple goal: That truth “Freedom is not a given, it remains in fact litical scientist Erhard Busek, the politician and love must again prevail.” a rare commodity and a privilege to which Karel Schwarzenberg, the Slovak diplomat Jaroslav Miller only a small portion of humanity can look and former actress Magdaléna Vášáryová, forward. In the future, people will certainly musician and politician Michael Kocáb, au- write new stories in which climate change, thor and the Director of the Václav Havel global migration, and new technologies Library Michael Žantovský, and freedom will play important roles. Freedom howev- fighter Zdena Mašínová.

28 žurnál 2020 The more than a week-long pro- to cities and factories throughout central After the celebrations several tangible gramme offered the public a number and northern Moravia thirty years ago. “monuments” were left, which are not only of encounters with interesting person- In the corridors, stairways, and any free reminders, but can also serve as teaching alities. They could debate for example space, visitors to the occupied strike re- aids. The Faculty of Education for example about how in the last thirty years the construction could view 1200 histor- issued special cards with the legend “No- mass media has changed or how the le- ic photographs and hundreds of period vember 1989 – 7 Key Moments in the Velvet gal system has developed. But it wasn’t posters and other artefacts. And any- Revolution”, which should acquaint young all talk, there were also things to try. The body who wanted to could contribute people with no-so-distant Czech history. student strike committee of 1989 decided in erecting a wall of cardboard boxes in The UP University Press in cooperation to repeat their occupied strike at the UP front of the Faculty of Law at the Envel- with the Olomouc Museum of Art published Faculty of Arts in order to acquaint peo- opa campus. The “Velvet Reconstruc- the book Olomouc Moments 1989 which is ple with what was happening at the time. tion” reminded all that on the same place conceived as a chronical or diary of events Committee members transformed class- in November 1989 stood the local head- of that key year, focussing on the city and its rooms and other areas into a typing pool, quarters of the Czechoslovak Commu- surroundings. It features photos from fami- a print room, and a workplace for the out- nist Party, which people at the time sur- ly archives, capturing ordinary events in the reach section, which spread information rounded by a cardboard wall. everyday life of “real socialism”.

UP MEDALS WERE RECEIVED BY:

Erhard Busek, Austrian political scientist, historian, politician

Tomáš Hradílek, signatory of Charter 77, former Minister of the Interior

Jaroslav Hutka, musician and songwriter

Josef Jařab, first post-1989 UP rector, former senator

Věra Jourová, European commissioner, former Minister for Local Development

Michael Kocáb, songwriter, musician, activist, politician

Zdena Mašínová, sister of the communist fighting Mašín Brothers and daughter of Josef Mašín, recipient of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Šimon Pánek, Director of the NGO People in Need, activist during the Velvet Revolution, member of the Civic Forum

Ivana Plíhalová, Olomouc actress and activist

Karel Schwarzenberg, politician, former Minister of Foreign Affairs

Anna Šabatová, public rights defender, signatory of Charter 77

Magdaléna Vášáryová, Slovak politician and diplomat

Eliška Wagnerová, lawyer, judge, politician

Michael Žantovský, Director of the Václav Havel Library.

žurnál 2020 29 text: M. Šaradínová, E. Hrudníková photos: Langer archives, P. Stejskal archives, opportunity E. Hrudníková archives Foreign stays are the spice of (not only) doctoral studies

A necessary part of doctoral study as well great benefit to me. I came to know not only past two years, he has attended an intern- as a welcomed bonus. This is how many how science functions there, but also the ship in The Hague, earned an LL.M. at the doctoral students at Palacký University Ol- educational system. Before long, we should University of Amsterdam, has written aca- omouc perceive foreign stays. They never publish a joint article with colleagues from demic articles, attended an internship at the lack the enthusiasm and willingness to do the local laboratory,” says Michal. Permanent Mission of the Czech Repub- extra. When they get to a prestigious work- His brother is still waiting for his PhD in- lic to the UN in Geneva, enjoyed the Win- place abroad, they will bring home valua- ternship. During his Master’s degree, how- ter School on Law for selected students at ble experiences, contacts, and materials ever, he worked for six months at the Insti- the Hague Academy of International Law, for publications. And these are the trump tute of Chemical Research of Catalonia. worked for the Permanent Mission of the cards for their future careers. One of the results was an article recent- Czech Republic to the UN in New York, Michal and Rostislav Langer agree com- ly published in Applied Materials Today. and also had a work stay in Johannesburg. pletely. The twins graduated in the same He has also attended the Winter School “Before I started my doctoral studies, I had field at the UP Faculty of Science and now on Magnetism in Vienna, a conference in no idea that I would be able to travel, study, they study in the second year of the PhD Belgium, and in February he visited the and work like this. The possibilities are vast programme Physical Chemistry. Thanks to Graphene Study in Austria with other doc- – and, above all, feasible,” says Petr Stejskal the support of the Department of Physical toral students. “One of the Nobel Prize in his message to other candidates. Chemistry and the Regional Centre of Ad- winners for the discovery of graphene, Sir Completion of at least a one-month vanced Technologies and Materials, both Andre Geim, even saw my poster there and study at a foreign institution, participation were able to enjoy foreign stays to the ut- said a few words about it to me. This does in an international creative project with most extent. The most recent one was their not happen to everyone,” says Rostislav results published or presented abroad, or participation in the prestigious Summer with a smile, adding that he would prefer another form of direct student participa- School of Quantum Chemistry in Sicily. to go to the USA for his doctoral internship. tion in international cooperation are varia- Michal also attended a foreign internship Petr Stejskal, a doctoral student in Eu- tions on one of the duties that PhD students at the University of Illinois in Chicago this ropean and International Law, also has ex- must fulfil. Currently, there are 1500 doc- year. “I have gained experience that is of tensive international experience. Over the toral candidates at UP.

30 žurnál 2020 text: Martina Vysloužilová photos: Fort Science university town Fort Science: Scientia ludus

In April, it will be five years since Palacký portant to the public,” says Fort Science Physical Chemistry on an exposition pop- University opened the gates to Fort Science. Director Matěj Dostálek. He adds that he ularising nanotechnology applications, Visitors young and old have been welcomed considers cooperation with the Centre of and selected exhibits are being created in into the wonderful world of science, which the Region Haná for Biotechnological and consultation with geographers, geologists, is by no means boring or complicated. Just Agricultural Research and especially the geoinformation specialists, zoologists, and the opposite. Fort Science has shown that Olomouc workplace of the Institute of Ex- botanists. “Our speciality is informal ed- science can entertain anyone. From four- perimental Botany of the Czech Academy ucation, which will play an increasingly year-olds to their grandparents. After all, it of Science to be exemplary. “When I see significant role. This is why we already re- attracts 100,000 visitors annually. how much attention, energy, and resourc- search the efficacy of our educational pro- The huge public response is the result es the team led by Prof. Jaroslav Doležel grammes for school groups. And it is why of efforts by the Popular Science Centre has devoted to popularising science here, I see huge potential primarily in connection team at the UP Faculty of Science, which it makes me very happy.” with educational fields,” Dostálek explains. prepares its portfolio of activities with Thematic exhibitions, weekend pro- For this reason, the team also publishes: al- boundless energy, thanks to which people grammes, science clubs, the Children’s Uni- ready out is the interactive textbook From keep returning. “Fort Science is first and versity, workshops for seniors, and debates Earth to Space, and soon there will be an il- foremost a showcase for Palacký Univer- about cannabis or the state of democracy lustrated textbook on genetically modified sity, the pillar of its ‘third role’ as its mis- in today’s world. These are all events that organisms. sion to the public, with significant societal the centre uses to help create a communi- An important role in the story of Fort Sci- outreach to all ages. It is the presentation ty of loyal visitors and to pique the attention ence is played by UP students, who work at of university research and results of Czech of important personalities, including those the expositions as both guides and lectur- science that I see as our primary task, es- who come to Fort Science from abroad, such ers. Many have connected their work here pecially in today’s ‘post-truth’ era. To ad- as the American astronaut Andrew Feustel, with their master’s theses and communi- dress scientific themes in a way which is evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, cating science has become part of their ac- understandable to the public is difficult theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, ademic lives. The Fort is preparing a moti- however, so I highly appreciated all the and many more. vational-educational programme for them, workplaces and individuals who are in- The Popular Science Centre team is cur- thanks to which it will soon become a train- terested in advocating that science is im- rently cooperating with the Department of ing centre for science communication.

In the preserved area of the Crown Fortress in Olo- mouc stands a rare histori- cal building with a wooden frame. Until 1857 it was an integral part of the fortified city. While then it stored munitions, today it is a haven for science and informal education.

žurnál 2020 31 lifestyle text and photo: Martin Višňa

Successful in dry run rescue

Just as sports-minded students have ac- to tackle in individual events was more advantage is that we are learning while ademic games, and law students have than varied: a bus accident, a difficult preparing and the tasks we accomplish in moot courtrooms, future paramedics birth, a hanging, an accidental overdose, competitions can be used in school during also prove and measure their skills and and a simulation of an operations cen- exams. At the same time, the experience is knowledge. Their competitions only sim- tre. “The evaluators assess absolutely great for our internships. The faculty sup- ulate life and death scenarios, but prepa- everything in the model situations – not ports us in the competitions, which we tru- ration for real-life situations is invalua- just if we examine patients according to ly appreciate,” adds Jaroslav Zavadil, who ble. The trio Michaela Králíková, Tomáš prescribed procedures and if we are able got his feet wet in rescue work as a volun- Večeřa, and Jaroslav Zavadil, who recent- to stabilise the patient. They also evaluate teer fireman. ly achieved several good showings, can the approach to the patient, communica- Whether the trio, called “UPs”, will add tell all about it. tion with them, and mutual cooperation to their successes in further competitions Of particular note is their third place in the team,” Michaela Králíková said, ex- in the 2020 season depends on the dates showing in First Aid Days in the Jeseníky plaining the difficulty of the rescue com- of their final state examinations. However, Mts and another bronze in the event Yeti petitions. they are determined that Yeti Rescue will Rescue in the Orlické Mts, where they Thorough preparation is the key. At not be their final competition. At the same competed in the same category with pro- present however, it is not as intense as it time, they are aware that their accomplish- fessional paramedics. Jaroslav and Tomáš was during their first exercises, because ments to date have set the bar, and that also took part together in the competition they are now more coordinated. “When we their friends expect better results. And Inter Vitam et Exitum for medics, finishing work as a team, I’m the leader and I don’t also, that this is just a competition and they in fifth place. treat the majority of patients, I’m in charge still lack years of internships and experi- The variety of tasks which students of of organising our work performance while ence before they can compare with real-life the UP Faculty of Health Sciences had Michael and Tom do the examinations. The professionals.

32 žurnál 2020 text: Martin Višňa photos: Gabriela Knýblová alumni

Ladislav Korotvička knows how to treat tooth decay

žurnál 2020 33 Ladislav Korotvička (b. 1952) A graduate in the field of Dentistry at the UP Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, a dentist, founder of the non- profit organisation Arak, author and organiser of prevention programmes not just in the area of oral health. He also works as an external teacher, teaching dental students of UP FMD and also at the Emanuel Pötting vocational school in Olomouc. After work he takes care of horses, and likes fishing, mushroom picking, yachting, and downhill skiing. He also takes part in organising sporting events and cultural activities.

Some remember how he broke toothbrush- afford to whiten their teeth or apply porce- “What’s unique about the conference es during check-ups, others praise him for lain veneers is growing,” he says. is that you will meet dentists, dental stu- what he has achieved in the area of preven- In terms of the system, the Olomouc den- dents, dental hygienists and nurses, or even tion. Under the auspices of his Arak organi- tist sees it positively that the Czech Dental dental lab technicians. During the past ten sation, he has been running an annual den- Chamber has established itself in a strong years it has grown into a large, acclaimed tistry conference for a full decade, as well as position to determine rules for dentistry. event, at which there have been a total of a number of educational programmes, not One negative he sees was abolishing reg- 250 lecturers, including ones from Switz to mention competitions in rescue skills. In ular preventive check-ups in schools. Not erland, Sweden, and the USA. But I have short, Ladislav Korotvička is not your ordi- even one half of Czech schoolchildren see decided to end my presidency after ten nary dentist. their dentist twice a year. years. I would like to dedicate myself pri- He graduated from the UP Faculty of Ladislav Korotvička has also directed marily to preparing events for World Oral Medicine and Dentistry in 1975 and his his attention outside his own dental sur- Health Day, which falls on March 20th,” first practical experiences were gained in gery. A decade ago, together with Zdeněk Korotvička pointed out. the army checking soldiers’ teeth. After re- Hamřík and Michal Kalman from the UP He wants to pay especial attention to turning to civilian life, he was famous as Faculty of Physical Culture, he founded originality. “The Czech Dental Chamber the one who broke children’s toothbrush- the Arak charitable trust aimed at preven- has been awarded for hosting the best pre- es. “I broke about half of the toothbrushes tion in the field of oral health as a compo- vention events in the world, and the Olo- during check-ups and then explained to the nent of a healthy lifestyle. Crossword puz- mouc branch under the leadership of Ro- parents that they were no longer function- zle solvers know “arak” as the name of an man Šmucler is one of the best organisers in al. Since then I’ve calmed down a lot. But alcoholic spirit made from rice but it’s also the country. It’s been awarded for frequen- when I see today the frayed toothbrush- a synonym for Salavadora persica. “This is cy, so we’ll add a touch of creativity. I’m es some children use to brush their teeth, the ‘toothbrush tree’, whose branches and thinking about a dental party,” he reveals. I then ask them what computer or mobile roots were used by the ancient Babylonians When planning, he can rely on a de- phone they have. People often put more to clean their teeth. Millions of people still pendable and enthusiastic team with wide emphasis on those kind of things,” says the use it today for this purpose. And because experience and contacts. For example, he dentist, who has also held the position of prevention is the foundation, the root of was one of the founders of the civic associa- district registrar, the professional guaran- medicine, we decided to name it symboli- tion Credo, under whose auspices a school tor for children’s dentists in the Olomouc cally,” he explains. for pupils with special educational needs district. Under the pilot programme Manda- was established. He has taken part in the According to Korotvička, Czechs’ ideas la, dental teams made up of dentists and organisation of various sporting and cul- about toothbrushes are stuck in the past. dental students went into schools. Using tural events, including being the curator Dentistry, however, has evolved in the a playful format, they familiarised 1500 for an exhibition by the Czech-Australian last thirty years like never before, wheth- children with the basics of dental care. painter Václav Ježek von Thienfeld. Korot- er it means equipment, new technologies, Arak is also aimed at educating dentists vička himself has carved sculptures and the choice of materials, and even dental and future teachers. A rescue skills compe- created jewellery out of wood combined care items for use at home. “Today there tition for school teams called Arakiáda has with metal. And perhaps one of his future are many more possibilities, of course at become an important event, as well as the events could be imbued with a Western the same time the gap between those who international conference We Know How to theme, because Ladislav Korotvička’s ma- make minimum wage and those who can Treat Tooth Decay. jor hobby is horses.

34 žurnál 2020 text: Martin Višňa endowment photos: Vojtěch Duda, AV archives fund

When pottery clay heals

Love at first sight. This is how Anna Víšk- she attended a workshop by the author of ová, PhD student of the UP Sts Cyril and the “clay field” method, Heinz Deuser. “It Methodius Faculty of Theology, talks about was an amazing experience, I came back the therapeutic method Work at the Clay home charged with wonderful positive en- Field, which may look like simple play- ergy. And when Deuser opened a training ing with clay, however it allows a trained class, I did not hesitate,” she says in remi- eye to detect something about the person niscence of her beginnings with the meth- and their experience with relationships. od that has become both her main working Her “clay field project” also interested the tool and the topic of her study in the doc- Board of Directors of the UP Endowment toral programme Social and Spiritual De- Fund, and thanks to the Fund’s support, the terminants of Health. art therapist could fulfil some of her dreams With a project focussing on “clay field” and help popularise this method. therapy, she also applied to a grant call “I’ve always been creative, and at the from the UP Endowment Fund and – al- same time I needed to help people. Art though not at the first time – succeeded. therapy allowed me to connect both,” says Among other things, it enabled her to work Víšková. She had been engaged in various with the German-Australian therapist Cor- forms of art therapy for some time, in ad- nelia Elbrecht, a colleague of Deuser’s and dition to Art Education at the UP Facul- the author of the only book on clay field ty of Education she also graduated from therapy in English. “I had this dream of the Atelier of Art Therapy at the Univer- meeting her one day, and it blew my mind sity of South Bohemia, and for more than that it really happened! For two weeks ten years she has been working main- I was an assistant in her class, helping newly with children from children’s homes comers get introduced to this method. in a Prague NGO, Letní dům [Summer I also received supervision from her,” she House]. The crucial moment came when says about the completed internship.

žurnál 2020 35 Anna Víšková, however, did not want to sium). Today, she shrugs off the minor about the client’s sensorimotor experi- be useful only to herself; one of the goals technical problems from the first day of ence, about their haptic communication, of her project supported by the UP En- the event. What matters now is that she and about how they relate to the environ- dowment Fund was organising a sympo- needs to complete the proceedings of the ment and themselves by means of con- sium in order to further promote clay field symposium and then start working on tact with the material. The client comes therapy. Together with the “godmoth- her own dissertation. She will employ all to a crate filled with pottery clay, there is er” of this method in the Czech Repub- the experience she has gained, most im- also a bowl with hot water and a sponge lic, Petra Součková, they prepared a pro- portantly the findings from her own re- on the table. What happens next is al- gramme for five dozen participants, even search, which focusses on how children ways different: one person needs to show from countries such as Switzerland and with an attachment disorder – a condi- their strength and take all the clay out of Estonia. Cornelia Elbrecht and Heinz tion of disturbed emotional attachment the crate, while another will be too timid Deuser, who celebrated his birthday in to a parent during early childhood – re- to get out a sufficient quantity. Some need Olomouc, were among the speakers. “I'm late to the material and to themselves more touch; when I deal with deprived very pleased. Everything worked out per- during the clay therapy and how that children, for example, I pour warm water fectly, our participants were leaving full changes during the therapeutic process. on their arms, because it reminds them of enthusiasm. It was a successful event, The main focus is on the child’s first of being in the womb. Adult clients sit at everything just fell into place,” says the art movements when they approach the the table with their eyes closed because therapist modestly. “clay field”. “This is in fact the first ques- they tend to judge things by how they see Of course, she immediately admits tion I want to find an answer to during them. Children are more spontaneous in that things were not so easy. The prepa- every session. Just as child’s drawing de- their physical contact and for them, eye- rations took about a year and includ- velops, so does haptic communication. sight does not play such a role; they also ed contacting the speakers, finding Children with a developmental trauma often work with the clay through play. the premises, putting together a pro- show significant regression, for example I assure every client they can do whatev- gramme that would be suitable for both in equilibrium or in basic things such as er they need and follow their impulses,” complete beginners and those who al- when a 12-year-old boy is not able to use says the specialist in a method that has ready know this method, managing his strength, resembling a small child,” a long tradition in Western Europe but is registrations, accommodating partici- explains Víšková. a novelty in Czechia. However, thanks to pants – and procuring pottery clay (six- The goal of clay field therapy is not Anna Víšková, the public can learn more ty kilos were used during the sympo- about creating something. “It is mainly about it.

Anna Víšková (b. 1980)

Art therapist specialising in the method Work at the Clay Field. Born in Prague, she graduated from the Atelier of Art Therapy in České Budějovice and from the UP Faculty of Education; currently she studies in the doctoral programme at the UP Sts Cyril and Methodius Faculty of Theology and attends psychotherapeutic training at the Czech Institute of Biosynthesis. She works with children from children’s homes at the Letní dům NGO in Prague; she also works in the crisis intervention centre of the J.J. Pestalozzi Centre in Žamberk. Her favourite leisure activities are working on her own art and spending time with her dog named Námí, which means joy.

36 žurnál 2020 text: Martin Višňa photos: Tomáš Křikal experience

Back from Patagonia

Always with make-up on, in a dress and paid, but the difficult work also got her high-heeled shoes, a purse across her over her being so “posh”. “The very idea Karolína Nováková (b. 1995) shoulder. This is how Karolína Nováková, that I should go anywhere alone, walk doz- A student of Recreation and a student at the UP Faculty of Physical Cul- ens of miles, and be maybe two days with- Leisure Studies at the UP ture, used to be. Once you hear about the out a shower, that was beyond all compre- Faculty of Physical Culture. experiences she has had when travelling, hension. Before, I had to buy new make-up She was born in Nový Jičín it’s a bit hard to believe. And she has lots to every month, but now I leave it at home. and now lives with her tell: she has sold cigars in the USA, spent I found out there are other ways,” the Rec- boyfriend in Olomouc. Christmas on an island of cannibals, and reation and Leisure Studies student says. Since secondary school she has been working in the not long ago she returned from a four-thou- She spent nearly a year in New Zealand area of leisure activities, and travelled the entire country with her sand-kilometre trip within South America. running children’s summer She says that every journey broadens her boyfriend Tomáš. The best place accord- camps and ski schools, she mind, she always returns as a slightly dif- ing to her was the headland at French writes a blog with tips for ferent person. She discovered she had a yen Pass, with its incredible views and dol- activities with children, and for travel when in Thailand with her par- phins, although it’s not for everybody. “Of invents games. She is also ents, although she had already been an au- course, we worked. In addition to mind- a lecturer in the project pair in England. “That was a school unto ing children I also made money house Health in Schools and she itself. At first I cried every night. Not only cleaning. It’s well-paid, people there don’t has made her living as an event manager in a large that I had to take care of myself in a foreign like to clean. I also worked for a car rent- organisation. In addition al agency. Although I’m not the mechani- country, but I also had to take care of oth- to travel, her hobbies ers,” says Karolína, who once wanted to be cal type, a person can pick up the routine include sports – especially a manager at ČEZ, the largest utility com- things pretty quickly,” she says. She took swimming – and cooking. pany in Central Europe. She did not be- the same approach a bit later when sell- come one, however, admitting that another ing cigars in Florida. A non-smoker, she previous dream of hers might be more real- said at her interview that she could learn istic – to volunteer in Kenya. everything. The fact that she is not afraid of strange places, nor even rumours of No cushy holidays cannibalism, is proven by her Christmas The list of countries she has visited so far trip to Vanuatu in the Pacific. “They were includes Sri Lanka, South Africa, Singa- very kind to us, and they all wanted to take pore, and Egypt. She considers her trip a look at us, as we were a bit exotic to them. to New Zealand two years ago to be the We’re still in contact with the man who let game-changer. Not only did she leave well- us stay with him,” Karolína adds.

žurnál 2020 37 Trip through Patagonia and flooding in the North which wiped out and cannot imagine not being able to trav- Their biggest adventure to date was a three- bridges and destroyed villages. In such per- el, whether because of a political regime or month trek from Ushuaia, Argentina to vasive humidity it is hard to convince yourself school duties. “I chose a great major, Rec- Santiago, Chile. They spent nearly €5000, to keep going when you have to put on wet reation and Leisure Studies is open to gain- although they were able to get half of that boots. In addition to being as long as three ing experience. Some of the teachers are from a crowdfunding portal. They origi- weeks without hot water, one of their stories glad when we’re not sitting in classrooms nally planned to cover about 2800 km in the is about how a dry-cleaner’s refused to take all the time. Still, I have to fulfil my require- national parks of Patagonia, but in the end their clothing. “We had come in from the wil- ments,” she says. And as for her parents, they managed 4000 km. Their daily average derness, our clothes dirty, damp, and smoky. she says they’re used to her trips by now. distance walked was roughly 25 km; some The woman was angry because she would They used to worry about her, now some- portions of the journey they travelled on have to clean them several times until I ex- times they join in on her trips abroad. bikes, hitchhiking, and by boat. “I was ready plained that once was enough, and we’d be to give up already on the first or second day. on our way,” tells the Recreation and Leisure Plans with a dependent We started with a fortnight trip ahead of us, Studies student. And when asked the ques- There is one more person in the equation. we were carrying all our food, and I was also tion which three items of equipment were the Karolína returned from Chile expecting humping tons of stuff I thought I was essen- most important on the expedition, she imme- a child and wondering how a baby would tial. On the first night, after walking all day, diately replied: “Does food count as equip- impact the plans of its parents. Will they I was exhausted, I was shaking, I was in tat- ment?” She added good hiking boots and manage their planned trip by car from ters. I wanted to go back,” she remembers a sleeping bag. “The most important thing is Alaska to Argentina, or will they be rath- about the start of her voyage, during which who you’re with. Maybe it doesn’t seem like it er seeing the sights of the Czech Repub- they experienced the natural charms of the – but I really believe that if I hadn’t been with lic and neighbouring countries? Whatev- Andes. They also visited the mountains sur- Tomáš, I would have given up.” er the case, Karolína Nováková, who once rounding the town of El Chaltén, which called herself a posh little lady, says this Karolína reckons the most beautiful place What do your teachers and about travelling: “You’ve got to try. If you’re in the world. parents think? considering travelling, then go for it. The And they experienced the vagaries of the Karolína of course has many more experi- worse that can happen is that you will find weather: icy cold in the South and heavy rains ences and knowledge gained from her trip, out it’s not for you.”

“The very idea that I should go anywhere alone, walk dozens of miles, and be maybe two days without a shower, that was beyond all comprehension. ”

38 žurnál 2020 reflection

photo: Eva Hrudníková

Thirty-four-year-oldFodé Traoré’s home is in Bamako, the capital of Mali. He swapped his native Bambara language for English and headed to Olomouc, where he studies in the Master’s programme International and European Law at the Faculty of Law.

Tubabula ye ko folo ne fè, ne ya ye kafo a ni mali te kelin ye togo cila so When I first arrived in Europe, it was the spring, two years ago, gnuman caman, bolimafin baadin, siraba caman wa yoro bè jèlin do. I realised the huge difference between the two continents. Especially Mali ni tubabula te kelin ye kada fin caman kan i nafo misalila malila between the developed European countries and destitute Mali. Things were different at first sight: different architecture, modern cars, fine duuba de ka ca, i be a soro mogo tan walima mogo mugan o be duu roads, it’s clean everywhere… but cold. Mali is different also in the way kelin kono wa o mogobè ka doni dalin be mogo kelin de kan. common families live. We live under one roof in big families, consisting Ka soro tubabula o tè, duu man bo wa a mogo man ca. of up to twenty family members. The whole family is often supported by Olomouc ye dugu sanumanba ye waa dugu cègnoumani do, seko one family member, the only one who has a job. ni dongo dugu do min be badalaa moravie camancè kono. Compared to Africa, life in Europe, in Czechia, in Olomouc is Olomouc ye dugubaa duurunan ye cèki dugu kan wa a done do ni comfortable and easy. I think it’s not too expensive here, everything is a ka kuunko konola cègnuumani u ye ,sigi ka nogo a duugu ni kono available – food, housing, services, and transportation. I was not used to that. And the people in Olomouc? I’ve met nice people here, colleagues, ka da kan so ka nogo, duumuni ka nogo fin bè ka nogo. schoolmates, as well as erudite experts. Before I came here, I was told Cèki dugu denw ye mogo gnuumanw ye minuu laadamune do, about how the Czechs are unsociable, but I don’t believe that anymore. adama den ya be u laa, niongon dèmè a ni dunan ladon wa baara On the contrary, I have experienced openness, willingness to listen and kèla u do. help, and I was nicely surprised by the hospitability of local people. Palacky kalanso min be chariya kan o ye bolo fara segin do ye The quality of education in Mali is not too high, that’s why many young Olomouc dugu kono min ka baara kèra ka doniya di kalandew ma min people wish to study abroad, mainly in Europe. And I have fulfilled this dream of mine thanks to the Palacký University Olomouc Faculty of Law. sinsin le bè kilin ne ya, adama den ya ani fasoden gnouma ya kan. I am surprised by the range of study programmes, their combinations, Palacky ka layini ye ka doniya gnuma di a ka kalandew ma min be and the possibilities of studying in foreign languages, offered by faculties u labin ka baara gnuma soro jignè kono amin yèlèma ka ca. in Olomouc. Palacky kalanso a ni a bolo fara seguin kono kalan be kè kan At the moment, I have completed a substantial part of my studies, caman laa i nafo n’glè kan, cèki kan a ni kan were u.Kalan be se ka so I can evaluate. Classes at the Faculty of Law are demanding, we’re kè wati dafale laa walima wati kilancè laa, wa kalandew be se ka working in small groups, systematically, and our teachers are top sugantili kè bolo fara caman laa niongon fè . experts. By contrast, in Bamako, where I attended university, the timetable was often invalid, and there were no classrooms for large Ka soro malila sanfè kalanso te fansi fo na kèra duuguba ye wa groups of students. kalanden min be a kono o ka ca ni mogo ba kèmè ye wa kalanso dèsè They say the University of Bamako produces the unemployed. They be malila. offer only a few programmes, in which too many students graduate, Kalan bolofara man ca , o kèra sababu ye kalanden ba caman be and the market becomes oversaturated. In Africa, you can have ta sira kelin fè wa ni u tilara u te baara soro kada u jama caya kan.Ola a degree in an interesting discipline from a high-quality school, but a befo ko mali kalanso u be baarakè bali u de guilan. still it is no guarantee of work. Because you need to know a person in Wa farafina duugu caman la hali ni kalana kosobe ni te mogo don, the right position. Alas, corruption is huge in our country. You should appreciate the outstanding universities you have here i te joyoro foyi soro kada yuruku yuruku kan. and the opportunities you have thanks to your university degree.

žurnál 2020 39 heritage text: Jiří Fiala | reproduction: Žurnál UP Patron of the Olomouc university Cardinal-Archbishop Rudolph Johann Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduke of Austria (1788–1831)

Emperor Leopold II Habsburg-Lorraine tor of fine art, chose the Archbishop’s Cha- ology, and Medical-Surgical studies were fathered four sons and eight daughters teau in Kroměříž as his main seat. opened, taught by bonesetters and mid- in his marriage to Maria Luisa of Spain. wives. The university had 24 professors While his eldest son Francis inherited the Patron of the Olomouc university and 639 students, and the annual income imperial throne after his father’s death in On 11 June 1826, a deputation from the for scientific and study purposes came to 1792, his youngest son, Rudolph Johann, Royal and Imperial Lyceum in Olomouc about 30,000 guilders. born 8 January 1788 in Florence, was in- (Rector Clemens Schwarzer and one pro- The first rector of Francis I Royal Impe- tended by his emperor-brother at first for fessor from each subject) visited Cardi- rial University was Theol. Dr. Ignaz Feiger- a military career and for a short time was nal-Archbishop Rudolph Johann in Kro- le. The ceremony for the restoration of the in charge of the Austrian 14th Infantry. měříž and handed him a request addressed university in its decorated building (now Health problems – he suffered from rheu- to Emperor Francis I to elevate the lyceum the building of the Sts Cyril and Methodi- matism and epilepsy – finally led him to to the category of university (the Royal and us Faculty of Theology, 22 Univerzitní St) forge a spiritual path. Imperial Lyceums in Lviv, Innsbruck, and was capped by the handing over of four uni- He was privately educated in the Klos- Graz had already been granted universi- versity maces from the hand of the provin- terneuburg Monastery and at the Vien- ty status). The request was supported by cial commissioner, Olomouc regional gov- na Theological Faculty, and on 12 March the President of the Moravian-Silesian ernor Antonín Alois Glass, to the rector, 1805 received the tonsure and lower or- Provincial Government at that time, An- and proclaiming the glory of the monarch dination, and on 24 June of that year was tonín Bedřich Count Mitrovský of Mitro- by singing the anthem “Gott erhalte Franz named coadjutor (assistant to the bishop vice and Nemyšl. The cardinal-archbish- den Kaiser!” (God Save Emperor Francis!). with the right to succeed to bishop) to Ol- op intervened with his emperor-brother Olomouc Cardinal-Archbishop Ru- omouc Cardinal-Archbishop Anton The- in favour of the proposition, but it was only dolph Johann Habsburg-Lorraine, Arch- odor von Colloredo-Waldsee-Mels. When on 11 March 1827 that the emperor ap- duke of Austria, died 23 July 1831 at the Archbishop Colloredo died on 12 Septem- proved the request, and on 17 March, Rec- age of 43, in the spa town of Baden near Vi- ber 1811, his coadjutor Rudolph Johann, tor of the lyceum, Joseph Höchsmann, re- enna. His body was interred in the imperi- due to his youth, relinquished the right to ceived the imperial decree. The following al cemetery below the Capuchin church in ascend the archbishop’s throne, which was day, a Sunday, he gathered the entire aca- Vienna, but according to his will, his heart then assumed by Cardinal Maria Thaddäus demic body of the lyceum to give thanks to was placed in the crypt of St Wenceslaus von Trautmannsdorff. Cardinal-Archbishop Rudolph Johann in Cathedral in Olomouc. the Archbishop’s Palace. On 2 April 1827, Olomouc Cardinal-Archbishop the university asked the emperor if it could Upon Trautmannsdorff’s death, Rudolph bear his name (Francis I Royal Imperial Johann at the age of 31 was postulated by University), on 24 June a torch procession the Olomouc Chapter to become the Arch- was arranged in honour of Cardinal-Arch- bishop of Olomouc, and on 4 June Pope bishop Rudolph Johann, and on 15 Sep- Pius VII conferred the dignity of Cardi- tember 1827 the request was granted by nal-Priest of the titular Church of St Peter the monarch. in Montorio upon him, and on 29 August On 11 February 1828, an opening cel- he was ordained a priest. He was ordained ebration for Francis I Royal Imperial Uni- as archbishop on 26 September 1819. Car- versity Olomouc took place. University dinal-Archbishop Rudolph Johann, also studies were renewed at three faculties: well-known as a connoisseur and a collec- the Faculties of Philosophy, Law, and The-

Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder (1751–1830): Olomouc Cardinal-Archbishop Rudolph Johann Habsburg-Lorraine, Archduke of Austria, decorated with the insignia and star with crucifix of the Hungarian Order of the Holy Crown of St Stephen and with the insignia and star of the Order of the Crown of Saxony. Oil painting on canvas, 1819–1830, Museen der Stadt Wien.

40 žurnál 2020 Genius loci…

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