Structure of the Institute

The ASCR ICL is a research institute specializing in the history of Czech literature and Czech literary thought from its beginnings to the present day. The focus for this activity consists in large-scale lexicographical, literary-historical and theoretical research projects. An essential element in the activities of the Institute is also its function as a national and international information centre for the field. The unique collections, which have been built up over fifty years, are nowadays available to all those who are interested. The Institute provides bibliographical and library services to researchers and students of Czech literature and other associated disciplines, and it is meant to be a centre of information and inspiration for foreign bohemicists. Closely associated with the Institute are the leading university departments in Prague (at the Charles University Philosophical and Pedagogical Faculties) and most of those outside Prague (particularly in Brno, Ostrava and České Budějovice. The Institute Management Institute works together closely with the Department of Czech Literature at the Pedagogical Faculty of the University of South Bohemia on postgraduate education.