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Miroslav Vaněk Awarded F. Palacký Honorary Medal for Merit in the Historical Sciences

Professor Eva Zažímalová, the president of the Czech Academy of Sciences on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, awarded The František Palacký Honorary Medal to professor Miroslav Vaněk, the Guarantor of the study programme Oral History - Contemporary History at the FHS and the director of the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences. A laudation speech was given by associate professor Pavel Mücke.

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This honour was established by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences on September 2, 1965, as an Honorary Plaquette for outstanding contributions in the social sciences, particularly in the fields of history, philosophy, law and sociology. Since the second half of the year 1995, it has been awarded by the Czech Academy of Sciences as an Honorary Medal.

The František Palacký medal was designed by academic sculptor and medallist Jaroslav Staněk, a student of Prof. B. Stefan.

Images: Jana Plavec, CAS