HCIS Head ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Dr. Irena Kalhousová is Head of The Herzl Center for Israeli Studies [ URL "https://herzl. HERZL-1.html"]  and an Assistant Professor at Charles University. Before joining the facul analyst at the Institute for National Security Studies [ URL "https://www.inss.org.il/"]   researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center [ URL "https://www.idc.ac.il/en/pages/home.aspx in Israel, a chief analyst at the Prague Security Studies Institute [ URL "http://www.pssi Head of the Middle-Eastern programme at the Association for International Affairs [ URL "h en/"]  in Prague. Since 2008, she is an analyst and a member of the programme committee at Forum2000. [ URL "https://www.forum2000.cz/en/homepage"] Irena specializes in Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and in relations between Ce countries and Israel. In her PhD thesis, she looked at relations between Poland, the Czech Hungary and Israel. Using IR theory which builds on constructivism, historical analysis, a memory, she analysed historical roots of foreign policies of the three Central European co Israel. Irena is the author of articles and book chapters focused mostly on security and foreign p Middle East and Central Europe. She also wrote expert analyses for the Ministry of Foreign the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic. She regularly appears as an expert on the M foreign policy of Central Europe in Czech and international media.    • CURRENT POSITIONS 2019 Head of the Herzl Center for Israel Studies, Charles University, CZ Managing a research and teaching center focused on contemporary Israel and relations betwe Central European countries. 2019 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, CZ Courses taught: - Israel: Politics and Society (undergraduate) - The Israeli-Arab Conflict (undergraduate) - Israel’s Foreign Policy (undergraduate) - Foreign Policy of the Visegrad Countries Towards Israel (graduate) - History, Memory, and Politics: Central Europe and Israel (graduate) 2020 Member of the Management for Online Teaching, Institute for International Studies, Ch CZ Teaching and organizing training courses for academic staff focused on online teaching. • RESEARCH GRANTS 2022-2026 PRIMUS [ URL "https://herzl.cuni.cz/HERZL-84.html"] : A four-year research grant University, CZ Primary Investigator Topic: The Past is Present: The Use and Misuse of Traumatic Historical Events in Foreign P Budget: $490.000 2020 – to date Peace Research Center Prague [ URL "https://herzl.cuni.cz/HERZL-86.html"] , University Center of Excellence Research Fellow Topic: Public attitudes toward Israel in Central European countries 2020-2023 e-NOTE [ URL "https://www.teachingexcellence.eu/"] : European Network on Teachin funded by the EU’s Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Framework Research Fellow • EDUCATION 2014 - 2019 Ph.D. London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Department of International Relations Thesis Title: Our Jews, our Israel: Origins of the Foreign Policy of Poland, the Czech Rep Hungary Towards Israel, Supervisor Dr Federica Bicchi 2006 - 2007 M.Phil. University of Cambridge, UK Department of International Relations and European Studies Thesis title: EU-Israeli Bilateral Relations, Supervisor: Prof Christopher Hill 2001 - 2005 B.A. Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel Department of Political Science • ACADEMIC TRAINING 2020 Teaching with Impact, The Israeli Institute, USA A three-day workshop designed for scholars who teach about modern Israel. 2015 – 2016 Postgraduate Certificate (Associate Level) in Higher Education, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Modules completed: Developing Teaching Practice, Supporting Students Learning, Course Eval Quality Frameworks 2016 ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, Bamberg, Germany Course attended: Comparative Historical Analysis • FELLOWSHIPS 2021 (one month) Summer Institute for Israel Studies, Schusterman Center for Israel Studie University, Boston, USA Visiting Scholar 2018 (three months) European University Institute, Florence, Italy Visiting Fellow 2013 (six months) Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel Masaryk Distinguished Chair • SCHOLARSHIPS 2018 Nortia Scholarship, EU (€2000) 2017 The Sir Patrick Gilliam Scholarship Fund, LSE, UK (?2000) 2016 Santander Travel Grant, LSE, UK (?2000) 2015 Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, USA ($5000) • AWARDS 2021 Golden Course Faculty Teaching Award for the best undergraduate course, Charles Unive • WORKING EXPERIENCE - TEACHING 2015 - 2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant, London School of Economics, Department of Governm Course taught: Political Systems in Europe 2007 - 2012 Lecturer, Anglo-American University, Prague, CZ Courses taught: The EU-Israel Relations, The Arab-Israeli Conflict, The History of Europea Institutions of the EU • WORKING EXPERIENCE - ANALYTICAL 2013 – 2014 Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv, Israel Research Fellow: Writing of analysis and research papers on the Middle East and security. 2010 - 2013 Prague Security Studies Institute, Prague, Czech Republic Chief Analyst: Writing of analysis and research papers on the Middle East, security and tr relations for, e.g., Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior; managing research organizing and chairing conferences; teaching and tutoring securities studies students. 2009 - 2010 Association for International Affairs, Prague, Czech Republic Head of the Middle East Program, Analyst: Managing projects on the Middle East and the for the EU; writing of analysis and research papers. • WORKING EXPERIENCE – MISCALENOUS 2003 – to date TV, Radio, and Printed and Electronic Media Broadcasting Commentator & Analyst: Making live commentaries covering Israel, the Arab-Isr and current Middle Eastern affairs; writing commentaries (44 live appearance in 2019, 49 i 2021). 2009 – to date Foundation Forum 2000, Prague, Czech Republic - Founded by Václav Havel Member of the Program Committee: organizing and chairing the panels. 2008 - 2009 Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Prague, Czech Republic Project Coordinator: Performing conceptual and organizational preparation of the activitie publications of the HBS during the Czech presidency of the European Council; reporting abo development in the Czech Republic. 02/2005 - 07/2005 Holocaust Museum Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, Israel Processing Pages of Testimonies that commemorate those who perished during the Shoah. • PUBLICATIONS Journals (peer-reviewed) - 2021, Kalhousová, Irena, „Ženy v izraelské společnosti,” [Women in Israeli Society] Nový pp. 50-60. - 2020, Kalhousová, Irena & Stela Rubínová, “The Visegrád Group and Its Voting Patterns on Arab/Palestinian Conflict in the UN General Assembly,” Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, 457-475. - 2015, Kalhousová, Irena, “Relations between Israel and the Czech Republic: From Sentimen Strategic Assessment, 18(3), pp. 93-104. - 2013, Kalhousová, Irena, „Íránský jaderný program: nástroj domácí a zahraniční politiky, nuclear programme: A domestic and foreign policy tool] Vojenské rozhledy, 22(54), pp. 42-5 Book Chapters (peer-reviewed) - 2021, Kalhousová, Irena, „Írán: skryté soupeření a hybridní operace,“ [Iran: hidden riva operations] In: Vzestup a podoby hybridní války, Eds. Kurfürst, Jaroslav a Jan Paďourek, A 978-80-200-3237-9. - 2016, Kalhousová, Irena, “Unwilling to Succeed: The Czech Position on U.S. Missile Defen Strategy and Public Political Debate,” In: Arms Control and Strategic Stability in the Mid Europe, Eds. Landau Emily & Anat Kurz Tel Aviv. - 2013, Kalhousová, Irena, „Nahý v trní: aneb pozice Izraele v proměněném arabském světě,“ the Arab Spring] In: Arabské revoluce: Demokratické výzvy, politický islám a geopolitické Beránek, Ondřej, Academia, ISBN: 978-80-200-2298-1. Working papers (peer-reviewed) - 2020, Kalhousová, Irena, Láska či pragmatismus. Vztahy České republiky, Polska a Maďarsk [Pragmatism or Love? Polish, Czech, and Hungarian Relations towards Israel] New Directions - 2017, Kalhousová, Irena, „Idee a praxe české zahraniční politiky,“ [Ideas and Practices Foreign Policy] In: Maximum možného? 25 let samostatné české a slovenské zahraniční politi Vít & Grigorij Mesežnikov, Kultbüro Sachsen e.V. - 2009, Kalhousová, Irena, “The Hopelessness of the Middle East Peace Process,” The New Pr Work in progress - Kalhousová, Irena, “Israel Studies in Central Europe: The Case of Czechia,” Journal of I (Submitted for a special issue). - Kalhousová, Irena, “Populist Politics of Memory and Foreign Relations: Polish-Israeli Re Theoretical Lense (under review by Foreign Policy Analysis). - Kalhousová, Irena, Our Jews, Our Israel! Origins of the foreign policy of Poland, the Cz Hungary towards Israel (Book manuscript in preparation, intended for a University Press). Writings for general public - 2021, Kalhousová, Irena, „Populista Netanjahu – jedna z příčin současného konfliktu,” Ho 18.5. - 2020, Kalhousová, Irena, „Referendum proti Netanjahuovi skončilo patem,” Deník E15, 5.3. - 2020, Kalhousová, Irena, „Kdo rozumí Izraeli ví, že není jen zlý nebo hodný,” Hospodářsk - 2020, Kalhousová, Irena, „Palestinci přicházejí o jedno z posledních es,” Hospodářské no - 2020, Kalhousová, Irena, „Na Blízkém východě možná vzniká koalice proti politickému islá noviny, 6.11. - 2017, Kalhousová, Irena, “What Should Bibi Know before Landing in Budapest for the V4 su Insight, 11.7. - 2015, Kalhousová, Irena & Pavlína Schulz, “The Wingmen: A Story of Czechoslovak Pilots a Technicians in the Service of Israel.” The Times of Israel, 20.4. - 2014, Kalhousová, Irena, „Izrael v proměnách času,“ Prostor, 103/104, pp. 155-175. • CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2021 European International Studies Association, via Zoom Conference Paper: Populist Politics of Memory and Foreign Relations: Polish-Israeli Relati Theoretical Lens. 2019 European Association for Israeli Studies, Charles University, CZ Conference Paper: The Visegrad Four and Israel – Much Ado About Nothing? 2019 Association of Israeli Studies, Kinneret College, Israel Conference Paper: Polish and Hungarian relations towards Israel: From an Admiration of a S respect for an Ethnic Nation? 2018 Council for European Studies, Graduate Workshop, University of Chicago, USA Paper: The Meaning of Israel in the Foreign Policy of Central European Countries: A Theore 2016 ECPR Graduate Student Conference, Tartu, Estonia Conference Paper: A Representation of the Historical Legacy in the Polish Foreign Policy t 2016 European Association of Israel Studies, Graduate Workshop, SOAS, London, UK Conference Paper: Strange Bedfellows? History and Foreign Policy Analysis 2016 Association for Israeli Studies, Jerusalem, Israel Conference Paper: A Representation of the Historical Legacy in the Czech Foreign Policy To Courses taught in the academic year 2021-22: - Israel: Politics and Society (winter term) - The Israeli-Arab/Palestinian Conflict (winter and summer term) - History, Memory, and Politics: Central Europe and Israel (winter term) - Israel’s Foreign Policy (summer term)   Email: irena.kalhousova(zavinac)fsv.cuni.cz [ MAIL "irena.kalhousova(zavinac)fsv.cuni.cz"]