Michael Brtnický

IIR Associate Researcher

Employment

2013: participation in the project of Palacky University called ‘Science into Schools’
2011- present: commentaries about the political situation in the Middle Eastern countries for ‘Česká televize‘ (Czech Television)
2009 - present: journalistic work (Právo, Hospodářské noviny, Literární noviny)
2009 - present: collaborator of the magazine ‘Global Politics’
2010 - 2012: teaching at the Department of Politics and European Studies at the Philosophical Faculty of Palacky University; collaborator in the courses ‘The European Union and the Member Countries’ and ‘ The European Union’s External Relations’; direction of the courses ‘ The Middle East in International Relations’ and ‘Islam and Islamisms’
2010 - 2012: employment in the Europe Direct Olomouc information center
2009 and 2010: member of the working group realizing the project ‘Decide on Europe: the European Union’s Model’

Education

2010 - present: PhD studies at the Department of Politics and European Studies of the Philosophical Faculty of Palacky University, doctoral thesis: ' The European Union and the Arab Mediterranean: from the Barcelona Process until the "Arab Awakening"'
2007 - 2010: Philosophical Faculty of Palacky University, M.A. program in Political Science and European Studies, the M.A. level studies were finished with successful defense of M.A. thesis ‘Islamism and the Foreign Policy of the European Union in the Mediterranean: Dialogue or Conflict?’
2004 - 2007: Philosophical Faculty of Palacky University, Bachelor program in Political Science and European Studies, the studies were finished by successful defense of Bachelor thesis ‘Political Islam in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood – History, the Present, Perspectives’

Foreign Research Fellowships, Internships

2012: International Language Institute, Cairo, Egypt
2010: Arabic Language Center, Damascus University, Syria
2008 - 2009: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Faculty of Social Sciences

Languages

English - active knowledge
French - active knowledge
Arabic (MSA) - passive knowledge

Areas of interest

EU foreign policy, European Neighbourhood Policy
The EU’s presence in the area of the southern and eastern Mediterranean
Political development and international relations of North African and Middle East countries
Lebanon, Morocco, Syria

Publications

Scholarly Articles (peer-reviewed journals)

"Evropská zahraniční politika v jižním a východním Středozemí v období 1995-2010 a její vztah vůči islamismu", studie přijata k publikaci v Acta FF ZČU, the 2013 volume, 2013.
"The Arab Revolts: an Impetus towards Reassessment of the EuropeanUnion’s foreign policy?", Contemporary European Studies. Vol. 2, 2011, p. 41-53.
"Politický islám, islamismus a teoretická východiska jeho sunnitské větve", Global Politics, 2008.
"Maroko: všichni královi islamisté", Global Politics, 2008.

Other Articles

A number of articles published in Czech newspapers and magazines (Právo, Literární noviny, Hospodářské noviny), mostly on political developments and international relations in the Middle East.
Some of them are available at http://www.literarky.cz/blogy/michael-brtnicky.










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