> Dvořáková Žaneta, PhDr., Ph.D.

Dvořáková Žaneta, PhDr., Ph.D.

ORCID 0000-0002-3947-2019

Areas of research specialization:

onomastics

Education:

2016 Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

  • academic degree PhDr.
  • field of study: Czech language

2008–2015 Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

2001–2007 Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague

Work experience:

  • 2017–present ‒ researcher in the Department of Onomastics, Czech Language Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences
  • 2017–present ‒ executive editor of the journal Acta onomastica
  • 2009–2010 ‒ executive editor of the journal Acta onomastica
  • 2004–2010 ‒ researcher in the Department of Onomastics, Czech Language Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences

Stays abroad:

  • summer semester 2006 ‒ Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy (Erasmus Programme)

Publications:

Monographs:

  • Dvořáková, Ž. (2017): Literární onomastika. Antroponyma [Literary onomastics. Anthroponyms]. Praha: FF UK.

Dictionaries:

  • Slíz, M. ‒ Dvořáková, Ž. ‒ Štěpán, P. ‒ Štěpánová, V. ‒ Farkas, T. ‒ Fodor N., J. ‒ Szabó, A. U. ‒ Rutkiewicz-Hanczewska, M. ‒ Walkowiak, J. ‒ Galeska, K. ‒ Bauko, J. ‒ Hegedűs, O. (2024): Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries = Slovník příjmení v zemích Višegrádské skupiny = A visegrádi országok családnévszótára = Słownik nazwisk państw wyszehradzkich = Slovník priezvisk vyšehradských krajín (DFNVC). Praha – Budapest – Poznań – Nitra: Czech Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences ‒ ELTE Eötvös Loránd University ‒ Adam Mickiewicz University ‒ Constantine the Philosopher University.
  • Matúšová, J. – Giger, M. – Giger, M. – Malenínská, J. – Procházková, Ž. – Steinerová, J. – Štěpán, P. – Zirhutová, M. (2009): Slovník pomístních jmen v Čechách V (Bra–Buc) [Dictionary of Minor Place Names in Bohemia V (Bra–Buc)]. Praha: Academia.
  • Matúšová, J. – Giger, M. – Hamplová, M. – Malenínská, J. – Procházková, Ž. – Steinerová, J. – Štěpán, P. (2008): Slovník pomístních jmen v Čechách IV (Bíg–Bož) [Dictionary of Minor Place Names in Bohemia IV (Bíg–Bož)]. Praha: Academia.
  • Matúšová, J. – Giger, M. – Hamplová, M. – Mackovičová, M. – Malenínská, J. – Procházková, Ž. – Steinerová, J. – Štěpán, P. (2007): Slovník pomístních jmen v Čechách III (Bav–Bíd) [Dictionary of Minor Place Names in Bohemia III (Bav–Bíd)]. Praha: Academia.

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Projects and grants:

  • 2024-2026 ‒ National and Ethnic Identities in Central and Eastern Europe through the Lens of Official and Unofficial Geographical Names, joint project with the Institute of Ethnology of the CAS, Strategy AV21 Identities in a World of Wars and Crises (co-researcher)
  • 2022–2024 ‒ Your name is your history – Personal names as common cultural heritage of the V4 region, ID No. 22210004, Visegrad+ Grant (team member)
  • 2010–2012 ‒ Korpus nahrávek českých řečových vzorů [Corpus of recordings of Czech speech patterns], ID No. 26410, Grant Agency of Charles University in Prague (co-researcher)
  • 2006–2008 ‒ Slovník pomístních jmen v Čechách V. [Dictionary of Minor Place Names in Bohemia V.], ID No. 405/06/1238, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (team member)

Membership in scholarly and specialized societies, committees and institutional bodies:

  • 2021‒present ‒ member of the Laboratory of Slavic Onomastics of the University of Wroclaw (Pracownia Onomastyki Słowiańskiej Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego)
  • 2018‒present ‒ member of the Commission for Slavic Onomastics of the International Committee of Slavists
  • 2017‒present ‒ member of the Czech Linguistic Association (Jazykovědné sdružení ČR)
  • 2017‒present ‒ member of the International Council of Onomastic Sciences (ICOS), 2024‒present member of the ICOS Board of Directors

Popularisation:

  • 03/2016‒02/2025 ‒ scripts for the radio programme On the Origin of Surnames (O původu příjmení), Český rozhlas Dvojka