Study plan

The candidate will prepare a problem-oriented treatment of five topics pertatining to literary or linguistic aspects of Medieval literature and during the examination will be asked discuss and defend his/her proposals. These topics will be selected in cooperation with the supervisor and submitted in written form (approx. 3-5 pages per each topic, including literature) at least 2 months before the state doctoral examination takes place. The topics for the doctoral examination must not overlap with the dissertation topic. In the course of the examination, the candidate will discuss and defend at least two topics based on the requirements of the examination committee (the committee will decide on the choice of topics and inform the candidate before the examination; the candidate will then elaborate on and submit the selected topics in more detail). During the examination, the candidate will be also asked additional questions pertaining to medieval Latin literature of Czech and European origin.

The key components of the study obligations are intertwined with the preparation and writing of the dissertation, which represents a comprehensive professional publication based on original research.
In the course of the study, the doctoral candidate must acquire an overview of the following disciplines: textual criticism with a special focus on editing various types of historical source (Latin, German and Czech), medieval Latin language and medieval Latin literature of Czech origin, Latin literature of the European Middle Ages, old Czech language and literature, medieval German language and literature. Obligatory student activities are formulated in the individual study plan: In addition to the mandatory courses, they include their own creative activity and its presentation - active participation in at least two academic conferences and publication of at least one study in an academic journal is required during the course of study. Other academic activities at the department may include e.g. teaching, copy-editing, organisational cooperation e.g. in connection with conferences, etc. Full-time students may participate in the teaching of the Department of Classical Studies in the field of Latin language and literature for 2 to 4 hours per week.
The study also includes an academic internship at a partner university abroad or at other research institution chosen with regard to the dissertation topic. The internship enables consultations with international experts and to research primary sources and secondary literature (minimum lenght three months). The Department of Classical Studies offers study opportunities mainly within the Erasmus programme in Germany, Poland and Italy. In exceptional and justified cases, the departmental board may decide on an alternative solution to this obligation.

The compulsory courses for doctoral studies include four types of courses:
Courses directly related to the regular completion of the degree, such as Source Study and Research I and II (LMDPS and LMDPS2), Doctoral Examination (LMD_DZ), Thesis of the Dissertation (LMDTD), Dissertation (LMD15).
Another type of compulsory courses is focused on academic and methodological training and this forms the core of this interdisciplinary programme. These include eight Doctoral Seminars (LMD_DSZJ1 to 8) and mandatory specializing courses, namely Textual Criticism I and II (LMD_001 a2).
The compulsory courses include the aforementioned Conference Paper I and II (LMD_OR1 2), Academic Publication (LMD_OP1) and International Internship (LMD_ZS1).
Mandatory courses also include the common-core courses Philosophy for Doctoral Studies (PHDZ1) and a Foreign Language elective (CJV_D_A, CJV_D_F, CJV_D_N, LMDCJ1).
In addition, students will take at least four courses from the compulsory electives that aim at the development of transversal competences and offered by the cooperating deparmtens: Old Czech language (CJDSM001), Medieval Czech literature (CLDS_a33), Medieval Latin language (LMD_003), Medieval Latin literature (LMD_004), Medieval German language (NJDS_001) and Medieval German Literature (NJDS_002).
The remaining number of credits will be completed by the students from the elective courses according to their individual academic profile and their own interest.

Proposals for dissertation topics:
- The first German translations and editions of the writings of Jan Hus
- The earliest German translation of Hus's treatise "De ecclesia"
- Contemporary German-language texts on the trial of Hus
- German/Czech prayers of Milíč of Kroměříž
- Martin Luther's prefaces to the writings of Hus
- Czech and Latin letters of Hus (language, style, structure)
- Czech, Latin and German Dalimil
- Erotic consolation in Goliard poetry (Latin, German, Czech, macaronic)
- Jan of Neumarkts: Latin and German writings
- Tomáš of Štítné: Czech translations of Latin spiritual literature
- Languages of Czech copies of secular poetry of the 14th-16th centuries (Třeboň, Vyšší Brod)
- The context of the work of Jiří Barthold Pontan of Breitenberg
- On the distinction between the types of Latin and Czech panegyrics and sermons from the Baroque period
- The treatise "De sanguinis minucione" by Krisian of Prachatice and its influence on Old Czech writings on the letting of blood
- The Medical Compendium of the Unknown Franciscan - the German and Latin roots of the Old Czech bestseller of the 15th and 16th centuries
- "Kurztraktat" - a new genre of late medieval medical literature and its manifestations in Latin, German and Old Czech literature
- Latin writings of the physician Peter of Hispania and their traces in Old Czech literature