Prof. Dr. Josef Opatrný, CSc (1945)

Studies: History- Czech, Faculty of Arts, Prague. PhD. 1969, CSc - 1978, Prof. Dr. 1995

Investigation: Latin American History - 19th century, esp. Cuban History, US-Latin American Relations.

Courses: Latin- American History in the 19th century, US- History, Czech-American Relations in the 19th century, Latin American History from Independence to the First World War, US-History, Ibero-American PGS seminar.

Publications: Articles (43), reviews (122), books (12), US Expansionism and Cuban Annexationism in the 1850s, 1990; Historical Pre-conditions of the Origin of the Cuban Nation, 1994; Cuba. Algunos problemas de su historia, ed., 1995.

Positions: Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, Director of Ibero-Americana Pragensia, member of Editorial Board of Revista de Indias (Madrid), Cuban Studies (Pittsburgh), Historia Latinoamericana en Europa (Bordeaux), Coordinator of the working group "History of Cuba" of Asociaci˘n de los Historiadores Latinoamericansitas Europeos.