Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information Name Martina Ponížilová E-mail
[email protected] Education Period Field of Study Qualification / degree Institution providing education
September 2011 International relations PhDr. oral examination, degree: PhDr. (doctoral degree) Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ)
Period Field of Study Institution providing education
since 2010 Political Science Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ)
Period Field of Study Qualification / degree Institution providing education
2008–2010 International relations Mgr. (master´s degree) Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ)
Period Field of Study Qualification / degree Institution providing education
2005–2008 Middle Eastern Studies Bc. (bachelor´s degree) Department of Anthropology and History of Science, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ)
Period 2007–2008 Qualification / degree Certificate in Security Studies
Institution providing Department of Political Science and International Relations, education Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ) Period 2001–2005 Qualification / degree Graduation from English, German, Czech and History Institution providing Jan Blahoslav Grammar School in Přerov (CZ) education
Studies Abroad Period Qualification / degree Institution providing education
June – August 2011 Certificate in Arabic language – level 3 (total of 6 levels), 91 % University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (intensive Arabic language course)
Period 2009–2010 Institution providing University of Salford, Manchester, Great Britain (semestral study education under the Erasmus Programe)
Skills and Qualifications Foreign Languages
English German Arabic
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Computer Skills MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), internet
Vocational Experience Period since 2011 Work Activities seminars and lectures within the Ph.D. studies (lecture “Political Systems of Middle Eastern States”) Place of Work Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ)
Participation in Research Projects Period 2012 Project co-researcher of the project Limity lidského rozvoje v prostředí slabých a rozpadlých států [Limits of human development in weak and failed states] Place of Work Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ) Period 2012 Project co-researcher of the project Opozice v Íránské islámské republice v teorii a praxi [The opposition in Islamic Republic of Iran in theory and praxis] Place of Work Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ) Period 2011 Project co-researcher of the project Transnacionální politické procesy [Transnational political processes] (student grant competition SGS-2010-014) Place of Work Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ) Period 2011 Project co-researcher of the project Moderní Blízký východ [Modern Middle East] (student grant competition SGS-2011-029) Place of Work Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ)
Publications Books Ponížilová, Martina (2011): Irák [Iraq]. LIBRI: Praha. Chapters in Books Ponížilová, Martina (2011): Blízký východ [The Middle East]. In: Cabada, L. – Šanc, D. (eds.): Panregiony ve 21. století: vývoj a perspektivy mezinárodních makroregionů [Pan-regions in the 21st Century: the development and perspectives of the international macro-regions]. Aleš Čeněk: Plzeň, pp. 112–141. Ponížilová, Martina (2011): Transnacionální organizovaný zločin – hrozba národnímu státu a stabilitě světového řádu? [Transnational Organized Crime – A Threat to the Nation-State and the World Order?]. In: Naxera, V. – Piknerová, L. (eds.):
Globální vládnutí – vybrané problémy [Global Governance – selected problems]. Aleš Čeněk: Plzeň, pp. 78–105. Ponížilová, Martina (2011): Sýrie [Syria]. In: Burgrová, H. – Ježová, M. (eds.): Současný Blízký východ: politický, ekonomický a sociální vývoj od druhé světové války do současnosti [Contemporary Middle East: Political, Economic and Social Development since the Second World War till Today]. Barrister & Principal: Brno, pp. 118–130. Ponížilová, Martina (2011): Libanon [Lebanon]. In: Burgrová, H. – Ježová, M. (eds.): Současný Blízký východ: politický, ekonomický a sociální vývoj od druhé světové války do současnosti [Contemporary Middle East: Political, Economic and Social Development since the Second World War till Today]. Barrister & Principal: Brno, pp. 104–117 Arcticles in Peer-reviewed Journals
Ponížilová, Martina (2011): Same Goal, Different Ways: Hegemonic Efforts of Regional Powers Brazil, India and Iran [in English]. Contemporary European Studies 1/2011, pp. 65–85. Ponížilová, Martina (2012). Arabské jaro v Jordánsku [Arab Spring in Jordan]. Nový Orient, Vol. 67, No. 2.
Arcticles in Journals Ponížilová, Martina (2009). Třicet let islámského režimu v Íránu [Thirty Years od Islamic Regime in Iran]. Mezinárodní politika 9/2009, pp. 35–39. Ponížilová, Martina (2011): Co dokáže Hizballáh? Z nevýznamného hnutí „malým vojenským impériem“ [What Can Hezbollah Achieve? From Unimportant Movement to “Small Military Imperium”]. Dějiny a současnost 3/2011, pp. 14–17. Reviews Ponížilová, Martina (2010): Europe and its Others, Europe as the Other [in English]. Politics in Central Europe, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 115–120. Contributions to Scientific Conferences Date 4 May 2011 Name of Contribution Hegemonic Efforts of Regional Powers: Iran, India and Brazil [in English] Conference The Third Central European Conference of Doctoral Students of Politics: The Asian 21st Century? Changes of the World Order Organizer
Date Name of Contribution
Organizer Department of Politics and European Studies, Palacký University in Olomouc, Europe Direct a Eurocentrum Olomouc (CZ) Date 13 April 2011 Name of Contribution A Bridge between Two Worlds – Middle Eastern or European Identity of Turkey? [in English] Conference Islam and Europe Organizer Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ) Date 14 March 2011 Name of Contribution Posun mocenských center Blízkého východu a šíření jejich vlivu v rámci region [The Shift of Power Centres in the Middle East and Spread of their Influence within the Region] Conference Panregiony a soudobá regionální politika [Pan-regions and Contemporary Regional Politics] Organizer Metropolitan University Prague – University Centre in Pilsen in cooperation with Department of Political Science and International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (CZ)
Fields of Professional International Relations (Foreign Policy Analysis, Geopolitics Interest and Geostrategy, Small States, Regional and Middle Powers), Middle Eastern Region (geopolitics of the region, politics, conflicts, revolutions and transitions)