Biography
Martin Hříbek is an assistant professor in Bengali and Indian studies at the Institute of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. He was previously affiliated to the Department of Sociology, Calcutta University, India (2001-2004) and to the Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (Fall 2014).
Besides research and teaching, Martin Hříbek has been involved in numerous public outreach activities, namely Radio and TV interviews and expert commentaries for media in the Czech Republic as well as in India and Bangladesh. He has to his credit the curatorship of two exhibitions and numerous foreign affairs related events. He served as an Executive Council member of the International Society of Bengal Studies and a deputy chairman of the Czech Association for Social Anthropology.
His research interests include Bengali language and literature, Indian nationalism, Indian Politics, representations of India across Central Europe, Indo-Czech relations, and the geopolitical construct of Indo-Pacific.
Research interests
- Bengali language and literature
- Indian nationalism
- Indian Politics
- representations of India across Central Europe
- Indo-Czech relations
- geopolitical construct of Indo-Pacific