PhDr. Jiří Holba, Ph.D.

AREAS OF INTEREST

• buddhism generally
• philosophical, ethical and religious aspects of Mahayana Buddhism
• comparative Philosophy
• Diamond Sutra, Santideva´s Bodhicaryavatara
• Buddhist logico-epistemology tradition
• philosophy of Madhyamaka and Yogacara

EDUCATION

• 2009-2012  B. A. in Philosophy at University of Ostrava, Ostrava
• 2012-2015  M.A. in Philosophy at University of Ostrava, Ostrava
• 1995-2002  Ph.D. program in Systematic Philosophy, Charles University, Prague, with focus on Buddhist Studies
• 1991-1995  M.A. in Sanskrit at Charles University, Prague

ACADEMIC CAREER

• Buddhism courses at: FF UP, ETF UK, FHS UK, FF MU, FF OSU
• since 2002 lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy and Religious Studies, Charles University, Prague
• since 1997 Oriental Institute ASCR

RESEARCH AND STUDY TOURS

• Emory University, Department of Religious Studies, Atlanta, USA, Fulbright Felowship (Research scholar), 1. 10. 2015 - 30. 4. 2016.
• Harvard University, Cambridge, USA (study tour), 5. 2. - 12. 2. 2009
• University of Lausanne (study tour), March 2004 - June 2004
• University of Lausanne (study tour), March 2000 - June 2000
• University of Lausanne (Scholarship of Fonds Elisabeth de Boer), March 1999 - June 1999
• University of Lausanne (Scholarship of Fonds Elisabeth de Boer), October 1998 - December 1998
• University of Lausanne, Department of Oriental Languages and Cultures (Scholarship of Swiss government for Eastern Europe), October 1997 - July 1998

OTEHR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Conferences

• November 2016: "Diamantová sútra v Číně" [Diamond Sutra in China], 10. Czech-Slovak Sinological Conference, Brno.
• November 2011: „ Awakening of Faith in Mahayana“, 5. Czech-Slovak Sinological Conference, Brno. 
• November 2011:  „Buddhism and Aristotelic logic“. Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies FF UK, Prague.
• June 2008: „Buddhism and its reflection in Czech Republic after the First World War till the ´Velvet Revolution´ in 1989”. 15. Congress of International Association of Buddhist Studies, Atlanta, USA.
• June 2008: International Buddhist conference. Emptiness and the Way of Bodhisattvas,  organizer.
• October 2006: „The Development of Bodhisattva´s path to Buddhahood“. International conference „Religious Change“. Bratislava.
• August 1999:  12. Congress of International Association of Buddhist Studies, Lausanne, Swiss, coordinator.

Invited Talks at Universities Abroad

• Emory University, Atlanta, USA (14. 4. 2016): Czechs and Tibetans: Relationship and Academic Studies.
  Wisconsin-Madison University, Wisconsin, USA (30. 3. 2016): Buddhist Studies in Czechoslovakia: Reflections on a Complicated History.
• Glendale Community College, Tempe, Arizona, USA (26. 2. 2016): Charter 77: Dissent and Underground in Czechoslovakia II.
• Maricopa Community Colleges, Tempe, Arizona, USA: Charter 77: Dissent and Underground in Czechoslovakia I.
• Harvard University (Harvard Buddhist Studies Forum), Cambridge, USA (6. 2. 2009): Buddhism and Buddhist Studies in the Czech Republic between the First World War and the ‘Velvet Revolution’ of 1989.
• Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (23. 5. 2005): The Origin of Mahayana Buddhism in India.
• Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland (24. 5. 2005): The Path of the Bodhisattvas to Buddhahood.

MEMBERSHIP

• member of PhD. study programme board, Religion studies, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
• PhD. instructor, Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Palacky University, Olomouc
• member of the editors board of ExOriente publishing house, Prague
• member of The International Association of Buddhist Studies