Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Irena Kašparová (Raichová), 21.11.1974, Czech Republic

Department/Faculty/University

• Department of Sociology/Study Program Social Anthropology
  and
  Institute of Population Studies
  Faculty of Social Studies
  Masaryk University Brno
  Czech Republic
  

Function, current position

• Assistant Professor
  Guarantor of Social Anthropology Study Program
  Researcher
  

Education and academic qualifications

• MA Social Anthropology with Development (1998) The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
  Ph.D. Sociology (2007) Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic

Professional experience

• 2019 Guarantor of Social Anthropology Study Program, Masaryk University Brno
  2007 Assistant professor, Masaryk University Brno
  2002 Assistant - Masaryk University Brno
  1998-2002 Museum of Romani Culture Brno, Curator of photo collection, Deputy head

Teaching activities

• I teach variety of MA and BA courses, predominantly in the Study program of Social Anthropology and Sociology. Selection below:
  MA level: Anthropology of Education; Anthropological Theories; Anthropological Research; MA thesis related courses
  BA level: Introduction to Anthropology; Critical reflection of anthropology of religion; Roma of Central Europe; Current anthropological theories; Exhibiting Anthropology; Ethnicity, racism and nationalism; Anthropology of childhood.

Research activities

• 2023-2026: TAČR award: Educational computer game on status of Rome people in the society. 2017 - 2019: Re-connect, Re-collect: Collective biography in post-socialistic countries. International multi-expert project lead by The Univerzity of Tampere, Finland. Outcomes: KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Growing up as Vicar´s Daughter in Communist Czechoslovakia : Politics, Religion and Childhood Agency Examined. In Silova Iveta; Piattoeva Nelli; Millei Zsuzsa. Childhood and Schooling in (Post)Socialist Societies : Memories of everyday life. 1. vyd. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. s. 87-105, 19 s. ISBN 1-85973-332-8. Further outcome: SANb2004 Exhibiting Anthropology, Fall semester 2019 BA course.
  2007-2019: Homeschooling in Czech Republic. Outcomes KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. SPOLU : Průvodce domácím vzděláváním v České republice. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Akamedia, 2019. 232 s. ISBN 978-80-972769-4-2; KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Domácí vzdělávání jako výraz kulturního kreativismu. Sociologický časopis, Praha: AV ČR, Sociologický ústav, 2017, roč. 53, č. 1, s. 79-100. ISSN 0038-0288. doi:10.13060/00380288.2017.53.1.303., KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. The Right to be Included: Homeschoolers Combat the Structural Discrimination Embodied in Their Lawful Protection in the Czech Republic. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2015, roč. 8, č. 1, s. 629-642. ISSN 1307-9298.
  •(12) 2015 – (5) 2016: Burghers of Sri Lanka: comparative study with Czech Roma people. Fieldwork research as part of Erasmus Mundus. Outcome: KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Skin Colour Symbolism in Multi-Ethnic Societies: A Comparison of the Sri Lankan and Czech Republic Experiences of Whiteness Craze. In Upali Pannilage, EA Gamini Fonseka, P.K.M. Dissanayake. AVENUES: Papers on Peace, Reconciliation and Development Challenges. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences. 1. vyd. Matara, Sri Lanka: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka, 2017. s. 67-79, 13 s. ISBN 978-955-1507-54-1.
  •(1) 2015 – (12)2015: Inclusive and exclusive aspects of education: anthropological perspective. Specific research of Masaryk university Brno. Team leader. Výstup: KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena a Marie LÁNÍKOVÁ. Centralizovat, nebo rozvolnit? Analýza diskuse o individuálním vzdělávání na půdě Poslanecké sněmovny ČR optikou teorie modernity Petera Wagnera. Studia paedagogica, Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, roč. 3, č. 21, s. 41-61. ISSN 1803-7437 and KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena a Radka KLVAŇOVÁ. Dítě a dětství: proměnlivá konceptualizace pojmů a její vazby na vzdělávání. Slovak Sociological Review, Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied, 2016, roč. 48, č. 4, s. 377-398. ISSN 0049-1225.
  •(1) 2013-(12) 2013: Socio-cultural changes in contemporary Roma population: integrative aspects of religion, education and politics. Specific research of Masaryk University. Team leader. Výstup: KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena a Adéla SOURALOVÁ. „Od lokální k cikánské škole“: homogenizace školní třídy a měnící se role učitele. Orbis Scholae, Karolinum, 2014, roč. 8, č. 1, s. 79-96. ISSN 1802-4637.
  •(1) 2012 – (12) 2012: Culture-specific education and parental ethnotheories in the Czech Republic. Aspects of inclusive and exclusive practices in primary and secondary school education in Roma populated areas. Specific research of Masaryk University. Team leader. Outcome: KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Children, work and education: first steps to unschooling as a result of current institutional child-care crisis in the Czech Republic. In Belgrade International Conference on Education 15-17 November 2012. Belgrade, Serbia: Tomorrow People Organization, 2012. s. 31-42, 12 s. ISBN 978-86-87043-13-8.
  • 2005 - 2007: 6. Framework Program Dioscuri - East-West Economic and Cultural Encounters (leader of Czech Team). Outcomes: KOVÁCS, János Mátyás, Violetta ZENTAI a Irena KAŠPAROVÁ. Reason, Charisma, and the Legacy of the Past. Czechs and Italians in Živnostenská Bank. In Capitalism from Outside? Economic Cultures in Eastern Europe after 1989. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2012. s. 71-88, 18 s. ISBN 978-615-5211-33-1.
  • 2006-2007: 6. EU Framework: BIB-Femage - life stories of female migrants. Part of Czech research team.>

Internship and stays for the purpose of study or work

• University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Dpt. of Sociology (March 2018)
  University of Maribor, Dept. of Sociology/Social Anthropology, Slovenia (October 2019)
  University of Riga, Dpt. of Social Anthropology, Latvia (February 2020)
  Univesity of Porto, Dpt. of Sociology, Portugal (May 2022) University of Trento, Dpt. of Sociology, Italy (October 2022) Eotvos Loránd University Budapest, Dpt. of Sociology, Hungary (March 2023)
• 2020/02/24 – 2020/02/28: University of Latvia, Riga, LVA
• 2019/10/21 – 2019/10/25: University of Maribor, Maribor, SVN
• 2018/03/05 – 2018/03/09: University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, LKA

Other academic activities, research projects, grants

• Chairwoman of Social Anthropology Study Program Board Member of Accademic senate of Faculty of Social Studies

Non-university activities

• Member of Executive Board of Ester Trust (Education for socially disadvantaged children and youth)

Most significant professional accomplishments

• Rector´s award for the best teacher (September 2022) Latvian Association of Anthropologists - invited lecture upon following topic: Life without schools: Homeschooling in the context of the Czech Republic and Central Europe. National Library of Latvia, Riga, February 2020.

Major publications

• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena and Susanne RESS. Autoethnographic Explorations of (Post-)Socialist Childhood Memories Through Storytelling Migrating as and With Children. Online. In Jürgen Budde, Anke Wischmann, Georg Rißler, Michael Meier-Sternberg. Novelty, Innovation and Transformation in Educational Ethnographic Research : European Perspectives. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2025, p. 180-192. ISBN 978-1-032-61735-0. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781032629384-19. chapter - open access info
• ZAHRADNÍČKOVÁ, Kamila and Irena KAŠPAROVÁ. Gift, purchase or mask diplomacy? Hesitant reception of China’s face masks during the first COVID-19 wave in Czech public discourse. Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. Taylor & Francis, 2024, vol. 32, No 1, p. 149-168. ISSN 2573-9638. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25739638.2024.2319401. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena, Beatrice SCUTARU, Zsuzsa MILLEI, Josefine RAASCH and Katarzyna GAWLICZ. The Secrets : Connections Accross Divides. Online. In Zsuzsa Millei, Nelli Piattoeva, Iveta Silova. RAASCH, Josefine and Katarzyna GAWLICZ. (An)Archive : Childhood, Memory and the Cold War. 1st ed. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, 2024, p. 193-211. ISBN 978-1-80511-185-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0383. publikace dostupná zdarma online info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Open Coffin. Online. In Zsuzsa Millei, Nelli Piattoeva, Iveta Silova. (An)Archive: Childhood, Memory and the Cold War. 1st ed. Open Book Publishers, 2024, p. 212-212. ISBN 978-1-80511-185-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0383. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena, Beatrice SCUTARU and Zsuzsa MILLEI. ‘When the body speaks back’ : Socialization of body-mind dualism in body memories of Cold War childhoods. Journal of Childhood, Education and Society. Istanbul: Journal of Childhood, Education and Society, 2023, vol. 4, No 2, p. 142-155. ISSN 2717-638X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.37291/2717638X.202342278. Periodikum online info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena, Kateřina ČANIGOVÁ and Barbora KUBOVÁ. Třídílná metodika pro mateřské školy. 1st ed. Praha: Asociace Montessori ČR, 2021, 256 pp. ISBN 978-80-907774-0-8. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Homeschooling as a Barometer of State Power and Control in the Czech Republic. In Rebecca English. Global Perspectives on Home Education in the 21st Century. 1. ed. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021, p. 250-266. Advances in early childhood and K-12 education (AECKE). ISBN 978-1-7998-6681-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6681-7.ch016. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena, Dita BŘEČKOVÁ, Radka JANDOVÁ, Petra KOMÁRKOVÁ, Veronika KOTŮLKOVÁ, Dagmar KRÁSNÁ, Letty RISING, Petra ŠLENCOVÁ BÍLSKÁ and Petra VOLTR. Metodika, aktuální situace a perspektivy formativního hodnocení v ČR. (Methods, situation, and perspectives of formative assessment in Czech Republic). 1st ed. Praha: Montessori školy Andílek - mateřská škola a základní škola, o.p.s., 2021, 92 pp. Metodika. ISBN 978-80-907774-1-5. plný text info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Skloňování vybraných forem domácího vzdělávání v Česku (aneb kdo v Česku potřebuje domácí vzdělávání) (Declination of Homeschooling in the Czech Republic : Who Needs Homeschooling in Czech?). In Yvona Kostelecká, Andrea Beláňová, David Hána, Irena Kašparová, Jakub Pivarč, Zuzana Svobodová. Domácí vzdělávání. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Pedagogická fakulta, 2020, p. 15-34. ISBN 978-80-7603-187-6. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. SPOLU : Průvodce domácím vzděláváním v České republice (Together : Companion guide to home-schooling in the Czech Republic). 1st ed. Bratislava: Akamedia, 2019, 232 pp. ISBN 978-80-972769-4-2. facebooková stránka knihy info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Growing up as Vicar´s Daughter in Communist Czechoslovakia : Politics, Religion and Childhood Agency Examined. In Silova Iveta; Piattoeva Nelli; Millei Zsuzsa. Childhood and Schooling in (Post)Socialist Societies : Memories of everyday life. 1st ed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, p. 87-105. ISBN 1-85973-332-8. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62791-5_5. URL kapitola info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Domácí vzdělávání jako výraz kulturního kreativismu (Home Schooling as an Expression of Cultural Creativism). Sociologický časopis. Praha: AV ČR, Sociologický ústav, 2017, vol. 53, No 1, p. 79-100. ISSN 0038-0288. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.13060/00380288.2017.53.1.303. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Sri Lankou donaha - aneb autoetnografie v praxi (Full Monty in Sri Lanka: Autoethnography in Praxis). In Studentská antropologická konference FSS MU Brno 2017: Porozumění a emoce. 2017. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Univerzálie lásky (Universalities of love). In Sociologický festival Lefrvesáns 2017, Artbar Druhý pád, Brno. 2017. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Manželství, rodina a individualismus (Marriage, family and individualism). In Europe Direct Brno - uvedení filmu Sonita. 2017. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Skin Colour Symbolism in Multi-Ethnic Societies : A Comparison of the Sri Lankan and Czech Republic Experiences of Whiteness Craze. In Upali Pannilage, EA Gamini Fonseka, P.K.M. Dissanayake. AVENUES: Papers on Peace, Reconciliation and Development Challenges : Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences. 1st ed. Matara (Sri Lanka): Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, 2017, p. 67-79. ISBN 978-955-1507-54-1. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Domácí vzdělavatel jako spolupracovník, nikoliv nepřítel (Homeschooler is not an enemy, s/he wants to co-operate!). In Školení pro učitele a ředitele základních škol, agentura Olchavova.cz. 2017. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Multikulturalismus nepřijde, je tady - aneb Vietnamci se učí jinak než Romové (What does multiculturalism in education mean and where does inclusion stand?). In Školení pro učitele a ředitele základních škol, agentura Olchavova.cz. 2017. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Ethnic Minorities in the Czech Republic. In Kandy International School. 2016. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. When skin matters: A comparative study of manipulating whiteness by Roma of Czech Republic and Burghers of Sri Lanka. In 2nd International Conference of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka "Peace, Reconciliation and Development Challenges". 2016. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. When skin matters: A comparative study of manipulating whiteness by Roma of Czech Republic and Burghers of Sri Lanka. In 2nd International Conference of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka "Peace, Reconciliation and Development Challenges". 2016. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. The importance of having fairness: enduring racial stereotypes in Sri Lanka and the Czech Republic. In Faculty of Arts, The University of Peradeniya Lecture Serious. 2016. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena and Radka KLVAŇOVÁ. Dítě a dětství: proměnlivá konceptualizace pojmů a její vazby na vzdělávání (Child and Childhood: Various Definitions of the Concepts and their Relation to Education). Slovak Sociological Review. Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied, 2016, vol. 48, No 4, p. 377-398. ISSN 0049-1225. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena and Marie LÁNÍKOVÁ. Centralizovat, nebo rozvolnit? Analýza diskuse o individuálním vzdělávání na půdě Poslanecké sněmovny ČR optikou teorie modernity Petera Wagnera (To centralise or to dissolve? Analysing debate on individual education, lead upon Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, using the theory of modernity of Peter Wagner.). Studia paedagogica. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, vol. 3, No 21, p. 41-61. ISSN 1803-7437. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SP2016-3-3. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Význam nemoci, dožívání a smrti pro současný život Romů: sociálně-antropologická perspektiva (The meaning of illness, dying and death for contemporary Roma people: perspective of social anthropology). Onkologie. Solen s.r.o., 2015, vol. 9, No 2, p. 96-98. ISSN 1802-4475. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Homeschooling, Freedom and Control in Czech Education. Global Dialogue. University of Berkeley: International Sociological Association, 2015, vol. 5, No 3, p. 31-32. ISSN 1526-128X. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Loosing tradition or adapting to change? Perception of childhood learning in post-communist central Europe. In Children and Childhood Conference. 2015. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. The Right to be Included: Homeschoolers Combat the Structural Discrimination Embodied in Their Lawful Protection in the Czech Republic. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education. 2015, vol. 8, No 1, p. 629-642. ISSN 1307-9298. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Romové, nemoc a smrt (Roma, illness and death). In Zvaná přednáška v rámci kurzu Sociologie medicíny SOC 589, MU Brno. 2015. Přednáška v rámci magisterského kurzu programu Sociologie info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Světová náboženství v českém školství aneb co je dobré vědět o dětech z jiných kultur (World Religions in Czech Schooling: What is Good to Know About Children From Other Cultures). Integrace a inkluze ve školní praxi. Praha: Nakladatelství Forum s.r.o., 2015, III, No 3, p. 10-15. ISSN 2336-1212. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Romská politika - politika romství (Roma Politics - Politics of the Roma). I. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství SLON, 2014, 269 pp. Knižnice Sociologické aktuality, 33. svazek. ISBN 978-80-7419-157-2. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena and Adéla SOURALOVÁ. „Od lokální k cikánské škole“: homogenizace školní třídy a měnící se role učitele („From Local to Gypsy School“: Homogenization of School Class and Changing Role of Teachers). Orbis Scholae. Karolinum, 2014, vol. 8, No 1, p. 79-96. ISSN 1802-4637. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. How to educate Czech children: social network as a space of parental ethnotheories. In SGEM. SGEM Conference on anthropology, archaeology, history, philosophy: conference proceedings. 1st ed. Sofia, Bulgaria: SGEM, 2014, p. 85-92. ISBN 978-619-7105-29-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014B3. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Illness and medication through the eyes of the Roma people in the Czech Republic. In SGEM. SGEM Conference on anthropology, archaeology, history, philosophy: conference proceedings. 1st ed. Sofia, Bulgaria: SGEM, 2014, p. 93-100. ISBN 978-619-7105-29-2. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2014B3. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Nemoc a smrt tradičním pohledem Romů (Roma illness and death through traditional Roma perspective). In XXXVIII. brněnské onkologické dny a XXVIII. konference pro nelékařské zdravotnické pracovníky. 2014. ISBN 978-80-86793-32-0. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. O angažovaných a eurogadžovkách (The Active and the Eurogadjo). Biograf časopis pro kvalitativní výzkum. Praha: občanské sdružení Časopis Biograf, 2014, vol. 2014, No 60, p. 13 - 18, 5 pp. ISSN 1211-5770. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Nemoc a smrt tradičním pohledem Romů (Illness and death in traditional Roma culture). In Brněnské onkologické dny 2014. 2014. lékařský portál, přednáška dohledatelná po zadání hesla Irena Kašparová lékařský portál, přednáška dohledatelná po zadání hesla Irena Kašparová lékařský portál, přednáška dohledatelná po zadání hesla Irena Kašparová lékařský portál, přednáška dohledatelná po zadání hesla Irena Kašparová info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena and Adéla SOURALOVÁ. Teaching at a Gypsy School: the Process of Teacher and Pupil Segregation in the Czech Republic. In Tomorrow People Organization. Belgrade International Conference on Education 14-16 November 2013. 1st ed. Belgrade, Serbia: Tomorrow People Organization, 2013, p. 119-130. ISBN 978-86-87043-19-0. info
• KOVÁCS, János Mátyás, Violetta ZENTAI and Irena KAŠPAROVÁ. Reason, Charisma, and the Legacy of the Past. Czechs and Italians in Živnostenská Bank. In Capitalism from Outside? Economic Cultures in Eastern Europe after 1989. Budapest: Central European University Press, 2012, p. 71-88. ISBN 978-615-5211-33-1. URL info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Children, work and education: first steps to unschooling as a result of current institutional child-care crisis in the Czech Republic. In Belgrade International Conference on Education 15-17 November 2012. Belgrade, Serbia: Tomorrow People Organization, 2012, p. 31-42. ISBN 978-86-87043-13-8. web pořádající společnosti s linkem na publikaci info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena, Kateřina SIDIROPULU JANKŮ and Štěpán RIPKA. Dlouhodobý monitoring situace romských komunit v České republice, moravské lokality (Long-term monitoring of Roma settlements in the Czech Republic - Moravian location). Praha: Rada vlády ČR pro záležitosti romské komunity, 2008, 373 pp. ISBN 978-80-87041-56-7. info
• KAŠPAROVÁ, Irena. Aihwa Ong: Flexible Citizenship, recenze (Aihwa Ong: Flexible Citizenship, book review). Brno: FSS MU, 2006. info
• RAICHOVÁ, Irena, Marek KAŠPAR and Lydie THÁLOVÁ. Romové a nacionalismus? (Roma and Nationalism?). 2001st ed. Brno: Open Society Institute Budapešť, 2001, 247 pp. ISBN 80-902476-9-5. info
• RAICHOVÁ, Irena. Romano hangos a Romano kurko - srovnání romského tisku (Romano hangos and Romano kurko - comparisson of Roma press). Bulletin Muzea romské kultury. Brno: Muzeum romské kultury, 2001, 9/2000, No 1, p. 51-63, 94 pp. ISSN 80-902476-5-2. info
• RAICHOVÁ, Irena. Expedice Monte Negro 1999 (Expedition Monte Negro 1999). Bulletin Muzea romské kultury. Brno: Muzeum romské kultury, 2000, vol. 1999, No 8, p. 45-51, 76 pp. ISSN 1212-070. info
• RAICHOVÁ, Irena. Dokumentace a podpora občanského spolužití ve městě Brně (Documentation and Support of Civic Co-habitation in the City of Brno). Bulletin Muzea romské kultury. Brno: Muzeum romské kultury, 2000, vol. 1999, No 8, p. 54-58, 76 pp. ISSN 1212-070. info
• RAICHOVÁ, Irena. Romové a náboženství (Roma religion). In KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Romové - O Roma: tradice a současnost - Angoder the akának. 1st ed. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum/Svan; Muzeum romské kultury, 1999, p. 64 -68. Za poznáním do muzea - sv. 9. ISBN 80-902476-1-X. info
• RAICHOVÁ, Irena. Podstata sociálně vědy aneb proč pro mě bylo důležité bydlet v romské osadě (The Nature of Social Science - Why was it important for me to live in a Roma settlement). Bulletin Muzea romské kultury. Brno: Muzeum romské kultury, 1999, vol. 1998, No 7, p. 32-35, 64 pp. ISSN 1212-070. info

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