Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees

• Mgr. Bc Adam Šumichrast, born 8. January 1992, Myjava

Department/Faculty/University

• Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts (The Institute of History), Brno, Czech Republic

Function, current position

• internal doctoral candidate

Education and academic qualifications

• 2017 Comenius University | Bratislava, Slovakia Bc.: Political Science Supervisor: Branislav Dolný, PhD. Thesis Title: Comparison of transformation of trade unions in the Slovak state and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
  2016 Comenius University | Bratislava, Slovakia Mgr.: History (Slovak modern history) Supervisor: doc. Martin Vašš Thesis Title: Expressions of social and political radicalism in the context of the Ludak regime in the years of 1939 - 1940 as exemplified by the region of central Považie
  2014 Comenius University | Bratislava, Slovakia Bc.: History Supervisor: doc. Martin Vašš Thesis Title: The development of the evaluation of the regime of the first Slovak Republic in Slovak historiography after 1989
  2011: Gymnasium, Myjava

Research activities

• Adam Šumichrast is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of History (Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Arts) specializing in comparative labor and social history. His dissertation thesis explores the interactions between trade unions and power centers of the state, quotidian activities of the trade unions, their reception of state ideology and institutional structure in the context of dictatorial regimes in a comparative perspective mainly during the second world war. He deals with the impact of these regimes on labor movement and the processes leading to the emergence of new types of organizations which controls the labor force. He is also interested in research into industrial unrest and collective actions, including the present and especially in Slovakia and Czech Republic.

Internship and stays for the purpose of study or work

• 2019/10/01 – 2020/01/31: University of Vienna, Vienna, AKTION, AUT
  • Proposal for Aktion Czech Republic-Austria, winter semester (2019/2020), Adam Šumichrast. Dissertation thesis: Comparison the development of trade unions in the Slovak state and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in comparative. In my dissertation project, in a comparative perspective, I deal with the development of a trade union movement in the Slovak state and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in the years 1939-1945. The basic research question is whether we can talk about transforming the trade unions or rather about their extirpation. I also analyze the basic features of trade union development in fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. These countries represented both the inspiration and the subsequent take-over and application of the patterns and mechanisms of operation in the regimes under examination. I examine the development of the trade union movement on the theoretical basis of authoritarian regimes and the theory of totalitarianism (its critical reception) and the resulting regime dynamics and its repercussions. I also notice the application of corporatism in the studied states as the phenomenon of the time. In terms of methodology, I use in particular a structuralist-analytical approach (inspired by Bielefeld school, for example), but in some moments, however, I also use elements of history from below or microhistory approaches. I also work with the concept of class. I set out three basic areas of research and subsequent comparative analysis. First area: the enterprise of the trade union itself - its activities, activities and political expressions. In this section I will also deal with the strike activity of the working class and its reasons and implications. In the second area, I focus on the ideological positions of the trade unions and how they reflected the ideology of the regime under which they acted. I will also be interested in mobilizing and ideologically disciplining the workers for the economic interests of the state. Finally, I would like to focus on the organizational structure of the trade unions and the number of members they have represented. The aim of the dissertation thesis will be to identify similarities and differences with focus on these three areas and the attempt to provide an explanation of the possible differences. Draft of activities in Austria My stay in Austria, at the University of Vienna, I would like to use in three ways. Firstly, I would like to examine the development of the trade unions in Austria, where we see a number of breaks, and I wonder how it affected the trade union movement. Mostly, the influence of austrofascism (the installed authoritarian regime and corporatist/catolic influence) = similarities with the Slovak state; and subsequently the situation after the anschluss, when the Nazi regime was incorporated into the examine sphere also in Austria = similarities with Protectorate Bohemia and Morava. The result could be innovative study, minimally in the context of Slovak and Czech historiography (potentially also a part of dissertation work). For research, I would use these archives: Verein für Geschichte der ArbeiterInnenbewegung (http://www.vga.at/) Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes (https://www.doew.at/) Secondly, I would like to study literature in libraries - as in archives as well at university. Many books, mostly German language origin (but also English), that I need for dissertation are unavailable in Czech and Slovak libraries. And finally, if it was possible, I would also like to visit some interesting methodologically oriented course at the university, from which I could get further inspiration.

Non-university activities

• Facebook Page Admin: "Labor History" - Dejiny pracujúcich a práce https://www.facebook.com/labhist
  Facebook Page Co-admin: Stará Turá a podjavorinský kraj v toku času https://www.facebook.com/historickaOtura/

Major publications

• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. „Přímou akcí za osvobození proletariátu!“ Anarchističtí horníci v severozápadních Čechách v letech 1896-1930 (diskusant). In Český anarchismus na přelomu 19. a 20. století. 2022. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Parížska komúna. Pokus o iný svet (Paris Commune. An attempt at a different world). In Historická revue. 2021, p. 20-25. ISSN 1335-6550. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Priebeh handlovského štrajku (1940) a jeho inštrumentalizácia v prednovembrovej historiografii (The development of the Handlová strike (1940) and itsinstrumentalization in pre-November historiography). Studia historica Brunensia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021, vol. 68, No 2, p. 159-177. ISSN 1803-7429. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SHB2021-2-8. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Transformácia českého robotníctva od nacizmu k socializmu (Transformation of Czech working class from Nazism to Socialism). Soudobé dějiny. AV ČR, Ústav pro soudobé dějiny, 2021, vol. 28, No 2, p. 526-531. ISSN 1210-7050. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Problematika štrajkov v protektoráte Čechy a Morava v kontexte európskych diktatúr. In Nové pohledy na dějiny dělnického hnutí v letech 1848–1948 v současné české historiografii. 2021. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Slovenská politika v kontexte revolučných rokov 1848/49 a názory K. Marxa a F. Engelsa (Slovak politics in the years 1848/49 in the view K. Marx and F. Engels). Acta historica Neosoliensia. Banská Bystrica: Katedra histórie Fakulty humanitných vied Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici, 2020, vol. 23, No 1, p. 125-139. ISSN 1336-9148. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Hnev zotročených. Krvavá rebélia Nata Turnera (The anger of the enslaved. Bloody rebellion of Nat Turner). In Historická revue. Bratislava, 2020, p. 30-35. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Pasivní odpor, nonkonformnost a přizpůsobení. Život liberálů v třetí říši (Passive resistance, nonconformity and adaptation. The life of liberals in the Third Reich). A2larm. 2020. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Pasivní odpor, nonkonformnost a přizpůsobení. Život liberálů v třetí říši (anotácia) (Passive resistance, nonconformity and adaptation. The life of liberals in the Third Reich). Časopis Matice moravské. 2020, vol. 139, No 2, p. 550-551. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Dejiny univerzálneho základného príjmu (History of Universal Basic Income). In Pravda. Bratislava: Pravda, 2019, p. 48. Online verzia článku. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Handlová čierna a červená (Handlová black and red). In Kapitál. Kapitál, 2019, p. 14-15. ISSN 2585-7851. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Slovenská politika v rokoch 1848/49 očami Marxa a Engelsa (Slovak politics in 1848/49 through the eyes of Marx and Engels). In Slovenské národné rady, slovenská politika v rokoch 1848/49 a ich obraz v maďarskej a nemeckej tlači (21. 3. 2019, Myjava). 2019. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Van der LINDEN. Western Marxism and the Soviet Union (recenzia) (Van der LINDEN. Western Marxism and the Soviet Union (review)). Historia nova. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2019, vol. 15, p. 145-147. ISBN 978-80-8127-239-4. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. S Jurajom Krištofíkom o práci historika a téme partizánov (rozhovor) (With Juraj Krištofík on the work of historian and partisans (interview)). Vojnová kronika : spoločnosť, politika, armáda, kultúra. Časopis Múzea Slovenského národného povstania. 2019, VIII., No 1, p. 89-91. ISSN 1338-6379. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Štrajk baníkov v Handlovej (1940) (The Miners Strike in Handlova (1940)). In Promýšlet Evropu dvacátého století – Mezníky vzpomínané a zapomínané, 12. - 13.11. 2019, Brno. 2019. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Komparácia transformácie odborov v Slovenskom štáte a protektoráte Čechy a Morava (The comparison of transformation of the trade unions in the Slovak State and protectorate Bohemia and Morava). In České země 1938-1945: Stav a perspektivy výzkumu, 31. 10. 2019, Praha. 2019. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Analýza historiografie dejín robotníctva v slovenskom štáte (1939 – 1945) v období do roku 1989 (Analysis of the Historiography of the „History of Workers“ in the Slovak State (1939 – 1945) until 1989). Studia Historica Nitriensia. Nitra: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, 2019, vol. 23, No 2, p. 259-292. ISSN 1338-7219. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.17846/SHN.2019.23.2.259-292. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Teror na myjavských kopaniciach. K vyčíňaniu pseudopartizánskej skupiny Pavla Myjavského. In Historická revue. 2019, p. 50-54. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Odborári proti Hitlerovi. Medzinárodná konferencie práce v Ženeve (1933) (Trade unionists against Hitler. The International Labour Conference in Geneva (1933)). In História. Revue o dejinách spoločnosti. Bratislava: Historický ústav SAV: Slovenská historická spoločnosť, 2019, p. 10-15. ISSN 1335-8316. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Haymarketský masaker. Sviatok práce a jeho dramatický pôvod. In Historická revue. Bratislava, 2018, p. 54-56. ISSN 1335-6550. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Stručná história univerzálneho základného príjmu (Brief History of Universal Basic Income). In Daubner, Peter. Budúcnosť Európy : Cesta k post-kapitalizmu? Bratislava: Občianske združenie POLE, 2018, p. 126-133. ISBN 978-80-570-0356-4. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Sdružení československých horníků - představitelé revolučního syndikalismu (Association of Czechoslovak Miners - Representatives of Revolutionary Syndicalism). In Sociální otázka, demokracie a sociální revolta. Boj o charakter (československého) státu, 6.-7. 12. 2018, Hodonín. 2018. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Vadim Valerievič Damier : Ocelové století. Sociální historie sovětské společnosti (recenze) (Vadim Valerievič Damier : Steel century. Social History of Soviet Society (review)). Časopis Matice moravské. Matice moravská, 2018, vol. 137, No 2, p. 471. ISSN 0323-052X. info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Transformácia či zánik? Vývoj odborov v Slovenskom štáte (1939-1945) v kontexte vybraných európskych diktatúr (Transformation or extinction? Development of Trade Unions in the Slovak State (1939-1945) in the context of selected European dictatorships). Studia historica Brunensia. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, vol. 65, No 2, p. 85-102, 17 pp. ISSN 1803-7429. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/SHB2018-2-5. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Sociálny dialóg a štrajky na Slovensku po roku 1989 (Social dialogue and strikes in Slovakia after 1989). POLE, 2017. ISSN 2453-9058. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Kontrafaktuálna história v podaní Matice slovenskej (Counterfactual in the presentation of Matica slovenská). POLE, 2017. ISSN 2453-9058. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. V čom tkvie zodpovednosť Jozefa Tisa? (What is the responsibility of Josef Tiso?). POLE, 2017. ISSN 2453-9058. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Štrajkové hnutie v Považskej Bystrici (1939-1940) (The Strike Movement in Považská Bystrica (1939-1940)). In České, slovenské a československé dějiny 20. století XII. Mezinárodní vědecká konference mladší generace historiček a historiků, 11.-12. 4. 2017, Hradec Králové. 2017. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Prečo anarchistov Boľševická revolúcia sklamala? (Why did the Anarchists Bolshevik Revolution disappoint?). In Historyweb : informačný portál o historii. Banská Bystrica: HistoryWeb.sk, s.r.o, 2017, p. nestránkováno, 3 pp. ISSN 1338-8789. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Štrajkové hnutie v Považskej Bystrici (1939–1940) (Strike actions in the Považská Bystrica (1939-1940)). In Karpíšek, Jaromír; Sturz, Zbyněk; Bláhová, Marie. České, slovenské a československé dějiny 20. století XII. Česká repblika: Gaudemaus, 2017, p. 105-116. ISBN 978-80-7435-706-0. Profil na academia.edu info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam. Kontrakultúrou ku zmene systému? (Counterculture towards a system change). POLE, 2016, vol. 2016. URL info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam and Juraj KRIŠTOFÍK. Keď Krajné žilo v strachu. K otázke pôsobenia „partizánskej skupiny“ Pavla Myjavského (When Krajné Lived in Fear. On the Question of Activities of the Pavol Myjavský “Partisan Group”.). Vojenská história. Bratislava: Vojenský historický ústav v Bratislave, 2015, roč. 19, No 3, p. 131-145, 14 pp. Vojenská história 3/2015 online info
• ŠUMICHRAST, Adam and Jakub RUMANOVSKÝ. Ideál ženy v Slovenskom štáte (1939-1945) (The Ideal of a Woman in the Slovak State (1939-1945)). In Sexualita v proměnách staletí (Studentské sympozium a konference, Olomouc 9-11. října 2015). 2015. URL info

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