Mgr. Kateřina Špácová

Studies Section


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Curriculum vitae

Name, first names, scientific degrees
  • Katerina Spacova
Department/Faculty/University
  • Department of English and American Studies & Department of Slavic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno
Function, current position
  • graduate; lecturer
Education and academic qualifications
  • 1999-September 2005: MA programs at Departments of English and Russian Studies, Faculty of Arts, MU Brno
Professional experience
  • Spring 2022: teaching the course Civil Society and Human Rights in Eastern Europe at the Department of Slavic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
  • 2017 to present: translating (English, Russian, Czech) including for Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University, and the NGO NESEHNUTI
  • 2017 to present: teaching English, mostly to Masaryk University students with special needs, human rights defenders from Eastern Europe, and Roma students of high schools
  • 2006 to present - occasional interpreting English-Russian-Czech - for the NGOs People in Need, NESEHNUTI, and IQ Roma Servis
  • 2015-2016: travel in North and Central America
  • 2011-2014: Human Rights House Foundation - project coordinator for South Caucasus posted in Tbilisi, Georgia - support to local human rights organizations and defenders mainly in Azerbaijan and Armenia
  • 2008-2011: Civic Belarus - executive director – support to independent media and NGOs in Belarus and advocacy of Belarusian pro-democratic society with Czech decision-makers
  • 2006-2008: People in Need - project coordinator for human rights and democratization projects in Belarus and Ukraine
  • 2004-2006: teaching English at language schools
  • October 2004 and December 2010: OSCE short-term observer at the Election Observation Mission in Ukraine and Belarus, respectively
  • 2004-2006: administrative work, International Studies Office at Masaryk University
  • Summer 2003: volunteering for the NGO People in Need
Teaching activities
  • Spring 2022: teaching the course Civil Society and Human Rights in Eastern Europe at the Department of Slavic Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
  • 2017 to present: teaching English to Masaryk University students with special needs - The Teiresias Centre
Professional stays abroad
  • March 2004 - June 2004: studies at the Philological faculty, Udmurt State University, Izhevsk, Russia
  • September 2002 - May 2003: studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Toronto, Canada

2023/05/30

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