CNCA Freedom Fellowship
Founded by the Czechoslovak National Council of America
in 2004, the purpose of the CNCA Freedom Fellowship is to
enhance and strengthen Czech, Slovak and American connections.
The Fellowship provides for scholars, artisans, or distinguished
individuals to come to the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
to engage in artistic, cultural, economic or political study,
and/or to share cultural and academic knowledge and experience
with the American people.
The Fellowship is supported by an endowed fund at the National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. Recipients of the
fellowship are chosen by the staff at the NCSML. Unsolicited
applications are not accepted.
2006 CNCA Fellow
PhDr. Slavomír Michálek
Historický ústav
SAV, Bratislava
Dr. Slavomir Michálek is a Senior Researcher at The
Institute of History in Bratislava, Slovakia. His research
focuses on Czechoslovak-American relations after World War
II, Slovak diplomats who participated in Czechoslovak foreign
policy, and the second and third Slovak and Czechoslovak
democratic exile in America. He is the author of nine monographs
and numerous papers.
Dr. Michálek is a member of the Slovak Historical
Society and participant of the Cold War History International
Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center. He has been a
visiting scholar at Oxford University, the New York Public
Library, George Washington University, Stanford University,
and the University of Toronto. His awards include: Social
Science Research Council Award (1993), Fulbright Award (1995),
American Council of Learned Societies Award (1996), The American
Eagle-Jan Papanek Fund Award (1996), and the Egon Erwin Kisch
Award (2000 and 2003).
Project
Dr. Michálek's project is to research and write a
history of the Czechoslovak National Council of America for
publication in Slovo magazine. He will research
the CNCA archives in the NCSML Library and interview key
members of the CNCA.
Three presentations of his progress on the work were held:
March 26, 2006: Klas Restaurant, Cicero, Illinois
March
30, 2006: National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
April 2, 2006: Home of Juraj and Julie Slavik, Washington
DC
