Jan Dlask












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            Head of the Department of Finnish Studies, Institute of Germanic Studies, CU
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            (50 years old)

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            A native of Pardubice, Jan Dlask enrolled in the Finnish-Swedish master's programme which 
            2000 with a state final exam and the defence of his thesis. Two years later, he embarked o

            studies in Germanic Literature, focusing on a comprehensive mapping and analysis of the de
            Finnish-Swedish authors, Christer Kihlman and Henrik Tikkanen. He defended his dissertatio


            Since 2002, Jan Dlask taught Finnish literature courses and translation seminars at the De
            Finnish Language and Finnish Studies, initially at the Institute of General Linguistics an
            the Institute of Germanic Studies. As of September 2023, he has been the head of the Depar

            Studies. He approached his students with the same honesty and openness as he did his resea
            systematic, meticulous, and helpful, he supervised dozens of Bachelor's and Master's these
            literary and cultural topics, and he also acted as a thesis referee on numerous occasions.


            He contributed editorially to two highly successful student anthologies of short stories, 
            and Other Disturbing Stories (2016) and On Summer Nights You Don't Sleep Easy Here (2019).

            part of a wider team that translated and prepared for publication an anthology of Finnish 
            White Delusions on the Waves (2022), under the direction of his former pupil, Michal Švec.
            field was also a crucial part of his work; he regularly published reviews of translations 

            and non-fiction, as well as various current affairs and studies, in Tvar, the review Souvi
            online magazine iLiteratura.cz.


            Aside from literature and politics, the proud Pardubice native was fond of trains, music b
            Mňága a Žďorp, Finnish tar pastilles, and desserts of all kinds. From the many tributes, c
            memories that continue to pour in, not only from the Czech Republic but also from colleagu

            Finnish, Swedish, Polish, and German universities, as well as from long-time alumni and cu
            it is clear that he will remain and be remembered as an important member of the Finnish fa
            broader North Germanic (and not only academic) community.


            On behalf of colleagues and friends,


            Lenka Fárová, Michal Kovář, Viola Parente-Čapková