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Books by Martin Pelc

Sport a česká společnost do roku 1939. Osobnosti - instituce - reflexe. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2018

This book follows the overlaps of the relatively autonomous sports field and other social fields ... more This book follows the overlaps of the relatively autonomous sports field and other social fields (journalistic, state-bureaucratic, artistic, academic) in Bohemian Lands/Czechoslovakia. The whole uncovers a surprising richness of sport in the period when it started to establish itself as a significant modern cultural and social phenomenon, interfering in the furthest corners of our lives. Contrary to a majority of books on sports, this volume is not meant for sport enthusiasts. Moreover it is dedicated to those, who are astonished by its position on the pedestal and by its omnipresence and want to understand the historical background of this situation.

History of sport; Opava (Troppau); Austrian Silesia; History of skating

Maria Stona (1859-1944); Salonière; Austrian/Czechoslovak Silesia; Strzebowitz; Arthur Schnitzler... more Maria Stona (1859-1944); Salonière; Austrian/Czechoslovak Silesia; Strzebowitz; Arthur Schnitzler; Richard von Schaukal; Richard Kralik; Bertha von Suttner; Georg Brandes; Theodor Herzl; Ludwig Jacobowski; Franz Theodor Csokor; Carry Hauser; Rudolf Steiner; Ernst Haeckel; William Flinders Petrie; Bartholomäus von Carneri; Hermann
Bahr; Peter Rosegger; Stefan Zweig; Karl Kraus; Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach; Marie Eugenie delle Grazie; Melanie Klein; Ida von Gutmann; Dora von Stockert-Meynert; Helene Zelezny-Scholz

Papers by Martin Pelc

Martin Pelc: Football stadiums and the production of space in Czech Cities till 1939. The City and History 9, no. 2, s. 43-59, 2020

Sport has become a significant part of our lives in the modern era and sporting sites contribute ... more Sport has become a significant part of our lives in the modern era and sporting sites contribute
considerably to the image and texture of modern cities. Regarding the popularity of sport, especially
football, the stadium has become an important modern space where specific kinds of social interaction
take place. Despite the fact modern stadiums had their pre-modern models, they have been transformed
substantially, so that we can talk of new urban spaces. This paper shows how football pitches gradually
turned into stadiums, using the example of the Czech lands. The choice is by no means autotelic: interwar
Czechoslovakia had one of the most successful football teams on the continent.

Acta historica Universitatis Silesianae Opaviensis 12, s. 69–89., 2019

The study describes three great sporting events held in Troppau (Opava): 1908 World Figure Skatin... more The study describes three great sporting events held in Troppau (Opava): 1908 World Figure Skating Championship, and two European Figure Skating Championship (1928 and 1938). It deals with the championships not only as sporting but also as social events, with special focus on their media coverage.

Journal of Olympic History 27, Vol. 2, 2019

Časopis Slezského zemského muzea, série B - vědy historické 56, 2007, č. 1, s. 59-72., 2007

This paper reveals the history of the Blücher castle in Studénka (Czech Republic) that was mistak... more This paper reveals the history of the Blücher castle in Studénka (Czech Republic) that was mistakingly called as the new castle. The so called old castle was revealed as the old brewery. The plans of the Blücher castle were found and are presented here for the first time

Acta historica Universitas Silesianae Opaviensis, č. 2, s. 187–199, 2009

Rudolf Korb: On the history of Nature Conservation in Bohemia

Slovanský přehled 94, č. 1, s. 151–167, 2008

Czech mountaineers were organized in Czech section of the Slovene Alpine Club since 1897. They ev... more Czech mountaineers were organized in Czech section of the Slovene Alpine Club since 1897. They even built two huts in Slovene Alps and understood themselves as the heralds of common Slav cultural work. The section was dissoluted after 1918 when separate countries, Czechoslovakia and Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes were founded.

Karla Vymětalová – Jiří Knapík (eds.): Processes of Cultural Exchange in Central Europe in 1800–2000. Opava, s. 209–222, 2014

Allschlaraffia was an association of humorist clubs, Schlaraffia, wchich had expanded to several ... more Allschlaraffia was an association of humorist clubs, Schlaraffia, wchich had expanded to several countries in Europe, North America and Asia by the beginning of WWI. Prior to WWI there were 175 of them. This paper focuses on the topography and scoial profile of the organisation.

Neviditelná loajalita? Rakušané, Němci, Češi v české kultuře 19. století. Praha: Academia s. 32–42, 2016

Erwin Hanslik (1880–1940), a native of the Silesian-Galician border region, was the head of the I... more Erwin Hanslik (1880–1940), a native of the Silesian-Galician border region, was the head of the Institut für Kulturforschung in Vienna during the First World War. At that time the institute was focused on issues of identity, loyalty, and propaganda. Hanslik was a private assistant professor at the University of Vienna sponsored by the owner of Kunín Estate, Viktor Bauer, and his ‘anthropo-geographical’ defences of the
idea of Austria (e.g. ‘Österreich. Erde und Geist’) won him a number of notable followers, such as Gustav Klimt, Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, Josef Hoffmann, Oskar Kokoschka and Romain Rolland. His visions even attracted Egon Schiele, whose illustrations accompanied some of Hanslik’s writings. Despite the quasi-scientific nature of his work, Hanslik was one of the few people in the time before the collapse of the Monarchy who attempted to answer the question, ‘Who are the Austrians?' Unlike Richard Coudenhove-Kallergi, he rejected the very existence of a Central Europe and justified the preservation of the Empire on the grounds of the need to unite eastern and western Europe as two parts that fit together like a dovetail (or in the original German, Verzahnung). This study identifies the roots of Hanslik’s opinions
as lying in the unique environment of his Polish-German-Czech-Jewish-Schlonzaken home town in the foothills of the Beskydy Mountains.

Časopis Slezského zemského muzea – série B, vědy historické 58, č. 3, s. 245–252, 2009

Burgher law remained as one of the residua of the estates through the whole constitutional era of... more Burgher law remained as one of the residua of the estates through the whole constitutional era of the Habsburg Monarchy. The study probes the conditions of granting and removing burgher law and observes its social importance between the years 1848 and 1918 using the example of the town of Opava. The findings are compared with the knowledge of selected Cisleithanien towns. Despite the undeniable decline of the institution in the second half of the 19th century, the continuity of understanding the burgher law as a form of social security and confirmation of social status or social prestige was found especially with old middle class.

Vlastivědné listy Slezska a severní Moravy 41, č. 1, s. 19–21, 2015

This paper traces the history of brothels in former Austrian Silesia, namely the Port Arthur "Eta... more This paper traces the history of brothels in former Austrian Silesia, namely the Port Arthur "Etablissement" in Opava/Troppau.

Vlastivědné listy Slezska a severní Moravy 38, č. 2, s. 13–15, 2012

This paper reveals that Kasinogarten was actually the first public park in the former capital of ... more This paper reveals that Kasinogarten was actually the first public park in the former capital of Austrian Silesia, Opava/Troppau, founded at the end of the Eighteenth Century on a river island.

Vlastivědné listy Slezska a severní Moravy 34, č. 2, s. 16–18, 2008

This paper deals with Figure Skating World Championship held in Opava /Troppau 1908.

Vlastivědné listy Slezska a severní Moravy 32, č. 1. s. 9–11, 2006

This paper is dedicated to the history of the section Silesia (Opava/Troppau) of the German and A... more This paper is dedicated to the history of the section Silesia (Opava/Troppau) of the German and Austrian Alpine Club which existed from 1886 to 1945 in the former capital of Austrian (Czechoslovak) Silesia.

Acta historica Universitatis Silesianae Opaviensis. Confinia Silesiae (K životnímu jubileu Rudolfa Žáčka) 1, s. 425–437, 2008

This paper traces the relations between Pohorská jednota Radhošť and Klub československých turist... more This paper traces the relations between Pohorská jednota Radhošť and Klub československých turistů (centre-periphery problem) in Czech hiking movement.

Peter Stachel – Martina Thomsen (Hg.): Zwischen Exotik und Vertrautem. Zum Tourismus in der Habsburgermonarchie und ihren Nachfolgestaaten. Bielefeld, s. 233–242, 2014

Časopis Slezského zemského muzea – série B, vědy historické 60, č. 2, s. 141–151, 2011

This papers deals with the history of the Magazine for history and cultural history of Austrian-S... more This papers deals with the history of the Magazine for history and cultural history of Austrian-Silesia that was published between 1905 and 1933.

Archivio Trentino. Rivista interdisciplinare di studi sull'età moderna e contemporanea 1, s. 126–152, 2013

This paper deals with Czech-Slovene alpine clubs ethnic cooperation in the last decades of Austri... more This paper deals with Czech-Slovene alpine clubs ethnic cooperation in the last decades of Austria-Hungary.