Veronika Beranská
Veronika Beranská
QUALIFICATIONS
2017 Ph.D., Ethnology, The Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Institute of Ethnology
2010 Mgr., Social and Cultural Anthropology, The Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia, Department of Anthropology
2008 Bc., Social and Cultural Anthropology, The Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia, Department of Anthropology
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS
Migration; Integration; Compatriots; Volhynia Czechs; Chernobyl Czechs; Ethnomedicine; Folk Healing
RESEARCH PROFILE
The first line of my research, partly historical and partly contemporary, deals with the topic of resettled Czechs from the former Soviet Union, especially the specific group of the Czech population, mainly from Ukraine; so-called groups of Volhynia and Chernobyl Czechs, which have become part of the resettlement processes. In the case of both groups, in addition to adaptation and integration, I pay attention to the phenomenon of folk healing in their place of origin, the transformation of healing practices due to changes in the environmental and social conditions in Ukraine, and the reflection of their folk and complementary medicine here in the Czech Republic.
The second line of my research focuses on contemporary expatriate issues, especially new approaches to coordinating this part of the Czech Republic's policy.
As part of my work in Technical and economic support, I process travel orders and related activities.
Books
2024 Babičky léčitelky: Lidová léčba Čechů z Ukrajiny a Kazachstánu [The Grandmother Healers. Folk Healing of Czechs from Ukraine and Kazakhstan]. Praha: Academia.
2019 Česká republika a diaspora: Co bylo a co bude? [The Czech Republic and the Diaspora: What was and what will be?]. Praha: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. (co-authors Brouček, Stanislav - Barteček, I. - Grulich, T. - Jakoubek, M. - Kočí, J. - Lozoviuk, P. - Marek-Vejvoda, J. - Martínek, L. - Sulitka, Andrej - Uherek, Zdeněk - Ulč, O.).
2017 Migrace z České republiky po roce 1989 v základních tematických okruzích [Migration from the Czech Republic after 1989 in the Basic Thematic Circles]. Praha: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i. (co-authors Brouček, Stanislav – Červinková, Hana – Jiráková, Anežka – Uherek, Zdeněk).
Edited Volumes and Special Issues
2012 Analýza státního integračního programu pro azylanty [An Analysis of the State Integration Programme for Recognized Refugees]. Praha: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i. ve spolupráci s Ministerstvem vnitra České republiky (co-editors Uherek, Zdeněk – Honusková, Věra – Jiráková, Anežka – Šolcová, Lenka).
2011 Migration, Diversity and Their Management. Prague Occasional Papers in Ethnology No. 8. Praha: The Institute of Ethnology of the ASCR (co-editor Uherek, Zdeněk).
Journal Articles
2021 «They fear us, we are contagious…» “Homo Chernobylus” as an Example of a Potentially Disabled Person and His/Her Defence Strategy. AM Rivista della Società Italiana di Antropologia Medica 21(50): 89–111. (co-author Uherek, Zdeněk)
2019 Historical Cupping Therapy of the Resettled Czech Community from Ukraine in the Context of Contemporary and Alternative Medicine in the Czech Republic. Prace Etnograficzne 47(3): 109–126.
2016 Obranné strategie obyvatelstva českého a ukrajinského původu na Ukrajině vyvolané následky černobylské nukleární havárie. Český lid, Etnologický časopis 103(1): 103–118. (co-author Uherek, Zdeněk)
2016 The Defensive Strategies of Czech and Ukrainian Residents in the Ukraine against the Effects of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident. Český lid, Etnologický časopis 103(1): 85–101. (co-author Uherek, Zdeněk)
2014 Jak sbírat údaje o migrantech a jejich rodinách: možnosti, výhody a limity. [How to Collect Data on Migrants and Their Families: Possibilities, (Dis)Advantages, Limits] Culturologia 3(1): 52–56. (co-authors Uherek, Zdeněk – Bareš, Pavel – Brouček, Stanislav – Horáková, Milada – Kissová, Blanka – Kubát, J. – Schebelle, Danica)
2014 Šamanská jurta: O pojetí zdraví a nemoci u jejích návštěvníků [„Shaman´s Yurt“: the Conceptualization of Health and Illness by Its Visitors]. Culturologia 3(1): 4–13.
2013 Krajanská lidová léčba a ritualizované praktiky u Čechů z Ukrajiny a Kazachstánu přesídlených do České republiky [Expatriates´ Folk Treatment and Ritualized Practises with Czechs from Ukraine and Kasakhstan Transferred to the Czech Republic]. Národopisná revue 23(4): 264–271.
Book Chapters
2024 Continuous Individual Mobilities and New Forms of Integration: the Example of the Czech Diaspora. In: Janská, E. (ed.): Transnational Trajectories and Diaspora Policies: The Case of Czechia in Comparison to Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. Praha: Charles University Karolinum Press, pp. 164–179.
2021 Alkohol jako všelék na Volyni a po Černobylu. Specifikum užívání alkoholu v kontextu lidového léčení u tehdejších českých komunit na Ukrajině [Alcohol as an Omnipotent Medicine in Volhynia and after Chernobyl. Specifics of Alcohol Use in the Context of Folk Medicine in Czech Communities in Ukraine]. In: Číhal, P.; Vilímek, V. (ed.): Tradiční kulturní kontexty pití alkoholu a kouření. Uherské Hradiště: Slovácké muzeum v Uherském Hradišti, pp. 95–101.
2019 „Žili jsme tam pospolu – Češi, Poláci, Ukrajinci – a museli jsme si umět pomoct, ve zdraví i nemoci, doba byla zlá…“ Lidové léčení na ukrajinské Volyni za druhé světové války [„We lived there together – Czechs, Poles, Ukrainians – and we had to be able to help each other, in health and illness, the time was bad…“ Folk healing in Ukrainian Volhynia during World War II]. In: Číhal, P. (ed.): My a oni: domácí a cizí v lidové tradici. Uherské Hradiště: Slovácké muzeum v Uherském Hradišti, pp. 103–118.
2019 Nad návratem krajanů z Ukrajiny [Over the return of compatriots from Ukraine]. In: Brouček, S.; Barteček, I.; Beranská, V.; Grulich, T.; Jakoubek, M.; Kočí, J.; Lozoviuk, P.; Marek-Vejvoda, J.; Martínek, L.; Sulitka, A.; Uherek, Z.; Ulč, O.: Česká republika a diaspora: Co bylo a co bude? Praha: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., pp. 164–173.
2017 Lidová léčba, rituál a magie u Čechů z Ukrajiny a Kazachstánu [Folk Healing, Ritual and Magic Among Czechs from Ukraine and Kazakhstan]. In: Martinková, D. (ed.): Tři vlny reemigrace krajanů do vlasti: Přínos a perspektivy. Materiály celostátního setkání k 25. výročí návratu černobylských krajanů do staronové vlasti konaného v Litoměřicích dne 8. října 2016. Praha: Sdružení Čechů z Volyně a jejich přátel, z. s.: 61–71.
2015 Pavlivka Iodine Spring Water: Transnational Entrepreneurship in Post-Transition Contexts. In: Cervinkova, H.; Buchowski, M.; Uherek, Z. (eds.): Rethinking ethnography in Central Europe. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan: 75–88 (spoluautor Uherek, Zdeněk).
2015 Lidová léčba v pamětech přesídlených Čechů z Ukrajiny a Kazachstánu [Folk Healing in the Memories of Resettled Czechs from Ukraine and Kazakhstan]. In: Číhal, P. (ed.) Léčení a léčitelství v lidové tradici. Uherské Hradiště: Slovácké muzeum: 63–66.
2011 Komplementární (lidová) léčba u přesídlených krajanů z Ukrajiny a Kazachstánu [Complementary (folk) Healing in Resettled Compatriots from Ukraine and Kazakhstan]. In: Iljuk, B. (ed.) Identita migrantů z východní Evropy a jejich integrace v českém prostředí. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus: 61–75.
Ongoing Projects and Grants
2023–2027 National and Cultural Identity of Czech Minorities in Ukraine from the 19th to 21st Century in Movable Cultural Heritage of the Czech Republic. Ministry of Culture, NAKI III (Programme to support applied research and experimental development in the field of national and cultural identity for the period 2023–2030) (DH23P03OVV043) Member of the research team.
Past Projects and Grants
2022–2025 Czech diaspora – Multidimensional relations and conditionality of Czechia and host countries – in cooperation with Faculty of Science Charles University, National Institute for Innovative Technologies Research, z. ú., Czexpats in Science Association, z. s. (GA ČR) Member of the research team.
2020–2022 New approaches to the coordination of expatriate issues – in cooperation with Faculty of Science Charles University, National Institute for Innovative Technologies Research, z. ú., Czexpats in Science Association, z. s. (TA ČR) Member of the research team.
2020– Strategie AV 21 – Society in motion and public policy (Společnosti v pohybu: výzvy mobility a migrace) Member of the research team.
2018–2020 Kudy kráčí, tudy sama sebe léčí? K historii a současnému odkazu lidového léčení u přesídlených skupin Čechů z Ukrajiny na pozadí jejich migračních trajektorií (Program of support for human resources – postdoctoral students at the Czech Academy of Sciences)
2014–2015 Analysis of the migration of Czech citizens after 1989 (TA ČR) Member of the research team.
2013–2014 Analysis of urban public space and its users in the capital city of Prague (Open City, o. p. s.) Member of the research team.
2012–2013 Design of an information system on families of immigrants from third countries (TA ČR) Member of the research team.
2011–2012 Analysis of the State integration program for asylum seekers and creation of a proposal for conceptual and legislative changes to this program (Ministry of the Interior of the Czech republic/EU Refugee Fund) Member of the research team.
2009 Survey of needs in socially excluded localities of the Hradec Králové region (Hradec Králové/European Social Fund) Member of the research team.
2008–2011 Identity and sociability of migrants from the former Soviet Union: follow-up research on migration with an emphasis on the second generation (GA ČR) Member of the research team.
2009–2013 Remaking Borders in Europe (European Commission 7 FP) Member of the research team.
2005–2010 SUS.DIV: a Network of Excellence on Sustainable Development in a Diverse World (Evropská unie, 6 FP) Member of the research team.
Research reports
2022 Research on the possibilities of expatriate policy coordination (Summary research report)
Praha: Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České republiky. (co-authors Janská, E.; Čermák, Z.; Drbohlav, D.; Janurová, K.; Beranská, V.; Uherek, Z.; Doležalová, M.; Löblová, O.; Zachová, K.).
2022 Research into the needs of expatriate communities in individual countries in terms of maintaining their ties to the Czech Republic (Summary research report)
Praha: Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České republiky. (co-authors Janská, E.; Čermák, Z.; Drbohlav, D.; Janurová, K.; Beranská, V.; Uherek, Z.; Doležalová, M.; Löblová, O.; Zachová, K.).
2022 Research on the needs of expatriate communities in selected countries in terms of maintaining their ties to the Czech Republic: Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the USA, and Germany (Summary research report)
Praha: Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České republiky. (co-authors Janská, E.; Čermák, Z.; Drbohlav, D.; Janurová, K.; Beranská, V.; Uherek, Z.; Doležalová, M.; Löblová, O.; Zachová, K.).
2022 Communication Portal (Summary Research Report)
Praha: Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České republiky. (co-authors Janská, E.; Čermák, Z.; Drbohlav, D.; Janurová, K.; Beranská, V.; Uherek, Z.; Doležalová, M.; Löblová, O.; Zachová, K.).
