Established in 2019, the Lab is the research and innovation hub of the Czech Literary Bibliography Research Infrastructure. It employs a multidisciplinary approach that integrates bibliographic data science, advanced computational techniques, and established qualitative methods—including sociological and text-oriented approaches—to explore literary and translation studies from both local and global perspectives.
The Lab is dedicated to developing digital tools for analyzing and visualizing large-scale data on global literary exchange. A primary focus is the translation and international reception of Czech literature, a representative example of smaller European literature. To this end, it systematically maps the worldwide dissemination of Czech literature by collecting comprehensive bibliographic data on books and periodicals, alongside biographical data on translators.
Additionally, the Lab actively engages in international discussions on theories and methodologies designed to capture the complex, multi-layered nature of literary production, as well as the diverse trajectories of creators and the reception of their works. It further advances research in bibliographic methodology, promotes international data standardization, and champions the FAIR principles—ensuring that research datasets remain findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable for a broad range of scholarly activities.
Head: Mgr. Ondřej Vimr, Ph.D.
Contact address: vimr@ucl.cas.cz
Recently we welcomed prof. Alessandro Catalano and his students from the University of Padua, for whom our colleague Ondřej Vimr prepared a lecture on the use of computational methods in researching the spread of Czech literature around the world. read more
The Institute of Czech Literature of the CAS announces the vacancies for the new positions in the Department of Czech Literary Bibliography. read more
On 4–5 March 2025, the Institute of Czech Literature of the CAS hosted an interdisciplinary meeting of researchers from various humanities disciplines involved in research on disciplinary metadata. read more
On March 4-5, 2025, the Institute of Czech Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic will host an interdisciplinary meeting of researchers from various humanities disciplines engaged in the metadata-driven research. The event is organized by the Bibliographical Data Working Group of DARIAH-ERIC and the Czech Literary Bibliography. The aim of the workshop, titled Metadata-based Research in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, is to present current research projects and share… read more
We wish you a peaceful Christmas, many fulfilled expectations and pleasant surprises in the New Year. read more
The article entitled “A computational approach to the history of Czech literature in translation during the Cold War (1948–1989)” is another output of the project whose aim is to map the worldwide dissemination of Czech literature in book form from the end of the Second World War to the present. It uses a combination of Big Data analysis and qualitative methods of sociology and translation history. read more
