Global and Digital Literary Studies Lab

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