Vladimír Liščák: Awarded by Czech Academy of Sciences as Doctor of Science

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en Vladimír Liščák: Awarded by Czech Academy of Sciences as Doctor of Science

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2021

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en OI scholar Vladimír Liščák was awarded as one of the ten scientists in the Czech Republic who received the prestigious degree of Doctor of Science in 2021 by the Czech Academy of Sciences.
He was awarded for his monograph on contacts between Europe and Mongolian China in the 13th and 14th centuries he first of its kind in the Czech Republic and is considered as one of the most important publications devoted to the contribution of Odorik of Pordenone. It significantly contributes to the knowledge of Asian reality for European contemporaries. The work exhaustively summarizes the present findings and introduces Odorik's work in the broader context of European and Chinese history of the period.

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Oriental scholars
Doctor of science