Professor Tomas Durdik, Researcher
Professor Tomas Durdik has been doing intensive and comprehensive research of Czech castles and has coined the methodology and forms of present-day Czech castellology, highly estimated in ll-European context. Analyzing previous one-sided approaches to castle studies, Durdik has ...
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| Title: | Professor Tomas Durdik, Researcher |
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| Entr. year: | 2011 |
| Result: | Award |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Category type: | individual |
| Architect / Proj.leader: | Dedicated service by individuals or organisations |
| The Jury's citation: | "For 40 years, Tomás Durdik has made an extraordinary contribution to the research, conservation and protection of the castles and fortifications that form part of the national heritage in the Czech Republic and former Czechoslovakia. He has developed an outstanding holistic approach to this work, looking at the history, architectural form and typology of these historic monuments, as well as their political and social significance, and their artistic qualities and symbolic meaning. He has used his vast knowledge not only to inform other specialists in the field, but also to develop the enthusiasm of generations of students and to raise general public awareness of the importance of preserving the authenticity of castles and fortifications." |
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Professor Tomas Durdik has been doing intensive and comprehensive research of Czech castles and has coined the methodology and forms of present-day Czech castellology, highly estimated in ll-European context. Analyzing previous one-sided approaches to castle studies, Durdik has created a complex interdisciplinary methodology, enabling us a considerably closer and more plastic view at the reality of the Middle Ages period. He has pursued about 1000 on-site actions including 25 big archaeological research jobs; the Czech castles of Tyrov, Krivoklat, Jindrichuv Hradec, Vimperk, Poresin, Kamyk nad Vltavou, Zlenice, Orlik u Humpolce etc, saving thus quantities of historical sources and, making his research public in numerous articles and books. Professor Durdik teaches at four different Czech universities and is a member of many national and European expert committees.
