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prof. JUDr. Helena Hofmannová , Ph.D.

Research interest
Constitutional theory, theory of political regimes, crisis of constitutional democracy, comparative constitutional law, human rights, prohibition of discrimination and minority rights.

Education
2022 – Prof (Full Professor, Constitutional law), Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law
2013 – Doc. (Associate Professor, Constitutional law), Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law Habilitation Thesis: “The status of lawless persons on Czech and Bohemian territory during the Second World War”.
2000 Doctor of Laws (JUDr.)
1998 PhD (Theoretical Legal Sciences), Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law, Doctoral Thesis: The Legal Status of Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1941)."
1988–1993 Masters in Law, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law

Selected Work Experience and Fellowships
2022 Professor, Department of Constitutional Law, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law
2018-2019 Michigan Grotius Senior Research Scholar, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Faculty of Law
2013 -Associate Professor, Department of Constitutional Law, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law
1998 - Assistant Professor, Department of Constitutional Law Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law 
2008- present    Assistant of the Constitutional Judge, Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic (1/2 part-time)
2008 Michigan Grotius Research Scholar, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Faculty of Law
2006-2007 Michigan Grotius Research Scholar, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Faculty of Law
1996/1997 Visiting scholar, New York University Faculty of Law
1995 – 1998 Assistant, Department of Constitutional Law, Charles University in Prague, Faculty 
1993-1998 Legal Expert on Human Rights Monitoring Programs, Czech Helsinki Committee

Awards
2016 The Excellent Science Evaluation (monograph "Legal Injustice")
2014: The Price for a high-quality monograph of the Charles University
(monograph: Protection of Civil and Human Rights at Present) 
2020: The Science Evaluation with degree 2 (H21) (monograph “Escape from Democracy)
2020: The Science Evaluation with degree 2 (H21) (HOFMANNOVÁ, Helena; ŘEPA, Karel. Othering' in Unconcerned Democracies and the Rise of Anti-liberal Political Divisions. In JESSE, Moritz (ed). European Societies, Migration, and the Law. The ‘Others’ amongst ‘Us’)

Memberships
2022-present: Head of the Center for Constitutionalism and Human Rights at the Charles University Faculty of Law
2018-present: member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance of the Council of Europe (ECRI)
2019– present: member of the Council of the Doctoral Study Program - Theoretical Legal Sciences ,Constitutional Law and Theory of State
2012-2016 member of the Advisory Committee to the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities of the Council of Europe
2011-2015 member of the Supervisory Board of the Terezín Initiative Institute

Courses taught
Constitutional Law I. (institutions), Constitutional Law II. (human rights); Human Rights in European Constitutional Order (Jean Monnet Module), The Protection of Civil and Human Rights; European Constitutionalism; Constitutional judiciary; The Comparative Constitutional Review in Central and Eastern Europe; Sexual orientation, Gender identity and Law, Gender and Social Rights.