Mgr. Jan Kozák, Ph.D.

• Email: jan.kozak@ff.cuni.cz
• Phone: (+420) 221619304

Address

Department of Arts and Religious Studies
Místnost č. 225

Office Hours

See our office hours web page.

Research Interests

• Old Norse Religion (myth, ritual)
• Theory of Myth and the history of the interpretations of Myth, the Monomyth
• J.R.R. Tolkien and Mythopoesis
• The New Comparative Mythology
• Modern Mythology: Conspiracy theories, Conspirituality, Myth and Popular Culture

Personal webpage: https://jan-a-kozak.cz/en/home/

CV

• 2020-present Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
• 2022 Snorri Sturluson Fellow at the University of Iceland (Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies) ( https://www.arnastofnun.is/is/styrkir-snorra-sturlusonar )
• 2018-2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Bergen ( https://iforum.cuni.cz/IFORUM-16097.html )
• 2015-2018 Lecturer at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University

Research Experience – Grants (see also Research Teams below)

• Snorri Sturluson Fellowship (2022)
• Progres Q14 excellence cluster, Rationality Crisis and Modern Thought (junior researcher)
• University Centre for the Study of Ancient and Medieval Tradition (UNCE) (junior researcher)
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF, 2018-2020): “The Symbolism of the Body in Northern Europe: Cognitive Metaphors and Old Norse Myth from the Viking Age to Late Medieval Times”
• GAČR 17-09663S (2017-2018): “Myth as a Constitutive Exception: Dynamics of Transgressive Reflexivity”
• FFUK 130193 (2011): “Initiatory Structure and the Paradox of Quaternity”
• FFUK 224120 (2009): “Otherworld and Otherness in Myth and Religion”
• FFUK 224115 (2008): “The Function of the Dead in the Burial Mounds in Old Norse Literature”

Monographs

1. Současná mytologie [Contemporary Mythology], Praha: Paseka 2023 [in preparation]
2. Monomýtus [Monomyth], Praha: Malvern 2022
3. Óðinn: mýtus, oběť a iniciace [Óðinn: Myth, Sacrifice, and Initiation], Praha: Herrmann a synové 2018
4. Sága o Hervaře, II – Komentář, Praha: Herrmann a synové 2009 [a commentary volume to my bilingual edition of Hervarar saga]
5. Sága o Hervaře, I – Hervarar saga, Praha: Herrmann a synové 2008 [Old Norse–Czech bilingual edition with critical apparatus, introduction and notes]

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals and Collections

1. Jan A. Kozák, Marie Novotná, Jiří Starý (eds.), Hybrids and Metamorphoses in Old Norse Mythology, Studia Fennica Folkloristica, Finnish Literature Society [forthcoming 2025].
2. Jan A. Kozák, “De natura deorum: Few Theses on Gods and Pantheons”, title t.b.a. [accepted, 2025].
3. Jan A. Kozák, “Rhetorical Tropes and Body Symbolism: The Semiotic Approach to Old Norse Myth”, Methodology in Mythology, eds. Jesse Barber, Bob van Strijen, Viking Collection Series, Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag [accepted, to be published in 2025].
4. Jan A. Kozák, “Depresivní společnost a konspirační teorie”, Depresivní společnost, ed. Olga Plíčková et al., Praha: Karolinum 2024, 234-240.
5. Jan A. Kozák, “Od čeho jsme se odřízli: Cena za vítězství domestikovaného myšlení”, Depresivní společnost, ed. Olga Plíčková et al., Praha: Karolinum 2024, 53-61.
6. Jan A. Kozák, “The Dialectic of Seduction: Óðinn and Vǫlundr”, Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 19 (2023), 119-146.
7. Jan A. Kozák, “Hero Mythology”, Encyclopedia of Heroism Studies, eds. Scott T. Allison, James K. Beggan, George R. Goethals, Berlin: Springer 2023, 1-8; ( https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17125-3_266-1 )
8. Jan A. Kozák, „Climate Change and Myth“, Handbooks in Philosophy. Handbook of the Philosophy of Climate Change, eds. Gianfranco Pellegrino, Marcello di Paola, Berlin: Springer 2023
9. Jan A. Kozák, “Zimní slunovrat u starých Seveřanů: mýtus a rituál”, Hradiště Hradec u Levína: výsledky archeologického nedestruktivnho výzkumu, ed. Jindřich Šteffl, Teplice: Regionální muzeum v Teplicích (2023)
10. Jan A. Kozák, “Psychedelika a náboženství: evoluční typologie a divoké myšlení“, in Psychedelika a psychonautika II. Rizika užívání, spiritualita, etika a právo, ed. Vojtěch Cink, Praha: dybbuk 2022, 59-68.
11. Jan A. Kozák, „Fenomén psychonautů: náčrt kosmologie komunity“, in Psychedelika a psychonautika II. Rizika užívání, spiritualita, etika a právo, ed. Vojtěch Cink, Praha: dybbuk 2022, 167-175.
12. Jan A. Kozák, “Cosmic Prison Break: From Gnostic Movies to Conspiracist Cosmology”, Central European Journal for Contemporary Religion 1-2 (2021), 67-97; ( https://doi.org/ 10.14712/25704893.2023.4 )
13. Matyáš Lednický, Tereza Malá, Abraham Maurer, Jan A. Kozák, “’Do I Believe?’: Three Aspects of ‘Belief’ in Conspiracy Theories”, Central European Journal for Contemporary Religion, 1-2 (2021), 99-116; ( https://doi.org/10.14712/25704893.2023.5 )
14. Jan A. Kozák, “Óðinn and the Mead: The Two-Faced Myth”, Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 17 (2021), 135-164
15. Jan A. Kozák, “The Echo of Creation: Parallels in Old Norse Cosmogony and Eschatology”, Temenos-Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion57, no. 1 (2021): 103-26
16. Jan A. Kozák, “Psychedelický rituál“ [Psychedelic ritual], in: Filip Tylš a kol. (eds.), Fenomén Psychedelie, Praha: dybbuk 2017, 21-28.
17. Kateřina Ratajová, Jan A. Kozák, “Mrtví a jejich poklady: Funkce mohyl ve staroseverských ságách [The Dead and their Treasures: Functions of Burial Mounds According the Old Norse Sagas]”, in: Archeologické rozhledy LX, 1/2008, 3-35
18. Jiří Starý, Jan A. Kozák, “Hranice světů: Staroseverský Miðgarð a Útgarð ve strukturalistických a poststrukturalistických interpretacích [Borders of the World: Old Norse Miðgarðr and Útgarðr in Structuralist and Poststructuralist Interpretations]”, in: Religio 1/2010, 31-58
19. Jan A. Kozák, “Óðinn a medovina básnictví [Óðinn and the Mead of Poetry]”, in: Religio 2/2010, 191-213

Edited Volumes

• Jan A. Kozák, Marie Novotná, Jiří Starý, Zuzana Stankovitsová (eds.): Hybrids and Metamorphoses in Old Norse Mythology, Studia Folkloristica Fennica, Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society 2024 [in preparation]

Translations

• J.R.R. Tolkien: Pád Artušův / The Fall of Arthur, Praha: Argo 2016 [English-Czech bilingual edition]
• J.R.R. Tolkien: Legenda o Sigurdovi a Gudrún / The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, Praha: Argo 2012 [English-Czech bilingual edition]
• Eddica Minora, ed. Jiří Starý, Praha: Herrmann a synové 2012 [from Old Norse and Latin to Czech]
• “Heiðrekovy hádanky”, in: Plav 9/2009, 33-38 [from Old Norse to Czech]

Reviews

• Jan A. Kozák, “A Minister of the Secret Fire: Pavel Hošek’s take on J. R. R. Tolkien“, in Central European Journal of Contemporary Religion 1 (2020), 71-75

Reports

• Jan A. Kozák, Konsta I. Kaikkonen, “Methodology in Mythology: Aarhus Old Norse Mythology Conference”, in Retrospective Methods Network Newsletter 15–16 (2020–2021): 86–89

Other

• Jan A. Kozák, “Zlomek Písně o Slagfinnovi”, in Hrdinství starých, sborník k 50. narozeninám Jiřího Starého, ed. Marie Novotná, Jaroslav Tulka, 2021
• Jan A. Kozák, Sága o Lundirovi, Malvern 2023

Theses

• Doctoral Dissertation: “Sacrifice and Initiation in the Myths of Óðinn” [supervisor: doc. Radek Chlup, PhD.]
• MA Thesis: “Þórr’s Journey to Geirrøðr: The Paradigm of the Hero’s Journey to the Otherworld” [supervisor: PhDr. Jiří Starý, PhD.]
• BA Thesis: “Kronos and the Golden Age” [supervisor: doc. Radek Chlup, PhD.]

Invited Lectures

• “The Map of Contemporary Mythologies”, University of Edinburgh, Scotland 2023
• “Odin on the Tree: The God’s Self-Sacrifice at the Crossroads of Cultures”, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway 2023 ( https://en.uit.no/tavla/artikkel?p_document_id=802723 )
• “From Old Norse Myths to Conspiracy Theories: A Marie Curie Project at UiB and Its Follow-Up”, University of Bergen, Norway 2021
• “Body Parts and Metaphors: The Logic of Transformations in Old Norse Mythology”, Miðaldastofa, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland 2019
• “In the Beginning was a Murder”, Brown University, Providence RI, USA 2018
• “The Sound of Creation”, University of Edinburgh, Traditional Cosmology Society, UK, 2017
• “Sacrifice and Initiation in the Myths of Óðinn”, University of Bergen, Norway 2016

Papers Presented at International Conferences and Workshops

• “Ódinova výprava za medovinou básnictví: alchymický proces vyjádřený jazykem mýtu” [“Odin’s Quest for the Mead of Poetry: Alchemical Process in Mythical Form”], Konference České asociace pro analytickou psychologii, Praha 2023
• “The Types of Contemporary Mythology”, 15^th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology: War in Heaven, War on Earth, Tulsk and Roscommon 2023
• “Four Master Tropes in Mythology”, Old Norse Poetry and Prosimentrum, Praha 2023
• “Fettered by Feathers: The Bird Transformation of Völundr and Odinn”, The 18^th Saga Conference, Helsinki and Tallinn, 2022
• “Monomyth: Hero’s Death and Rebirth as a Structural Crossover of Sacrifice and Initiation”, 14^th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology: Death and Migration in World Mythology, Boston/Virtual, 2021
• “Entheogens and Communitas”, Religious Drugs: I. International Worshop, Brno 2020
• “Óðinn and the Mead: The Two-Faced Myth”, Mythology as a Branch of Learning in Medieval Scandinavia: International Workshop II, Berkeley 2020
• “Þórr’s Visit to Geirrøðr: The Transformations of Myth after Christianisation”, Mythology as a Branch of Learning in Medieval Scandinavia: International Workshop, Bergen 2019
• “Myth and Metaphor: The Untapped Potential of Semiotics and Cognitive Linguistics for the Study of Myth”, Methodology in Mythology: The Aarhus Mythology Conference, Bergen 2019
• “Writing Strategies: Theses, Articles and Books” [round table], “Body Symbolism in ON Myth” [poster and slam presentation] Network of Early Career Researchers in Old Norse Workshop, Bergen 2019
• “Studies in the Transmission of Kringilnefjukvæði”, International Medieval Congress, Leeds 2019
• “A Cosmic ‘Prison Break’: Gnostic Cosmology in Hollywood”, Religion – Continuations and Disruptions: 17^th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religion (EASR), Tartu 2019
• “Eddic Poetry in Teaching: Mnemonic, Analytical and Pedagogic Applications”, Old Norse Poetry in Performance, Oxford 2019
• “The Logic of Mythical Transformations”, 13^th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology, Tartu 2019
• “Body Symbolism in Old Norse Myth”, I Vesterled – Westward Bound, Bergen 2018 [poster]
• “Encircled by Flames: Meeting the Other in Völsunga saga and Hervarar saga”, 17^th International Saga Conference, Reykjavík 2018
• “The Symbolism of Secular Rituals”, Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies, Oxford 2018
• “První osadníci Islandu – historie, či mýtus?” [“The First Settlers of Iceland – History or Myth?”], The 11^th Congress of Czech Historians, Olomouc 2017
• “The Horrible Horse: Apotropaic Function of Horse’s Head in Pagan Scandinavia and Neighbouring Cultures”, 11^th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology, Edinburgh 2017
• “The Otherworldly Encounters at the Burial Mounds”, Encounters and Reimaginings: Medieval Scandinavia and the World, Berkeley 2017
• “Ragnarök as a Cosmogony”, 10^th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology, Brno 2016
• “Burial Mound as a Projection Screen”, Ontology of Supernatural Encounters, Tartu 2015
• “The Two Faces of Ritual: Óðinn and the Mead of Poetry”, 16^th International Saga Conference, Zürich 2015
• “The Dialectic of Seduction: Óðinn and Vǫlundr”, 15th International Saga Conference, Aarhus 2012
• “Cosmos inside the Skull: The Metaphor of the Head as a Part of Microcosm-Macrocosm Analogy”, Head-Motif in Comparative Perspective, Bytów 2012
• “Doubles and Twins: Meeting the Other in Burial Mounds”, Medieval Iceland, Aarhus 2010

Conference and Workshop Organizing

• Hybrids and Metamorphoses: Aarhus Mythology Conference, Praha 2022 ( https://mythconf.ff.cuni.cz/ )
• Mythology as a Branch of Learning in Medieval Scandinavia: International workshop of UC Berkeley (Peder Sather Center) and University of Bergen 2019 ( https://www.uib.no/en/rg/medievalphilology/131226/mythology-branch-learning-medieval-scandinavia )
• Methodology in Mythology: Aarhus Mythology Conference, Bergen 2019 ( https://blogg.hvl.no/on-myth-conference-2019/2019/05/06/contact/ )
• The International Workshop on Conceptual Metaphors and Body Symbolism, Bergen 2019 ( https://www.uib.no/en/rg/medievalphilology/126475/conceptual-metaphors-and-body-symbolism )
• The 13th Bergen International Postgraduate Symposium in Old Norse Studies, Bergen 2019
• Beyond Psychedelics, Prague, 2017 [peer-reviewing papers]

Courses taught at the University of Bergen

• Body Symbolism in Old Norse Mythology

Courses taught at the Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University

• Experimental Psychopharmacology (a lecture “Psychedelics and Religion” in a collective series)

Dissemination/Popularization in the Media and on Social Media

Interviews

• “Jan A. Kozák: Konspirace nejsou výrazem hlouposti”, interview at Věda a výzkum, 1/2023 ( https://vedavyzkum.cz/rozhovory/rozhovory/jan-a-kozak-konspirace-nejsou-vyrazem-hlouposti )
• “Konspirace versus inkvizice. Majitelé ‘jedné pravdy’ se vzájemně považují za idioty”, interview in HlídacíPes.org, 10/2022 ( https://hlidacipes.org/konspirace-nas-v-mozku-simraji-na-spravnem-miste-podobne-myslenky-nekdy-napadnou-kazdeho/ )
• “Konspirační teorie jsou cenou za složitost světa. Řešení ale není ve svazáctví, ani v nadřazenosti”, interview in HlídacíPes.org, 10/2022 ( https://hlidacipes.org/spolecnost-potrebuje-kvalitni-zpetnou-vazbu-ne-svazactvi-a-nadrazenost-ta-nahrava-antisystemu/ )
• “Severské mýty a české legendy” interview in National Geographic 6/2021
• “Pravicový extremismus, americké evangelikální křesťanství i New Age. Jakou symboliku využívá „rohatý šaman“ z Kapitolu?” interview in Deník N 1/2021 ( https://denikn.cz/543416/rohaty-saman-z-kapitolu-kombinuje-konspiracni-teorie-a-spiritualitu-to-uvidime-cim-dal-casteji-rika-religionista/)
• “Jsou to skvěle divné příběhy” interview in Respekt12.2020 ( https://www.respekt.cz/tydenik/2020/50/jsou-to-skvele-divne-pribehy?gift=ndyb8vtmfn )
• “Religionista Kozák zkoumá severské mýty i boha Ódina” interview in UKForum11.2020 ( https://www.ukforum.cz/rubriky/veda/7733-religionista-kozak-zkoumal-ve-skandinavii-myty-i-odina), 2021
• “Člověk nikdy nemůže uvařit z ničeho”, interview in literary journal Plav, 2017 ( https://www.svetovka.cz/2017/10/10-2017-rozhovor/ )

Articles

• “Mýty a symboly v čase války. Cosi v nás se od starověku vůbec nezměnilo.” in DeníkN, 2022 ( https://denikn.cz/873326/prave-ted-se-formuje-moderni-mytologie/ )
• “Vytváření univerza”, in Tvar, 1/2022 ( https://itvar.cz/vytvareni-univerza )
• “Soumrak bohů… aneb obraz Konce v mytologii”, in Tvar 21/2021 ( https://itvar.cz/soumrak-bohu-aneb-obraz-konce-v-mytologii )
• “Fenomén Psychonautů” in Dingir 4/2020
• “Tolkienův mýtus”, in Tvar 6/2020 (https://itvar.cz/tolkienuv-mytus)
• “The Symbolism of the Body in the North” in The Project Repository Journal, Vol 7, 2020 ( https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=c2e20a7f-4d97-4ec6-b15e-ea040b9b71d7&pnum=158)

Short Glosses and Summaries

• “Pravé Já”, rubrika O bozích a lidech, iTvar, 1/2023 ( https://itvar.cz/prave-ja )
• “Červená, modrá, chlapečci a holčičky: Jak se k sobě mají gender a barvy?”, Seznam Médium, 2022 ( https://medium.seznam.cz/clanek/jan-alatyr-kozak-cervena-modra-chlapecci-a-holcicky-jak-se-k-sobe-maji-gender-a-barvy-132 )
• “What Norse myths tell us about our own world”, Cordis Europa, 2020 ( https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/428707-what-norse-myths-tell-us-about-our-own-world?WT.mc_id=exp)

Public Lectures

• “Mýty a bohové Seveřanů”, Kultura v Městské knihovně, 2021
• “Ódin: staroseverský bůh magie, run a války”, Kultura v Městské knihovně, 21.6. 2021 ( https://www.mlp.cz/cz/akce/e18029-odin-staroseversky-buh-magie-run-a-valky/ )
• “Monstra, můry a metamorfózy: Proč jsou mýty tak divné?” [“Monsters, Nightmares and Metamorphoses: Why Are Myths So Weird?”], public lecture at the Municipial Library in Prague, 2020
• Numerous public lectures on the Old Norse and Religious Studies topics, with the aim of raising the public’s awareness and addressing some common misunderstandings (Open Square Festival – FF CUNI in Prague; Scandinavian Days – Municipial Library in Prague; Festival of Fantasy in Chotěboř; TolkienCon in Prague; Pagan Festival – Housův mlýn in Tábor; Centrála in Prague )

Radio

• “Klimatická krize, enviromentální hnutí a náboženství”, interview at Český rozhlas – Vltava, Spirituála, 1/2023 ( https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/klimaticka-krize-enviromentalni-hnuti-a-nabozenstvi-8903838 )
• “Jan Kozák: Nejúspěšnější konspirační teorie se opírají o ilumináty, kteří ovládají svět”, interview at Český rozhlas, Barbora Tachecí Osobnost Plus, 11/2022 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJapbLdl-a8 )
• “Vrátit se jako nový člověk. Monomýtus aneb cesta tam a zase zpátky” interview at Rádio Wave, 2022 ( https://wave.rozhlas.cz/vratit-se-jako-novy-clovek-monomytus-aneb-cesta-tam-a-zase-zpatky-8721727 )
• “Jan Kozák: Mýty fungují jako zrcadlo. Člověk v nich najde svůj příběh.”, Český rozhlas Radiožurnál, Host Lucie Výborné, 2021 ( https://youtu.be/7TkPGZaZNNQ )
• “Po rituálech vnitřně toužíme všichni. V umění mají nezastupitelnou roli” interview in Vltava radio, 2021 ( https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/po-ritualech-vnitrne-touzime-vsichni-v-umeni-maji-nezastupitelnou-roli-8400224)
• “Restartovat vesmír”, interview at Radio Wave, 2017 ( https://wave.rozhlas.cz/restartovat-vesmir-hergot-ordinuje-ritualni-know-how-do-noveho-roku-6638784 )

Television

• “Jan Kozák: Tolkien vytvořil hluboce propracovaný svět”, interview at Česká televize (Czech National TV; https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/2001071-jan-kozak-tolkien-vytvoril-hluboce-propracovany-svet ), 2017

Podcasts

• “Odin jednooký boh putujúci svetom živých”, Pár praslenov, 2023 ( https://open.spotify.com/episode/09vzTKooedybChTJ9gPy4G )
• “Proč lidi věří konspiracím: Religionista popisuje, jak vznikají konspirační teorie”, Jadrná věda, 2022 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRgxhQxVMuU )
• “Severská mytologie a konspirační teorie”, Zpátky mimo téma, 2022 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoMpJubhsr8 )
• “Moderní Mýtus a Konspiritualita”, Brain We Are, 2022 ( https://brainya.org/moderni-mytus-a-konspiritualita/ )

Youtube lectures, debates, and interviews

• “Proč lidé věří mýtum: Mýtus dnes”, Městská knihovna v Praze, 2021 (online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KqbE5tuHy8 )
• “Proč lidé věří mýtum: Mýtus jako zrcadlo”, Městská knihovna v Praze, 2021 (online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_EwQDq6QEo )
• “Proč lidé věří mýtum: Mýtus jako hádanka”, Městská knihovna v Praze, 2021 (online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUy9mn5aj8A )
• “Debata o konspiračních teoriích s religionisty”, debata v Městské knihovně Praha s Petrem Janečkem a Zuzanou Kostićovou ( https://youtu.be/xJpQDaPQsXs), 2021
• “Sacrifice and Body Parts in Viking Myths” on YouTube Channel of Dr. Matthias Nordvig ( https://youtu.be/1ksKDrno3rc ), 2019

Other

• Dramatized Recitation of Old Norse Poem Baldrs Draumar ( https://youtu.be/pfInA4bUarU ), 2018

Additional Education

• Accredited Psychotherapy Training (4 years) provided by Czech Association for Analytical Psychology (started in 2020)
• Arnamagnæan Summer School of Manuscript Studies (master, 2018) [preparation of an edition of a previously unedited primary text, transcription of manuscripts, xml coding, generating a manuscript stemma]
• Arnamagnæan Summer School of Manuscript Studies (advanced, 2017)
• Arnamagnæan Summer School of Manuscript Studies (basic, 2016)
• University Centre of the Westfjords: Icelandic Language Certificate (B2, 2016)
• University of Bergen: Norwegian Language Course (B2, 2019)
• City & Guilds: Certificate in International ESOL, English Language (C2, 2006)

Research Teams, Memberships and Collaborations

• The Conspiracy Theory Research Group (founder and coordinator; https://konspiritualita.ff.cuni.cz/en/home-2/ )
• Advisory Board of International Saga Society (representative for the Czech Republic)
• CEJCR: Central European Journal for Contemporary Religion (editorial board member)
• CZEPS: Czech Psychedelic Society (academic section member)
• The Tolkien Society (member)
• IACM: International Association for Comparative Mythology (member)
• ČSAP: Czech Society for Analytical Psychology (member)

Prizes

• Awarded prize of ‘High Quality Monograph of the Charles University 2019’ for the title Óðinn: mýtus, oběť a iniciace [Óðinn: Myth, Sacrifice, and Initiation], 2018
• Novinářská cena 2021, Nadace OSF, best written interview, Adéla Karásková Skoupá rozhovor s Janem A. Kozákem “Rohatý šaman z kapitolu…” ( https://osf.cz/2022/06/23/novinarska-cena-2021-zna-sve-viteze/ )

Other Interests and Activities

Tolkien Expert

• Amazon’s The Rings of Power (2022, TV series; Tolkien Expert for Czech dubbing and subtitles)
• Tympanum’s Pán Prstenů (2014, audiobook; Tolkien Expert for Czech translation)
• Translations, conference papers, book reviews – see above

 Psychotherapist

• Trainee in acredited programme of Analytical Psychology ( https://www.csap-cz.eu/ )
• Private practice ( https://jan-a-kozak.cz/en/therapy/ )
• Teaching – see above (collaboration with Mgr. Martin Skála)

European historical martial arts instructor

• Founder and chief instructor of Barrandovská škola šermu [Barrandov Fencing School in Prague; https://www.savle-rapir-fleret.cz/en/ ] since 2014
• instructor at AKA www.skolasermu.cz from 2008 to 2012
• invited to teach at international fencing symposia: SWASH Leeds 2009, Verbania 2009 and Intersword Bremen 2017

Film stunt

• Bojová umění a jednota osobnosti 2007, dir. Světlana Lazarová (documentary)
• Bathory 2008, dir. Juraj Jakubisko (feature film)
• & fight choreographer at Ordinace v Růžové zahradě 2018 (TV series)

Calligraphy, illustration and graphic design

• book cover art: Manuův zákoník [The Laws of Manu], Praha: Bibliotheca gnostica 2012;
• illustration: Psychedelika a psychonautika II. Rizika užívání, spiritualita, etika a právo, ed. Vojtěch Cink, Praha: dybbuk 2022

Board games design

• Dorn: Beyond the Gate of Doom, Altar 2006
• Dorn: Koshchei’s Eternal Return, Altar 2009
• Ekopolis: Thinking About a City, Scio.cz/Albi 2009
• More info see: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/31841/jan-kozak

Comic book co-author

• Jan Dřevíkovský, Jan A. Kozák, “Klíčení oka”, in: Bunkr: Komixová Revue, 2008, ISBN 978-80-903988-5-6, 47-58

Fantasy world author ( http://www.siranie.net/en/welcome/ )

Teaching