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“, Good Thoughts on Folklore and Mythology. Festschrift in Honour of Terry Gunnell. Vol. 2. Mythology, eds.Ingunn Ásdísardóttir, Felix Lummer, Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir, Katrin Lisa van der Linde Mikaelsdóttir, Júlíana Þóra Magnúsdóttir, Trivent Publishing 2025, 17-25.
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