UPOL IN THE SPOTLIGHT
“All science is beautiful and interesting, only some topics require ingenuity and work to make their beauty appreciated by the general public. You all do this work and for that I give you a big compliment and thanks,” were the opening words of moderator Daniel Kunz at the “UP in the Spotlight” event, during which the university thanked its media faces on 21 February, 2025. Under the title UP in the Spotlight, the premiere event was held at the Fortress of Knowledge to thank scientists for their communication of science to the public.
LIVE EVENT: SEZNAM NEWS 5:59
With moderator Kateřina Šafaříková and writer Tomáš Klvaňa, held at Divadlo X10 in Prague. The discussion covered: How the United States has changed over the past few decades; Why, according to the guests of the 5:59 podcast, US President-elect Donald Trump can be described as a “comic book character”; And whether he can still be considered the standard for freedom.
You can read the article and listen to the edited version of the event in the podcast here (in Czech). Recorded 17 November, 2024.
EARLIER MEDIA APPEARANCES (in Czech)
PŠŠT EP. 79, “Trumpův návrat: Jakým prezidentem bude? Pohled americké historičky Elizabeth A. Woock”
25 July 2024, Události, komentáře, ČT24 “První Bidenova řeč po odstoupení z kandidatury”
15 June 2024, Horizont, ČT24 “Donald Trump dorazil na republikánský sjezd + rozhovor s E. A. Woock”
16 May 2024, Studio 6, ČT24 “První portrét britského krále Karla III.”
NEW BOOKS NETWORK PODCAST
You can listen to my interviews with academic authors on the New Books Network here, or choose an individual episode below:
Rebuilding Story Worlds with Jan Baetens
Lost Literacies with Alex Beringer
The Comic Book as Research Tool with Stephen R. O’Sullivan
The US Graphic Novel with Paul Williams
Openness of Comics with Maaheen Ahmed
Perfect Copies with Shiamin Kwa
Drawing from the Archives with Benoît Crucifix
Muslim Comics and Warscape Witnessing with Esra Mirze Santesso
Comics as Communication with Paul Fisher Davies
Cartooning China with Amy Matthewson
Growing Up Graphic with Alison Halsall
Comics and the Body with Eszter Szép
Who Understands Comics? with Neil Cohn
Medievalist Comics and the American Century with Chris Bishop
A Theory of Narrative Drawing with Simon Grennan
Ethics in the Gutter with Kate Polak
Frames and Framing in Documentary Comics with Johannes C.P. (Schmid) Babbe
Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War with Harriet E. H. Earle
Mise en scène, Acting, and Space in Comics with Geraint D’Arcy
EVEN EARLIER MEDIA APPEARANCES
I have happily been invited to ČT24 several other to speak on the death of Queen Elizabeth II, on the Jubilee year, and other topics.