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Bohemistics, also known as Czech studies, is the field of
humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...
that researches, documents and disseminates
Czech language Czech ( ; ), historically known as Bohemian ( ; ), is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group, written in Latin script. Spoken by over 12 million people including second language speakers, it serves as the official language of the ...
and
literature Literature is any collection of Writing, written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, Play (theatre), plays, and poetry, poems. It includes both print and Electroni ...
in both its historic and present-day forms. The common Czech name for the field is ''bohemistika''. A researcher in the field is usually called a "Bohemist".


Noted scholars

* Josef Dobrovský * Jan Gebauer * Bohuslav Havránek * Josef Jungmann * Ernest Denis


See also

* Bohemism *
List of English words of Czech origin This is a list of words coming to English language, English from or via Czech language, Czech, or originating in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, often called Czech lands. Words and expressions derived from the Czech language are called Bohemisms ...
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Czech literature Czech literature can refer to literature written in Czech language, Czech, in the Czech Republic (formerly Czechoslovakia, earlier the Lands of the Bohemian Crown), or by Czech people. Most literature in the Czech Republic is now written in C ...
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Czech Republic The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
* History of the Czech language


References


External links


Institute of Czech Studies
Faculty of Arts & Philosophy,
Charles University Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ...
in Prague Historical linguistics Czech language Czech literature Bohemistics Slavic studies History of the Czech lands {{CzechRepublic-stub European studies