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environmental historian | historical ecologist | Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences | Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno. Born at 330 ppm. #envhist #historicalecology
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The Academy has 50+ institutes, some are based fully in Brno, some have 'detached' departments here. Mine is the Institute of Botany with headquarters near Prague and three departments in Brno. Quite complicated.
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Definitely...
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I live in Brno, so I have some idea
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I was trying to explain the situation as I see it, I don't think I deserved to be called a Czech nationalist - it would be strange in any case, because I'm not Czech.
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I assume your point is that they shouldn't.
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I don't really think modern historians employing the term Czech lands for earlier than the 20th century are out to make nationalistic claims. I guess they would see Bohemian lands and Czech lands as more or less synonyms (because there is only one word in Czech).
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I know a little bit about the history of the term země koruny české, but it would be good to know how the two English translations emerged
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My guess would be that 'Bohemian' sounds too much connected to Bohemia (as in Čechy) for people in Moravia and Silesia. This is why they would prefer 'Czech lands' (in English) which they feel is more neutral.
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I get the point, but there is only one word in Czech and one word in German. So the problem exists in English. I was wondering why Czech people (including historians!) prefer to use Czech lands in English - which they apparently do.
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Yes: Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia. We usually refer to them together as the "Czech lands".
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Ah, thanks. Maybe it should be a northern Balaton scene, pannage has a long tradition there
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yes, I also hope this is the CZ's strategy paying off and not just an outlier value
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So you'll be back... We should catch up if you're in Brno some time
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What a cool picture:) the tiny piglets...
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Thanks. I was quite happy too:)
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Congrats!!!
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Díky moc
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Děkuji!
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Anything by Massimo Montanari. Quite a few things have been translated into English, e.g. Food is culture.