Rudolf Fürst

Biography

Employment 1998 - present: Senior Researcher, Institute of International Relations Prague 1997: Interpreter, Hunan-Desta Fork Lift Truck Manufacturing Co., China 1993 - 1995: Secretary and Interpreter, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Prague Δ Teaching Experience 2013 - present: The Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague: Class: Post-Maoism Reform China A class on: "China and Europe: The EU-PRC Partnership and the 1 + 16 Format" for Jan Masaryk University of Economics, 18.3.2015 A class on "Chinese Growth and International Security" for the Jan Masaryk Center of International Studies of the University of Economics, selected lectures. since 2014: Metropolitan University Prague: Introduction to East Asian Studies; Security in Asia University of Economics, Prague D Education July - August 2015: Visiting Scholar at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley 2003 - 2009: Faculty of Social Science, Charles University, earned a Ph.D. in International Relations , 2001: Central European University, Budapest, Summer course: Chinese Nationalism and Transnationalism 1989 - 1996: The Charles University, Prague, Chinese Studies - Bachelor degree 1991 - 1992: Beijing Language Institute, China 1977 - 1981: Degree in Economics, the School of Economics, Prague 1973 - 1977: Grammar school (public passed the exam in 1977)

Research Interest

East Asia Czech-Chinese relations EU-Chinese relations, relations of Central and Eastern Europe with China Postcommunist transformation Soft power in East-West relations