Tomáš Nigrin | Summer University
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Doc. PhDr. Tomáš Nigrin, Ph.D.


Tomáš Nigrin studied German and Austrian studies at the Institute of International Studies, Charles University. In 2010 he finished his Ph.D. study. Currently, he is an assistant professor and a research fellow at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague. He is the Science Secretary at the Department for German Studies. In 2003/2004 he studied political sciences and history at Freie Universität Berlin. In 2005/2006 he attended one year fellowship at „Studienkolleg zu Berlin“ at Academy of Science in Berlin supported by The German National Academical Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) and the Hertie-Foundation (Hertie-Stiftung) and also studied modern history at Humboldt University in Berlin. His main area of interest is Germany and its relations to the Central European region.
 

 

Publications
Monographs
Lizcová Z., Handl V., Kunštát M., Nigrin T., Šmidrkal V., Zelená A., Filipová L., Mlsna P., Thomas O., & Andreas W. (2022). Německo 1989 - 2021 : Úspěchy, problémy a výzvy sjednocené země. Lidové Noviny.
Nigrin T. (2022). The Rise and Decline of Communist Czechoslovakia´s Railway Sector. CEU Press.
Nigrin T. (2020). Od nepostradatelnosti ke stagnaci? Železniční odvětví v Československu v 70. a 80. letech 20. století. Dokořán.
Nigrin T., Tomeš Z., Seidenglanz D., Mlsna P., & Dujka J. (2017). Železniční reforma v Německu. Karolinum.
Nigrin T., Landa M., Svobodová T., Fingl F., Koňasová A., & Šestáková G. (2015). Německo bez jádra? : SRN na cestě k odklonu od jaderné energie. Karolinum.
Pešek J., Bečka J., Emler D., Filipová L., Kolenovská D., Lach J., Lohmann N., Matějka O., Nigrin T., Svobodný P., & Vykoukal J. (2013). Napříč kontinentem soudobých dějin. Evropská historiografie po konci studené války. Argo.
Nigrin T. (2013). Izolovaný ostrov : Západní Berlín a jeho proměny po stavbě Berlínské zdi. Dokořán.
Chapters in monographs
Dimitrov M., & Nigrin T. (2023). Integrace imigrantů v Berlíně: od dočasného začlenění k participaci a rovnosti šancí?. Studie k integraci přistěhovalců do německé společnosti (pp. 118-139).
Nigrin T., & Szobi P. (2023). Tschechiens Verkehrssektor. Nationale und europäische Wege. Schlüsselland Tschechien. Politik und Gesellschaft in der Mitte Europas (pp. 289-316).
Lizcová Z., & Nigrin T. (2022). Proměny německého hospodářství. Německo 1989–2021: Úspěchy, problémy a výzvy sjednocené země (pp. 131-155).
Nigrin T., & Handl V. (2022). Tři kancléři v čele znovusjednocené země. Německo 1989–2021: Úspěchy, problémy a výzvy sjednocené země (pp. 50-130).
Nigrin T. (2013). Německý historický ústav ve Washingtonu. Věda a politika: německé společenskovědní ústavy v zahraničí (1880-2010) (pp. 167-182).

Articles
Handl V., Nigrin T., & Mejstřík M. (2023). Turnabout or continuity? The German Zeitenwende and the reaction of the V4 countries to it. Journal of European Integration, 45(3), 503-519. UT-WOS link 
Szobi P., Nigrin T., & Oravec J. (2023). Political Will and Economic Necessity? The Construction of High-Speed Rail Networks in Portugal and East Germany. Národohospodářský obzor, 23(1), 19-34. UT-WOS link 
Szobi P., Nigrin T., & Oravec J. (2023). Political Will and Economic Necessity? the Construction of High-Speed Rail Networks in Portugal and East Germany. Národohospodářský obzor, 23(1), 19-34. UT-WOS link 
Stellner F., Vokoun M., Nigrin T., & Kasa M. (2022). Characteristics of Austrian passenger transport policy development since the 1950s. Národohospodářský obzor, 22(4), 293-315. UT-WOS link 
Seidenglanz D., Taczanowski J., Król M., Horňák M., & Nigrin T. (2021). Quo vadis, international long-distance railway services? Evidence from Central Europe. Journal of Transport Geography, 92(April), 1-12. UT-WOS link 
Nigrin T., & Szobi P. (2021). Tschechiens Verkehrssektor: Nationale und europäische Wege. Osteuropa, 71(4-6), 345-372. UT-WOS link 
Nigrin T. (2018). Planned stagnation? The economic plan vs. reality in the Czechoslovak railway sector of the 1970s and 1980s. Národohospodářský obzor, 18(1), 61-76. UT-WOS link 
Seidenglanz D., Kvizda M., Nigrin T., Tomeš Z., & Dujka J. (2016). Czechoslovak light rail - Legacy of socialist urbanism or opportunity for the future?. Journal of Transport Geography, 54(June), 414-429. UT-WOS link 
Seidenglanz D., Nigrin T., & Dujka J. (2015). Regional Railway Transport in Czech, Austrian and German Decentralised and Regionalised Transport Markets. Národohospodářský obzor, 2015(4), 431-450.
Nigrin T. (2014). Open Competition or Discrimination on Tracks? Examples of Anti-competitive Behaviour of the Deutsche Bahn. Národohospodářský obzor, 14(1), 16-33.
 

Grants
2020-2023: e-Note. European Network on Teaching Excellence. Erasmus+ Project.
2018–2021 Fast connection of metropolitan regions (Czech Technology Agency TL01000061). Main researcher.
2018–2022 New mobility (EU-project OP VVV). Leader of the Charles University Team.
2016–2018 The Role of Czechoslovak Railways in Czechoslovak Transportation Policy, 1970–1989 (The Czech Science Foundation). Main Researcher.
2015–2018 Transport Integration for Prosperity. The Importance of Rail Connections for the V4 Internal Cohesion (Visegrad Strategic Project). Main Researcher.
2016–2017 The importance of regional high-speed rail terminals for the density of traffic flows and regional cohesion (Czech Technology Agency). Co-Researcher.
2015–2017 Real Functioning of the Centrally Planned Economy in Czechoslovakia (The Czech Science Foundation). Member of Research Team.
2014–2015 Optimization and Improvement of Competitive Tendering in the Passenger Railway Transport in the Czech Republic according to EU Directives (Czech Technology Agency). Co-Researcher.
2012–today The Centre for Collective Memory Research (Charles University in Prague). Member of Research team.
2012–2013 Optimization of the Competition Regulatory Framework in Freight and Passenger Railway Transport in the Czech Republic (Czech Technology Agency). Co-Researcher.
2010–2012 Historiography in Europe after 1990 (The Czech Science Foundation). Member of Research Team.

Lecturing
Bachelor Thesis Seminar
History of Eastern Europe
German Question in International Relations and in the Czechoslovakia´s Foreign Policy
Germany and Austria 1989 - 2008
Contemporary History of the German Speaking Countries
Conversatorium on Contemporary Questions