doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Deputy Head of Department
In her research and lecturing activities she focuses on the theory of theatre (especially in the perspective of cognitive studies), staging of opera and traditional Indian theatre koodiyattam. At present she focuses on the application of conceptual metaphor theory and audiovisual metaphor in the field of the analysis of opera production practice and reflections on directing operas.
She studied Theory and the History of Theatre and Czech Language and Literature at Masaryk University. In 2010 she finished her PhD studies on the theory of theatre at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University with her thesis Hastabhinaya. Hand gestures in the traditional theatre art of India.
From 2009 to 2012 she taught the theory of theatre at the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies of the Faculty of Arts of Palacký University in Olomouc. Since 2012 she has been working as an assistant professor at the Department of Theatre Studies of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno.
From 2011 to 2015 she participated in the grant project Czech Theatre Structuralism: Context and Potential (Czech Science Foundation, GAČR). From 2012 to 2014 she also worked on the project Innovation of the Art and Culture Study Programmes at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University (OPVK). From 2015 to 2017 she led a research project which focused on Brno opera productions of the 2nd half of the 20th century – GAČR project called The Generation of Miloš Wasserbauer, the Theatre Director, and the Progressive Opera Dramaturgy in the State Theatre in Brno (project no. GA15-06548S).
Since 2014 she has been the editor-in-chief/chairwoman of the editorial board of the Theatralia journal.
consulting hours
- Tuesday 13:00-14:00
- sarka.havlicek@gmail.com
Office
bud. G/G002
Gorkého 57/7
602 00 Brno
Total number of publications: 39
2025
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The Czech Coronasong : A Multimodal Perspective COVID-19 : Metaphor and metonymy across languages and cultures, edition: Vyd. 1., year: 2025, number of pages: 24 s., DOI
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Tvorba a percepce významu jako víceúrovňový proces : Teorie Mihaila Antoviće v analýze divadelního představení Kondice a kognice, edition: Vyd. 1., year: 2025, number of pages: 20 s.
2024
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Endangered Heart : Image Schemas as the Organising Principle of Direction-scenographic Concept for the Brno Production of Händel’s Alcina Divadelni Revue, year: 2024, volume: 35, edition: 2, DOI
2023
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Introduction : East-Central and Central-East Europe as an Imagined Space for Shakespeare Multicultural Shakespeare : Translation, Appropriation and Performance, year: 2023, volume: 28, edition: 43, DOI
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Monsters and Marvels : Shakespeare Across Opera, Ballet, Dance, Puppetry, and Music in Central and Eastern Europe—and Beyond Multicultural Shakespeare : Translation, Appropriation and Performance, year: 2023, volume: 28, edition: 43, DOI
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Presages of contemporary theatre studies theories in Vladimír Jindra's structuralist theory of scenography Theatralia, year: 2023, volume: 26, edition: 1, DOI
2022
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Audio-visual Metaphors in Operatic Shakespeare : Verdi’s Macbeth and Otello in Czech Theatres The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Music, edition: Vyd. 1., year: 2022, number of pages: 32 s., DOI
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Režijně-scénografická pojetí jevištního díla Claudia Monteverdiho v brněnských inscenacích Slovenské divadlo, year: 2022, volume: 70, edition: 2, DOI
2021
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Singing in the blend : stagings of Verdi's operatic Shakespeare in the Czech Republic after 1989 Theatralia, year: 2021, volume: 24, edition: Special Issue, DOI
2020
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Dramatické obrazy z dějin národa slovenského: Juro Jánošík (1954) Beg Bajazid (1957) Svatopluk (1960) LV100 : Ladislav Vychodil a scéna 20. storočia, edition: Vyd. 1., year: 2020, number of pages: 10 s.
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Actual Challenges of Theatre Studies III. (MUNI/A/1793/2025)
MU Researcher: doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 1/2026 — 12/2026Investor: Masaryk University / Specific research - support for student projects -
Embodied Sharing in Operatic Performance (MUNI/FF-DEAN/1515/2025)
MU Researcher: doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 1/2026 — 12/2026Investor: Masaryk University / Internal projects of the Faculty of Arts -
Virtual Theatre as a New Medium of Understanding Culture (TQ01000265)
MU Researcher: doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 9/2023 — 11/2026Investor: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic / SIGMA -
Actual Challenges of Theatre Studies II. (MUNI/A/1713/2024)
MU Researcher: doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 1/2025 — 12/2025Investor: Masaryk University / Specific research - support for student projects -
Actual Challenges of Theatre Studies (MUNI/A/1562/2023)
MU Researcher: doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 1/2024 — 12/2024Investor: Masaryk University / Specific research - support for student projects -
Kulturní transfery v současné středoevropské divadelní režii. Možnosti aplikace konceptu „kulturních transferů“ jako analytické metody středoevropské divadelní praxe (MUNI/FF-DEAN/1672/2023)
MU Researcher: Mgr. Bc. Iva Mikulová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 1/2024 — 12/2024Investor: Masaryk University / Internal projects of the Faculty of Arts -
Interdisciplinary Research of Theatre Culture IV. (MUNI/A/1445/2022)
MU Researcher: doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 1/2023 — 12/2023Investor: Masaryk University / Specific research - support for student projects -
Crossing Borders with Shakespeare since 1945: Central and Eastern European Roots and Routes (22210007)
MU Researcher: doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 6/2022 — 12/2023Investor: International Visegrad Fund (IVF) / Visegrad Grants -
Interculturality and Multilingualism in Bohemian Lands (MUNI/CORE/0742/2022)
MU Researcher: Mgr. Jan Budňák, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 7/2022 — 6/2023Investor: Masaryk University / Common University Foundation -
Tvorba a modernizace doktorských studijních programů ve vědách o umění (CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_018/0002692)
MU Researcher: doc. Mgr. Pavel Skopal, Ph.D. MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Arts Project Period: 9/2017 — 6/2023Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR / Operational Programme Research, Development and Education