Centre for Advanced Study Sofia
Bulgaria
fellow
Lenka Vojtíšková
2026-2027
Home institution
Charles University, Faculty of Humanities
Country of origin (home institution)
Czechia
Discipline(s)
Cultural studies; History of ideas; Literature
Theme(s)
Behavior & Cognition; Cultural Studies; Identity; Regional Studies
Fellowship dates
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Biography
Lenka Vojtíšková is a junior researcher at Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Humanities. Her research focuses on the intersections of semiotics, psychoanalysis, and contemporary literary thought. She is a co-editor of the book Semiotics and ideology (2022). Her articles were published in international journals such as Aesthetic Investigations, Linguistic Frontiers or Contradictions. She has presented her research at numerous international conferences, including The Kristeva Circle (Bulgaria 2022; Canada 2024). She is also a recipient of the 2023 Ch. S. Peirce Young Scholar Award, granted by the Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism at Texas Tech University. In 2024, she undertook a research stay at the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University in Montréal, further developing her work within an international context.
Research Project
Rethinking the Materiality of Language: The Prague Linguistic Circle and Avant-Garde Literary Practice
This project explores the materiality of language as an important perspective within the humanities and as a central challenge for contemporary literary studies. It seeks to introduce the Central and Eastern European perspective into the debate: it starts from the premise that the encounter between the scientific work of the Prague Linguistic Circle and interwar avant-garde literature represents an underexplored resource for rethinking this issue. In that historical moment, the materiality of language emerges at the intersection of science and literature, sensory perceptibility and social, political, and institutional embeddedness. By closely analyzing period texts across different genres, the project reconstructs this perspective as a coherent framework and positions it within ongoing international discussions. The outcome will be a renewed understanding of the materiality of language that can be applied to the study of current transformations in linguistic and literary practices.
Research Interests:
Linguistics; Literature; Avant-garde; Central Europe; Literary theory