K devadesátileté tradici studia a výuky dějin východní a jihovýchodní Evropy v Brně

This analytical article, based on sources and primary literature, discusses the traditions that led to the establishment of the field of Eastern and Southeastern European history at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno and in non-university research environments. It focuses on the scientific, organisational, pedagogical and professional activities of Professor Josef Macůrek (1901–1992), the creator of a unique concept of the history of Eastern and Southeastern Europe and the founder of a scientific school that developed it at university and non-university institutions even after Macůrek was forced to leave the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences for political reasons at the beginning of normalisation, and then Masaryk University.