Research interests
global and digital literary studies, sociology and history of translation, sociology of literature and publishing
Education
| 2012 | Translation Studies (Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts: Ph.D.) |
| 2006 | Translation Studies – Scandinavian Studies (Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts: M.A.) |
Employment
| 2019- | Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Literary Bibliography Research Infrastructure, Researcher |
| 2017-2019 | University of Bristol, Marie Curie Research Fellow |
Selected bibliography (ASEP)
Books
Umerle, T. et al. 2023. An Analysis of the Current Bibliographical Data Landscape in the Humanities. A Case for the Joint Bibliodata Agendas of Public Stakeholders. Ústav pro českou literaturu, Praha. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6559857
Book chapters
Vimr, O. 2022. Choosing Books for Translation. A Connectivity Perspective on International Literary Flows and Translation Publishing. In: Roig-Sanz, D. – Rotger, N. (eds.), Global Literary Studies. Key Concepts. Berlin, De Gruyter, 279-300. DOI: 10.1515/9783110740301-012
Vimr, O. 2019. Supply-driven translation: compensating for lack of demand. In: Chitnis, R. – Stougaard-Nielsen, J. – Atkin, R. – Milutinović, Z. (eds.), Translating the literatures of small European nations. Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 48-68. DOI: 10.3828/liverpool/9781789620528.003.0006
Articles
Malínek, V. et al. 2024). Open Bibliographical Data Workflows and the Multilinguality Challenge. Journal of Open Humanities Data 10(1). DOI: 10.5334/johd.190
Hedberg, A. – Vimr, O. 2022. Translation support policies vs book industry practice in non-English settings. Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice 30(5), 753-759. DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2022.2093494
Vimr, O. 2022. The impact of translation subsidies on publishing decisions in smaller European countries. Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice 30(1), 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2022.2030373
Vimr, O. – Rosiński, C. 2022. Česká literatura ve světě. Možnosti mapování ve velkém rozsahu (1820–2020). Česká literatura 70(6), 711-734. DOI: 10.51305/cl.2022.06.03
Vimr, O. 2019. Hledání kvality překladu a role překladatele. Vesmír 98(12), 720-722.
Vimr, O. 2019. Big Translation History and the Use of Data Mining and Big Data Approaches: Panel Report and Observations. Chronotopos. A Journal of Translation History 1(2), 192-195. DOI: 10.25365/cts-2019-1-2-11
Proceedings
Vimr, O. 2020. Mohou státy ovlivnit šíření malé literatury? Srovnání napříč Evropou. In: Malé jazyky a literatury ve velkém světě. Praha, České centrum Mezinárodního PEN klubu, 16-19.