- “Mars, a Utopian Planet B?” Aging, Intergenerational Relationships and Utopia. 25. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. University of Valencia. 3. July 2025.
- “Cyber-utopianism in Central Europe and elsewhere: Hope or Despair?” Utopia and Democracy. 24. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. Democracy Institute CEU, Budapest. 4. July 2024.
- “Polish and Czech Social* Science Fiction – caught between definitions, locality and foundational lies.” Transitions. Annual Conference of the Science Fiction Research Association. University of Tartu, Estonia. 11. May 2024.
- “Endings/Beginnings in Jacek Dukaj’s Post-apocalyptic SF.”Disruptions. Annual Conference of the Science Fiction Research Association. Dresden Technical University. 17. Aug. 2023.
- “Konterrevolutionäre Comics.” »Von Maulwurf (und davor) bis heute. Tschechische und slowakische Kinder‐ und Jugendliteratu. 14. Bohemicum Dresdense. TU Dresden. 27. Okt. 2023
- “Von Robotern bis Artificial Friends.” 13. Bohemicum Dresdense – Ein Jahrhundert Roboter. TU Dresden. 2. Juli. 2022
- “Ruští a čeští roboti.” Masarykova univerzita. Brno, Czech Republic. 12. Aug. 2019.
- “Even the Future Used to be Better? Early Czech Cli-Fi.” Utopia, Dystopia and Climate Change. 20. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. Monash University. Prato, Italy. 3. July 2019.
- “The Illuminae Files – YA Fiction and SF Renewal.” Karlova univerzita. Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur. Prague, Czech Republic. 21. Nov. 2018.
- “Three Paths of American SF Film of the Fifties.” Karlova univerzita. Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur. Prague, Czech Republic. 20. Nov. 2018.
- “Harmony in Utopia.” Filozofski fakultet Sveučiliště u Zagrebu. Katedra za filmologiju. Zagreb, Croatia. 12. Oct. 2018.
- “From Soviet SF Film to Post-Soviet SF Film.” Filozofski fakultet Sveučiliště u Zagrebu. Katedra za filmologiju. Zagreb, Croatia. 11. Oct. 2018.
- “Harmonizing and Improvizing Utopia.” In Search of New Harmonies. 19. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona, Spain. 11. July 2018.
- “Adaption: Jenseits von Treue.” Universität Leipzig. Institut für Slavistik. 25. May 2018.
- “Utopia,Communism and Community.” Komunizm – Odejścia i Powroty. Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej. Lublin, Poland. 16 Nov. 2017.
- “Comparing Canons: A Croatian Dialogue with Russian and German Realism.” 20. Meðunarodni znanstveni skup: Komparativna povijest hrvatske „Književni kanon.“ Split, Croatia. 28. Sept. 2017.
- Discussant. Utopia, Now! Imaginaries of the Future Symposium. Chelsea College of Art. London, UK. 29.–31. Aug. 2017.
- “Janusz Zajdel and Solidarity.” Solidarity. 18. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. Uniwersytet Gdański. Gdańsk, Poland. 7. July 2017.
- “Czech it out: SF-Film in Czechoslovakia during the Golden Sixties.” Filozofski fakultet Sveučiliště u Zagrebu. Odsjek za komparativnu književnost. Zagreb, Croatia. 27. Apr. 2017.
- “What and When is Science Fiction Film?“ Filozofski fakultet Sveučiliště u Zagrebu. Odsjek za komparativnu književnost. Zagreb, Croatia. 24. Apr. 2017.
- “The Literary Utopia in General and Two Croatian Literary Utopias in Particular.“ 19. Meðunarodni znanstveni skup: Komparativna povijest hrvatske književnosti „Vrsta ili žanr.“ Split, Croatia. 30. Sept. 2016.
- “The Borders of Utopia.“ Utopia at the Border. Imaginaries of the Future Symposium. Universität Regensburg. Regensburg, Germany. 20. Sept. 2016.
- “Phantastische Umbrüche: Erfinden und Entdecken in slavischer Science Fiction.” 34. Wetzlarer Tage der Phantastik. Phantastische Bibliothek. Wetzlar, Germany. 3. Sept. 2016.
- “A Czech Brave New World? Jan Barda’s Reeducated.“ 500 Years of Utopias. 17. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lisbon, Portugal. 7. July 2016.
- ”Adaptations: Literature to Film, Utopia to Dystopia – The Magellan Cloud, Ikarie XB 1 and 2001: A Space Odyssey.“ His Master’s Voice: More after More. Villa Decius. Kraków, Poland. 12. Mar. 2016.
- “Politics, Poetics and Czech Poetism.“ Politics and Poetics. Imaginaries of the Future Symposium. Queen’s University. Belfast, UK. 20. Jan. 2016.
- “National Identity and Alternate Histories.“ Identity and Culture. Center of Culture and Cultural Studies. Skopje, Macedonia. 3. Sept. 2015.
- “A Polish Brave New World?‘‘ Beyond the City. 16. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. Newcastle University. Newcastle, UK. 3. July 2015.
- ”When Worlds Collide: Local and Nonlocal in Two Russian Utopias.“ In the Regions of Utopia. Imaginaries of the Future Symposium. Newcastle University. Newcastle, UK. 28. June 2015.
- Public Reading with Antonín Brousek. “Jaroslav Hašek: Die Abenteuer des guten Soldaten Švejk.“ Tschechisches Zentrum. Munich, Germany. 12. Mar. 2015.
- “Comenius, Christianity, Christianopolis and the First Czech Literary Utopia.“ Universität Regensburg. 28. Jan. 2015.
- “Legionärsliteratur der Tschechoslowakei.“ Ringvorlesung Klassiker des Kriegs. Universität Regensburg. 18. Nov. 2014.
- “J. A. Komenský's Labyrinth: the First Czech Literary Utopia?” Global Work and Play. 39th Conference of the Society for Utopian Studies. Montreal, Canada. 23. Oct. 2014.
- “Being Human in Czech Fictional Futures.” Utopian Bodies and Media. Imaginaries of the Future Symposium. Montreal, Canada. 22. Oct. 2014.
- “Robot R(E)volutions.” Nonviolence. 15. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. Karlova univerzita. Prague, Czech Republic. 4. July 2014.
- Keynote. “Familiar and Unfamiliar Faces of Science Fiction: A Czech Polish Comparison.“ Głos Pana: Utopie i dystopie w perspektywie filozoficzno-literackiej. Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Kraków, Poland. 20. Mar. 2014.
- “SF der Gewalt? Tschechische Military SF, SF und Cyberpunk.” Kolloquium zur Gewalt. Universität Regensburg. 11. Oct. 2013.
- “Filmová adaptace M. Kundery: Je Kaufmanova Nesnesitelná lehkost bytí nesnesitelná? A proč je Jirešův Žert snesitelný?‘‘ Masarykova univerzita. Brno, Czech Republic. 8. Aug. 2013.
- “Kim Stanley Robinson and the Russians.’‘ Topographies of Harmony. 14. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. New Lanark, UK. 2. July 2013.
- “Inter/nationale Science-Fiction.“ Region, Sprache, Nation. 11. deutscher Slavistentag. TU Dresden. Dresden, Germany. 4. Oct. 2012.
- “Erbenova Kytice v několika podobách.” Masarykova univerzita. Brno, Czech Republic. 9. Aug. 2012.
- “Stanisław Lem's Futures and Futurology.” The Shape of Things to Come. 13. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona, Spain. 6. July 2012.
- “Crisis of Existence: Utopia in Czech Literature.” Utopia, Crisis, Justice. 12. Conference of the Utopian Studies Society. University of Cyprus. Nicosia, Cyprus. 11. July 2011.
- “Filmové Adaptace Kundery.’‘ Masarykova univerzita. Brno, Czech Republic. 21. Apr. 2011.
- “Absence české utopie?” Masarykova univerzita. Brno, Czech Republic. 20. Apr. 2011.
- “Literatura mimo kánon: Česká sci-fi.” Česká beseda. Universität Regensburg. 21. Jan. 2011.
- “Workshop zur Filmtechnik im Russischunterricht.“ Universität Gießen. Gießen, Germany. 12. Nov. 2010.
- “Literary Utopias: Envisioning the Beyond.“ Филолошка истраживања данас. Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Београду. Belgrad, Serbia. 26. Nov. 2010.
- “Darko Suvins literarische Utopie.” Forschungskolloquium Slavistik. Universität Regensburg. 10. Dec. 2009.
- “Legionářská literatura.” Masarykova univerzita. Brno, Czech Republic. 11. Aug. 2009.
- “Lev Kulešov und Film.“ 16. Regensburger Fortbildungstagung für Russischlehrer. Universität Regensburg. 10. July 2009.
- “Literatura očima Filmu, film očima literatury.” Filozofski fakultet Sveučiliště u Zagrebu. Odsjek za zapadnoslavenske jezike i književnosti. Zagreb, Croatia. 7. May 2009.
- “Švejkovy cesty Evropou.” Filozofski fakultet Sveučiliště u Zagrebu. Odsjek za zapadnoslavenske jezike i književnosti. Zagreb, Croatia. 6. May 2009.
- “Filmová adaptace.” Masarykova univerzita. Brno, Czech Republic. 13. Aug. 2008.
- “Bilder im Kopf. EU-Skepsis in den neuen Beitrittsländern am Beispiel der Tschechischen Republik.’‘ Herder Institut. Marburg, Germany. 28. Sep. 2007.
- “Čeští Švejci.” Masarykova univerzita. Brno, Czech Republic. 17. Aug. 2007.
- “Kundera’s Reading, Reading Kundera.“ Middle European, National, Modern? Constructing Middle European Literature and Culture. Universität Regensburg. 8. July 2007.
- Exhibition. “Tschechische Blicke auf Europa und die EU.’‘ 5.–21. May 2007. Universitätsbibliothek. Universität Regensburg. Regensburg, Germany. [www.forost.de]
- “Europeanism and Eurospeak.” EU=Europe? EU-Skepticism and European Identity. International Workshop. Universität Regensburg. Regensburg, Germany. 12. Jan. 2007.
- “Die Suche nach einer gemeinsamen Sprache.”Europeanization. FOROST-Tagung. Schloss Thurnau. Thurnau, Germany. 22. July 2006.
- “Antieuropäische and EU-feindliche Diskurse in der Tschechischen Republik.” Bohemistentreffen. Collegium Carolinum. Munich, Germany. 3. Mar. 2006.
- “Europa: banal, fatal oder einfach egal.” Europabilder im Vergleich. University of Regensburg. Regensburg, Germany 26. Feb. 2005.