Media – Elizabeth Allyn Woock

PROFILE IN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL

I was lucky to be featured in a short profile in an arts-focused issue of the journal (Issue 3/35), where we were also able to share the “Women in Science” quote cards on the opposite page. I hope anyone who needs to hear any of those lines of advice can cut them right out of the journal and stick it in their pocket or put it up on a wall. The nod to being a sort of ‘plumber’ of comics theory is in honor of my father, an actual plumber, who is also a veritable fountain of quotable lines.

UP TO THE FUTURE – A UNIVERSITY FOR SOCIETY

Several younger members of each faculty were invited to represent the next generation of emerging scholars in a new issue, aiming to highlight the “University of the Future.” You can read this copy of the journal here. (It’s in Czech.) Vendula Lužná writes: “The university is no longer just about teaching and research behind the closed doors of brick buildings. Its students, teachers, researchers, in short, everyone who has Palacký University in their DNA, are increasingly entering the public sphere and, in times of instability and crisis, helping society navigate the world around us – comprehensibly, confidently, and transparently. We show that the whole of society can benefit from the work of our university community.”

You can see a related promo video here.

Photo credit: Jakub Čermák

WOMEN IN SCIENCE AT PALACKY UNIVERSITY

Bringing together different fields at the Fortress of Knowledge, we held an amicable debate on the current state of women in science, specifically highlighting the experiences of foreign workers, on 10 February 2026. A website with short profiles of each of us was created at https://womeninscience.upol.cz/ . I got to make a minizine, “Pocket Full of Mentors” with some inspirational quotes from each of the ladies, which you can see images from at the top of the webpage.

Photo credit: Vojtěch Kmenta

NEKONFERENCE AT AFO

SciComHub organized a platform (“not” a conference) to present ideas about public science communication at the 60th Academic Film Olomouc festival, 2025. The other presenters included Petr Baďura (Palacký University in Olomouc), Kateřina Rosická (MFF UK, UFA AV ČR), Petr Cieslar (Pratuří pohádky), Barbora Chmelova (MŽP, AMO klima), Pavel Borovička a David Čech (Česká televize), Richard Nevšímal (University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague (UCT Prague).

Photo credit: Jan Hromádko

UPOL IN THE SPOTLIGHT

“All science is beautiful and interesting, only some topics require ingenuity and work to make their beauty appreciated by the general public. You all do this work and for that I give you a big compliment and thanks,” were the opening words of moderator Daniel Kunz at the “UP in the Spotlight” event, during which the university thanked its media faces on 21 February, 2025. Under the title UP in the Spotlight, the premiere event was held at the Fortress of Knowledge to thank scientists for their communication of science to the public.

You can read more here (in Czech).

Photo credit: Vojtěch Duda

LIVE EVENT: SEZNAM NEWS 5:59

With moderator Kateřina Šafaříková and writer Tomáš Klvaňa, held at Divadlo X10 in Prague. The discussion covered how the United States has changed over the past few decades and the current state of the nation.

You can read the article and listen to the edited version of the event in the podcast here (in Czech). Recorded 17 November, 2024.

Photo credit: Seznam Zprávy

MEDIA APPEARANCES (Recent selection in Czech)

Due to higher frequency, I will not always have a chance to update the most recent appearances and I will focus on highlighting special events rather than TV spots on this page.

6 February 2026 ČT24, Události, komentáře: Epsteinova kauza

20 January 2026, ČT24, Rok Donalda Trumpa 14:37

6 September 2025, Horizont ČT24, About rebranding the Ministry of War, 32:48

30 June 2025, Horizont ČT24 “Trumpův “velký krásný zákon” míří ke schválení + rozhovor s E. A. Woock”

PŠŠT EP. 79, “Trumpův návrat: Jakým prezidentem bude? Pohled americké historičky Elizabeth A. Woock”

25 July 2024, Události, komentáře, ČT24 “První Bidenova řeč po odstoupení z kandidatury”

15 June 2024, Horizont, ČT24 “Donald Trump dorazil na republikánský sjezd + rozhovor s E. A. Woock”

16 May 2024, Studio 6, ČT24 “První portrét britského krále Karla III.”