Profile of Dr Jiří Kašný
He received a Licentiate in Canon Law from Universita Pontificia Salesiana, Roma, Italy (1991), J.C.D. in Canon Law from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (1998). In the Czech Republic, he was promoted to the rank of University Docent in 2005.
He was Assistant and Associate Professor at Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio, USA (1995-2000) and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the University of South Bohemia (2002-2008).
He joined Anglo-American University in Prague in 2009. He is Senior Lecturer in both the School of Humanities and School of Law. He published a number of articles and book chapters on canon law and most recently on exile from communist Czechoslovakia to England and Canada.