Kultura

Dr Rajendra Chitnis is the University of Oxford’s champion of Czech, each year enthusing new cohorts of students with his love for the language and its literature. Encounters with the country and its culture in early adulthood have granted him a unique perspective on Europe, as well as a flawless Czech pronunciation.

In this interview with Danny Bate, Rajendra tells the story of how he first got the bug for all things Czech, introduces his research focus and teaching, and sets out the case for why studying Czech culture offers intellectual benefits.