Students
Alena Bartesová
Alena is a student in the master’s program in International Trade at the Faculty of International Relations, Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE), with a minor specialization in Asian Studies. Her primary academic interests focus on Korea and Japan and the historical, political, and economic relations between the two countries. She enjoys travelling, learning foreign languages – especially Japanese – and engaging with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. She has gained professional experience, among other places, at the government agency CzechTrade and at ORLEN Unipetrol, where she works in project support for retail development. She is currently undertaking a semester-long exchange in Italy.
Edita Lichtágová
Edita is a master’s student in Tourism and Hospitality Management at the Faculty of International Relations, Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE), where she also completed the minor specialisation in Asian Studies. Her interests include human resources, tourism, Asian geopolitics, and sustainability. She also works at Nestlé as an HR Trainee – Learning & Capability Development. Within Asia, Edita focuses primarily on China and on the evolving relationship between South and North Korea. In 2025, she participated in a summer language school in Suzhou at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
Marie Havlíková
Marie is a bachelor’s student in Business Economics and Management at the Faculty of Business Administration. In her studies, she focuses primarily on Japan and China, particularly the historical and political dynamics between the two countries, and she is actively pursuing both languages. Holding a JLPT N2 certificate enables her not only to engage with Japanese culture at an advanced level, but also to support the reception of visitors from Japan and from VŠE’s partner universities. In the summer of 2025, she spent three months as an intern at the EXPO world exhibition in Osaka, Japan, within the Office of the Commissioner General, where she worked as an administrative and event management assistant, translator, and guide. She subsequently completed a semester abroad at National Taiwan University, focusing on international business and further developing her Chinese language skills.
Sára Pařilová
Sára is a third-year bachelor’s student in International Business at the Faculty of International Relations and previously completed Chinese Studies at Masaryk University. At the Prague University of Economics and Business, she has also been active in the Student Club of Trade and Competitiveness (SKOK). Her experience includes a summer school in Suzhou, China, and an internship at the government agency CzechInvest in Prague. She spent her fifth semester on an exchange program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is broadly interested in China and Asia as a whole, and enjoys travelling, learning foreign languages, and exploring different cultures.
Former Members:
Ing. Tereza Bártová
Ing. Eliška Hronová
Ing. Jan Švec, Ph.D.
Ing. Kristýna Kučerová (Tamchynová)
Ing. Xueying Guan
Ing. Gabriel Hasík
Ing. Aneta Hlavsová, BA, Ph.D.
Bc. Eliška Hrtoňová
Ing. Jan Krejčí
Bc. Hana Kubíková
Bc. Pavlína Mladá
Bc. Hana Podlesná
Pamir Sahill
Ing. Eliška Šibrová
Bc. Matyáš Havel
Bc. Andrea Mudrová
Ing. My Hanh Nguyen
Ing. Jan Zvoníček