Artur Boháč is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Geography in Technical University of Liberec. He holds a Ph.D. in Political and Cultural Geography from the University of Ostrava. His research interests are wide-ranging and include geography of religion as well as political geography. He focuses on the situation of ethnic, religious and national minorities and their conflicts and coexistence in Central Europe and the Middle East. Besides being the author of many articles on these issues, he also participated in the project focusing on the detailed analysis of European cross-border cooperation. He is interested especially in the phenomenon of

divided cities in Central Europe. He is a member of the Czech Geographical Society, International Borders and Migration Research Group and editorial boards of several Czech geographical journals.