Victor Miroslav FIC, ia lahir tanggal 5 Januari 1922 di Damborice, Cekoslowakia, dan kemudian menjadi warga negara Kanada.
Riwayat Pendidikan:
1945-1948 University of Political and Social Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1945-1953 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1945-1958 Columbia University, New York, USA
1945-1959 University of Mysore, Mysore, India
1945-1960 Indian School of International Studies (now Jawaharlal Nehru University), New Delhi, India
Gelar-gelar Akademis:
1) B.A. (Honours), 1950, Political Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C., Canada
2) M.A., 1953, Political Science and Slavonic Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C., Canada
3) M.A., 1956, International Relations, Columbia University, New York, USA
4) Certificate of the Russian Institute, 1956, Columbia University, New York, USA
5) Diploma in Indology (Post Graduate), 1959, University of Mysore, Mysore, India
6) Ph.D., 1964, South Asian Studies, Indian School of International Studies, New Delhi, India
7) Ph.D., 1968, International Relations and Law, Columbia University, New York, USA
Karier Akademik:
1961-1963 Visiting Professor, Department of History, University of Rangoon, Rangoon, Burma
1963-1966 Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Nanyang University, Singapore
1966-1967 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Singapore, Singapore
1967-1968 Visiting Professor, Department of History, University of
Singapore, Singapore
1967-1969 Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, Nanyang University, Singapore
1969-1971 Foundation Chair Professor, Political Science, Nanyang University, Singapore
1970-1971 Director, Institute of Asian Studies, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Nanyang University, Singapore
1965-1968 Teaching Staff (Hon.), School of Foreign Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, government of Singapore, Singapore
1971-1987 Professor, Department of Politics, Brock University, St.
Catharines, Ont., Canada
1982-1993 Teaching Staff (Hon.), Canadian Forces Command and Staff School, Department of National Defence, Toronto, Canada
1990-1993 Director, Centre for Canada and Asia Pacific Studies. Brock University
1993-1994 Adjunct Professor, Department of Politics, Brock University
1993-1994 Visiting Professor, Burapha University, Bangsaen, Thailand
1996-1997 Senior Researcher, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia
1987-Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada
Buku-buku yang dipublikasikan:
Tidak termasuk: a) artikel-artikel dan resensi buku yang dipublikasikan dalam jurnal-jurnal; b) paper-paper yang dibacakan dalam konferensi-konferensi, seminar-seminar dan workshop-workshop.
1) Peaceful Transformation to Communism in India: Strategy of the Communist Party, Nachiketa Publications, Bombay, India, 1969, pp. ix + 478.
2) Kerala: Yenan of India, Nachiketa Publications, Bombay, India, 1970, pp. xiv + 575.
3) The Prague Spring: A Study in Social Change, Nachiketa Publications, Bombay, India, 1970, pp. 75.
4) Strategis for Social Change: Focus Upon Malaysia and Singapore, (Ed.), Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada, 1974, pp. 131.
5) The September 30th Movement in Indonesia: 1965. A Gamble That Failed. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Nanyang University, 1968, str. 127.
6) Violations of Civil and Political Rights in Czechoslovakia and the Helsinki Agreement, The Council of Free Czechoslovakia, Washington, USA, 1977, pp. 191.
7) Persecution of the Movement for Civil and Political Rights in
Czechoslovakia: 1977-1980. The Czechoslovak National Association of Canada, Toronto, 1980, pp. 56
8) Political Prisoners in Czechoslovakia, Violations of the Helsinki Agreement: Documents, Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada, 1982, pp. 20.
9) Revolutionary War for Independence and the Russian Question:
Czechoslovak Army in Russia 1914-1918, Abhivan Publications, New Delhi, India, 1977, pp. xi + 267.
10) The Czechoslovak Legion and the Bolsheviks: The Origin of Their Armed Conflict: March-May 1918, Abhinav Publications, New Delhi, India, 1978, pp. xviii + 509.
11) The Collapse of American Diplomacy in Russian and Siberia: Wilson’s Decision Not To Intervene; March-October 1918. East European Monographs, Boulder, Col., Distributed by Columbia University Press, New York, 1995, pp. xvi + 494.
12) The Rise of the Constitutional Alternative to Soviet Rule in 1918: The Provisional Governments of Siberia and All-Russia. Their Quest for Allied Intervention. East European Monographs, Bolder, Col., Distributed by Colombia University Press, New York, 1998, pp. 505.
13) Nove usporadani sveta: Globalizace, nebo stret civilizaci? Proc nebyla vyze roku 1928 uspesna? (Tr. The New World Order: Why Did the Vision of 1928 Fail?).
14) Ceskoslovenska strana narodne socialni v exile. Nastin vyvoje jeji organizacni struktury a strategie boje za demokracii ve vlati: 23. unor
1948-16. brezen 1990. (Tr. The Czechoslovak National and Social Party in Exile: An Outline of the Evolution of its Organizational Structure and strategy of the Struggle for Democracy: February 28, 1948-March 16,
1990). Brno: PRIUS, 2002, pp. 1-143.
15) FROM MAJAPAHIT AND SUKUH TO MEGAWATI SUKARNOPUTRI. Continuity and Change in Pluralisme of Religion, Culture and Politics of Indonesia. From the XV to the XXI Century. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 2003, pp. 360
16) Col. Illus. 45, B/W Illus. 38, Maps 3.
17) THE TANTRA: Its Origin, Theories, Art and Diffision From India To Nepal; Tibet, Mongolia, China, Japan and Indonesia. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 2003, pp. 144, Col. Illus, 42, Maps 2.,
18) THE ANATOMY OF THE JAKARTA COUP: OCTOBER 1, 1965. The Collusion with China which Destroyed President Sukarno and the Communist Party of Indonesia. New Delhi: Abhinav Publications, 2003, pp. 550.
Catatan:
Karya-karyanya mengenai legiun Cekoslowakia di Russia tahun 1914-1918, dan karya-karyanya dalam mendukung gerakan HAM dan Piagam 1977 di Cekoslowakia, Fic dianugerahi “the Order of T. G. Masaryk” oleh Presiden Vaclav Havel pada 20 Oktober 1998.
Perannya dalam Organisasi Profesi:
1) President, Canadian Association of Asian Studies, 1974-1976
2) President, Canadian Council on Southeast Asian Studies, 1976-1978
3) Member of the Board, The Indo-Canadian Shastri Institute, 1972-88
4) Member, Canadian Political Science Association, 1971-92
5) Member of the Board, The Edward Benes Institute, Prague, 1998.