Jan Seidl is a historian and translator. In his research he focuses on the persecution, everydayness and history of the queer community in the modern history of the Czech lands. He works as an assistant professor at the Department of Romance Languages and Literature at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University and also as a translator. He is also a member of the Czech Literary Translator’s Guild. He is a co-founder and a leading figure of Society for Queer Memory. Jan Seidl is the author (or co-author or editor) of several publications focusing on the history of sexual minorities in the Czech Lands from 1867 to the present, and of a popular guide to the history of queer Prague.