Petr Čornej is a prominent Czech historian who focuses on the history of the late Middle Ages, especially on Hussites, the history of historiography and the research of historical memory.
His scientific and pedagogical career is connected with the Institute for Czech and World Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Faculty of Philosophy and Pedagogy of Charles University, the Literary Academy and the current Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
He has won the Magnesia Litera Book of the Year 2020 award for his monograph Jan Žižka: Život a doba husitského válecníka.