Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Maroš Nicák, Dr. theol.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Nicák
I.2 - Name
Maroš
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., Dr. theol.
I.4 - Year of birth
1987
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Bartókova 8, Bratislava 811 02
I.7 - Position
Vice Dean for Research, International Relations and Development, reader (associate professor)
I.8 - E-mail address
maros.nicak@fevth.uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/26334
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
37. Theology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-1258-7657

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
37. Theology, Evangelical Lutheran Theology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
37. Theology, Evangelical Lutheran Theology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Theologische Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen, Germany
II.b - Year
2016
II.c - Study field and programme
37. Theology, Oriental Church History
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Vice Dean for Science, International Relations and Development Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2018 - present
Reader (associate professor) Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2022 - present
Researcher Comenius University in Bratislava, Evangelical Lutheran Theological Faculty 2016 - 2022
State advisor Asylum Facilities Department, Migration Office of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic 2016
Researcher within the SAPERE project Theologische Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität in Göttingen 2014

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
MS Teams course for distance education coordinators Comenius University in Bratislava 2020
Coptic Summer School 1 Waldensian Faculty of Theology in Rome (Italy) 2022
Middle Persian Language (Pahlavi) Department of Linguistics and Philology, University of Uppsala (Sweden) 2023
How to teach innovative at the university? - British Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) Comenius University Bratislava 2022-2023
Coptic Summer School 2 Waldensian Faculty of Theology in Rome (Italy) 2024

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
General Church History – The Middle Ages Evangelical Lutheran Theology focusing on Social Assistance I. Theology
Psychology of Religion Evangelical Lutheran Theology focusing on Management on Social Assistance II. Theology
Historical Jesus Evangelical Lutheran Theology focusing on Management on Social Assistance II. Theology
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Evangelical Lutheran Theology focusing on Social Assistance I. Theology
Evangelical Lutheran Theology focusing on Management Social Assistance II. Theology
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Theological German 1-4 Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.+II. Theology
Oriental Christians in Islamic Countries Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.+II. Theology
Psychology of Religion Teaching of Religious Education I. Teaching and Pedagogical Sciences
Seminar of Master Thesis Evangelical Lutheran Theology I.-II. Theology
Seminar of Bachelor Thesis Evangelical Lutheran Theology focusing on Social Assistance I. Theology

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
37
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
11
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
0
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
13
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

A+ (AEC) Nicák, Maroš, “Poetic Description of Natural Disasters in the East Syriac Wardā Hymnological Collection,” in Den Orient erforschen, mit Orthodoxen leben. Festschrift für Martin Tamcke zum Ende seiner aktiven Dienstzeit, Schlarb, E. (ed.) (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2021), 487–504.

2

A+ (AFC) Nicák, Maroš, “Die Verdorbenheit der menschlichen Natur in der Theologie Narsais,” in Überleben im Schatten: Geschichte, Sprache und Kultur des syrisch-aramäischen Christentums, Talay, S. (ed.) (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2019), 167–177.

3

A+ (ADM) Nicák, Maroš, “Die antipelagianische Argumentation Luthers gegen die Scholastik,” Communio viatorum 61:2 (2019): 150–176.

4

A+ (DAI) Nicák, Maroš, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā, Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2016).

5

A+ (ADM) Nicák, Maroš, “The Figure of Mary in Understanding of Wardā in its Historical Context,” Parole de l’Orient 40 (2015): 303–320.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

(AFC) Nicák, Maroš, "Leuenberg: Gesellschaftliche Krisen und die Notwendigkeit einer Erneuerung der Menschheit," in Die Leuenberger Konkordie im multikulturellen und multireligiösen Kontext – Die Krise der Ökumene aus mitteleuropäischer Perspektive, eds. Maros Nicak and Martin Tamcke (Münster: Lit Verlag, 2025), 138–147.

2

(ADM) Nicák, Maroš, “Die antipelagianische Argumentation Luthers gegen die Scholastik,” Communio viatorum 61:2 (2019): 150–176.(A

3

(AEC) Nicák, Maroš, “Poetic Description of Natural Disasters in the East Syriac Hymnological Collection Wardā,” Den Orient erforschen, mit Orthodoxen leben. Festschrift für Martin Tamcke zum Ende seiner aktiven Dienstzeit, Schlarb, E. (ed.) (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2021), 487–504.

4

(ACB) Nicák, Maroš, Syriac Renaissance: Wardā. Introduction to the Wardā Hymnological Collection (Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo UK, 2020). (in Slovak)

5

(GHG) Nicák, Maroš, "Magnificat," in Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (Leuven: Brill, 2019).

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

(DAI) Nicák, Maroš, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā, Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2016). [o3] Murre-van den Berg, Heleen : Maroš Nicák, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā. Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens. - In: Journal of Eastern Christian Studies, roč. 71, č. 1 -2, 2019 ; s. 166-167.     

2

(DAI) Nicák, Maroš, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā, Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2016). [o5] Murre-van den Berg, Heelen : Maroš Nicák, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā. Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens. In Syriac literature and Muslim-Christian relations under Ottomans, 16th-19th centuries, in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History, Vol 18, The Ottoman Empire (1800-1914), eds. David Thomas and John A. Chesworth (Leiden: Brill, 2021), 34.   

3

(DAI) Nicák, Maroš, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā, Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2016). [o3] Carlson, Thomas A.: Maroš Nicák, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā. Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens. In A Syriac Communal Lament over Apostasy, in Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age: A Sourcebook, eds. Nimrod Hurvitz, Christian C. Sahner, Uriel Simonsohn,and Luke Yarbrough (Oakland: University of California Press, 2020), 280-285.  

4

(DAI) Nicák, Maroš, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā, Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2016). [o3] Mengozzi, Alessandro : Maroš Nicák, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā. Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens. In Simon Magus and Simon Peter in Rome: The Sureth Version of a Late East-Syriac Hymn for the Commemoration of Saints Peter and Paul, International Journal of African and Asiatic Studies 22 (2018): 67.      

5

(DAI) Nicák, Maroš, „Konversion“ im Buch Wardā, Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2016). Bruns, Peter: Maroš Nicák, "Konversion" im Buch Wardâ. Zur Bewältigung der Konversionsfrage in der Kirche des Ostens, Wiesbaden 2016. In TheolRevue 114/4 (2018) 313f.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

APVV-16-0330 - Relation of Poetic-Theological Texts to Identity in the Time of Clash and Dialogue of Cultures - main researcher, 2016-2020

2

VEGA 1/0698/23, Lajčiak's dissertation on the Ezekiel, researcher, 2023-2025

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Leader of the 2P3 (WP5 until 2023) Alliance of European Universities ENLIGHT 2021 - present
Editor-in-chief Testimonia theologica, Open Access, Peer Reviewed Theological Journal, EBF UK, Bratislava, ISSN 1337-6411 2016–2018
Member of the Scientific Society Slovak Orientalist Society, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2020 - present
Member of the Scientific Society Patristic society of the Czech Republic 2020 - present
Member of the editorial board of the journal Our university (Naša univerzita) Comenius University Bratislava 2022-present
Member of the Human Resource Strategy for Researchers Steering Committee (HRS4RUK) Comenius University Bratislava 2021-present
Member of the Working Group for a gender inclusive working environment Comenius University Bratislava 2022-present

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
The Polin Institute, Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology, Åbo Akademi University (Fínsko) Theologicum, Biskopsgatan 16, FI-20500 Åbo, Finland. 01.09.2024–28.02.2025 Stints for Polin Monographs - research scholarship intended for the completion of a monograph (habilitation thesis).
Department of Linguistics and Philology, University of Uppsala Thunbergsvägen 3H, 752 38 Uppsala, Schweden 24.03.-24.07.2023 Post-Doc, Scholarship of Slovak Zion Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology, Åbo Akademi University (Finland) Tuomiokirkontori 3, FI-20500 Turku, Finland 01.09.2021–28.02.2022 Post-Doc, National Scholarship Programme, Ministry of Education
Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät, Universität in Salzburg (Austria) Kapitelgasse 4, 5020 Salzburg, Österreich 01.08.2018–31.01.2019 Post Doc, Scholarship of Aktion Österreich-Slowakei
Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford United Kingdom Pusey Ln, Oxford OX1 2LE, GB 30.11.–07.12.2019 APVV 16-0330
Library of Arabic Literature, New York University United Arab Emirates Université Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Marina District Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi 21.11.–02.12.2017 APVV 16-0330
Institut für Evangelische Theologie, Universität in Regensburg (Germany) Universitätsstraße 31, D-93053 Regensburg 21.05.–27.05.2017 Bilateral cooperation
Theologische Fakultät, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, D-37073 Göttingen 03.05.2010–28.05.2010 Research
L’Istituto di Studi Ecumenici S. Bernardino Sestiere Castello 2786, Venezia 30122, Italy 04.10.2010–17.10.2010 Research
Pontifical Lateran University (Italy) Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4, 00184 Roma RM 09/2008–06/2009 Centro Melantone

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL COURSE:

12.-16.02.2024 - Winter School: Fake News (ENLIGHT), organizer of the international educational course (BIP), ELTF CU

ONLINE EDUCATION:

17.02.2021 - Establishment of the Book Stage of ELTF CU, online presentation of scientific publications for UK students and the general public (e.g. Heretik, Halík, Flegr). Available on the ELTF CU website, Facebook and Youtube

RESEARCH SYMPOSIA and CONFERENCES: (selection, organization of conferences etc.)

03.02.2025 - The Council of Nicaea and Christianity in the East: Ancient Reception and Modern Ecumenism - Polin Day, Polin Institute, Åbo Akademi University, co-organizer

04.09.2023 - Leuenberg Concordia in a Multicultural and Multireligious Context, ELTF CU, organizer of the international conference

23.–25.10.2019 - 100 Years of Evangelical Theological Education in Slovakia, ELTF CU, organizer of the international conference

10.–13.2019 - Paul´s Message and Jewish Eschatological Notions Concerning Israel´s Role Towards the Nations, EBF UK, Co-organizer of the international conference

22.11.2018 - Interdisciplinary Doctoral Colloquium, ELTF CU, organizer

24.–26.10.2018 - The Message of Paul the Apostle within Second Temple Judaism, EBF UK, Co-organizer of the international conference

19.–21.09.2018 - Poetry and Theology, ELTF CU, Organizer of the international conference

02.–05.07.2018 - Summer Theological Academy with Prof. Kolb, ELTF CU, Co-organizer

27.09.2017 - Technical preparation of the archaeological collection of Dr. Stahl, ELTF CU

12.–15.09.2017 - 500 Years of Reformation in Slovakia, organizer of the international symposium

MEDIA: (selection: TV, radio, social networks, popularization of science)

11/2021 Orientalism (E.W.Said), popularization Book review, Vetenskapsmagasinet, Meddelanden från Åbo Akademi, November 2021, Nr. 3

06.11.2020 - Coffee at 9: On a boat without sails, the coexistence of Islam and Christianity

29.06.2020 - UK on the front line: How to face isolation, fear and uncertainty?

02.02.2020 - Discussion on the news television TA3: Christians in Iran

22.04.2018 - Discussion on the news television TA3: Syrian Christians yesterday and today

SPEAKER IN THE DISCUSSIONS:

17.10.2017 - Panel discussion, Not in our city, Discussion on racism and fundamentalism, Faculty of Philosophy, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica

07.06.2017 - Panel discussion: Church and the work of neighborly love in an ecumenical perspective, Ev. Church District Wittenberg, Ev. Landeskirche in Mitteldeutschland (EKM), Lutherstadt-Wittenberg (Germany)

READING GROUP:

Kosmos – theological reading group for students of CU, SS 2021.

Poetry and Theology in the Syriac Patristics, WS 2021 (Åbo Akademi, Finland)

EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITIONS: (organization at ELTF CU)

2024

Exhibition: Undelivered Diplomas

Exhibition: Unknown Colors of Personalities

2019

Exhibition: "Ora et labora"

Exhibition: Holocaust

Exhibition: Survivor Testimonies

Exhibition: Anna Frank

SOCIAL-RELIGIOUS PROJECT:

02.04.2020 - Establishment of Spiritual Counseling for CU students within the framework of the CU project, COVID-19 pandemic situation

Date of last update
2025-01-23