Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Ivan Lábaj, PhD.
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
Lábaj
I.2 - Name
Ivan
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1989
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University Bratislava / Faculty of Arts / Department of Classical and Semitic Philology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Assistant Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
ivan.labaj@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20959
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Classical philology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0009-0003-0192-140X

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava – Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Classical philology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava – Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
Classical philology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University Bratislava – Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2016
II.c - Study field and programme
Classical philology
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
Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava 2016 – today

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
Scholae aestivae Wratislavienses Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne 2023
Scholae hiemales Wratislavienses Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne 2024
Scholae aestivae in Italia Schola Latina 2024
Workshop "Automatic transcription of historical documents" Slovak Union of Classical Philologists 2024
Scholae hiemales Wratislavienses Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne 2025
Scholae aestivae in Italia Schola Latina 2025

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
Reading and Interpretation of Latin Texts: Caesar Latin Language and Culture (in combination) I. Philology
History of Roman Literature Classical Languages I. Philology
Bachelor's Degree Thesis Seminar 1-2 Classical Languages I. Philology
Latin Stylistics 1-2 Classical Languages I. Philology
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.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.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
Latin for Students of History 1-4 History I. Historical Sciences
Neo-Latin Texts Archiving, Museum Studies, and Digitalization of Historical Heritage II. Philology
Latin Texts for Students of History 1-2 History II. Historical Sciences
Introduction into the Study of Classical Philology Classical Philology I. Philology
Basics in Ancient Metrics Classical Languages / Latin Language and Culture (in combination) I. Philology

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
77
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
50
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
26
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Sambucus on Ciceronianism: An overview focusing on the second dialogue of De imitatione a Cicerone petenda. In: Johannes Sambucus / János Zsámboki / Ján Sambucus (1531-1584), edd. Christian Gastgeber, Elisabeth Klecker, Wien : Verlag Präsens 2018, s. 315-329. 

2

Oratio in obitum Georgii Bona – Sambucova pocta synovcovi Mikuláša Oláha. In: Studia Bibliographica Posoniensia 13, ed. Miriam Ambrúžová Poriezová, Bratislava : Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave 2018, s. 39-52. 

3

Nicolaus comes Zerinius – zabudnuté dielo Jána Sambuca? In: Hortus Graeco-Latinus Cassoviensis III, Košice : Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach 2020, s. 190-205.

4

Pohľad na Sambucov vzťah k cisárovi Maximiliánovi II. prostredníctvom dochovanej korešpondencie. in: Studia Bibliographica Posoniensia 14/2019. Miriam Ambrúžová Poriezová (ed.), Bratislava : Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave 2019, s. 21-39. 

5

Chápanie vidu v gramatikách češtiny a slovenčiny v 17. – 18. storočí napísaných po latinsky. in: Slovenská reč. - Roč. 89, č. 1 (2024), s. 97-110. 

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

Nicolaus comes Zerinius – zabudnuté dielo Jána Sambuca? In: Hortus Graeco-Latinus Cassoviensis III, Košice : Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach 2020, s. 190-205.

2

Chápanie vidu v gramatikách češtiny a slovenčiny v 17. – 18. storočí napísaných po latinsky. in: Slovenská reč. - Roč. 89, č. 1 (2024), s. 97-110. 

3

Medicína a zdravoveda v Komenského pedagogických dielach. in: Farmaceutický obzor. - Roč. 92, č. 8-9 (2023), s. 158-163.

4

Lábaj, Ivan – Šibal, Marek – Pacala, Frederik: Slovník klasických filológov na Slovensku. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského 2025.

5

Lekári medzi humanistami 16. storočia na území dnešného Slovenska. In: Farmaceutický obzor. - Roč. 90, č. 6-7 (2021), s. 99-103.

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

Pohľad na Sambucov vzťah k cisárovi Maximiliánovi II. prostredníctvom dochovanej korešpondencie. in: Studia Bibliographica Posoniensia 14/2019. Miriam Ambrúžová Poriezová (ed.), Bratislava : Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave 2019, s. 21-39, cit.: [o2] 2021 Pitáková, M.: Slovacikálne tlače 16. storočia v Lyceálnej knižnici v Kežmarku. in: Slovenská literatúra 68, 2021, č. 1, s. 67. 

2

Špecifiká výučby latinského jazyka pre historikov. in: Sambucus 14 : práce z klasickej filológie, latinskej medievalistiky a neolatinistiky. Erika Juríková (ed.), Trnava : Filozofická fakulta, 2020, s. 13-19, cit.: [o3] 2021 Hamar, T. - Šibalová, M.: Špecifiká výučby latinskej lekárskej terminológie na Lekárskej fakulte Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave. in: Language teaching in higher education : Its present, current strategies and prospects. Numbrecht : Kirsch-Verlag, 2021, s. 31. 

3

Chápanie vidu v gramatikách češtiny a slovenčiny v 17. – 18. storočí napísaných po latinsky. in: Slovenská reč. - Roč. 89, č. 1 (2024), s. 97-110, cit.: [o4] 2025 Blažencová, Ľ.: Život a tvorba Vavrinca Benedikta Nedožerského (venované 470. výročiu narodenia a 410. výročiu úmrtia autora). in: Studia Academica Slovaca 54, 2025, s. 330.

4

Imitatio Ciceroniana podľa Jána Sambuca. in: Ideológia v premenách času v pamiatkach gréckej a latinskej tradície. Ľudmila Buzássyová, Erika Juríková, Jana Grusková (edd.), Bratislava : Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, 2018, s. 229-239, cit.: [o4] 2019 Kastnerová, M.: Viatori in continens : Intelektuální kruh roidny Sidney a střední Evropa (Andreas Dudith, Johannes Sambucus). in: Ostium, roč. 15, č. 4, 2019, s. nestr. 

5

Imitatio Ciceroniana podľa Jána Sambuca. in: Ideológia v premenách času v pamiatkach gréckej a latinskej tradície. Ľudmila Buzássyová, Erika Juríková, Jana Grusková (edd.), Bratislava : Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave, 2018, s. 229-239, cit.: [o4] 2021 Eliášová Buzássyová, Ľ.: Úvod Mateja Bela k Cellariovmu slovníku Latinitatis probatae et exercitae liber memorialis. in: Belianum : Zo života a diela Mateja Bela, Banská Bystrica : Unvierzita Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici, 2021, s. 209.  

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

VEGA: Sto rokov klasických štúdií na Univerzite Komenského v Bratislave (2022-2025) – project member

2

VEGA: Koncepcia antickej gramatiky v gramatografickej tradícii 17.–18. storočia na území dnešného Slovenska a v širšom európskom kontexte (2018-2020) – project member

3

KEGA: Inovatívne učebné pomôcky pre pripravované medziodborové štúdium "história – klasické jazyky". Diseminácia didaktickopropagačných výstupov o civilizácii antického Ríma v širšom kultúrnom kontexte (2018-2020) – project member

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
Treasurer Slovak Union of Classical Philologists since 2013
Member of the Committee on the Teaching of Neo-Latin International Association for Neo-Latin Studies since 2019

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)
Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne Wrocław, Poľsko 9.7. – 15.7.2023 STT mobility
Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne Wrocław, Poľsko 6.2. – 12.2.2024 STT mobility
Schola Latina Montella, Italy 3.7. – 11.7.2024 STT mobility
Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne Wrocław, Poľsko 14.7. – 21.7.2024 STT mobility
Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne Wrocław, Poľsko 11.2. – 16.2.2025 STT mobility
Schola Latina Montella, Italy 2.7. – 10.7.2025 STT mobility

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Editorial Board member: Sambucus (Bratislava)

Advisory Board member: Graecolatina et Orientalia (Bratislava)

Date of last update
2026-02-28