Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. John Peter Butler Barrer, 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
Barrer
I.2 - Name
John Peter Butler
I.3 - Degrees
M.A., Ph.D.
I.4 - Year of birth
1975
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of British and American Studies
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic
I.7 - Position
Assistant Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
barrer1@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5646?mode=full
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Philology/Teacher Training and Education Science
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-2605-1629

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
II.b - Year
2000
II.c - Study field and programme
Political Science/Russian and Eastern European Studies
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
National Centre for Research on Europe and the Faculty of Arts, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Russian and Eastern European Studies
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
II.b - Year
2008
II.c - Study field and programme
Slavic and Eastern European Studies
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 (full-time) Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of British and American Studies 2009 to 2023
Teacher of English Various institutions and self-employed 1997 to 2006
Assistant Professor (part-time) Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of British and American Studies September 2023 to present
Teacher of English Elite English September 2023 to present

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
Training in the Administration of Subjects in the Moodle Academic System Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2013
Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults Leeds Metropolitan University, Great Britain 1996

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
Slovak-English Translation English Language and Culture I Philology
20th and 21st Century US History and Culture Studies English Language and Culture II Philology
Translating Specialized Texts 1 English Language and Culture II 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)
4
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)
22
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
51
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

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
17
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
27
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
19
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): "Šatan is God!" re-imagining contemporary Slovak national identity through sport. In: Sport in society. Vol. 10, No. 2 (2007), pp. 223-238. ISSN 1743-0437.

2

Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): "My white, blue, and red heart" constructing a Slovak identity in rap music. In: Popular music and society. Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009), pp. 59-75. ISSN: 0300-7766.

3

Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): "Kia Kaha Christchurch!" strengthening identity in New Zealand. In: Asian and African Studies. Vol. 21, No. 2 (2012), pp. 240-255. ISSN 1335-1257.

4

Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): From nowhere to "Partyslava": mediated images of Bratislava since 1989. In: East Central Europe. Vol. 42, No. 2-3 (2015), pp. 299-320. ISSN 0904-3037.

5

Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): The underground is for beggars: Slovak rap at the center of national popular culture. In: Hip hop at Europe's edge: music, agency, and social change. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-253-02304-9. pp. 109-127.  

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

Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): Marmite matters: Marmageddon and coping with disaster in New Zealand. In: Culture and intercultural communication: research and education. 1st. ed. ISBN 978-963-489-176-5. Budapest: Angol–Amerikai Intézet, 2020. pp. 229-238. 299-320. ISSN 0904-3037.

2


Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): The underground is for beggars: Slovak rap at the center of national popular culture. In: Hip hop at Europe's edge: music, agency, and social change. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-253-02304-9. pp. 109-127. 

3

Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): Challenges and approaches when translating non-literary texts from Slovak into English. In: Prekladateľské listy: teória, kritika a prax prekladu: No. 8: 1. ed. ISBN 978-80-223-4714-3. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2019. pp. 11-20. ISSN 1335-4116. 

4

Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): Going nowhere for now: changing New Zealand ́s flag and the move to a republic. In: Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies. Vol. 5, No. 2 (2018), pp. 24-36. ISSN 2571-032X.

5

Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): Pohoda: the importance of Slovakia's greatest festival. In: Eastern European music industries and policies after the fall of Communism: from state control to free market. 1st ed.. ISBN 978-0-367-22239-0. London: Routledge.

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

[o1] 2010 - Topič, Mojca Doupona - Coakley, J. - In: Sociology of sport journal, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2010 ; p. 385 -- Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): "Šatan is God!" re-imagining contemporary Slovak national identity through sport. In: Sport in society. Vol. 10, No. 2 (2007), pp. 223-238. ISSN 1743-0437.

2

[o1] 2014 - Brown, L. - Richards, S. - Jones, I. - In: International review for the sociology of sport, Vol. 49, No. 1, 2014 ; p. 117 -- Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): "Šatan is God!" re-imagining contemporary Slovak national identity through sport. In: Sport in society. Vol. 10, No. 2 (2007), pp. 223-238. ISSN 1743-0437.

3

[o1] 2020 - Begović, M. - Bardocz-Bencsik, M. - Oglesby, C. A. - Dóczi, T. : The impact of political pressures on sport and athletes in Montenegro. In: Sport in society : cultures, commerce, media, politics (DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2020.1738393 17 March 2020), 2020 ; p. 13 ; SSC -- Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): "Šatan is God!" re-imagining contemporary Slovak national identity through sport. In: Sport in society. Vol. 10, No. 2 (2007), pp. 223-238. ISSN 1743-0437.

4

[o1] 2011 - Helbig, A. - In: Popular music, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2011 ; p. 329 -- Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): "My white, blue, and red heart" constructing a Slovak identity in rap music. In: Popular music and society. Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009), pp. 59-75. ISSN: 0300-7766.

5

[o1] 2013 - Green, S. In: Popular music and society, Vol. 36, No. 4, 2013 ; p. 520 -- Barrer, John Peter Butler [UKOFIAA] (100%): "My white, blue, and red heart" constructing a Slovak identity in rap music. In: Popular music and society. Vol. 32, No. 1 (2009), pp. 59-75. ISSN: 0300-7766.

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

"An Ethnic History of Slovakia - a translation of the book Etnická História Slovenska into English“. Project No. 20-412-02301. Slovak Arts Council. 2020/2021. Main researcher.

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
Senator Academic Senate of the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University 2017 to 2023

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 School of English and American Studies, the Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University Rákóczi út 5, 1088 Budapest, Hungary 6 May 2019 to 10 May 2019 Erasmus + (2018/2019), Teacher's Mobility. Contact: Cecília Gall, Department of English Language Pedagogy, School of English and American Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University. Email: gall.cecilia@btk.elte.hu
The School of English and American Studies, the Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University Rákóczi út 5, 1088 Budapest, Hungary 3 May 2022 to 4 May 2022 Erasmus + (2021/2022), Staff Training Mobility. Contact: Cecília Gall, Department of English Language Pedagogy, School of English and American Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University. Email: gall.cecilia@btk.elte.hu

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-03-12