Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 prof. Mgr. Janka Benická, PhD.
Faculty:
FiF - Faculty of Arts
Faculty:
FiF - Faculty of Arts

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Benická
I.2 - Name
Janka
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD., Prof.
I.4 - Year of birth
1970
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
full professor
I.8 - E-mail address
jana.benicka@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3892
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
philology
I.11 - ORCID iD
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7444-6644

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1994
II.c - Study field and programme
Chinese language: translation and Interpreting
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Charles University in Prague
II.b - Year
2000
II.c - Study field and programme
History and culture of Asia and Africa
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Theory of literature and history of specific national literatures, specialisation: oriental literatures
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Southwest Jiaotong University, China
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Chinese language and intercultural communication
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
professor Comenius University in Bratislava since 2009
Numata Chair Professor Vienna University March--August 2020
assistant professor University of Economics in Bratislava September 2012--July 2013
associate professor University of Economics in Bratislava September 2013--August 2016
associate professor Comenius University in Bratislava 2004--2009
assistant professor Comenius University in Bratislava 1994--2004

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
Teaching Chinese: summer school for foreign Chinese language teachers Beijing Normal University 2002, 2006, 2009, 2011

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.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
East Asian Languages and Cultures 1., 2. philology
Literary science 3. philology
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)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
39
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
45
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
6
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
Selected Topics from Modern Chinese Literature 2 East Asian Languages and Cultures 2. Philology
Reading and Analysing Taoist Texts East Asian Languages and Cultures 2. Philology
Reading Newspapers 1 East Asian Languages and Cultures 1. Philology
Reading Newspapers 2 East Asian Languages and Cultures 1. 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
92
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
8
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
140
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
37
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
25
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
9
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Benická, Jana. “Some Remarks on the Satirical in Qian Zhongshu’s Novel Fortress Besieged.” In: Autumn Floods. R. D. Findeisen, R. H. Gassmann, eds. Bern: Peter Lang, European Academic Publishers, 1997, 351-61.

2

Benická, Jana. “(Huayan-like) Notions of Inseparability (or Unity) of Essence and Its Function (or Principle and Phenomena) in Some Commentaries on ‘Five Positions’ of Chan Master Dongshan Liangjie.” In: Hamar I., ed. Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan Buddhism. Harrasowitz, 2007, 243–251.

3

Benická, Jana. “Xin as a ‘Qualitatively Equal’ Co-Constituent of Phenomena in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism: Some Remarks on its Interpretations by Using the Terms of Western Philosophical Discourse.” Monumenta Serica, 54(1), 2006: 185-194. DOI: 10.1179/mon.2006.54.1.007. (WoS)

4

Benická, Jana. “Zhongguo zhexue gainian li de ‘fa’—cong zaoqi zhexue jingdian dao fajia dui ‘fa’ de quanyi bijiao” [Theories On ‘Fa’ In Chinese Philosophy—From Earliest Works To Legalists]. Zhejiang wanli xueyuan xuebao (Journal of Zhejiang Wanli University), Vol.16. 2003.3, 2003, p. 45–50.

5

Benická, Jana. “Some Remarks to Medieval Commentaries on ‘Levels’ of Discernment of Reality of the Texts by Dongshan Liangjie.” Acta Orientalia, Vol. 56 (2003) No 2-4, 369–377.

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

Benická, Jana. "A Disappeared Leader: Falun Gong and Its Advertisment outside China." Hubina M., Chan F. S. M. (eds.), Comunicating the Sacred. Varieties of Religious Marketing. Peter Lang, 2022, p. 35-55. (SCOPUS)

2

Benická, Jana, “Liang Qichao (1873-1927) on New Literature, Political Novel and Buddhism.” Studia Orientalia Slovaca, 17/2 (2018): 69-85. (SCOPUS)

3

Benická, Jana. Staroveká čínska filozofia a myslenie [Ancient Chinese Philosophy and Thinking]. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2022.

4

Gajdoš, L.; Garabík R. and Benická, J., “The New Chinese Webcorpus Hanku—Origin, Prameters, Usage.” Studia Orientalia Slovaca, 15/1 (2016): 21–34. (SCOPUS)

5

Jana Benická, Guo Ya-jing, Ye Rong . "An Analysis of the Social Conditions in The Young Printer by Mao Dun]. Journal of Zhejiang Wanli University, 34, 4 (2021), p. 77-81., DOI 10.13777/j.cnki.issn1671-2250.2021.04.013

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

Li, L. A., “Medical poetics: Representing global health humanities and the case of xin.” THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO HEALTH HUMANITIES. Brill. 2020. (SCOPUS)


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(cited document: Benická, J. "Xin as a "Qualitatively Equal" Co-Constituent of Phenomena in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism: Some Remarks on Its Interpretations by Using the Terms of Western Philosophical Discourse". Monumenta Serica (2006) 54: 185-194)

2

Williams, Philip F. “Independent Writers Shen Congwen, Xu Dishan, Qian Zhongshu.” Routlegde Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature. Book Series: Routledge Handbooks, 2019, 369-381. (WoS)


(cited document: Benicka, J., "Some Remarks on the Satirical in Qian Zhongshu's Novel Fortress Besieged". In Autumn Floods: Essays in Honour of Marian Galik. Bern: Peter Lang, 1998, 351-361.

3

Brose, B. Patrons and patriarchs: Regional rulers and Chan monks during the Five Dynasties and ten kingdoms. University of Hawaii Press, 2015. (SCOPUS)


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4

Faure, B. Gods of mediaeval Japan: Volume 2: Protectors and Predators. University of Hawaii Press, 2015. 


 (cited document: Benická, Jana. “Distant Journeys and Roaming into Immortality, Or: There is No Better Place than Earth.” In: At Home in Many Worlds: Reading, Writing and Translating from Chinese and Jewish Cultures (Veröffentlichungen des Ostasien-Institus der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Band 56). Findeisen R.D., Gad C.I., Katz-Goehr A, Pines Y., Yariv-Laor L., eds. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2009, 179–188.)

5

Eyal Aviv. Differentiating the Pearl from the Fish-Eye: Ouyang Jingwu and the Revival of Scholastic Buddhism. Series: East Asian Buddhist Philosophy, Volume: 1. Brill, 2020. https://brill.com/view/book/9789004437913/back-1.xml.


(cited document: Benicka, Jana. “(Huayan-like) Notions of Inseparability (or Unity) of Essence and its Function (or Principle and Phenomena) in Some Commentaries on ‘Five Positions’ of Chan Master Dongshan Liangjie.” In Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan Buddhism, edited by I.Hamar, 121–240. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2007).

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

Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language:

The use of local Chinese language teaching corpora in Slovakia and Czech Republic and the Chinese teaching method based on local media language, 2017-2022.

2

Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language:

Chinese Language Corpus Hanku, 2016.

http://konfuciovinstitut.sk/corpus-hanku/

3

Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language:

Digitized Translation – CAT Tools as a Primary Step, 2021–2023.

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
Numata chair professor Vienna University March--August 2020

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

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2023-09-23