Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Mgr. Janka Benická, 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
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 cultures of the countries 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.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
History of Chinese thought 1 East Asian Languages and Cultures I. philology
History of Chinese thought 2 East Asian Languages and Cultures 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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
East Asian Languages and Cultures I., II. 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 II. Philology
Reading and Analysing Buddhist Texts East Asian Languages and Cultures II. Philology
Reading Newspapers 1 East Asian Languages and Cultures I. Philology
Reading Newspapers 2 East Asian Languages and Cultures 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
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
9
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
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
20
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
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, 351-361.

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, p. 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." In Hubina M., Chan F. S. M. (eds.), Comunicating the Sacred. Varieties of Religious Marketing. Peter Lang, 2022, 35-55. (SCOPUS)

2

Benická, Jana. Staroveká čínska filozofia a myslenie. [Ancient Chinese Philosophy and Thought].

Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo Univerzity Komenského, 2022.

3

Ye, Rong; Benická, Jana. „Cang Jie, Shuowen jiezi, and the Origin and Structure of Chinese Characters.“ Studia Orientalia Slovaca, 21.1 (2022): 1-30. (SCOPUS)

4

Benická, Jana, Ye Rong, Zhang Cziráková, Daniela. "Can Xue’s Avant-Garde Novels Frontier and The Last Lover as Representatives of Her International Acclaim." Studia Orientalia Slovaca 23.2 (2024): 41-67. (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).

https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85088811274&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&st1=benicka*+j*&nlo=&nlr=&nls=&sid=cf9e137ff07003ddc2902e314ac5c842&sot=b&sdt=cl&cluster=scosubjabbr%2c%22MULT%22%2ct%2c%22SOCI%22%2ct%2c%22ARTS%22%2ct%2c%22ECON%22%2ct&sl=16&s=REF%28benicka*+j*%29&relpos=7&citeCnt=0&searchTerm=   

(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. 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)

https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85015275111&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f&src=s&st1=benicka*+j*&nlo=&nlr=&nls=&sid=9f37cb9c6dfa070968bbe268ba6c6432&sot=b&sdt=cl&cluster=scosubjabbr%2c%22SOCI%22%2ct%2c%22ARTS%22%2ct%2c%22ECON%22%2ct%2c%22BUSI%22%2ct&sl=16&s=REF%28benicka*+j*%29&relpos=24&citeCnt=4&searchTerm=

(cited document: 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, p. 243–251.)

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:

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
Visiting professor Sichuan Normal University 2025-2030

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)
Universität Wien Vienna March-August 2020 Numata chair professor

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

European Association of Chinese Studies (2002—2004 Board member),

 

European Association of Chinese Teaching (representing Slovakia),

 

Editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Studia Orientalia Slovaca registered in the SCOPUS database,

 

2004: Awarded by the Council for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China Outstanding Foreign Chinese Language Teacher,

 

The author's scientific studies are recorded in the databases of representative works contributing to the knowledge of selected Sinological research topics, for example: Ancient Chinese Civilization: Bibliography of Materials in Western Languages ​​(https://www.academia.edu/37490636/Ancient_Chinese_Civilization_Bibliography_of_Materials_in_Western_Languages),

 

Member of the Chiang Chingkuo Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee (until 2013).

 

Reviewer for journals: Asian and African Studies, Interventions.

Date of last update
2025-03-12