Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Zuzana Gažáková, 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
Gažáková
I.2 - Name
Zuzana
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1977
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Classical and Semitic Philology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 81102 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
zuzana.gazakova@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3938
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Philology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-5853-1272

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
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2002
II.c - Study field and programme
Arabic language and literature and English language and literature
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2006
II.c - Study field and programme
Oriental literatures
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
Theory of Literature and History of Concrete National Literatures
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 Department of Classical and Semitic Philology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2002 - 2006
Assistant Professor Department of Classical and Semitic Philology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2006 - 2022
Associate Professor Department of Classical and Semitic Philology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava since 2022

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
German Language Courses (B2 - CI) Universität Wien 2014
Institute of International Relations and Approximation of Law Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava 2004-2006
Summer Course of Turkish language Türkoloji Yaz Staj Programi, TIKA, Ankara 2010
French Language Courses (A1 - B1) French Institute in Bratislava 2012

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
Arabic Language Grammar 1 Arabic Language and Culture I. Philology
Arabic Language Grammar 2 Arabic Language and Culture I. Philology
Arabic Literature 3 Arabic Language and Culture I. Philology
Modern Arabic Literature 1 Arabic Language and Culture II. Philology
Modern Arabic Literature 2 Arabic 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.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Arabic Language and Culture I. Philology
Arabic Language and Culture II. 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)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
14
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
22
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
Literary Proseminar 3 Arabic Language and Culture I. Philology
Literary proseminar 1 Arabic Language and Culture II. Philology
Literary proseminar 2 Arabic Lanaguage and Culture II. Philology
Seminar for Bachelor's and Master's Theses Arabic Langauge and Culture I. Philology
Translation of journalistic texts 1 Arabic language and culture I. Philology
Translation of journalistic texts 2 Arabic language and culture I. Philology
Conversation practice 4 Arabic language and culture II. 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
78
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
20
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
5
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
82
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
40
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
8
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Some Remarks on Aljamiado Literature and the Usage of Arebica in Bosnia and Hercegovina. In: Johannes den Heier – Andrea Schmidt – Tamara Pataridze (eds.):Script Beyond Borders : a survey of allographic traditions in the Euro-Mediterranean world. Leuven : Peeters (2014), pp. 453 – 471 [1,06 AH].

2

Remarks on Arab scholarship in the Arabic popular Síra and the Sírat Sayf ibn Dí Yazan. In: Asian and African Studies, roč. 14, č. 2 (2005), s. 187 – 195.

3

Arabic Epics. In: Compartive Oriental Manuscript Studies. Hamburg: Tredition (2015), s. 397 – 402.

4

Arabský jazyk a kultúra.[Arabic Language and Culture] with Ján Pauliny as co-author. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského (2013), 230 p. [18,98 AH].. [18,98 AH].

5

Zuzana Gažáková (50%), Jaroslav Drobný (%) (eds.): Arabic and Islamic Studies in Honour of Ján Pauliny. Bratislava: Comenius University, 2016.978-80-223-4225-4 388 s. [24,05 AH]

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

Slovenská právna dokumentácia pre utečencov a žiadateľov o azyl a otázka jej zrozumiteľnosti v prekladoch do arabčiny = Slovak legal documentation for refugees and asylum seekers and the question of its comprehensibility in Arabic translations. – text. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.2478/jazcas-2025-0038. – SCO.

In: Jazykovedný časopis [elektronický dokument] [textový dokument (print)] : vedecký časopis pre otázky teórie jazyka = scientific journal for the theory of language. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : SAP - Slovak Academic Press, Varšava (Poľsko) : De Gruyter. – ISSN 0021-5597. – ISSN (online) 1338-4287. – Roč. 76, č. 2 (2025), s. 452-467 [online] [tlačená forma]

2

The Life and Legacy of Professor Ladislav Drozdík. In: Asian and African Studies, Vol, 30, no. 2 (2021), p. 462 – 472. 

Web of Science Core Collection WOS CC, SCOPUS SCO

3

The Qiṣṣat al-Ḥağğāğ from the University Library in Bratislava. In: Acta Orientalia Hungaricae. Roč. 76, č. 2 (2023), s. 273 – 303. 

SCOPUS SCO, Web of Science Core Collection WOS CC, Arts & Humanities Citation Index AHCI

4

Charakter a štruktúra tradičných arabských mien. In: Acta Onomastica. - Roč. 64, č. 1 (2023), s. 210 – 228.SCOPUS SCO

5

Polemika al-Hadždžádža ibn Júsufa ath-Thaqafího s mladíkom na základe rukopisných prameňov z Berlínskej štátnej knižnice a Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave = The Dispute of al-Hajjáj ibn Yúsuf ath-Thaqafi with a Young Man Based on the Manuscript Sources from the Berlin State Library and the University Library in Bratislava. – text, ilustr.

In: Studia Bibliographica Posoniensia 2024 [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : 100. výročie Bašagićovej zbierky arabských, tureckých a perzských rukopisov v historických knižničných fondoch Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave / Stasselová, Silvia [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Gažáková, Zuzana [Zostavovateľ, editor] 1. vyd. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzitná knižnica v Bratislave, 2025. – ISBN 978-80-69075-05-4. – ISSN 1337-0723, s. 79-167 [5,6 AH] [tlačená forma] [online]

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

Remarks on Arab scholarship in the Arabic popular Síra and the Sírat Sayf ibn Dí Yazan. In: Asian and African Studies. - Roč. 14, č. 2 (2005), s. 187-195. - ISSN 1335-1257[o1] 2018

Citation in:

Schine, R.: A mirror for the modern man: the Siyar Sa 'biyya as advice literature in Tunisian Judeo-Arabic editions. In: Arabica, roč. 65, č. 3, 2018, s. 395 - SCOPUS; AHCI, 

2

Charakter a štruktúra tradičných arabských mien = Character and structure of traditional Arabic names . – text. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.58756/a16444915. – SCO. In: Acta Onomastica [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Praha (Česko) : Akademie věd České republiky. Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR. – ISSN 1211-4413. – ISSN (online) 2571-0907. – Roč. 64, č. 1 (2023), s. 210-228 [tlačená forma] [online]

Citation in:

Essam, Bacem - Bowden, Jim - Abdelzaher, Esra. Universality of Filionymic and Patronymic Constructions. DOI 10.1007/s41701-025-00193-6 In: Corpus pragmatics: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics. Basel: Springer Nature, 2025, Roč. 9, č. 3, s. 319-335. ISN 2509-9507. ISSN (online) 2509-9515. - SCO, s. 334 

3

The manuscripts of Arabic popular Siyar and Sírat Sayf ibn Dhí Yazan. – text. – [recenzované]. In: Scribal Habits in Near Eastern Manuscript Traditions [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] / Kiraz, George Anton [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Schmidtke, Sabine [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – 1. vyd. – Piscataway (USA) : Georgias Press, 2020. – (Text and Studies, ISSN 1935-6927 ; 23). – ISBN 978-1-4632-4195-7. – ISBN (online) 978-1-4632-4196-4, s. 47-67 [tlačená forma] [online]

Citation in:

2025 [01/20] / USA - Maeir, Noam. Material philology and Syriac excerpting practices [elektronický dokument]: A computational-quantitative study of the digitized catalog of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Library. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0320265 In: PLoS One. San Francisco: Public Library of Science, 2025, Roč. 20, č. 3, s. 1-20 [online]. ISSN (online) 1932-6203. - SCIE ; SCO ; WOS CC, s. 18

4

AAEC_002 / Gažáková, Zuzana (Autor) [UKOFIKF] (100%): Arabic epics. – text. – [recenzované].In: Comparative oriental manuscript studies [textový dokument (print)] / Bausi, Alessandro [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – 1. vyd. – Hamburg (Nemecko) : Tredition, 2015. – ISBN 978-3-7323-1768-4, s. 397-402 [tlačená forma]

Citation in:

2020 [01/12] / HUN - Lacináková, Mária. Variations in eight manuscript versions of al-Kisa'i's depiction of Seven heavens [elektronický dokument] In: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Budapešť: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2020, Roč. 73, č. 2, s. 199-231 [tlačená forma] [online]. ISSN 0001-6446. ISSN (online) 1588-2667. - SCO ; CCC ; WOS CC ; AHCI, s. 229

5

 ADF_004 / Gažáková, Zuzana (Autor) [UKOFIKF] (100%): Remarks on Arab scholarship in the Arabic popular Síra and the Sírat Sayf ibn Dí Yazan. – text. In: Asian and African studies [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Slovenská akadémia vied. Pracoviská SAV. Ústav orientalistiky. – ISSN 1335-1257. – ISSN (online) 2585-8793. – ISSN (chybné) 0571-2742. – Roč. 14, č. 2 (2005), s. 187-195 [tlačená forma] [online]

Ohlas:

2024 [02/20] / NLD - Marzolph, Ulrich. Fluid Fables [elektronický dokument]: An Experimental Synopsis of Uncritically Transmitted Texts. DOI 10.1163/9789004682504_034 In: Teachers and Students, Reflections on Learning in Near and Middle Eastern Cultures: Collected Studies in Honour of Sebastian Günther. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2024, s. 679-704 [tlačená forma] [online]. ISBN 978-90-04-68249-8. ISBN (online) 978-90-04-68250-4, s. 703

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

1.1. 2024 - 31.12. 2027 projekt VEGA 1/0765/24 Paleografická, obsahová a jazyková stránka vybraných arabských rukopisov s prihliadnutím na kodikologické a vydavateľské otázky. (hlavný riešiteľ)

2

1. 1. 2020 – 31. 12. 2023 projekt VEGA č. 1/0611/20 Arabský jazykovedný systém; odchýlky od spisovnej normy a iné osobitosti vybraných rukopisných textov. (hlavný riešiteľ) 

3

2023, RESPLAIN. Research and Response: Plain Language in Administrative  Communication with Refugees,

UNHCR project SVK01/2023/0000000051

The project aimed to improve access to information and communication for asylum seekers and refugees benefiting from services provided by public institutions in the territory of Slovakia. It focused on the development and compilation of plain language documentation intended for migrants and asylum seekers residing in the Slovak Republic, as well as on the training of interpreters.

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
Member of Scientific Board Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2021- 2025
Organisation and teaching of the courses of Arabic Studies for public Department of Classical and Semitic Philology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2003 - 2012, 2026
Preparation of entries for Enclyclopaedia of Beliana Encyclopaedia Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences since 2004
Member of Association internationale pour l´étude du moyen arabe et des variétés mixtes de l´arabe Since 2007
Member of Euramal, The European Association for Modern Arabic Literature since 2024
Head of the Department of Classical and Semitic Philology Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava since 2024

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)
Oriental Institute, Univesity of Vienna Spitalgasse 2, Hof 4.1 (Campus) A-1090 Wien 2/2014 - 7/2014 Action Austria - Slovakia
Oriental Institute, Univesity of Vienna Spitalgasse 2, Hof 4.1 (Campus) A-1090 Wien 11/2009 - 12/2009 Erazmus
Heidelberg University , Seminar für Sprachen und Kulturen des Vorderen Orients Schulgasse 2 69117 Heidelberg 1/2007 - 3/2007 Národný štipendijný program
V the period between 2003-2011 1-2 times per year shor study stay in Egypt Cairo (approx. 12 times) American University in Cairo , Istitut français d´archéologie oriental, Cairo, Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies, Cairo 4-6 weeks per a stay

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

2008 Jan Hus Foudation Award for the work in the field of Oriental Philology

2021 The Award of the His Excellency the Ambassador of the Arab Repubic of Egypt for the work in the field of Oriental Philology

2023 The Prize of the Rector of Comenius University, Bratislav for pedagogical and scientific work in the filed of Arabic philology with international acclaim

Date of last update
2026-02-24