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 3 Arabic Language and Culture I. Philology
Arabic Language Grammar 4 Arabic Language and Culture I. Philology
Arabic Literature 3 Arabic Language and Culture I. Philology
Language Exercises 1 Arabic Language and Culture II. Philology
Language Exercises 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)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
13
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
19
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
Egyptian Dialect 2 Arabic Language and Culture I. Philology
Egyptian Dialect 3 Arabic Lanaguage and Culture II. Philology
Seminar for Bachelor's and Master's Theses Arabic Langauge 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
73
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
3
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
68
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
33
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
7
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
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

AEC_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]

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

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

The Manuscripts of Arabic Popular Siyar and Sírat Sayf ibn Dhí Yazan. In: Scribal Habits in Near Eastern Manuscript Traditions. Piscataway: Georgias Press, 2020; pp. 47-67

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

ADE_001 / Gažáková, Zuzana (Autor) [UKOFIKF] (100%): Rukopisná tradícia arabských ľudových románov = The Manuscript Tradition of the Arabic Popular Epic. – text, ilustr. – [recenzované]. In: Nový Orient [textový dokument (print)] : odborný čtvrtletník Orientálního ústavu Akademie věd České republiky. – Praha (Česko) : Akademie věd České republiky. Orientální ústav AV ČR. – ISSN 0029-5302. – Roč. 75, č. 2 (2020), s. 19-24 [tlačená forma]

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

Arabský jazyk a kultúra. (Ján Pauliny spoluautor) Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského (2013), 230 s. [18,98 AH].[o2] 2021

Citation in:

Rybár, L: Počiatky diplomatických kontaktov safíjovskej Perzie s Habsburgovcami a Uhorskom na začiatku 16. storočia. In: Kultúrne dejiny, roč. 12, č. 1, 2021, s. 44, 57 - SCOPUS 

3

V3_001 / Gažáková, Zuzana (Autor) [UKOFIKF] (100%): Charakter a štruktúra tradičných arabských mien = Character and structure of traditional Arabic names . – text. – [recenzované]. – In: Acta Onomastica. -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 DOI 10.58756/a16444915. .

Citation in:

Bauko, Ján (Autor) (100%)

In: Névtani Értesítő [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Budapešť (Maďarsko) : Magyar nyelvtudományi társaság, Budapešť (Maďarsko) : Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem. ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar. Magyar Nyelvtudományi és Finnugor Intézet. – ISSN 0139-2190. – ISSN (online) 2064-7484. – Roč. 46 (2024), s. 237-239 [tlačená forma] - SCOPUS

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. 2020 – 31. 12. 2023 VEGA no. 1/0611/20 Arabský jazykovedný systém; odchýlky od spisovnej normy a iné osobitosti vybraných rukopisných textov. [The Linguistic System of Arabic language. Deviations from the Standard Language and other Peculiarities of the Selected Manuscript Texts] (principal investigator) 

2

1.1. 2016 – 31. 12. 2019 VEGA č. 1/0541/16 Obsahové a jazykové špecifiká vybraných arabských rukopisov, základných prameňov arabskej literatúry a historiografie. [Content and Language Specifications of Selected Arabic Manuscripts, the Main Sources of the Arabic Literature and Historiography] (principal investigator)

3

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. [Paleographic, content, and linguistic aspects of selected Arabic manuscripts with regard to codicological and editorial issues.](principal investigator)

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 since 2021
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
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

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
2025-02-05