Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Mgr. Juraj Hamar, CSc.
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
Hamar
I.2 - Name
Juraj
I.3 - Degrees
Prof., Mgr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1965
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Aesthetics, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Katedra estetiky, Filozofická fakulta UK, Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
juraj.hamar@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3949
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Philosophy, Theory and History of Art and Culture

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
1991
II.c - Study field and programme
Aesthetics and Science of Literary Arts
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1998
II.c - Study field and programme
Ethnography
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2001
II.c - Study field and programme
Aesthetics
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2024
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy, Aesthetics
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
officer for amateur art National Centre for Public Enlightenment in Bratislava, methodologist for amateur art 1983 - 1986
Assistant, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 1991 - till today
Director - general SĽUK - The Slovak State Traditional Dance Company 2010 - till today

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 AIS2 Academic Information System Comenius University in Bratislava 2009
MS Teams Course (Teaching and Testing) Comenius University in Bratislava 2020
Webinar Writefull Comenius University in Bratislava 2022

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
Introduction to Aesthetics 1 and 2 Aesthetics I Philosophy
History of Aesthetics 6 Aesthetics I Philosophy
The Comical Aesthetics II Philosophy
Interpretation of Literary Texts 1 and 2 Aesthetics II Philosophy
Aesthetics and poetics of popular theatre aesthetics II philosophy
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
Aesthetics I Philosophy
Aesthetics II Philosophy
Art Studies III Theory and History of Art and Culture
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)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
17
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
53
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
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
Introduction to Aesthetics for Non-aesthetes 1 and 2 Common Core Subjects I, II
Selected Course in Specialized Art Aesthetics Aesthetics III

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
142
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
26
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
14
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
89
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
12
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
16
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
44
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Hamar, Juraj: A language of comic in the traditional repertoire of nomadic puppeteers. Ethnologia Slovaca et Slavica : Roč. 44. - : 1. vyd. ISBN 978-80-223-5571-1. - Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2023. - S. 45-68

2

Blecha, Jaroslav, Hamar, Juraj: Marionettes et pouvoir: censures, propagandes, résistannces. Charleville-Méziéres: Institut international de la marionette, 2019, pp. 119–149, ISBN 98-2-37769-066-4.

3

Hamar, Juraj: Rituálny smiech v ľudovej kultúre. Ritual laughter in folk culture. Etnologické rozpravy [elektronický dokument]. - Roč. 31, č. 2 (2024), s. 29-38 [print] ISSN (print) 1335-5074 ISSN (online) 2729-9759

4

Hamar, Juraj: Úvod do estetiky bábkového divadla. Bratislava: Stimul - Slovenské centrum pre tradičnú kultúru, 2020, 146 p., ISBN 978-80-970098-3-0.

5

Cudzie a naše v hrách kočovných bábkarov 20. storočia na Slovensku.

The foreign and our own in the plays of 20th-century travelling puppeteers in Slovakia:        

Studia Academica Slovaca : prednášky 60. letnej školy slovenského jazyka a kultúry. - : 1. vyd. ISBN 978-80-223-5862-0. - Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2024. - S. 43-58

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

Rusko, Milan, and Juraj Hamar. "Character identity expression in vocal performance of traditional puppeteers." International Conference on Text, Speech and Dialogue. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.

Geneid, A. - Roukko, M. - Voutilainen, R. - Airaksinen, L. Toskala, E. - Alku, P. - Vilkman, E.: Journal of Voice, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2012, pp. 154–163 (registered in WOS).

2

Hamar, Juraj. "THE CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE In the mirror of implementation discourse in Slovakia." SLOVENSKY NARODOPIS-SLOVAK ETHNOLOGY 61.5 (2013): 497-506.

Beňušková, Zuzana, and Martina Pavlicová. "Nemateriální kulturní dědictví jako předmět etnologického výzkumu." Slovensky Narodopis 69.1 (2021): 5-13.

3

Hamar, Juraj, and Ľubica Voľanská. "Between politics, science and bearers: Implementation of the UNESCO convention for the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage." Národopisná revue 25.5 (2015): 35-46.

Testa, A.: From Folklore to Intangible Cultural Heritage: Observations About a Problematic Filiation. In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde, Vol. 11, No. 3–4, 2016, p. 231 (SCOPUS).

4

Rusko, M., Trnka, M., Darjaa, S., & Hamar, J. (2013, August). The dramatic piece reader for the blind and visually impaired. In Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technologies (pp. 83-91).

Iosif, Elias, and Taniya Mishra. "From speaker identification to affective analysis: a multi-step system for analyzing children’s stories." Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Computational Linguistics for Literature (CLFL). 2014.

5

Hamar, Juraj. "THE CONVENTION FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE In the mirror of implementation discourse in Slovakia." SLOVENSKY NARODOPIS-SLOVAK ETHNOLOGY 61.5 (2013): 497-506.

Murin, Ivan. "Generational transmission in local culture: An exploration of European research drivers in Central Slovakia." Anthropological Journal of European Cultures 25.2 (2016): 57-72.

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

Context of Slovak art and aesthetics. VEGA: 1/0456/22, 2022 – 2024, deputy responsible 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 the Editorial Board Journal of Ethnology, The National Institute of Folk Culture 2008 - present
Member of the Editorial Board Slovak Ethnology (journal), Institute of Ethnology of Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava 2012 - present
Member, Vice-chairman, Chairman Council of the Ministry of Culture for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage 2006 - present
member Committee for Cultural Heritage of the Council of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Culture 2017 - present
member The Professional Committee for Dance VŠMU Bratislava/The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava 2014 - present

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

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

In addition to working in the Department of Aesthetics, I also work as an expert in the field of intangible cultural heritage, and I have represented the Slovak Republic at meetings of the UNESCO Non-Governmental Committee for Intangible Cultural Heritage. As an author/screenwriter, playwright, and director, I have created dozens of works for Slovak Television and festivals at home and abroad.

Date of last update
2025-02-20