Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. PhDr. Iveta Kajanová, CSc.
Faculty:
FiF - Faculty of Arts

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kajanová
I.2 - Name
Yvetta
I.3 - Degrees
prof., Mgr., CSc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1964
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
professor of musicology
I.8 - E-mail address
yvetta.kajanova@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/3982
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
musicology
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4356-1129

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
II.b - Year
1986
II.c - Study field and programme
musicology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
II.b - Year
1986
II.c - Study field and programme
musicology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
II.b - Year
1994
II.c - Study field and programme
theory and history of music
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
musicology
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University
II.b - Year
2012
II.c - Study field and programme
theory of music
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
editor Rytmus journal, Obzor publisher house 1986-1987
editor Slovak Music Fund 1987-1990
postgraduate student, assistent Dpt. of musicology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 1990-1993, 1993-2003
scientific worker Institute of Musicology, Slovak Academy of Science 1999-2002
ass.professor, professor Dpt. of Musicology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2003-2012, 2012-present

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
AIS Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2008
MS Teams, Zoom Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2020
English online conversation Practice Speaking English Online, https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=english+online+conversation 2013
English online conversation Practice Speaking English Online, https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=english+online+conversation 2014

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
Musical criticism musicology I. Theory and History of Art and Culture
History of jazz musicology I. Theory and History of Art and Culture
History of rock musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Management of musical culture musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Sociology of music musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Doctoral seminar Art studies III. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Music journalism and editorial practice musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Seminar on ethnomusicology, history and theory of jazz, rock, pop musicology I. Theory and History of Art and Culture
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
musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
musicology, 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.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Habilitation (ass. prof.) and professor appointment procedure in the field 0288 musicology Theory and History of Art and Culture
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)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
31
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
65
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
13
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
Music journalism and editorial practice musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
History of popular music and jazz - whole faculty course musicology I. Theory and History of Art and Culture
History and Theory of Jazz and Popular Music (Central Europe, in English) 0232 Central European studies I. Philology
Seminar on ethnomusicology, history and theory of jazz, rock, pop 1-Slovak scene musicology I. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Seminar on ethnomusicology, history and theory of jazz, rock, pop 2-world scene musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Doctoral Project Seminar Art studies III. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Management of musical culture musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
Music sociology musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
History of rock musicology II. Theory and History of Art and Culture
History of jazz musicology I. Theory and History of Art and Culture

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
245
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
68
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
7
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
479
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
184
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
17
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
15
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
11
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

AAB Gospel music na Slovensku/Gospel music in Slovakia. Bratislava: CoolArt, 2009, 256s, ISBN 978-80-969080-4-2. 

2

AFC Denotative components of jazz during the period of communism as exemplified in Czech and Slovak jazz. In: Jazz behind the iron curtain. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2010, p. 65-81, ISBN 978-3-631-59172-7.

3

ADC The Rock, pop and jazz in contemporary musicological studies. In: International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, roč. 44, č.2, 2013, p. 343-359, ISSN 0351-5796.

4

AAB Slovenský jazz, kontexty a súvislosti/Slovak jazz, contexts and relationships. Bratislava: UK, 2014, 316s., ISBN 978-80-223-3709-0.

5

ACA On The History of Rock Music. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2014, 116s, ISBN 978-3-631-65556-6.

6

AFC Jazz artists in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and their conflicts with the socialist ideology. In: Jazz from socialist realism to postmodernism, s. 119-137; The Changing face of Slovak jazz. In: Jazz from socialist realism to postmodernism, s. 225-242. Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, 2016. 310s.-ISBN 978-3-631-67173-3. 

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

V1 Ubuntu Fusion Music, Peter Lang, Berlin, 2024, 257 stran, ISBN 978-3-631-91091-7

2

AEC The History of European Jazz: the music, musicians and audience in context, The Czech Republic, Slovakia. Equinox, Shefield: 2018, p. 302-320, ISBN 9781781794463.

3

AEC Rock, pop and jazz research development in the former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and present - Day Slovakia. In: Popular music in Communist and Post-communist Europe. - : 1. vyd. Berlín : Peter Lang, 2019. - S. 31-48 (Jazz under State Socialism, vol. 6), ISBN 978-3-631-77463-2.

4

ADM Jazz na Slovensku v období fašizmu/Jazz in Slovakia during period of fascism, in: Musicologica Brunensia, roč. 54, č. 2, 2019, s. 29-42, ISSN (online) 2336-436X

5

ADC Crossing Borders Between Traditions and a Global Approach to Music Culture in Central Europe as Exemplified by Klezmer and Flamenco. In: International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, roč. 51, č.2, 2020, p. 253-263, ISSN 0351-5796.

6

V1 Musica Rock, suono, ritmo, affetto, e l'invenzione della chitarra elettrica. Mimesis Edizioni: 2022, 329 pgs.ISBN 978-88-5758-654-0

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

Y. Kajanová: Towards a periodization of Slovak pop music and jazz. In: Musicologica Istropolitana 6. - Bratislava : Stimul, 2007. - ISBN 978-80-89236-43-5. - S. 197-216 Zaddach, W-G. - In: Jazz and totalitarianism . - New York : Routledge, 2017 ; S. 133

2

Y. Kajanová: Denotative components of jazz during the period of communism as exemplified in Czech and Slovak jazz. In: Jazz behind the iron curtain. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2010, p. 65-81. Zaddach, W-G. - In: Jazz and totalitarianism . - New York : Routledge, 2017 ; S. 133

3

Y. Kajanová: On The History of Rock Music. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2014, Papazova Zhabeva, J. - In: IASPM journal (Canada), roč. 6, č. 1, 2016, p. 161-163, Senn, O. - Bechtold, T. A. - Hoesl, F. - Kilchenmann L. : Taste and familiarity affect the experience of groove in popular music. - In: Musicae Scientiae, (15. april, 2019)

4

Y. Kajanová: The Rock, pop and jazz in contemporary musicological studies. In: International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, roč. 44, č.2, 2013, p. 343-359. Lefkovitz, A. - In: Louis Armstrong, Duke Elington and Miles Favis : a twentieth-century transnational biography . - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2018 ; S. 121

5

Y. Kajanová: The Rock, pop and jazz in contemporary musicological studies. In: International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, roč. 44, č.2, 2013, p. 343-359. Corchia, L.: Sugli inizi dell´interpretazione sociologica del Rock : Alle ricerca di un nuovo canone estetico. - In: The Lab´s Qurterly, roč. 20, č. 2, 2018 ; s. 164

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

HORIZON 2020, 2016–2019, COURAGE – Cultural Opposition: Understanding the Cultural Heritage ofDissent in the Former Socialist Countries (spoluriešiteľka/co-investigator).

2

APVV 14-0681, 2015-2019, Hudba v Bratislave (spoluriešiteľka) /Music in Bratislava (co-investigator).

3

VEGA 1/0086, 2015-2018, Multikulturalizmus v slovenskej hudbe (zodpovedná riešiteľka)/ Multiculturalism in Slovak Music (Grant leader).

4

Visegrad 51600085, 2017, Alternative rock scene in former Yugoslavia, (co-investigator)

5

2013, US Embassy in Bratislava, grant for conference European Jazz Personalities

6

VEGA 1/0015/19, 2019-2022, Kompozícia v kontextoch jazzu, rocku, európskej hudby 20. storočia a súčasnosti/Composition in context of jazz, rock, european classical music of the 20th century and contemporary time (Grant leader).

7

VEGA 1/0016/23, 2023-2026, Musical, Critical, and Stylistic Interpretation of Jazz, Rock, 20th-Century European Music, and Contemporary Music (Grant Leader).

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
secretary Common commission of the Institute of Musicology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Department of Musicology for the PhD. award 2000-2008
member Scientific Council of the Slovak Academy of Sciences - Institute of Musicology 2006-2007
member Academic Senate Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University 2008-2012
member Scientific board of the Department of Musicology, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic 2016-present
member editorial board Mimesis International Italy, http://mimesisinternational.com/category/music/ 2020
member Board member of the Bachalor and Masters final exams 2006-present
member of the Council for human sciences Slovak Research and Development Agency 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)
Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Palackého, Dpt. of musicology Univerzitní 3, 779 Olomouc, Czech Republic 8 April 2008-15 April 2008 mibility scheme
Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Instytut muzykologii Westerplatte 10, 31-033 Krakow, Poland 13 May 2009-19 May 2009 mibility scheme
Ústav hudební vědy, Karlova univerzita /Charles University Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha, Czech Republic 15 April 2010-30 April 2010 mobility scheme
Freie Universität Kaiserwether Str. 16-18, 141 95 Berlin, Germany 11 June 2010-20 June 2010 Jazz im Ostblock, grant Volkswagen
IULM-Universita di comunicazione e lingue Via Carlo Bo 1, 201 43 Milano, Italy 1 June 2016-15 June 2016 employment contract
IULM-Universita di comunicazione e lingue Via Carlo Bo 1, 201 43 Milano, Italy 27 May 2018-14 June 2018 employment contract
IULM-Universita di comunicazione e lingue Via Carlo Bo 1, 201 43 Milano, Italy 26 June - 30 June 2023 employment contract

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2024-09-12