Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 prof. Mgr. Milan Kováč, PhD.
Faculty:
FiF - Faculty of Arts

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Kováč
I.2 - Name
Milan
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD., Prof.
I.4 - Year of birth
1967
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Katedra porovnávacej religionistiky FiF UK
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Head of the department
I.8 - E-mail address
milan.kovac@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/?surname=Kov%C3%A1%C4%8D&name=Milan&university=701000000&faculty=701030000&employment_state=yes&sort=surname&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5&do=filterForm-submit
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Historical Sciencies
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-9846-2523

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
1994
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy and History, Study of Religions
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
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
Study of Religions
II.4 - Associate professor
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
Study of Religions
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Ethnology
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
assistant Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 1994-1997
assistant Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 1997-2002
Associate Professor Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2002-2011
Professor Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2011-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
Teaching and Learning in the Bologna Context Professional Development Program for academics in Central Europe, CEP 2003
Academic Skills Professional Development Program for academics in Central Europe, CEP 2004
Maya Hieroglyphic Writing Wayeb (Association of European Mayanist), BMM 2007- každoročne po súčasnosť

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
Spiritual world of Gypsy in Slovakia Study of Religions II. Historical Sciences
Contemporary theories of religion Study of Religions II. Historical Sciences
Introduction to religions of America Study of Religions I. Historical Sciences
New comparative study by W. Paden Study of Religions II. Historical Sciences
Contemporary anthropological theories and theories of study of religions World cultures and religions III. Historical sciences
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
Study of Religions (garant) I. Historical Sciences
Study of Religions (garant) II. Historical Sciences
World Cultures and Religions III. Historical Sciences
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
Study of Religions (Head of comittee) Historical Sciences
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
29
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
36
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
11
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
Field trip Study of Religion I. Historical Sciences

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
351
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
112
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
12
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
9
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
428
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
287
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
123
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
88
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
42
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
19
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Canuto, M.A., Estrada-Belli, F., Garrison, T.G., Houston, S.D., Acuña, M.J., Kovác, M., Marken, D., Nondédéo, P., Auld-Thomas, L., Castanet, C., Chatelain, D., Chiriboga, C.R., Drápela, T., Lieskovský, T., Tokovinine, A., Velasquez, A., Fernández-Díaz, J.C., Shrestha, R., Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala (2018) Science, 361 (6409).

2

Kováč, M., Jobbová, E., & Krempel, G. (2016). The Legacy of an Early Maya King: Text, Imagery and Ritual Contexts of a Late Preclassic Cache from Structure H-XVI Sub, Uaxactun. Mexicon, 9-29.

3

Kováč, M. (2011). Hiatus en el fin del Preclásico y retorno de los reyes, Uaxactún, Guatemala. Contributions in New World Archaeology, 3, 49-63.

4

Kováč, M. (2022), Visual propaganda in the Maya Proto-Writing Period: The Example of Stucco Frieze from Palace H-Sub 2, Uaxactun, Guatemala. In: Communicating the Sacred. Miloš Hubina and Francis S. M. Chan (eds.), Peter Lang Publishing, New York. 

5

Bundzel, M., Jaščur, M., Kováč, M., Lieskovský, T., Sinčák, P., Tkáčik, T. Semantic segmentation of airborne lidar data in maya archaeology (2020) Remote Sensing, 12 (22), art. no. 3685, pp. 1-22.

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

Canuto, M.A., Estrada-Belli, F., Garrison, T.G., Houston, S.D., Acuña, M.J., Kovác, M., Marken, D., Nondédéo, P., Auld-Thomas, L., Castanet, C., Chatelain, D., Chiriboga, C.R., Drápela, T., Lieskovský, T., Tokovinine, A., Velasquez, A., Fernández-Díaz, J.C., Shrestha, R., Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala (2018) Science, 361 (6409).

2

Kováč, M., Jobbová, E., & Krempel, G. (2016). The Legacy of an Early Maya King: Text, Imagery and Ritual Contexts of a Late Preclassic Cache from Structure H-XVI Sub, Uaxactun. Mexicon, 9-29.

3

Kováč, M., & Karlovský, V. (2015). New Maya Observatory Identified in Uaxactún, Guatemala. Archaeology of Three Continents 2006-2011 (5 Years of the Slovak Archaeological and Historical Institute SAHI), 143-156.

4

Bundzel, M., Jaščur, M., Kováč, M., Lieskovský, T., Sinčák, P., Tkáčik, T. Semantic segmentation of airborne lidar data in maya archaeology (2020) Remote Sensing, 12 (22), art. no. 3685, pp. 1-22.

5

Kováč, Milan, Harri Kettunen and Guido Krempel (eds.) (2019): Maya Cosmology. Terrestrial and Celestial Landscapes. Anton Saurwein, Munich.

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

Canuto, M.A., Estrada-Belli, F., Garrison, T.G., Houston, S.D., Acuña, M.J., Kovác, M., Marken, D., Nondédéo, P., Auld-Thomas, L., Castanet, C., Chatelain, D., Chiriboga, C.R., Drápela, T., Lieskovský, T., Tokovinine, A., Velasquez, A., Fernández-Díaz, J.C., Shrestha, R., Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala (2018) Science, 361 (6409). In: Inomata, T., Triadan, D., Vázquez López, V.A., Fernandez-Diaz, J.C., Omori, T., Méndez Bauer, M.B., García Hernández, M., Beach, T., Cagnato, C., Aoyama, K., Nasu, H. Monumental architecture at Aguada Fénix and the rise of Maya civilization

(2020) Nature, 582 (7813), pp. 530-533. 

2

Canuto, M.A., Estrada-Belli, F., Garrison, T.G., Houston, S.D., Acuña, M.J., Kovác, M., Marken, D., Nondédéo, P., Auld-Thomas, L., Castanet, C., Chatelain, D., Chiriboga, C.R., Drápela, T., Lieskovský, T., Tokovinine, A., Velasquez, A., Fernández-Díaz, J.C., Shrestha, R., Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala (2018) Science, 361 (6409). n Beach, T., Luzzadder-Beach, S. , Krause, S., Guderjan, T., Valdez, F., Jr, Fernandez-Diaz, J.C., Eshleman, S.,Doyle, C.Ancient Maya wetland fields revealed under tropical forest canopy from laser scanning and multiproxy evidence

(2019) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (43), pp. 21469-21477. 

3

Canuto, M.A., Estrada-Belli, F., Garrison, T.G., Houston, S.D., Acuña, M.J., Kovác, M., Marken, D., Nondédéo, P., Auld-Thomas, L., Castanet, C., Chatelain, D., Chiriboga, C.R., Drápela, T., Lieskovský, T., Tokovinine, A., Velasquez, A., Fernández-Díaz, J.C., Shrestha, R., Ancient lowland Maya complexity as revealed by airborne laser scanning of northern Guatemala (2018) Science, 361 (6409). In: Magnani, M., Douglass, M., Schroder, W., Reeves, J., Braun, D.R.The Digital Revolution to Come: Photogrammetry in Archaeological Practice

(2020) American Antiquity, 85 (4), pp. 737-760. 

4

Kováč, M., Jobbová, E., & Krempel, G. (2016). The Legacy of an Early Maya King: Text, Imagery and Ritual Contexts of a Late Preclassic Cache from Structure H-XVI Sub, Uaxactun. Mexicon, 9-29. In: Źrałka, J., Helmke, C., Sotelo, L., & Koszkul, W. (2018). The discovery of a beehive and the identification of apiaries among the ancient Maya. Latin American Antiquity, 29(3), 514-531.

5

Kováč, M. (2011). Hiatus en el fin del Preclásico y retorno de los reyes, Uaxactún, Guatemala. Contributions in New World Archaeology, 3, 49-63. In: Dowd, A. S., Aveni, A. F., & Carrasco, R. (2017). Solar observatory or allegory? Calakmul'S group e-type complex form and function. Ancient Mesoamerica, 28(2), 559.

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

PACUNAM LiDAR Initiative, Tulane University, New Orleans 2016-trvá (head of the workgroup)

2

Proyecto Arqueologico Regional Uaxactun, Guatemala 2016-trvá (director)

3

APVV-17-0648- In the realm of the Maize god. Breakthrough research in the field pre-Columbian Mayan agriculture. (Main investigator) 2018-2022

4

APVV-0864-12, Maya ritual and astronomical complex - research, conservation and presentation of Slovak discovery of world importance 2013-2017 (Main 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 Scientific Council Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2021-present
Head of the council for doctoral studies in the Study of religion Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2011-present
Member of the council for doctoral studies in the Study of religion Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno 2012-present
Member of the council for doctoral studies in the Study of religion Faculty of Arts, University of Pardubice 2012-present
Head of department of Comparative Religion Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2003-present

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)
University of Vienna Universitätsring 1 1010 Vienna, Austria 1.9.-15.12. 2019 CEEPUS
Missouri State University 901 S National Ave., MO 65897 Springfield, USA 1.3.-31.7. 2014 Fulbright Commission
Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan Calle 60 491A, 97000 Mérida, Mexico 1.7.-30.10 2013 Genaro Estrada
Centre national de la recherche scientifique 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75 016 Paris, France 1.4.-30.6. 2009 Mellon Foundation
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México Av Sonora 113, Mexico City, Mexico 15.7.-15.12 2005 Genaro Estrada
University of Vienna Universitätsring 1 1010 Vienna, Austria 15.2. 2003-15.6. 2003 CEEPUS

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2023-09-29