Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Ivan Lacko, 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
Lacko
I.2 - Name
Ivan
I.3 - Degrees
Doc., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1970
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of British and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
ivan.lacko@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4011?mode=full
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
philology /education and pedagogical disciplines
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3494-3990

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
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
translation and interpreting - English language and culture and German language and culture
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
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
theory of literature and history of national literatures, specialization: British and American literature
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
literary science
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 and lecturer Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 1999-2004
assistant professor Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2005-2022
associate professor Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 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
Program in International Education BARD College, USA 1995-1996
Fulbright Scholar Program University of Minnesota, USA 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
American literature until the 19th century English language and literature I. teaching and pedagogical disciplines
American literature until the 19th century English language and culture I. philology
American literature of the 20th and 21st centuries English language and literature II. teaching and pedagogical disciplines
American literature of the 20th and 21st centuries English 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
English language and literature I. teaching and pedagogical disciplines
English language and literature II. teaching and pedagogical disciplines
English language and culture I. philology
English 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)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
51
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
70
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
Popular culture of anglophone areas English language and literature I. teaching and pedagogical disciplines
American theatre and society English language and culture II. philology
Language and presentation skills English language and culture II. philology
Global issues in education English language and literature I.+II. teaching and pedagogical disciplines

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
88
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
31
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
21
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
12
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
59
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
31
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
9
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

AFC - Freedom stuck in the throat: Yussef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat through the prisms of an individual conflict and a polarized society

2

ADF - Imaginative communities: the role, practice and outreach of community-based theatre

3

ADD - Ani úmysel, ani náhoda - skôr niečo medzi tým posthumanistické témy vo filme Ex Machina

4

ADD - On the path to sentience - post-digital narratives in "Westworld"

5

AAB - Prekrásny nový postsvet posthumánne situácie v literárnych a filmových dielach

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

ADD - Ani úmysel, ani náhoda - skôr niečo medzi tým posthumanistické témy vo filme Ex Machina

2

ADD - On the path to sentience - post-digital narratives in "Westworld"

3

AAB - Prekrásny nový postsvet posthumánne situácie v literárnych a filmových dielach

4

ADD - Saviors, naifs, or orphans? the posthuman condition in literary and cinematic perspectives on human cloning

5

ADN - Hate crime trauma and pain affiliation, becoming and in-Betweenness in The Laramie project

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

ADD - On the path to sentience - post-digital narratives in "Westworld"


[o1] 2021 - Roca, A. - Del Piero, G. - La ira de Dios : conocimiento, tecnología y control social en dos series de TV contemporáneas. - In: Ética and cine, roč. 11, č. 1, 2021 ; s. 28 ; ESCI

[o3] 2021 - Parker, A. J. - Weissert, T. - “Out of Repetition Comes Variation”: Varying Timelines, Invariant Time, and Dolores’s Glitch in Westworld. - In: Time in Variance . - Boston : Brill

[o3] 2019 ~ Jiménez, M.. : "Gratify the Desires of the People that Visit Your World" : Immersion and Fictionality in Westworld - In: SFRA review, č. 327, 2019 ; s. 17

[o3] 2019 ~ Gama Alves, L. R. - Souza, M. C.. : Bem-vindo ao novo mundo : imergindo na narrativa gamificada da série televisiva Westworld - In: Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación, roč. 18, č. 32, 2019 ; s. 427

[n2] 2019 zz ~ Schubert, S.. - In: Narrative Instability : Destabilizing Identities, Realities, and Textualities in Contemporary American Popular Culture . -Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2019 ; S. 289[o3] 2020 ~ Beavers, R. - Daniels, D. - Don Lee, Al. E.. : Technology and Non-Interpersonal Relationships - In: Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, roč. 23, č. 1, 2020 ; s. 28

2

ADD - Not random, not deliberate - something In-between : posthumanist themes in Ex Machina


[o1] 2020 ~ Odorčák, J.. : Niektoré problémy transhumanistickej koncepcie lásky - In: Pro-Fil, roč. 21, č. 1, 2020 ; s. 67 ;SCOPUS[o1] 2020 ~ Bakošová, P. - Odorčák, J.. : Posthumanism and human extinction : apocalypse, species, and two posthuman ecologies - In: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies, roč. 19, č. 57, 2020 ; s. 61 ;AHCI ; SCOPUS

[n2] 2020 sk ~ Bartal, J.. : Náčrt vzťahov medzi pojmami etiky a umelej inteligencie - In: Prohuman, 24. november, 2020 ; https://www.prohuman.sk/print/andragogika/nacrt-vztahov-medzi-pojmami-etiky-a-umelej-inteligencie, s. [4]

[o2] 2021 ~ Tomašovičová, J.. : Parallels between two worlds : literary science-fiction imagery and transhumanist visions - In: World literature studies, roč. 13, č. 1, 2021 ; s. 41; AHCI

[n2] 2023 zz ~ Ambrozy, M.. : Searching for Criteria for a Thinking Machine - In: Brain, Decision Making and Mental Health, Integrated Science 12 . -Cham : Springer Cham, 2023 ; S. 527

3

AFC - Freedom stuck in the throat: Yussef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat through the prisms of an individual conflict and a polarized society -


[o3] 2019 - Gheorghiu, O.-C. - Framing Islam in Post-9/11 US. A Literary Account : Yussef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat (2006). - In: Ideology, Identity, and the US : Crossroads, Freeways, Collisions . - Berlín : Peter Lang, 2019 ; S. 57

[o1] 2018 - Al-Shetawi, M. F. - Combating 9/11 negative images of Arabs in American culture : a study of Yussef El Guindi’s drama. - In: Journal of ethnic and cultural studies, roč. 7, č. 3, 2020 ; s. 177-199 ; SCOPUS

[o1] 2021 - Al-Shetawi, M. F. - Countering Post-9/11 Stereotypes: Arab American Playwrights Make Their Voices Heard. - In: Jordan Journal of modern Languages and Literatures, roč. 13, č. 3, 2021 ; s. 531 ; SCOPUS ; SSCI ; SCIE

4

ADF - Imaginative communities the role, practice and outreach of community-based theatre


[o3] 2015 ~ Suk, J. - Janecká, K.. - In: Hradec Králové journal of anglophone studies, roč. 2, č. 1, 2015 ; s. 48

[o1] 2015 ~ Suk, J.. : Immanent performances in the writing of Tim Etchells - In: From theory to practice 2014 . -Zlín : Univerzita Tomáše Bati, 2015 ; S. 160 ;CPCI-SSH

[o1] 2019 ~ Li, Fangxuan (Sam). : Imaginative communities : admired cities, regions and countries - In: Tourism management, roč. 72, č. jun, 2019 ; s. 413-414 ;SSCI

[o3] 2021 ~ Suk, J.. - In: Performing immanence : forced entertainment . -Berlín : de Guyter, 2021 ; S. 185

[n2] 2023 zz ~ Jiang, L. - Alizadeh, F.. : Community-based theatre : Critical pedagogy for promoting social connectedness recovery in the post-pandemic era - In: Cogent Arts and Humanities, roč. 10, č. 1, 2023 ; s. 15

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

APVV-17-0064 – Analýza multidimenzionálnej podoby trans- a post-humanizmu

2

VEGA č. 2/0107/14 – Hypermediálny artefakt v postdigitálnej dobe

3

VEGA č. 1/0799/18 – Národné literatúry v epoche globalizácie (vznik a vývin americko¬¬slovenskej literárnej a kultúrnej identity

4

“Teachers of English for Future Europe (TEFE): EU mobility and employability through the Internationalisation of Teaching Practice“ v rámci programy Erasmus+, Key Action 2: Strategic Partnership.

5

VEGA č. 2/0163/22 – Literatúra v bioetike a bioetika v literatúre

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
senator Comenius University Academic Senate 2007-2011
chair Academic Senate, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2013-2018

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 Minnesota Minneapolis, United States feb 2012 - jul 2012 Fulbright Scholar Program

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-02-25