Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Olena Poddenezhna, 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
Poddenezhna
I.2 - Name
Olena
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1976
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of Russian and East European Studies
I.6 - Address of the workplace
811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia
I.7 - Position
Lecturer
I.8 - E-mail address
olena.poddenezhna@uniba.sk
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Philology
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-6239-8646

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
II.b - Year
1997
II.c - Study field and programme
Russian Language and Literature
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
II.b - Year
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
Russian Language and Literature, Ukrainian Philology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
Russian literature
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
Russian literature
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Lecturer Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of Russian and East European Studies 09/2026 – present
Assistant Professor Masaryk University, Faculty of Education, Department of Other Foreign Languages 05/2022 – present
Associate Professor Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Philology 09/2002-08/2023

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
Three-month research stay at the Department of Foreign Literature Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University 2018
Research stay at the Institute of Slavonic Studies University of Innsbruck 2024
Professional training for study programme guarantors – development, implementation and quality assurance of study programmes Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv 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
19th Century Russian Literature Russian and East-European Studies I. Philology
19th Century Russian Literature English Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, Arabic Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, Bulgarian Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, French Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, German Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, Russian Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture, Russian Language and Culture and Spanish Language and Culture I. Philology
Russian Stylistics Russian and East-European Studies 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.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.4.2 - Number of defended theses
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
Russian Stylistics English Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, Arabic Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, Bulgarian Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, French Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, German Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, Russian Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture, Russian Language and Culture and Spanish Language and Culture I. Philology
Chapters from History and Culture of Ukraine 1 Arabic Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, Bulgarian Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, French Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, German Language and Culture and Russian Language and Culture, Russian and East-European Studies, Russian Language and Culture and Slovak Language and Culture, Russian Language and Culture and Spanish Language and Culture I. 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
51
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
2
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Poddenezhna, O., Pešková, M., & Sováková, J. (2024). The Theme of Empire in Russian Literature: Selected Aspects. Brno: Munipress (Masaryk University). 70 pp. ISBN 978-80-280-0694-5. DOI: 10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M280-0694-2024. Author’s contribution: 70%.

2

Poddenezhna, O. V. (2025). Characteristics of postcolonial metadiscourse in Yevhen Malaniuk’s essays. Studia Rossica Posnaniensia, 50(1), 41–50. Scopus.

3

Pytlík, P., & Poddenezhna, O. (2026). The Reception of Günter Grass’ Works in the Czechoslovak and Russian-Language Cultural Spaces (1960s–1990s). Slavia, 95(2), 129–150. Scopus.

4

Poddenezhna, E. V. Genre Specificity of “Philological Prose” in the Literature of the Third Wave of Russian Emigration.

Literaturoznavchi studii, 2013, issue 37(2), pp. 178–183.

5

Poddenezhna, E. V. Literary and Artistic Trends, Schools and Movements in Russian Literary Studies of the 1920s–1940s: Problems, Searches, Vectors of Development. In 2 parts. Kyiv, 2013. Part I – 95 pp.; Part II – 103 pp. 198 pp.

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

1. Poddenezhna, O., Pešková, M., & Sováková, J. (2024). The Theme of Empire in Russian Literature: Selected Aspects. Brno: Munipress (Masaryk University). ISBN 978-80-280-0694-5. Author’s contribution: 70%.

2

2. Poddenezhna, O. V. (2025). Characteristics of postcolonial metadiscourse in Yevhen Malaniuk’s essays. Studia Rossica Posnaniensia, 50(1), 41–50. Scopus.

3

3. Pytlík, P., & Poddenezhna, O. (2026). The Reception of Günter Grass’ Works in the Czechoslovak and Russian-Language Cultural Spaces (1960s–1990s). Slavia, 95(2), 129–150. Scopus.

4

Poddenezhna, E. V. Genre Specificity of “Philological Prose” in the Literature of the Third Wave of Russian Emigration.

Literaturoznavchi studii, 2013, issue 37(2), pp. 178–183.

5

Poddenezhna, E. V. Literary and Artistic Trends, Schools and Movements in Russian Literary Studies of the 1920s–1940s: Problems, Searches, Vectors of Development. In 2 parts. Kyiv, 2013. Part I – 95 pp.; Part II – 103 pp. Total extent – 198 pp.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

1. EDUC – European Digital UniverCity (Masaryk University)

Participation in an inter-university project and collaboration on a course focused on the critical reflection of cultural and literary stereotypes, including representations of Ukraine and Central Europe in the European academic environment.

2

2. Comparison of Russian-Language Textbooks for Czech- and German-Speaking Students (A1–B1): A Critical Content and Linguistic Analysis

Project code: 8J24AT012.

Participation in a research project focused on the comparative content and linguistic analysis of Russian-language textbooks for Czech- and German-speaking students.

3

3. Development in Distance Education, Online Teaching and Blended Learning

Project NPO_MUNI_MSMT-16606/2022, MUNI 3.2.1.

Participation in a project focused on the development of distance education, online teaching and blended learning.

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
Guarantor and co-author of the study programme “Applied East Slavic Studies and English Language: Technologies of Linguistic Influence and Translation” Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Philology 2022-2023
Member of the jury of the national round of the Russian Language Conversation Competition Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic 2023-2024
Academic collaboration on the CORE course “Languages in Us and Around Us” Masaryk University 2025-2026

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)
Kyjevská univerzita Borysa Hrinčenka Kyjevská univerzita Borysa Hrinčenka 2018 Trojmesačný výskumný pobyt na Katedre zahraničnej literatúry
Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University 2018 Three-month research stay at the Department of Foreign Literature
University of Innsbruck, Institute of Slavonic Studies University of Innsbruck, Institute of Slavonic Studies 2024 – one-week stay Research stay; academic and teaching activities, including a Russian-language teaching session for students with non-Slavic mother tongues

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Actively involved in the popularisation of language, literature and cultural education and in cooperation between the university and primary and secondary schools. Major activities include the project “Russian as a Lingua Franca in Central Asia” in cooperation with EKO-Gymnázium Brno (2026), “Russian through Play” within MjUNI (2025), the project “Nobel Prize Laureates in Literature” in cooperation with EKO-Gymnázium Brno (2024), as well as educational programmes and teaching activities for Stojanovo Gymnázium Velehrad, ZŠ Slovanské náměstí and ZŠ J. A. Komenského Přerov.

Date of last update
2026-10-06