Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Alena Smiešková, 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
Smiešková
I.2 - Name
Alena
I.3 - Degrees
Doc., Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1966
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of English and American Studies
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 06 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
docent
I.8 - E-mail address
alena.smieskova@uniba.sk
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
American Literature, American Studies

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
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
II.b - Year
1989
II.c - Study field and programme
Slovak language and literature – English language and literature
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
non-Slavic philology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra, Slovak Republic
II.b - Year
2015
II.c - Study field and programme
2.1.32 Foreign Languages and Cultures
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate Professor Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic since 2019
Associate Professor, Lecturer University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra, Slovak Republic from 1992 -- 2018
English Language Instructor Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovakia from Sept 1990 -- Dec 1990

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
20th Century American Literature University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra 1992 - 2018
American Ethnic Writing University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra 1996 -- 2018
American Drama University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra 1996 -- 2018
American Studies University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra 1996 -- 2018
Selected Chapters from American Cultural History and Film University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra 2014 -- 2018
Cultural Geography of American (Metro)polis University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra 2014 -- 2018
Literature and Film University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra 2014 - 2018
Text and Visual Culture University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra 2014 -- 2018
American Short Story Writing University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra 1996 - 2015

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
20th and 21th C American Literature M.A.
Introduction to the Study of Literature B.A.
Literature and Film
Selected Chapters from American Cultural History and Film
Text and Visual Culture
American Literature and Society
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 in Combination B.A. Teaching Comprehensive Subjects
English Language and Literature in Combination M.A. Teaching Comprehensive Subjects
English Language and Culture in Combination B.A.
English Language and Culture in Combination M.A.
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)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
23
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
34
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

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.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
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.1.a - Overall
8
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1
Mýtus. Realita. Rozprávanie. Prípad Philip Roth / Peprník, Michal [Recenzent] ; Tandlichová, Eva [Recenzent]. – 1 vyd. – Nitra (Slovensko) : Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, 2011. – 144 s. – ISBN 978-80-558-0022-6.
2
  1. Smiešková,Alena - Hevešiová,Simona - Kiššová,Mária. Multicultural Awareness : Reading Ethnic Writing / Alena Smiešková, Simona Hevešiová, Mária Kiššová. - Nitra : UKF, 2008. - 148 s. - ISBN 978-80-8094-439-1. 


3

Smiešková, Alena: The Questions of the Postcolonial and the Postmodern in American Fiction = Problémy postkoloniálneho a postmoderného románu v americkej literatúre / Alena Smiešková, 2012.

In: World Literature Studies. - ISSN 1337-9275, Vol. 4, no. 3 (2012), p. 7-20.

4
  1. Smiešková,Alena: Violence as Art Experience / Alena Smiešková, 2016. In: Ars Aeterna. - ISSN 2450-8497, Roč. 8, č. 1 (2016), s. 12. 


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

Smiešková,Alena: Violence as Art Experience / Alena Smiešková, 2016. In: Ars Aeterna. - ISSN 2450-8497, Roč. 8, č. 1 (2016), s. 12. 


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

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
editor-in-chief

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)
Indiana University Bloomington, IN, USA Aug 1995 -- May 1996 Open Society Institute, New York
Salzburg Seminar, ASC 250, Text and Performance Salzburg, Austria 11 – 18, March 2000 Salzburg Seminar American Studies Association
University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucy, USA June 23 – August 5, 2000 Fulbright Summer Institute: Seminars on Contemporary American Literature
Salzburg Seminar: America in Our Time Salzburg, Austria Sept 2- 5, 2004 Salzburg Seminar American Studies Association
Center for Visual and Performance Studies, University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA, USA Jan 2009 – June 2009 Fulbright Fellow, Fulbright Commission
St. Mary’s University College Belfast, UK March 2010 Comenius Program for Teachers of Literature
Charles University, Department of English and American Studies Prague, Czech Republic May 2016 Erazmus Mobility Programme

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2022-11-07