Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Helena Tužinská, 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
Tužinská
I.2 - Name
Helena
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1975
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Gondova 2, 81102 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
helena.tuzinska@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/4125?mode=full&do=filterForm-submit&name=Helena&surname=Tu%C5%BEinsk%C3%A1&university=701000000&faculty=701030000&sort=surname&employment_state=yes&filter=Vyh%C4%BEada%C5%A5
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
ethnology
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1135-3007

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
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
Ethnology, Aesthetics
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
Ethnology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
2020
II.c - Study field and programme
Ethnology
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 Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 06/2021 –
Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 06/2006 – 05/2021
Project manager The Ecumenical Council of Churches in Slovakia 05/2005 – 05/2006

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
IMPACT: Improving Academic Teaching and Internationalisation through Enhanced Competences of University Teachers, Erasmus+ Strategic partnerships Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2020-2021
The Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English British Council/ University of Cambridge 1999
Training for working with the application MS Teams for the purpose of distance learning Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2020
Curriculum Resource Centre - Syllabus Development in Anthropology Central European Univesrity Budapest 2005

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
Introduction into Ethnology and Folklore Studies ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Fieldwork Methods and Techniques ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Life-cycle Rituals ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Academic writing in Ethnography ethnology, Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology I+.II. Historical Sciences
Ethnography of Communication Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology II. Historical Sciences
Callendar Rituals ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Anthropology of symbols Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology II Historical Sciences
Ritual and Communication ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Folklore and folkloristics in historio-political context Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology II. 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
Ethnology I. Historical Sciences
Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology 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
Ethnology Historical Sciences
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
4
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
8
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
12
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
The Unwritten Rules in Slovakia Erazmus Programme I.+II. 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
84
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
14
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
157
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
84
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
44
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
29
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
13
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Tužinská, Helena (Autor) [UKOFIET] (100%): Otázky opisu a prekladu

využitie poznatkov antropológie a etnografie vo vedení a tlmočení interview s imigrantmi. – 2. dopl. vyd. –

Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Filozofická fakulta UK. Stimul, 2010. – 93 s. [online]

: text. – ISBN 978-80-89236-91-6

2

Tužinská, Helena (Autor) [UKOFIET] (100%): Kritériá tradičného diskurzu podľa Pascala Boyera

= Criterions of the traditional discourse according to Pascal Boyer. – text. – [recenzované].

In: Od folklórneho textu ku kontextu [textový dokument (print)] :

Beneš, Bohuslav [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Krekovičová, Eva [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – 1. vyd. – Bratislava

(Slovensko) : Slovenská akadémia vied. Pracoviská SAV. Ústav etnológie, 2006. – ISBN 80-969427-4-3, s. 34-49

3

Tužinská, Helena (Autor) [UKOFIET] (100%): Doing things with questions : interpreting in asylum

settings. – text. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.12775/lud103.2019.05. – SCO.

In: Lud [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Ludoznawczego i

Komitetu Nauk Etnologicznych / [bez zostavovateľa] [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – 1. vyd. – Roč. 103. – Wroclaw

(Poľsko) : Polskie towarzystwo ludoznawcze, 2019. – (Lud, ISSN 0076-1435). – ISSN 0076-1435, s. 81-99

4

Tužinská, Helena (Autor) [UKOFIET] (100%): Questions of description and translation [elektronický

dokument] : using data from anthropology and ethnology in the conduct and interpretation of interviews with

immigrants. – 2. rozš. vyd. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. Filozofická fakulta UK.

Stimul, 2011. – 107 s. [online] : text. – ISBN 978-80-8127-020-8

5

Tužinská, Helena (Autor) [UKOFIET] (100%): Communication in the asylum courts : limits od

inquiry. – text.

In: Slovenský národopis [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : časopis Ústavu etnológie Slovenskej

akadémie vied = journal of the Institute of Ethnology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences = Zeitschrift des

Ethnologischen Institutes der Slowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften = revue de l'Institut d'ethnologie de

l'Académie slovaque des sciences. – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Slovenská akadémia vied. Pracoviská SAV. Ústav

etnológie. – ISSN 1335-1303. – ISSN (online) 1339-9357. – Roč. 57, č. 5 (2009), s. 560-578

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

Tužinská, H. (2023).Interpreters as cultural experts? Asylum practices in Slovakia Jindal Global Law Review 14, 2, 241-257.

2
Tužinská, H. (2020). Medzi riadkami. Etnografia tlmočenia azylových súdnych pojednávaní, Bratislava: AKAmedia. ISBN: 978-80-973537-4-2
3

Tužinská, Helena (Autor) [UKOFIPV] (100%): The Communicative Space : Painting the Evidence and

Plausibility in Asylum Court Hearings. – text. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1177/09646639241307604. – SCO.

In: Social & Legal Studies [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : an international journal. – Londýn

(Veľká Británia) : SAGE Publications. – ISSN 0964-6639. – ISSN (online) 1461-7390. – Roč. 34, č. 6 (2025), s.

832-855

4

Šveda, P., Tužinská, H. (2021) Public service interpreting in the context of social and political tensions. In: Changing paradigms and approaches in interpreter training : perspectives from Central Europe. New York : Routledge, p. 25-42. ISBN 978-0-367-51891-2.

5

Štefková, M. - Tužinská, H. (2021). Translation, interpreting and institutional routines - the case of Slovakia. In Bourguignon, M. B. Nouws, H. van Gerwen (eds.) Translation Policies in Legal and Institutional Settings. Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN: 9789461664112.

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

Štefková, Marketa (Autor) [UKOFIGN] (50%) - Tužinská, Helena (Autor) [UKOFIET] (50%): Translation, interpreting and institutional routines : the case of Slovakia. – text. – [recenzované]. In: Translation policies in legal and institutional settings [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] /Bourguignon, Marie [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Nouws, Bieke [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; van Gerwen, Heleen [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – 1. vyd. – Leuven (Belgicko) : Leuven University Press, 2021.

02 ID: 2086496 | Asylum Adjudications on the Basis of Religious Conversion / Rose, Lena [Autor]. – DOI 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190076511.013.26. In: The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Contemporary Migration [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] / Rowlands, Anna [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – 1. vyd. – Oxford (Veľká Británia) : Oxford University Press, 2023. – ISBN 978-019-0076-51-1. – ISBN (elektronické) 978-019-0076-52-8, s. 1-18 [tlačená forma] [online]

2

Tužinská, H. (2019). Doing things with questions: interpreting in asylum settings. Lud 103, 81 – 99. [o3] 2024- Walther, E.M. - Refugee support and moral practise in Slovakia. An ethnographic study. London: Anthem Press; s. 84

02

2086535: Chapter Research on interpreter-mediated asylum interviews / Pöllabauer, Sonja [Autor]. – DOI 10.4324/9780429298202-12. In: The Routledge Handbook of Public Service Interpreting [elektronický dokument] / Gavioli, Laura [Zostavovateľ, editor] ; Wadensjö, Cecilia [Zostavovateľ, editor]. – 1. vyd. – Londýn (Veľká Británia) : Routledge Londom, 2023. – ISBN (elektronické) 978-042-929-820-2, s. 140-154 [online]

3

Tužinská, Helena (Autor) [UKOFIET] (100%): Interpreters as cultural experts? Asylum practices in Slovakia. – text. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1007/s41020-023-00203-1. – OA ; SCO. In: Jindal Global Law Review [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – ISSN 0975-2498. – ISSN (online) 2364-4869. – Roč. 14, č. 2 (2023), s. 241-257

2025 [02/20] / GBR - Holden, Livia. Cultural Expertise [elektronický dokument] : Theories, Laws, and Practices. Londýn: Taylor & Francis Group. Routledge, 2025. 1. vyd. ISBN 978-100-3544-25-8. DOI 10.4324/9781003544258, s. 278

4

Tužinská, Helena: Metaphors taken for granted : Matt J. Rossano: Ritual in Human Evolution and Religion. Psychological and Ritual Resources. – text. – [recenzované]. – DOI10.31577/SN.2022.2.23. In: Slovenský národopis 70, č. 2 (2022), s. 297-301

01 (WOS, SCOPUS:2-s2.0-85209110892) 2010771: Blood symbolism at the root of symbolic culture? : African hunter-gatherer perspectives / Watts, Ian [Autor, 100%]. – DOI 10.1016/j.jaa.2024.101627. – SCO. In: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – San Diego (USA) : Elsevier. – ISSN 0278-4165. – ISSN (online) 1090-2686. – Roč. 76 (2024), s. 1-23 

5

Tužinská, Helena (Autor) [UKOFIPV] (100%): The Communicative Space : Painting the Evidence and Plausibility in Asylum Court Hearings. – text. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.1177/09646639241307604. – SCO. In: Social & Legal Studies [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : an international journal. – Londýn (Veľká Británia) : SAGE Publications. – ISSN 0964-6639. – ISSN (online) 1461-7390. – Roč. 34, č. 6 (2025), s.832-855

2025 [02/20] / SGP - Li, Dong. The role and challenges of watercolor art in the integration of environmental psychology and social psychology from an interdisciplinary perspective [elektronický dokument]. DOI 10.59429/esp.v10i12.4333 In: Environment and Social Psychology. Singapur: Arts and Science Press, 2025, Roč. 10, č. 12, s. 1-26. ISSN 2424-7979. ISSN (online) 2424-8975. - SCO, s. 24

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

2023, RESPLAIN. Research and Response: Plain Language in Administrative Communication with Refugees,

UNHCR project SVK01/2023/0000000051


The project seeks to improve access to information and communication for asylum seekers and refugees benefiting from services provided by public entities in the territory of Slovakia. The repository of plain version documents will include selected documents based on the research results, starting from the border, asylum and temporary-protection related procedures, access to rights and services in relation to these procedures. Translators and interpreters who provide PSIT, often lack professional preparation, and they cannot participate in continuous, systematic education. Even if some are interested in taking the specialization courses, the courses either do not exist or are not offered in their language combination or the sector specialization of their choice. This project addresses these gaps by interdisciplinary research, identification of relevant forms and target languages, plain language provision of most used forms in the state institutions, and trainings of community interpreters.

2

Moral assessments of national, ethnic and religious groups in situations of threat, 1/0203/23, 2023-2025

The aim of the project is an ethnographic probe into the issue of moral reasoning about the 'other' in the current socio-political situation. The research will focus on the analysis of statements containing national, ethnographic and religious categories in relation to moral judgements and observed types of behaviour in times of crisis.

3

Moral narratives about religious and ethnic groups in the teaching of selected subjects in primary schools, 1/0194/20, 2020-2022, team member. Role: Research on the forms of moral evaluations that are part of the teaching of selected subjects related to culture and society. Addresses questions related to representing the causal connection between the course of specific events and specific characteristics of ethnic and religious groups.

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
International Mobility Coordinator of the Department of Ethnology Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 2015 -
Editor of the journal Ethnological Debates, http://www.nss.sav.sk/en/etnologicke-rozpravy-ethnological-debates/about-the-journal/ Ethnographic Society of Slovakia 2005 – 2007, 2018 – 2019, 2024
Editor of the yearbook Ethnologia Slovaca et Slavica, http://etnologiauk.sk/en/about-eses/ Comenius University in Bratislava 2016-2021
Member Ethnographic Society of Slovakia 1996-
/ Fellow Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund 1999-

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 East London, Department of Anthropology University Way, London, E16 2RD United Kingdom 02/2003 - 06/2003, 2018, 2021 Comenius University Rector's fund for mobility of doctoral students
University of Vienna, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna 09/2000 - 01/2001 Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology Gołębia 9, 31-007 Kraków, Poland 1998, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2018, 2026 (1-2 week stay) 1 Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund, 1 bilateral mobility, 1 Ceepus, 2 invited lectures
Institute of Ethnology Charles University Celetná 20, Praha 1/ Prague, Czech republic 2002, 2012, 2019, 1-2 week study and lecture stays Ceepus and Invited Lectures
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology Zavetiška 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 2005, 2007, 2017, 1-2 week study and lecture stays Ceepus, Erazmus+
School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD, United Kingdom 2019 I week Erazmus+
Institut für Kulturanthropologie und Europäische Ethnologie, University Graz Attemsgasse 25/I A-8010 Graz, Austria 06/2019, invited lectures: 23.1.2020, 9.4.2024 Erazmus, Invited lecture: Between the Lines. Guarding the Borders of Interpreting and Interpretation, INTERPRETER’S CHALLENGES AND ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES
University of Plymouth Roland Levinsky Building, Devon, PL4 8AA United Kingdom 3.-10.5.2025 FoAHB Short-term Visiting International Researcher Scheme 2025

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Promotion of ethnology in the media: TV shows (Dinner with Havran, Morning News, Strong Line-up); radio shows (Anthropological Dictionary, Symposion); interviews for periodicals (Denník N, Aktuality, SME);

Organisation of seminars with the participation of local and foreign experts, public lectures: the Bratislava City Library, the Fjúžn festival, Artforum, Lumiére, festival 4živly Banská Štiavnica, Pontis Impact Summit

Participation and peer education as a tool for citizenship education, Open Society Foundation, 2018 - 2022, lecturer and consultant of the project. Conducting professional workshops for volunteers in contact with primary school pupils, applying ethnographic approaches in policy development.

Innovative learning methods to support partnerships - "InovEduc", 2016, lecturer and consultant, Centre for European Policy.

Intercultural Guide to Life in Slovakia, 2016, Centre for Research of Ethnicity and Culture, Open Society Foundation. Research design, conducting ethnographic interviews and focus groups with foreigners living in Slovakia; data analysis and preparation of material for persons accompanying foreigners in first contact.

Improving the qualification of teachers in the integration of children of third country nationals into the Slovak education system, European Integration Fund, M. Šimečka Foundation and the Centre for Research of Ethnicity and Culture, 2010-2011, 2012-2013, guarantor and lecturer of the project.

Accompanying primary school teachers in the development of pedagogical materials in classrooms with children with a mother tongue other than Slovak; use of ethnographic research methods in the inclusion of children of foreigners.

Cultural Atlas, preparation of Ukrainian profile section, 2022.

Expert cooperation with UNHCR, MU MVSR, UNESCO and NGOs - Cultural specifics and Community Interpreting, 2021-2025;

Shortlisted for Social Impact Award, Enlight, 2024

Radical Anthropology Group UCL, Interpretation of The three enchanted princes, 2024

Welcome week for international students, on Cultural specifics in Slovakia, 2024

Night of Science, How Propaganda Changes the Rules of the Communication Games, 2024

Open Christianity 21, Religion, Misuse & Resilience, International Colloquium, participation in panel discussion, 2025.

Organisation of discussions on screenings within the One World Film Festival for the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University and for public.

Date of last update
2026-03-12