Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Martin Vašš, 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
Vašš
I.2 - Name
Martin
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1983
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Slovak history
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 811 02 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
martin.vass@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5231?do=filterForm-submit&name=Martin&surname=Va%C5%A1%C5%A1&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
History

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University - Faculty of Arts
II.c - Study field and programme
Slovak and History
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University - Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2007
II.c - Study field and programme
Slovak and History
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University - Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Slovak History
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University - Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2018
II.c - Study field and programme
Slovak History
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Assistent Professor Comenius University - Faculty of Arts 2010 - 2018
Associate Professor Comenius University - Faculty of Arts 2018- up to this day

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
Representation of the head of the Department of Slovak History Comenius University - Faculty of Arts 2012
Organizing the lecture stays of prof. Francesco Caccamo, prof. Alain Soubigou, doc. Borut Klabjan, doc. Marek Šmíd Universitá degli Studi "Gabrielle dˇAnnunzio Chieti-Pescara; Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Univerzita Primorska, Koper; Filozofická fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Work on an edition of sources on the history of Slovakia in the First Czechoslovak Republic as part of a team of authors led by Prof. R. Letz (edition Sources on the History of Slovakia and Slovaks 12a and 12b) Department of History PdF UK, Department of Slovak History FiF UK, Historical Institute SAS 2013, 2014
Creating and completion the documents for comprehensive accreditation of history study programs (Department of Slovak History) Comenius University - Faculty of Arts 2014
Organization of the international Croatian-Slovak scientific conference Croatia and Slovakia Slovakia: Historical Paralells and Connections (From 1780 to the Present Day) (organizer for the Slovak side) Comenius University - Faculty of Arts - Faculty of Arts, University of Zagreb 2014
Editorial work on the proceedings in English from the international Croatian-Slovak scientific conference Croatia and Slovakia : Historical Paralells and Connections (From 1780 to the Present Day) Comenius University - Faculty of Arts - Faculty of Arts, University of Zagreb 2014 - 2017
Co-creation and performance in the radio program Miesta Bohémy RTVS Radio Devín 2015
Conceptual initiative in the creation of new interdisciplinary history study programs and the development of documentation for their accreditation. Comenius University - Faculty of Arts 2016
VEGA 1/0139/21 project management and editorial work on the final output of project in the form of almanac Slovak intellectual at the crossroads of tradition and modernity (2023) Comenius University - Faculty of Arts 2021 - 2023
VEGA 1/0456/24 project management and editorial work on the important outputs of project in the form of almanac Slovak female intellectual at the crossroads of tradition and modernity and editions of sources Slovak intellectual in the first half of the 20th century in the mirror of time Comenius University - Faculty of Arts 2024-2025 (also 2026)

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
Slovak History of the 20th century Teaching of academic subjects of History/archiving, museology, and digitization of cultural heritage I. Historical Sciences
Slovak History 6 (1918-1945) History I. Historical Sciences
Slovak History 7 (1945 - 1993) History I. Historical Sciences
Historical Proseminar 2 History I. Historical Sciences
Seminar for bachelor's thesis 1, 2 History/Teaching of academic subjects of History I. Historical Sciences
Diploma thesis seminar/Diploma thesis seminar 1, 2, 3 History/Teaching of academic subjects of History II. Historical Sciences
SC: Slovak artists and politics 1918–1945 History/Teaching of academic subjects - History II. Historical Sciences
Introduction to the study of Slovak history of the 20th century History II. Historical Sciences
The Slovak state in People's Party and Exile Historiography History II. Historical Sciences
SC: Lifestyles in Slovakia during the First Czechoslovak Republic History/Teaching of academic subjects of History I. 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
History I. Historical Sciences
History II. Historical Sciences
Teaching of academic subjects - History I. Historical Sciences
Teaching of academic subjects - History II. 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.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)
5
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
44
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
52
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
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
Diploma thesis seminar 1 History II. Historical Sciences
Diploma thesis seminar 2 History II. Historical Sciences
Diploma thesis seminar 3 History II. Historical Sciences
History of Bratislava 4 (Modern Bratislava) History I. + II. Historical Sciences
Bratislava bohemianism : the everyday life of artists in the years 1920 - 1945 History I. Historical Sciences
Nation, Minority, and State in the 20th Century/Current Issues in Slovak History Research 1918–1945 Slovak History III. Historical Sciences
History of Modern and Postmodern Visual Arts in Slovakia History 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
130
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
36
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
1
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
204
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
77
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
30
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
20
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
3/13
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2/4
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Slovenská otázka v 1. ČSR (1918 - 1938). Martin : Matica slovenská, 2011, 283 p.

2

Bratislavská umelecká bohéma v rokoch 1920-1945. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo UK, 2016, 456 p. 

3

Zmenení Parížom : slovenskí umelci a Paríž v 20. storočí. Bratislava : Marenčin PT, 2020, 255 p.

4

Inšpirovaní Talianskom : slovenskí umelci a Taliansko v 20. storočí. Bratislava : Marenčin PT, 2024, 272 p.

5

Možné aplikácie naratívneho konštruktivizmu Haydena Whita pri historiografickej analýze vybraných diel Milana Stanislava Ďuricu a Františka Vnuka. In Historica Olomucensia, č. 48, 2015, pp. 193-207.

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

Zmenení Parížom : slovenskí umelci a Paríž v 20. storočí. Bratislava : Marenčin PT, 2020, 255 p.

2

Kultúrno-spoločenský rozmer a verejná angažovanosť vybraných osobností Lekárskej fakulty UK (1937 – 1945). In Dejiny Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave : 2. časť. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2021, pp. 340-432

3

Slovenský intelektuál na križovatke tradície a moderny. Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského, 2023, 232 s. (compiler and editor)

4

Inšpirovaní Talianskom : slovenskí umelci a Taliansko v 20. storočí. Bratislava : Marenčin PT, 2024, 272 p.

5

Between Naturalism, Machiavellianism and (De)Mythization : the image of Svätopluk in Jégé's novel Svätopluk. In Konštantínove listy [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický  dokument] . – Nitra (Slovensko) : Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre. Filozofická fakulta. Ústav pre výskum kultúrneho dedičstva Konštantína a Metoda. – ISSN 1337-8740. – ISSN (online) 2453-7675. – Roč. 18, č. 1 (2025), s. 120-131 [tlačená forma] [online] WOS, Scopus. 2023,AIS - Humanities, multidisciplinary - Q3; 2023, JCI - Humanities, multidisciplinary - Q1; 2023, Scimago - History - Q1; 2023, Scimago - Philosophy - Q2; 2023, Scimago - Religious studies - Q1

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

Slovenská otázka v 1. ČSR (1918 - 1938). Martin : Matica slovenská, 2011, 283 s.

citation: [o3] 2013 - Caccamo, F. - In: Self-determination and sovereignty in Europe . - Ravenna: Longo editore, 2013 ; p. 90 (Professor of History Francesco Caccamo – an Italian historian who is a leading expert on the history of Czechoslovakia in Italy; he is a professor at the Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio", Chieti-Pescara)

2

Slovenská otázka v 1. ČSR (1918-1938). Martin : Matica slovenská, 2011, 283 s.

citation: [o5] 2014 - Soubigou, A. - In: L´amitie franco-tchéco-slovaque, no. 1, 2014 ; pp. 9-11 (Professor of History Alain Soubigou – a prominent French historian and expert on the history of Central Europe, who is a professor at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne)

3

Slovenská otázka v 1. ČSR (1918-1938). Martin : Matica slovenská, 2011, 283 s.

citation: [o3] 2015 - Klabjan, B. - In: Catholicism and Fascism in Europe 1918-1945. - Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verl., 2015; p. 337 (Professor of History Borut Klabjan is a Slovenian historian who is a leading expert on the history of Slovakia and Central Europe within Slovenian historiography; he is a professor at the University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia)

4

ADE Možné aplikácie naratívneho konštruktivizmu Haydena Whita pri historiografickej analýze vybraných diel Milana Stanislava Ďuricu a Františka Vnuka. In Historica Olomucensia, č. 48, 2015, s. 193-207.

cit: [o1] 2019 - Domanska, Ewa - La Greca, Maria Ines - Roth, Paul A. - Chen, Xin - Tozzi Thompson, Veronica - Pihlainen, Kalle: Globalizing Hayden White. - In: Rethinking history, vol. 23, no. 4, 2019 ; p. 579 ; AHCI ; SSCI ; SCOPUS (Citation from Professor Ewa Domanska, a leading representative of contemporary historical theory and a student of Prof. J. Topolski. She teaches historical methodology and the theory and history of historiography at the Historical Institute of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. Since 2002, she has been a visiting professor leading seminars at the Department of Anthropology at Stanford University, USA. Rethinking History is a prestigious British journal for historical sciences and the philosophy of history.)

5

Zlatá bohéma : umelecká bohéma v Bratislave 1920 – 1938. Bratislava : Marenčin PT, 2018, 272 s.

citation: [o3] Šute, Ivica. Martin Vašš, Golden Bohemia: Artistic Bohemia in Bratislava 1920-1938 [electronic document] In: Journal of Contemporary History. Zagreb: Croatian Institute of History, 2024, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 203-206 [printed form] [online]. ISSN 0590-9597. ISSN (online) 1848-9079. - ESCI ; WOS CC, pp. 203–206 (Prof. Ivica Šute – Croatian professor of history at the University of Zagreb, expert on Croatian everyday history and urban history + review in an indexed and prestigious Croatian historical periodical)

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

VEGA Slovak Intellectual in the First Half of the 20th Century in the Mirror of Time (2024-2026) - the head of the project

2

VEGA A Slovak intellectual at the crossroads of tradition and modernity (2021-2023) - the head of the project

VEGA Dejiny Lekárskej fakulty Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave 1938-1948. Fakulta, lekári, študenti a veda od autonómie po následky februárového prevratu (2019-2021) - the representative of the head of project

3

VEGA History of the Medical Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava 1948 - 1968 (2024 - 2027) - the representative of the head of project

4

VEGA History of the Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University in Bratislava 1938-1948. Faculty, doctors, students and science from autonomy to the aftermath of the February coup d'état (2019-2021) - the representative of the head of project

5

KEGA E-learning as an Innovative Form of University and Lifelong Learning in Slovak History No. II (2022-2024) - the researcher

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
The study advisor of Department of Slovak History Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2010 - 2019
The secretary to commission in section Slovak History Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2012 - 2016
member of commission in section Slovak History Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2012 - 2020
member Slovak Historical Society at SAS 2010 - until today
member Club of non-fiction writers in Slovakia 2019 - until today
member of the editorial board Slovak Historical Magazine 2020 - until today
member of the editorial board Historica 2016 - until today
member of the editorial board Historia Nova 2010 - until today
member of the Study Program Council: History 1st grade, History 2nd grade, History combined 1st grade, History combined UAP 1st grade and History combined UAP 2nd grade Faculty of Arts, Comenius University 2021 - until today
member of the editorial board Historical Volume of MS (Historical Department of Matica Slovenská) 2025-until today

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)
Charles University in Prague Prague (CZ) 2009 (3-month semester stay) SAIA
Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University Prague (CZ) 2015 individual lecture stay
Faculty of Arts of the University of South Bohemia České Budějovice (CZ) 2016 České Budějovice (CZ)

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Awards for creative work:

Egon Erwin Kisch Award for 2018 (for the monographs Golden Bohemia: Artistic Bohemia in Bratislava 1920–1938 and Between Dream and Reality: Artistic Bohemia in Bratislava 1938–1945).

National Enlightenment Center Award for Best City Monograph for 2014 (Prievidza - City Monograph).

Evaluation of scientific projects and peer reviews of scientific studies:

Evaluation of VEGA projects (ongoing).

Reviewing scientific publications in various periodicals (Historica Olomucensia, Human Affairs, Bratislava (MMB yearbook), AUC Theologica, MS Historical Collection...) and several collective scientific publications.

Organization of excursions as part of the teaching process at Fif UK:

Organization of excursions to modern monuments in Bratislava as part of the subjects History of Bratislava 4 (Modern Bratislava), Places of Bratislava Bohemia, Bratislava Bohemianism: Everyday Life of Artists 1920-1945. (2016 - present)

Educational cooperation with gallery institutions (Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava City Gallery) in organizing excursions as part of the course History of Modern and Postmodern Fine Arts in Slovakia (since 2025).

Organization of university education:

Coordinator of the working group for history study programs at the Department of Slovak History (2025 - present).

Innovative approach to teaching compulsory subjects based on digitizing students' access to teaching aids, sources, and useful links through the MS Teams application.

Membership in the Academic Senate:

In the 2013–2017 term, member of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Economics, Comenius University, and member of the Economic

Commission of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Economics, Comenius University.

Current creative activity:

Currently in print is the scientific monograph "Dandy - aristocrat of spirit and taste" (10, 8 AH), which represents the first scientific reflection on the phenomenon of dandyism in the European and Slovak context in Slovak historiography.

Date of last update
2025-11-06