Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. Mgr. Dušan Zupka, 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
Zupka
I.2 - Name
Dušan
I.3 - Degrees
PhD., Mgr., doc.
I.4 - Year of birth
1981
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of General History
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Gondova 2, 81102 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
Associate Professor
I.8 - E-mail address
dusan.zupka@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/17950
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Historical Sciences

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
History
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave
II.b - Year
2005
II.c - Study field and programme
History
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
General History
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave
II.b - Year
2022
II.c - Study field and programme
General 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
Associate professor Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave since 2022
Assistant professor Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave 2017-2022
research associate Oxford University, History Faculty 2015-2016

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
Utrecht University Summer School Utrecht University 2007
External lecturer Comenius University in Bratislava 2012-2017

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
Medieval Western Europe History bachelor Historical sciences
Medieval Central Europe Central European Studies master philology
Cultural History of Medieval Europe History master Historical sciences
Introdcution to the History of Central Europe Central European studies Bachelor 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
Central European Studies bachelor and master 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)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
10
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
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.a - Overall
64
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
45
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
12
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
8
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
141
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
113
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
19
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
14
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

AAA

Ritual and symbolic communication in Medieval Hungary under the Árpád dynasty (1000-1301). - 1. vyd. - Leiden/Boston : BRILL, 2016. - 224 s. Registrované v: wos, Registrované v: scopus

2

AAB

Meč a kríž : vojna a náboženstvo v stredovekej strednej Európe (10. - 12. storočie). - 1. vyd. - Bratislava : Veda, 2020. - 278 s. 

3

ACB

Dejiny európskeho stredoveku : 2 : Vrcholný stredovek. - 1. vyd. - Bratislava : Hlbiny, 2019. - 350 s  (20.4% [5 AH])

4

Remembering Jagiellonians in German-speaking lands In: Remembering the Jagiellonians. - London : Routledge, 2018. - S. 121-140. 

5

Communication in a town : urban rituals and literacy in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, In: Uses of the written word in medieval towns : medieval urban literacy 2. - Turnhout : Brepols, 2014, s. 341-373. 

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

Religious rituals of war in Medieval Hungary under the Árpád dynasty, In Christianity and war in Medieval East Central Europe and Scandinavia. Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2021. - S. 141-157

2

AAB

Meč a kríž : vojna a náboženstvo v stredovekej strednej Európe (10. - 12. storočie). - 1. vyd. - Bratislava : Veda, 2020. - 278 s. 

3

ACB

Dejiny európskeho stredoveku : 2 : Vrcholný stredovek. - 1. vyd. - Bratislava : Hlbiny, 2019. - 350 s  (20.4% [5 AH])

4

ZUPKA, Dušan. Dynastic identity, death and posthumous legacy of Sophie Jagiellon (1522–1575) in contemporary sources. In Historický časopis : Historického ústavu SAV (do r.2012), 2023, roč. 71, č. 5, s. 793-808. (2022: 0.1 - IF, 0.1 - SJR, Q4 - SJR, karentované - CCC). (2023 - Current Contents, Bibliographic Index, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, I B Z - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaflichen Zeitschriftenliteratur, Internationale Bibliography der Rezensionen Geistes-und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur, Current Abstracts, TOC Premier, Historical Abstract (Online), SCOPUS, WOS (Web of Sciences), Current Contens). ISSN 0018-2575.

5

Religious Warfare at the Eastern Borders of Latin Christendom: The Case of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Later Middle Ages. In Religious Rites of War Beyond the Medieval West. Ed. Radosław Kotecki, Jacek Maciejewski, and Gregory Leighton. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2023, pp. 209-243

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

 Ritual and symbolic communication in Medieval Hungary under the Árpád dynasty (1000-1301) [o1] 2019 Curta, F.: Eastern Europe in Middle ages (500-1300). Leiden : Brill, 2019, S. 1398 - BCI-SSH

2

Ritual and symbolic communication in Medieval Hungary under the Árpád dynasty (1000-1301), [o3] 2020 Aurell, J.: Medieval self-coronations : the history and symbolism of a ritual. Cambridge : Cambridge University press, 2020, S. 12, 207.

3

Ritual and symbolic communication in Medieval Hungary under the Árpád dynasty (1000-1301), [o5] 2018 Wihoda, M.: Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters. Wien : Böhlau Verlag, 2018, S. 413-414.

4

Communication in a town : urban rituals and literacy in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, [o3] 2018 Szende, K.: Trust, authority, and the written word in the royal towns od medieval Hungary. Turnhout : Brepols Publishers, 2018, S. 22.

5

Communication in a town : urban rituals and literacy in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, [o3] 2020 Lucherini, V.: Catedrali, cittá medievali, rituali : note per un appropoccio critico e storiografico. In: La cattedrale nella cittá medievale : i rituali. Roma : Viella, 2020, S. 29

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

2019 – 2023 APVV 18-0333 Databáza historickej terminológie k dejinám Strednej Európy 

2

2018 – 2020 VEGA 1/0814/18 Dejiny diplomacie v ranom stredoveku 

3

2020-2024 APVV-19-0131 Ars moriendi. Fenomén smrti v stredovekom Uhorsku 

4

 2019 – 2021 KEGA 042UK-4/2018 Vysokoškolská učebnica Dejiny európskeho stredoveku II. – III

5

2022 - 2026 VEGA Diplomacia strednej Európy medzi regionalizmom a univerzalizmom (1000 – 1700)

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
Member of the guarantor team of the field of study Central European Studies Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave since 2021
Member of the Editorial Board - Historical Magazine Historický časopis since 2021
Scientific Editor of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden-Boston since 2017
Member of the research and scientific organisation TORCH Oxford University 2015-2016
Member of the Board of Directors (Board memeber) of the research and scientific organisation MECERN MECERN, CEU since 2023
Vice-President Slovak National Committee of Historians since 2022

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 Oxford Oxford, History Faculty 2015-2016 ERC grant
Central European University Budapest, Hungary 2010-2011 NSP
Utrecht University Utrecht, Netherlands 2 months NSP
Utrecht University Utrecht University, Netherlands 1 month Utrecht University
Western Michingan University Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA 2017 LIT FOND

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2025-02-24