Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Department of the History of the 19th Century

The department carries out basic research of Slovak and partially also world history from the end of the 18th century till 1918 in Central European context with main focus on political, cultural, economic and social history. The outputs are presented in the form of monographs, scholarly articles and collective publications.

The Head of the Department:

Ingrid Kušniráková, PhD.

Fields of scientific interest: Ecclesiastical and social history of Hungarian kingdom during the Early Modern Period

E-mail: ingrid.kusnirakova@savba.sk

Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

Researchers:

	PhDr. Dušan Kováč, DrSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of Slovakia and Central Europe in the 19th and the 1st half of the 20th century
	E-mail: dusan.kovac@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	PhDr. Eva Kowalská, DrSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of Early Modern Age – ecclesiastical history (relations between confessions), school system and culture
	E-mail: eva.kowalska@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Gabriela Dudeková Kováčová, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Social History of Slovakia in the Context of Habsburg monarchy and Czechoslovak Republic in the age of Modernisation (ca. 1790 to the half of 20th century); particularly Gender History, Social Care and Social Policy, Everyday life during the World War I.
	E-mail: gabriela.dudekova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Prof., PhDr. Roman Holec, DrSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: Slovak and East Central European history of the 19th and 20th century with the focus on economic and social history, history of aristocracy and environmental history
	E-mail: roman.holec@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Peter Macho, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Research of collective memory and identities on local, confessional and national level (myths and symbols), phenomenon of national hero (M. R. Štefánik and others)
	E-mail: peter.macho@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	PhDr. Elena Mannová, CSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: Social and cultural history of the 19th and 20th centuries, voluntary associations, historical memory
	E-mail: elena.mannova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Doc. Peter Šoltés, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Social and cultural history of Hungarian kingdom/Slovakia in the 19th century, historical research of corruption, ethnic and confessional stereotypes during the national movements period, migration on the territory of the Carpathian Basin in the 18th and 19th century, literature on local lore and statistics form the 19th century
	E-mail: peter.soltes@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Ladislav Vörös, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: theory of history, methodology, methodological nationalism in historiography, history of nationalism in East-Central European region in the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, history of corruption in East-Central European region in the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries
	E-mail: ladislav.voros@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Doc. Mgr. Ivona Kollárová, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Cultural history of the 18th and 19th centuries, history of typographic culture, publishers, book trade and censorship
	E-mail: ivona.kollarova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	PhDr. Daniela Kodajová, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of the 19th century, nationalism, national festivities, women’s question
	E-mail: daniela.kodajova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Štefan Gaučík, PhD., PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of the economy, banks and the society in The Hungarian Kingdom and Slovakia in the 19th century
	E-mail: stefan.gaucik@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	József Demmel, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: 19th century history, Slovak earthliness, multiple identity, lowland Slovaks and everyday history Slovak-Hungarian relations
	E-mail: jozsef.demmel@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Jana Laslavíková, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: cultural history in the 19th century with an emphasis on the theater and music history
	E-mail: jana.laslavikova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Oliver Zajac, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Confrontation of the Habsburg Monarchy with the phenomenon of Polish or Serbian exile in the first half of the 19th century
	E-mail: oliver.zajac@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Jana Magdaléna Micháleková, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: County and urban elites in the period of dualism
	E-mail: jana-magdalena.michalekova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

Doctoral students:

	Mgr. Jana Luková
	Theme: The phenomenon of aristocratic collecting in the first half of the 19th century. Cultural-historical analysis of the beginnings of museum activities in Hungary
	E-mail: jana.lukova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21

	Mgr. Dorota Tóthová
	Theme: The image of women at the turn of the 19th and 20th century in Hungary. The mutual conceptual dynamics of feminist and patriarchal discourses
	E-mail: dorota.tothova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 21