Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Department of the History of the 20th Century

The department carries out basic research of Slovak and partially also world history from 1918 till 1945. It deals with the problems from political, economic, social and cultural history. The outputs are presented in the form of monographs, scholarly articles and collective publications.

The Head of the Department:

	PhDr. Michal Schvarc, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: German minority in Slovakia 1918 – 1945, Slovak-German relations 1938 – 1945, Nazi »Volkstumspolitik« in Central and South-eastern Europe
	E-mail: michal.schvarc@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

Researchers:

	Matej Hanula, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Slovak history in the 1st half of the 20th century with the accent on the history of agrarian political movement in Slovakia and football as a social phenomenon during the period of the 1st Czechoslovak Republic
	E-mail: matej.hanula@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

	PhDr. Ľubica Kázmerová, CSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: political system of interwar Czechoslovakia and Slovak Republic (1939 – 1945) in connection with their cultural policies, institutionalization of culture and education, school system, enlightenment and educational strategies of both states in Central European context
	E-mail: lubica.kazmerova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

	Michal Kšiňan, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: M. R. Štefánik, identities, memory, French and Slovak historiography
	E-mail: michal.ksinan@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

	PhDr. Katarína Mešková Hradská, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of Slovak Jews from 1918 till 1945 with the accent on Final Solution to the Jewish
	E-mail: katarina.hradska@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

	Miroslav Michela, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of Central Europe in the 20th Century, foreign policy, propaganda, nationalism, popular culture, commemorations
	E-mail: miroslav.michela@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

	Doc. PhDr. Róbert Arpáš, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Slovak history 1918-1945
	E-mail: arpas@savbb.sk
	Phone: +421 048 415 4546

	Juraj Benko, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of Socialist and Communist movement; Social radicalism, shaping identities in interwar period
	E-mail: juraj.benko@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

	PhDr. Martina Fiamová, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of Slovakia from 1938 till 1945, fate of Jewish community in Slovakia, aryanization of agricultural property, evacuation of population in 1944 – 1945.
	E-mail: martina.fiamova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

	Maroš Hertel, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Czecho-Slovak relationships in the context of Czechoslovak relations with Poland and Hungary during the interwar period with the focus on the activities of political elites. Another academic topic is irredentism in general and the influence of propaganda and media on society in given time period
	E-mail: maros.hertel@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 15

	Linda Osyková, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Political, social and cultural history of Slovakia during the interwar period in Czechoslovakia, election campaigns of political parties, political socialization of citizens, symbolic and art side of politics, construction of social infrastructure (building of flats, schools and health facilities) in Slovakia from 1918 till 1945
	E-mail: linda.osykova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

	Ján Hlavinka, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of holocaust in Slovakia in the European context (with the focus on aryanization), historiography of holocaust, activities of security forces in Slovakia from 1939 till 1945
	E-mail: jan.hlavinka@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 24

Mgr. Martin Posch

Fields of scientific interest: Slovaks in the Western Resistance during World War II - paratroopers landed in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the Slovak State

E-mail: martin.posch@savba.sk

Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

Jakub Drábik, PhD.

Fields of scientific interest: history of fascism in a comparative perspective, selected issues from the Czechoslovak history of the 20th century and the history of international relations

E-mail: jakub.drabik@savba.sk

Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 23

Lukáš Krajčír, PhD.

Fields of scientific interest: Slovak history in the first half of the 20th century. He specializes in Protestant context of inter-war Czechoslovakia

E-mail: lukas.krajcir@savba.sk

Tel.: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 22

Doctoral students:

Mgr. Volodymyr Dmytriiev

Topic: Ukrainian National Communism in the 1920s and 1930s

E-mail: volodymyr.dmytriiev@savba.sk

Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 22

Mgr. Simona Kováčová

Theme: The Function and Use of Antisemitism in Repressive Political Regimes: The Slovak State (1939 – 1945) and Czechoslovak State Socialism (1948 – 1953)

E-mail: simona.kovacova@savba.sk

Tel.: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 22

Mgr. Anastasiia Luzhanytsia

Theme: Ukrainian National Communism in the 1920s and 1930s

E-mail: anastasiia.luzhanytsia@savba.sk

Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 22

Mgr. Marek Machýl

Theme: The Image of Morality and the Minority Question from the Perspective of Extremist Movements in Slovakia in the 1990s

E-mail: marek.machyl@savba.sk

Tel.: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 22

	Mgr. Barbora Mlyneková
	Theme: Sports and society in Slovakia from the end of the 19th century until 1945
	E-mail: barbora.mlynekova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 22

	Mgr. Jaroslav Valent
	Theme: State borders and regions in Central Europe in the 20th century: creation, symbolics, interpretations and legitimization
	E-mail: jaroslav.valent@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 23