Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Department of Contemporary History

The department carries out basic research of Slovak history after 1945 and selected problems of world history from the World War II till nowadays. It is focused on problems from political, economic, social and cultural history. The outputs of the research are presented in the form of monographs, scholarly articles and collective publications.

The Head of the Department:

Dušan Segeš, PhD.

Fields of scientific interest: History of the 20th century – history of nations and states of East Central Europe, history of diplomacy, Polish-Czechoslovak political and social relationships, history of the Slovak-Polish borderland (Orava and Spiš regions), political exile and emigration since World War II, propaganda and radio broadcasting during the Cold War

E-mail: dusan.seges@savba.sk

Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 23

Researchers:

	PhDr. Slavomír Michálek, DrSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: American foreign policy and relations between Czechoslovakia and America after World War II, the history of the United Nations, Slovak personalities in the service of Czechoslovak diplomacy and the second and third Slovak and Czechoslovak democratic exile in America
	E-mail: slavomir.michalek@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 12

	PhDr. Miroslav Londák, DrSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: Economic and political development in Slovakia and Czechoslovakia after World War II
	E-mail: miroslav.londak@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 25

	PhDr. Vlasta Jaksicsová, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Slovak cultural history of the 20th century
	E-mail: vlasta.jaksicsova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 23

	PhDr. Elena Londáková, CSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: Cultural history in Slovakia after World War II, topics related to education and culture, position of women in Slovak society and its cultural and social context
	E-mail: elena.londakova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 23

	Marína Zavacká, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: history of propaganda in the 20th century, historical analysis of public discourse, university didactics of history and translation of professional literature from English
	E-mail: marina.zavacka@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 23

	Agáta Šústová Drelová, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: cultural and intellectual history of Czechoslovakia after 1945
	E-mail: histdrel@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 23

	PhDr. Zuzana Poláčková, CSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: foreign policy of Czechoslovakia after 1968, human rights and minority issues in the second half of the 20th century
	E-mail: zuzana.polackova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 23

	Petra Hudek, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Cultural and political history of late socialism and post-socialism.
	E-mail: petra.hudek@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 23

	Barbora Buzássyová, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Universities in Slovakia in the 20th century in the (Central) European context
	E-mail: barbora.buzassyova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 23

	Milena Sokolová, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: political and ecclesiastical development of Slovakia in the 20th century
	E-mail: milena.sokolova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 23

Doctoral students:

	Mgr. Júlia Čížová
	Fields of scientific interest: Continuity and discontinuity of social practices in the 1970s – 1990s
	E-mail: julia.cizova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 23