Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

Department of Early Modern History

The department carries out basic research of economic, social, ecclesiastical and cultural history of Slovakia from the 16th to the 18th century in Central European context. The research is focused on political development during the period of Anti-Habsburg uprisings; history of mining and metallurgy; social, religious and ethnic structure of the population and its educational level. The research is aimed also on the themes from the history of everydayness and the position of women in society.

The Head of the Department:

Diana Duchoňová, PhD.

Fields of scientific interest: Aristocratic courts during the Early Modern Period, history of noble families, aristocracy and everydayness, history of criminality

E-mail: histdidi@savba.sk

Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 20

Researchers:

	PhDr. Viliam Čičaj, CSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: History of Slovakia during the Early Modern Period, cultural history
	E-mail: viliam.cicaj@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 20

	PhDr. Tünde Lengyelová, CSc.
	Fields of scientific interest: Early Modern Age, social history, gender history, history of everydayness
	E-mail: tunde.lengyelova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 20

	Anna Fundárková, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Hungarian nobility, history of Hungarian kingdom and the Habsburg Empire during the Early Modern Period, Pálffy family, political history of Early Modern Period
	E-mail: histfund@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 20

	PhDr. Michal Bada, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Urban history, History of Bratislava in the Early Modern Period, Early Modern Capitals and Metropoles, Coronations and Festivities, Everyday Life at the end of the Late Middle Ages and in the Early Modern Period
	E-mail: michal.bada@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 20

	Tomáš Janura, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: District officials in the 18th century, nobility residences in the 18th century
	E-mail: tomas.janura@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 20

	Blanka Szeghyová, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: Urban History, Social and Intellectual History, History of Law, Judiciary and Judicial Practice, History of Crime and Punishment, Urban Topography and Archontology, History of Hungary in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods
	E-mail: blanka.szeghyova@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 20

	Svorad Zavarský, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: history of knowledge in the early modern period, Latin literary production of the 16th–19th centuries. century in Slovakia
	E-mail: svorad.zavarsky@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 line 20

	Štefan Szalma, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: daily life on the Ottoman-Hungarian borderland, Ottoman-Hungarian captive trade
	E-mail: stefan.szalma@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 20

	Martin Neumann, PhD.
	Fields of scientific interest: landscape archaeology, identification and documentation of anthropogenic relics, history of archaeology in Slovakia
	E-mail: martin.neumann@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 20

Doctoral students:

	PhDr. Ivan Chylák
	Topic: Social conditions on the Devín estate with special attention to the feudal town of Rača in the early modern period (1526-1720)
	E-mail: ivan.chylak@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 20

	Mgr. Erik Koncz
	Topic: Aristocratic society in Hungary in the 18th century on the case of the Balassa family
	E-mail: erik.koncz@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 20

	Mgr. Ondrej Šály
	Topic: A noble family in early modern Hungary - a case study (property, communication, court, mecenate, everyday life)
	E-mail: ondrej.saly@savba.sk
	Phone: +421 02 5292 5753 kl. 20