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The research focuses on examining the origin, development, and functionality of the Glagolitic script. The issue will be examined on the basis of the latest findings from Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, the Russian Federation, Romania, etc. It will focus on questions concerning the users of this script, its functionality in different environments, frequency, and context with other scripts in use. A special task will be the question of the approval of this script by the Holy See in the 9th century. A separate chapter will be devoted to the examination of the symbolic values of this script and its potential semantic and aesthetic meanings. Glagolitic script can be seen as the basis of the future linguistic discipline of phonology. The research makes use of a wide range of research possibilities, systematically focusing on the examination of the latest findings and current global scientific interpretations. The planned work will not only summarize these, but also attempt a new evaluation and reflection on the potential of this script in the 21st century.

Political and Social Aspects of the National Court's Activities (1945 – 1947)

Despite a considerable number of published works, Slovak historiography still lacks a more detailed assessment of various aspects of retributive justice in Slovakia in the years 1945-1948. The thematic framework of the dissertation offers the candidate the possibility to grasp the evaluation of the National Court's activity in 1945 – 1947 through two important aspects - political and social. The candidate will therefore be expected to take a rather demanding approach, based on research into the relationship and influence of political and social factors on the activities of the National Court and he will also have to notice the opposite influence of the trials before the National Court on the political scene and society in Slovakia (or Czechoslovakia) at that time. The candidate will thus have to carry out a very broad heuristic of archival sources, period press and memoirs, in order to arrive at relevant and new findings.

Analysis and Edition of Chosen Mediaeval Sources Concerning the History of Slovakia

Selected larger medieval source or a group of sources (e.g. charters on a selected topic, region, period; diplomatic books; codicological manuscripts or their fragments) should be analyzed from a classical diplomatic (or codicological) point of view (analysis of formal and content pages) and edited. Successful dissertation can become the next volume of the long-term publishing project of the Department of Archival Studies and Museology Documenta Posoniensia.

This dissertation aims to explore women's criminality in the urban environment of Pressburg, the capital of Hungary. Women's involvement in a wide spectrum of crimes in the past, coupled with crimes closely related to the female world such as infanticide or sorcery, adds specificity to this study. A historical-anthropological analysis of this issue can offer a new understanding of women's position in the city by examining accounts of criminal acts. The unique aspects of Pressburg's urban environment allow for the tracing of female wage laborers or servants. Consequently, this work will contribute to much-needed knowledge about women on the margins of society. 
Requirements: Knowledge of Latin, German, and English.