Prof. PhDr. Mária Kusá, CSc.

• e-mail: kusa(at)fphil.uniba.sk, masa.kusa(at)azet.sk

•  tel.:  00421/ 59339189; 0905/330698

• room:  227

Subjects: Russian literature of the 20th century 1-2; Translation of fiction; Russia in the 20th century: crossroads of the cultural history 1-2; Literatures of the Eastern Europe in the 20th century; Russian literature in the Slovak culture; a selection of lectures on the history of Lithuanian literature and culture etc.

Dissertation thesis Advisor in Slavic Philology Studies – Slovak Literature Studies and Translation Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University, Bratislava; Translation studies at the Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague.


Translator of socio-scientific and literary texts from Russian, French and Lithuanian. A  Literary Fund Award holder. Repeatedly a member and a chairperson of a jury of J. Hollý´s Award for the translation of fiction. A member of the Translation Universiade jury.
Prof. PhDr. Mária Kusá, CSc.

Selection of Research Grant Projects

VEGA Grants

History of the Russian Literature (2011-2013)

The project History of the Russian Literature is linked up with the previous successful project named Russian Literature in the 11th to 20th Centuries, which resulted in edition of the Russian Literature Dictionary. Taking into account previous experience from a dictionary creation, the project will be an attempt to create the first complete Slovak history of Russian literature. In this work a synthetic interpretation of historical material will be presented from a point of view of contemporary knowledge of literary historiography methodology as well as Slovak and Central European literature and culture reception.
Russian Literature in the 11th to 20th Centuries III. The Dictionary of Russian Writers (2006-2007)

This is a project of the Department of Russian Language and Literature FP CU and the Institute of World Literature of the SAS financed from a grant. The project was completed in cooperation with other academic institutions in Slovakia (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and the University of Presov).

Russian Literature in the 11th to 20th Centuries. Literary life, literary process (2003-2005)

This is a project of the Department of Russian Language and Literature FP CU and the Institute of World Literature SAS financed from a grant. The project was completed in cooperation with other academic institutions in Slovakia (Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and the University of Presov).

 Research and Publications

·         Russian literature in the 20th century (with a scope of its non-literary relation issues);

·         Reception of the Russian Literature in Slovakia, historical and theoretical aspects of literary translation;
All publications are available at:

University Library of the CU 
 
A selection of International lecturer and study programmes:

·         Vilnius (1985)

·         Brno (1992)

·         Graz (1999)

.          Barcelona (2001)

·         Warsaw (2004)

·         Prague (2004, 2006)

·         Ljubljana (2008)

·         Moscow, Vilnius (2009)         

 
Memberships in Slovak and International Scientific Bodies and Editorial Committees

    Chairperson/vice chairperson of the VEGA grant agency under the auspice of the Ministry of Education and SAS.
    Member of the editorial committee of the World Literature Studies journal at the Institute of World Literature of the SAS,

Bratislava.

•     Member of the editorial committee of the New Russian Studies journal (НОВАЯ РУСИСТИКА) issued by the Institute of Slavic Studies,  Masaryk University, Brno.
•     Member of the council of editors of the Rossica Olomucensia journal issued by Palacky University in Olomouc
•     Member of the council of editors of the New Philological Review (Nová filologická revue) journal issued by Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica
•      Member of the Comenius University Assembly in Bratislava and the convocation of the Institution of the World Literature of the SAS, Bratislava.

Chairperson of the Joint Branch Committee for the defense of dissertation works in the scientific field of Slavic Philology Studies, Slavic literatures at FP CU in Bratislava. Chairperson of the Joint Branch Committee for the defense of dissertation works in the scientific field of Slavic Philology at FA CU in Prague. Chairperson of the Joint Branch Committee for the defense of dissertation works in the scientific field of Translation Studies at FA CPU in Nitra.