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HISTORICA

The Proceedings of the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava – Historica is one of the longest-running yearbooks published at the Faculty of Arts. It is issued by the Department of Slovak History in cooperation with its sister departments – the Department of General History and the Department of Archival Studies and Auxiliary Historical Sciences. To date, more than forty volumes have been published, featuring contributions by staff members of the aforementioned departments, colleagues from partner institutions (including university departments and the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences), as well as selected sections of students’ master’s theses.

HISTORIA NOVA

HISTORIA NOVA is an online periodical published since 2010 by the Department of Slovak History. Until 2025, the journal’s managing editor was Assoc. Prof. Peter Podolan, PhD. The series includes a wide range of contributions, from scholarly studies and shorter articles to essays, reviews, annotations, and special formats such as bibliographies, lists, and source editions.

Historia nova is published irregularly, twice a year. All texts are freely accessible on the journal’s website.

MEDEA

Medea – Studia mediaevalia et antiqua is a peer-reviewed, scholarly, interdisciplinary journal published at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava since 1997. It specializes in history and related fields, with a chronological focus ranging from prehistory, antiquity, and the Middle Ages to the early modern period. The journal primarily publishes work by students and early-career researchers from Slovakia as well as from abroad. It appears annually, occasionally as a double issue every two years.

The core of the journal consists of scholarly studies. In addition, it features various sections such as articles, reviews, annotations, reports, and news. Its oldest continuous section is Ad rem, which publishes interviews with leading figures from the academic and scientific community. More information can be found on the Medea journal website.