Balázs Csiba

Mgr. Balázs Csiba, PhD.

He is primarily interested in the genealogy of noble families on Žitný ostrov and the study of medieval sources of a diplomatic nature. His scientific interests also include medieval Hungarian secular judiciary, the history of counties, and the Jagiellonian period of Hungary.

 

Education and Qualifications

  • 2015 – 2019: Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava, Study program Auxiliary Sciences of History (PhD.)
  • 2010 – 2015: Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava, Study program History (Mgr.)
  • 2003 – 2007: Primary and High School with Hungarian as the Language of Instruction, Dunajská ulica, Bratislava
  • 1994 – 2003: Primary School with Hungarian as the Language of Instruction Lehnice and Štvrtok na Ostrove

Jobs

  • od 2024: Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava, Department of Archive Studies and Auxiliary Sciences of History/Museology – associate professor
  • 2020 – 2024: Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava, Department of Archive Studies and Auxiliary Sciences of History/Museology – assistant professor
  • 2019 – 2021: J. Selye University, Faculty of Education, Department of History ‒ assistant professor
  • 2016 – 2019: J. Selye University, Faculty of Education, Department of History ‒ assistant

Teaching

At the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava (since 2024)

  • Diplomatics of the Middle Ages
  • Elementary Categories in Diplomatics
  • Editing Medieval Sources of Diplomatic Character
  • Seminar in Medieval Diplomatics
  • Modern Times Diplomatics 1
  • Seminar in Modern Diplomatics
  • Diplomatic Training for Historians
  • Introduction to the history of administration in Slovakia
  • History of Administration 1
  • History of Administration 2
  • History of Administration for Historians 1
  • History of Administration for Historians 2
  • Selected problems of the Auxiliary History Sciences 2 (with M. Orosová)

Before

  • Basics in Auxiliary Sciences of History 1 (Chronology, Metrology)
  • Christian Chronology
  • Special Issues of the Auxiliary Sciences of History 1
  • History of Administration for Historians
  • Domestic Diplomatic Developments in the Middle Ages
  • Special Diplomatics

At the Faculty of Education, J. Selye University

  • History of Hungary and the Peoples Living in Hungary 1
  • History of Hungary and the Peoples Living in Hungary 2
  • General History of the Middle Ages 1
  • General History of the Middle Ages 2
  • General History of the Modern Era 1

Research Projects

  • APVV-22-0319 (2023 – 2027): At the castle and underneath. (co-researcher)
  • VEGA 2/0017/23 (2023 – 2026): Legal norm versus case law. Historical, legal, discursive and social aspects of the judiciary, crime and punishment in the Middle Ages and early modern period (co-researcher)
  • OTKA K 134690: The Hungarian Royal Court in the Reign of King Matthias and the Jagiellonian Kings (1458–1526). A Biographical Encyclopedia. (co-researcher)
  • VEGA 18 - 032 - 00: The development of Hungarian family heraldry in the early modern period. (co-researcher)
  • Grant UK/207/2018: Edition of medieval documents of the noble family of Zomor (main researcher)
  • Grant UK/379/2017: Diplomatary of the family Kondé (main researcher)

Publications

Most important publications

  • Diplomatár šľachtického rodu Kondé. (co-editor: Marián Babirát) Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2019. (Documenta Posoniensia II) 289 p. ISBN 978-80-223-4637-5
  • Autentický protokol Bratislavskej kapituly II (1504 ‒ 1513). Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2021. (Documenta Posoniensia IV) 541 p. ISBN 978-80-223-5219-2
  • Autentický protokol Bratislavskej kapituly V. Prvá časť (1514 – 1518). (Documenta Posoniensia V) Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2024. 331 p. ISBN 978-80-223-5939-9 (online), open access (8 424 kb)
  • Autentický protokol Bratislavskej kapituly V. Druhá časť (1519 – 1522). (Documenta Posoniensia VI) Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2024. 386 p. ISBN: 978-80-223-5945-0 (online), open access (3 912 kb)
  • Autentický protokol Bratislavskej kapituly V. Tretia časť (1523 – 1526). (Documenta Posoniensia VII) Bratislava : Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2025. 375 p. ISBN: 978-80-223-6055-5 (online), open access (7810 kb)

Väčšina publikácií je dostupná na Academia.edu

Awards

SHS Award for 2021 in the Source Edition category and a diploma from the Kubinyi András Középkortudományi Alapítvány Foundation for work Autentický protokol Bratislavskej kapituly II (1504 – 1513).