Ľuboš Kačírek
doc. Mgr. Ľuboš Kačírek, PhD.
ORCID: 0009-0002-7983-7294
Graduate of Slovak language and literature – History (MAS) and museology and cultural heritage (Bc) at the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava. In his scientific work, he focuses on the history of Slovak museology, the cultural and natural heritage of Slovakia, the institutionalization of museums, the preparation and implementation of exhibitions, and Slovak and Central European history in modern history. He is the author of several professional articles in the mentioned field.
Education and Qualifications
- 2018 associate prof. in the department of Slovak history (Comenius University in Bratislava)
- 2007 PhD.; Historical Institute of SAS Bratislava
- 2000 bc.; museology and cultural heritage - external study, FiF UK in Bratislava
- 1995 MAS; study field Slovak language and literature – History, FiF UK v Bratislava
Jobs and Lectureships
Jobs:
- 2022 – until now: Comenius University – Faculty of Arts, Department of Archive studies and museology
- 2008 – 2022: Comenius University – Faculty of Arts, Department of Ethnology and museology
- 1997 – 2008: Comenius University – Faculty of Education, Department of History
- 1995 – 1997: City Museum in Bratislava
Lectureships:
- 2023 (VI): study stay in the Czech Republic, Prague
- 2019 (VI): study stay in Slovenia (Maribor)
- 2012 (X): one-month stay in the Czech Republic (Prague)
- 2007 (V – VII): 3-month study stay in Slovenia (Ljubljana)
- 2003 (IX – XII): 3-month study stay in Hungary (Budapest)
- 2001 (III – VI): 4-month study stay in Slovenia (Ljubljana)
Teaching
- since 2006: Specialized museology
- since 2006: Museum excursion (from 2021 with Dr. Vargová)
- since 2006: Museum practice
- 2006 – 2012: Collection-making and scientific research activity
- since 2007: Museum as an institution
- 2008 – 2012: Work with the public
- 2010 – 2021: Science and research in the museum
- since 2011: Presentation of the monument fund (with Prof. J. Gregorová SF STU 2011 – 2014: Legal norms in the protection of cultural heritage
- 2011 - 2022: Civilizational development of Slovakia 2
- since 2012: Historical museums
- since 2013: Cultural heritage of Slovakia
- 2013 – 2015: Central Europe in the modern age
- 2013 – 2022: Museum exhibitions
- 2013 – 2022: Presentation of natural heritage
- since 2022: History of monument protection (together with Dr. M. Orosová)
- since 2022: Current issues of museology (together with assoc. prof. J. Dolák, Dr. M. Orosová and Dr. L. Vargová)
For PhD. students:
- 2019 – 2022 Museum as an institution – new paradigms in the understanding of museum
Doctoral students in training with completed PhD.: Nela Szabóová (2023), Martina Kočí (2024)
Research projects
- 2022 – 2024 VEGA č. V-22-007-00 Československá nákladná a osobná doprava na Dunaji v
- 70. a 80. rokoch 20. storočia / Czechoslovak cargo and passenger transport on the Danube v 70s and 80s of the 20th century – head of the research team
- 2020 – 2022 VEGA 1/0187/20 Obraz socialistického mesta / Image of a socialist city –
- member
- 2017 – 2020 KEGA 016-STU – 4/2017 Interdisciplinárny prístup k ochrane kultúrneho a
- prírodného dedičstva / An interdisciplinary approach to the protection of
- cultural and natural heritage – member
- 2015 – 2017 APVV-0199-12 Historický atlas obyvateľstva Slovenska (18. – 1. pol. 20.
- storočia) / Historical Atlas of the Population of Slovakia (18th – 1st half of the
- 20th century) – member
- 2015 Project of the Faculty of Arts of the Comenius University in Bratislava
- FG14/2015, ŠPP element: O-15-105/0014-00
- 2012 – 2014 VEGA 1/0145/12 Migračné procesy na Slovensku v rokoch 1918 – 1948 /
- Migration processes in Slovakia in the years 1918 – 1948 – member
- 2011 – 2013 APVV č. SK-SI-030-10 História a pamäť – Slovensko a Slovinsko v
- stredoeurópskych integračných a dezintegračných procesoch 19. – 20. storočia / History and memory - Slovakia and Slovenia v Central European integration and disintegration processes of the 19th and 20th centuries – member
- 2011 – 2013 KEGA, č. 090UK-4/2011 Vybrané kapitoly z dejín etnológie na Slovensku
- (osobnosti, inštitúcie) / Selected chapters from the history of ethnology in Slovakia (personalities, institutions). (project manager Doc. Benušková, FiF UKF Nitra) – representative OF Faculty of Arts UK in Bratislava
- 2011 – 2012 VEGA 1/0115/11 Interkultúrne vplyvy v tradičnej kultúre a religiozite Slovenska
- / Intercultural influences in the traditional culture and religiosity of Slovakia – project leader
- 2010 – 2011 VEGA č.1/0209/10 Idey a vývoj slovenského národotvorného myslenia / Ideas
- and development of Slovak nation-building thinking – member
- 2006 – 2008 KEGA 3/4270/06: Slovensko v európskych dimenziách vyučovania dejín /
- Slovakia in European dimensions of history teaching – member
Publications
Most important publications:
- Efforts to establish a Museum of Water Transport in Bratislava. In: Renewing Museums : River Museums and their Publics – New Approaches : Conference proceedings / Vargová, Lenka [Ed.]. Gdaňsk : Narodowe Muzeum Morskie, 2024. ISBN 978-83-64150-71-5, s. 55-63 [online]
- Uhorský staviteľ a politik Životopis a korešpondencia Jána Nepomuka Bobulu. Békešská Čaba : Magyarországi Szlovákok Kutatóintézete , 2022 Vydanie 1. vyd. Rozsah 294 s. [print] ISBN 978-615-5330-22-3
- 100. výročie pripojenia Petržalky k Československu. Bratislava : Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, 2019, 112 s. ISBN 978-80-89881-17-8
- Národný život Slovákov v Pešťbudíne v rokoch 1850 – 1875. Békéscsaba : Výskumný ústav Slovákov v Maďarsku, 2016, 401 s. ISBN 978-615-5330-06-3
- Kultúrne dedičstvo Slovenska. Bratislava : Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, 2016, 115 s. ISBN 978-80-89881-05-5
- Modernizácia Uhorska v 19. storočí a slovenské národné hnutie. In: Martinkovič, Marcel (zost.): Idey a vývoj slovenského národotvorného myslenia v 19. storočí. - Krakov : Spolok Slovákov v Poľsku, 2011, s. 246-338. ISBN 978-83-7490-430-8
- KRŠÁK, Pavol (zost.): Ottov historický atlas SLOVENSKO. Praha : Ottovo nakladatelství, 2009, 560 s. ISBN 978-80-7360-834-7 – spoluautor
Membership of Scientific and Editorial Boards
Editorial boards
- 2023 – until now member of the editorial board of the anthology Slováci v zahraničí (Slovaks abroad)
- 2016 – 2023: member of the editorial board of the magazine Prispevki za novejšozgodovino / Contributions to Contemporary History, Institut of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 2014 – 2019: member of the editorial board of the magazine Studie a zprávy. Historický sborník pražského okolí, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2013 – until now member of the editorial board of the magazine Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo / Museology and Cultural Heritage, Bratislava, Slovakia
Scientific councils
- Since 2022 – until now member of the Scientific Council of the Slovak Technical Museum in Košice
- Since 2022 – until now member of the Scientific Council of the Slovak Research Institute in Békescsaba, Hungary
- Since 2021 – until now Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Slovak Mining Museum in Banská Štiavnica
- 2021 – 2023 member of the Scientific Council Museum of Liptov in Ružomberok
Awards and Public Engagement
- 2013: The award of the mayor of Senec for the publication Senec stáročia mesta : zborník štúdií / Senec centuries of the town: collection studies
- 2013 – 2019: Exhibition cycle Taká bola Petržalka / That's how Petržalka was in cooperation with the Petržalka Local Library and Bratislava-Petržalka City Council


