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Martina Orosová

Mgr. Martina Orosová, PhD.

She graduated in archival science and history from the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava. She completed her doctoral studies in Slovak history at the Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. She worked as the head of the Archives of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic. She has many years of experience with professional archival activities, information systems and digitization of archival documents. In her publishing activities, she is dedicated to the fields of archival science, digitization, protection of monuments and cultural history of Slovakia in the 20th century.

 

 

Education and Qualifications

  • 2012 – 2018: PhD.; Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Institute of History, Slovak History Department. Dissertation: Cultural Policy in the Period of the First Czechoslovak Republic and the Competences of the Ministry of Education and National Enlightenment in the Field of Culture and National Enlightenment.
  • 1989 – 1994: Mgr.; Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Archives and History. Diploma thesis: Bratislava Beggars in the 18th Century.
  • 1986 – 1989: Gymnasium in Hnúšťa

Professional courses:

  • 2023: E-ženy, o. z., Virtual assistant
  • 2021: Peter Sasín Training, Communication Profiles - masterclass
  • 2018: EDOS-PEM Institute of Education, Personal Data Protection
  • 2018: EDOS-PEM Institute of Education, Electronization of Public Administration
  • 2016: EDOS-PEM Institute of Education, Copyright  Protection

Jobs and Lectureships

  • 2024 > Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Department of Archival Science and Museology (Assistant professor)
  • 1997 – 2024: Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic (2016 – 2014 Head of the Monument Archives, 1997 – 2015 archivist)
  • 2016 – 2023: Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Arts, Department of History (External pedagogue)
  • 1994 – 1997: SQ Music Publishing House (Assistant manager)
  • 1994: The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (Editor)

Teaching

• 2024 > Introduction to Archival Science

• 2024 > Archiving 1

• 2024 > Archiving 2

• 2024 > History of Administration 4

• 2024 > Modern Diplomatics 2

• 2024 > Information Systems for Archivists and Museologists

• 2024 > Fundamentals of Records Management

• 2024 > Digitization of Historical Heritage (along with others)

• 2024 > Current Issues of Museology and Monumentology (along with others)

• 2024 > History of Monument Protection (along with others)

• 2024 > Sources on Art History (along with others)

• 2024 > Selected problems of auxiliary historical sciences and archiving (along with others)

• 2024 > Cultural Heritage of Slovakia II, Archival Heritage of Slovakia (along with others)

• 2024 > Professional Practice of Archivists

• 2024 > Professional Master's Practice 1

• 2024 > Professional Master's Practice 2

• 2024 > Bachelor's / Master's Thesis Seminar

• 2025 > Slovak Museums, Galleries and Archives – Introduction to the Issue (along with others)

• 2016 – 2023: Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Arts, Department of History, Cultural Heritage and Monument Protection

Research projects

  • 2012 – 2014: VEGA Institutionalization of the education system in Slovakia in the years 1918 – 1945. Structure of education, developmental tendencies, social manifestations. (Main research unit: Institute of History SAS; position: co-investigator)
  • 2015 – 2018: VEGA Strategies and Priorities of the Czechoslovak State in the Field of Education and National Enlightenment in Slovakia in the Years 1918 – 1939. Activities of Central Ministries in the Cultural and Education Policy of the Czechoslovak State and the Competencies of the Department of the Ministry of Education and Sports in Bratislava and Personalities. (Main research unit: Institute of History SAS; position: co-investigator)

Publications

Archiving

  • Slovak Archiving in the Years 1918 - 1945. In Biografický slovník slovenských archivárov republiky [Biographical Dictionary of Slovak Archivists]. Bratislava: Spoločnosť slovenských archivárov; Odbor archívov a registratúr Ministerstva vnútra Slovenskej, 2023, s. 77- 92.
  • Current State of Archival Education in the Slovak Republic. In Scrinium : Zeitschrift des Verbandes Österreichischer Archivarinnen und Archivare, 76, 2022, s. 85-91.
  • The Journey of the Monument Archives to the User Friendly Archives. Slovaški spomeniški arhiv na poti do uporabnikom prijaznega arhiva. In Moderna arhivistika 2022, 5 (2), s. 337-345. Dostupné online: https://doi.org/10.54356/MA/2022/SESX3717
  • Archive of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic yesterday and today. In Fórum archivárov, roč. 29, 2020, č. 3, s. 54-62.
  • One documentation, two archives. In 90 rokov Slovenského múzea ochrany prírody a jaskyniarstva. Liptovský Mikuláš: Slovenské múzeum ochrany prírody a jaskyniarstva, 2020, s. 115-118.
  • Personal Data Protection under the Act on Archives and Registries – The Problem of Access to Information in Research. In Historický časopis, roč. 64, č. 4, 2016, s. 63-68.
  • Debate Evenings on the Organization of Czechoslovak Archiving in 1925. In Historica XLIX : Zborník Filozofickej fakulty UK v Bratislave. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2015, s. 147-155.
  • State Inspectorate of Archives and Libraries in Slovakia in the years 1919 – 1939. In Dejiny : Internetový časopis Inštitútu histórie Filozofickej fakulty Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove, roč. 7, 2012, č. 1, s. 30-41. Zodp. red. Darina Vasiľová. Dostupné online: dejiny.unipo.sk/Dejiny_1_2012.pdf
  • Guide to the Archives of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic. Zostavila Martina Orosová. Bratislava : Pamiatkový úrad SR, 2007, 111 s.
  • Knowledge management of archives. In Slovenská archivistika, roč. 41, 2006, č. 1, s. 102-107.
  • Archival Management of Archival Heritage, Components of Cultural and Historical Heritage. In Informátor Archívu Pamiatkového úradu SR, 2005, č. 32, s. 24. 

Digitisation

  • BISTÁK, Peter – ZACHAR, Ján – RÁŠOVÁ, Alexandra – LIESKOVSKÝ, Tibor – KRAVJANSKÁ, Ivica – OROSOVÁ, Martina – KROČKOVÁ, Kristína – FELCAN, Michal. Archaeological Digital Archiving in Heritage Management in Slovakia. In Internet Archaeology 58 [online]. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.58.16
  • Digitization of the monument fund of Slovakia. In IT lib. Informačné technológie a knižnice, roč. 14, 2010, č. 2, s. 27. Dostupné online: www.cvtisr.sk/itlib/itlib102/orosova.htm
  • Archivists and digitization of cultural heritage in archives. In Fórum archivárov, roč. 19, 2010, č. 4, s. 17-23.
  • Making Cultural Heritage Accessible in the Archives of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic. In Knihovna plus, roč. 6, 2010, č. 1. Dostupné online: http://knihovna.nkp.cz/knihovnaplus101/oros.htm
  • Archive of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic in the digital environment. In INFOS 2009. Zborník príspevkov z 35. medzinárodného informatického sympózia INFOS 2009. Pamäťové inštitúcie v digitálnom prostredí. Stará Lesná, 27. – 30. 4. 2009. Bratislava : Spolok slovenských knihovníkov, 2009, s. 116 – 122. Dostupné online:http://www.infolib.sk/index/open_file.php?file=INFOS2009/infos2009_zbornik_update_02.pdf
  • Information Technologies in the Archives of the Police Authority of the Slovak Republic in Bratislava. In Archivy, knihovny, muzea v digitálním světě 2005. (Online). Rozpravy NTM, sv. 195. Praha : Národní technické muzeum, 2006, s. 43-46. Dostupné online: http://skip.nkp.cz/akcArch05.htm
  • Archive Information System. In Informátor Archívu Pamiatkového úradu SR, 2005, č. 32. Bratislava : Pamiatkový úrad SR, 2005, s. 3-4. 

Monumentology

  • Successes and Failures of Monument Protection in the Interwar Period. In Pamiatková zóna Slovensko : zborník referátov z medzinárodnej konferencie, 15. jún 2022. Zostavili a redigovali: Eva Greschová, Martina Orosová. Liptovský Mikuláš : Slovenské múzeum ochrany prírody a jaskyniarstva; Pamiatkový úrad Slovenskej republiky, 2023, s. 173-192.
  • From Maintenance to Restoration: Conditions and Environment of Socialist Monument Care. In Karol Chudomelka a jeho prínos pre pamiatkovú starostlivosť. Zborník príspevkov z kolokvia. Bratislava : Spektrum, 2022, s. 108-119.
  • Monumental values of the synagogue in Svätý Jur. In WARADZINOVÁ, Svetlana - LANGEROVÁ, Tereza - GEMEBŠOVÁ, Lucia - SVÍTKOVÁ, Zuzana (eds.). Židovské stavebné dedičstvo na území Bratislavskej župy. Bratislava : Bratislavský samosprávny kraj, 2022, s. 90-113.
  • Cultural heritage in danger. In Fórum archivárov, roč. 31, 2022, č. 2, s. 75-79. 82.
  • + KALINOVÁ, Michaela. About Václav Mencl's essay. In Bratislava. Zborník Múzea mesta Bratislavy 2019, roč. 31, 2020, s. 188-192. ISBN 978-80-89636-42-6, ISSN 2586-0011
  • Jan Hofman – the founder of Slovak monumentology. In Monument revue, roč. 8, 2019, s. 75-77.
  • Historian and conservationist Vendelín Jankovič. In Monument revue, roč. 8, 2019, s. 75-77.
  • Protection of monuments as a tool for the protection and development of cultural heritage. In 100 rokov Bratislavskej župy (1919 – 2019). Bratislava : Bratislavský samosprávny kraj, 2019, s. 110-129.
  • Common milestones of monument protection and nature conservation. In GRESCHOVÁ, Eva – VALO, Ján (eds.). Príroda a jej ochrana v priereze času. Liptovský Mikuláš : Slovenské múzeum ochrany prírody a jaskyniarstva, 2018, s. 205-228.
  • Architect Dušan Jurkovič as a government commissioner for the protection of monuments in Slovakia in the years 1919 – 1922. In Zprávy památkové péče, roč. 78, 2018, č. 5, s. 445-456,
  • Words at the beginning. In BÁRKÁNY, Eugen. Židovské pamiatky na Slovensku. Bratislava : Pamiatkový úrad SR, 2017, s. 8-15.
  • The Place of Vendelín Jankovič in Slovak Monumentology or Vendelín Jankovič as a Conservationist. In Vendelín Jankovič 1915 – 1997 : Zborník zo seminára pri príležitosti 100. výročia narodenia PhDr. Vendelína Jankoviča, CSc. Cífer : Obecný úrad Cífer; Obecné múzeum v Cíferi, 2015, s. 35-43.
  • „The best director of the monument institut“. Ján Lichner (1930 – 1986). In Monument revue, roč. 3, 2014, č. 1, s. 53-54.
  • + ŠEDIVÁ, Zdenka. Sixty years of the Bratislava Conservation Area and its block research. In Monument revue, roč. 3, 2014, č. 2, s. 32-39.
  • Protection of the monument fund. In Kultúrne dedičstvo v miestnej a regionálnej kultúre : Učebnica dištančného vzdelávania. Zostavili Svetlana Chomová a Zuzana Slušná. Bratislava : Národné osvetové centrum, 2014, s. 51-59.
  • Constituting a specialized state administration in the field of monument care after the Second World War. In KVASNICOVÁ, Oľga – MUNKOVÁ, Mária – PÉKOVÁ, Monika (eds.). Verejná správa po roku 1945 v zrkadle archívnych dokumentov. Zborník príspevkov zo XVI. Archívnych dní v SR, Trnava, 22. – 24. mája 2012. Bratislava : Spoločnosť slovenských archivárov, 2013, s. 278-321.
  • Legislative Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Years 1918 – 1939. In Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo, roč. 1, 2013, č. 2, s. 19-36. ISSN 1339-2204
  • Research and Restoration of Castle Architecture in the Interwar Period. In Monumentorum tutela : Ochrana pamiatok 24. Bratislava : Pamiatkový úrad SR, 2012, s. 9-20. ISBN 978-80-89175-59-8
  • Return to the exhibition Old Art in Slovakia (Praha 1937). In KUČEROVÁ BODNÁROVÁ, Katarína (ed.). Ročenka Slovenskej národnej galérie v Bratislave – Galéria 2011. Bratislava: SNG, 2011, s. 55-70.
  • Founders' Legacy. In Pamiatky a múzeá, roč. 60, 2011, č. 4, s. 2-9.
  • Organization of monument protection in the interwar period. In Pamiatky a múzeá, roč. 58, 2009, č. 4, s. 2-11.
  • The unknown past of the manor house in Hodkovce. In Pamiatky a múzeá, roč. 56, 2007, č. 1, s. 38-42.
  • Agricultural Archive and National Cultural Commission 1946 – 1951. In Zborník 50 rokov Slovenského národného archívu: osudy, problémy a perspektívy slovenského archívnictva. Bratislava : Slovenský národný archív, 2005, s. 26-38.
  • The post-war fate of the manor house in Orlovo. In Pamiatky a múzeá, roč. 54, 2005, č. 1, s. 40-43.
  • Alžbeta Güntherová-Mayerová and the National Cultural Commission. In Stretnutie so životom a dielom Alžbety Güntherovej-Mayerovej (1905 – 1973). Zborník príspevkov z kolokvia. Bratislava: Umeleckohistorická spoločnosť Slovenska a Ústav dejín umenia SAV, 2003, s. 48-58.
  • Activities of the State Department for the Protection of Monuments in Slovakia. In Zborník SNM: Etnografia 44. Martin: Slovenské národné múzeum-Etnografické múzeum, 2003, s. 48-59.
  • The work of Mr. and Mrs. Mencl in the field of saving the cultural heritage of Slovakia. In Zborník SNM: Etnografia 44. Martin: Slovenské národné múzeum – Etnografické múzeum, 2003, s. 60-74.
  • Defunct wooden church in Liptovská Kokava. In Pamiatky a múzeá, roč. 49, 2000, č. 2, s. 4-6.

Slovak history

  • National Enlightenment and Its Place in Education. In KOBER, Jan – HOLUBEC, Stanislav (eds.). Počátky Československé republiky 3. Praha: Academia, 2023, s. 239-264.
  • Enlightenment and Folk Education of Socially Disadvantaged Strata of Society at the Time of the Great Depression. In Forum historiae, roč. 9, 2015, č. 2, s. 134-151. Dostupné online: www.forumhistoriae.sk
  • Enlightenment, part of educational resources in Slovakia. In KÁZMEROVÁ, Ľubica a kol. Premeny osvety a vybraných výchovno-vzdelávacích prostriedkov na Slovensku (1918 – 1939). Bratislava: Historický ústav SAV, 2016, s. 11-26.
  • „Problematic monuments“ as an unexpected consequence of the First World War. In Monumentorum tutela - Ochrana pamiatok 25. Bratislava: Pamiatkový úrad SR, 2015, s. 142-154.
  • The demise of the aristocratic world in Slovakia (1918 – 1948). In HAZDRA, Zdeněk – HORČIČKA, Václav – ŽUPANIČ, Jan. Šlechta střední Evropy v konfrontaci s totalitními režimy 20. století. Praha: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů, 2010, s. 93-106.
  • The fate of the residences of the upper nobility and their collections after 1918 and after 1945. In FEDERMAYER, Frederik a kol. Magnátske rody v našich dejinách 1526 – 1948. Almanach Slovenskej genealogicko-heraldickej spoločnosti. Martin: Slovenská genealogicko-heraldická spoločnosť, 2012, s. 313-335.
  • + ŽAŽOVÁ, Henrieta. Košice Citadel. Bratislava: A21, 2010, 192 s.

Selection of publications available online:

https://comeniusuniversity.academia.edu/MartinaOrosova

Membership in Scientific and Editorial Boards

  • 2015 – 2022 Editor-in-Chief of a professional journal Monument revue
  • 2022 > Member of the editorial board of the journal Zborník SNM – História
  • 2018 > Chairwoman of the Society of Slovak Archivists
  • 2021 > Member of the Steering Committee of the Slovak Committee of the Blue Shield – Blueshield Slovakia
  • 2013 – 2022 member of the committee of the Slovak Historical Society
  • 2013 > Member of the Expert and Methodological Commission of the Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic
  • 2018 > Member of the Elisabeth Günther-Mayer Award Committee

Awards and Public Engagement

Awards

  • 2012: Award of the Slovak Historical Society for the best scientific publication in 2011 – Košice Citadel (together with Henrieta Žažová)

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