Profesijná charakteristika

CV Marek Babic

Professional experience

Current occupation:

2017 – present: Associate professor at Department of History, Catholic University in Ružomberok

Main activities and responsibilities at Catholic University in Ružomberok:

2016 – 2023: Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters,

2006 – 2017: Assistant professor at Department of History, teaching Latin and Old Greek languages, History of Ancient Greece, and Rome

2012 – 2016: The Chair of Academic Senate of the Faculty of Arts and Letters

2000 – 2006: Assistant, teaching Latin and Old Greek languages

Past part-time employment:

            1998 – 2004: High school History teacher at Gymnasium of St. Andrew, Ružomberok

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Habilitation procedure completed in 2017, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, the title of associate professor awarded with effect from July 2017

Doctoral studies completed in 2006, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Bratislava

Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, department of History - Classical Philology, 1992 - 1997

High School, Gymnasium of P.O. Hviezdoslav, Dolný Kubín, 1989 – 1992 

Research area:

History and culture of Late Antiquity, Classical languages, Historical interpretation of Ancient Roman architecture

Research stays, Lectures, selected academic awards and scholarships:

October 2022: Kyoto University, Japan, Graduate School of Letters. Erasmus mobility invited lectures (Historical significance of the ancient city walls in Imperial Rome)

October 2019: Irbid National University, Jordan, invited lecture (The Fall of Western Roman empire)

September 2019: British School at Rome; research stay within the faculty project scheme: Fund for the Support of Science, Faculty of Arts, Catholic University in Ružomberok

July 2017: Leadership seminar, Mendoza School of Business, Nanovic Institute, Notre Dame University

May 2014, June 2023: American Academy in Rome; research stay within the faculty project scheme: Fund for the Support of Science, Faculty of Arts, Catholic University in Ružomberok

January – June 2013: Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät. Institut für Alte Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Universität Wien

April 2010 – March 2013: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Zentrum für Altertumswissenschaften, Seminar für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik. (postdoctoral studies under grant: Field Specific Post-Doctoral Research Projects 2010-2013)

May 2011: Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA (Notre Dame University Scholarship for Short Scholarly Visit)

September 2009: Central European University in Budapest, CEU-ELTE Medieval Library, Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University (CEU) and the Department of Medieval and Early Modern European History at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)

July 2007: Central European University in Budapest, Summer University. Medieval Studies: The Birth of Medieval Europe – Interactions of Power Zones and Their Cultures in Late Antique and Early Medieval Italy

February-April 2007: University of Cambridge, Faculty of Classics, Visiting scholar

July 2004: University of Wien (KEGA project no. 3/1124/03.)

Membership in scientific and academic institutions:

Member of the Scientific Council of the Slovak Institute of History in Rome

Member of the Slovak Historical Society

Member of editorial boards of journals, e.g. Cultural History

Member of the Scientific Council of the Catholic University in Ružomberok

Member of the Scientific Board of the Liptov Museum

Member of the international correspondent network for late antiquity research: Internationales Netzwerk zur Erforschung der Spätantike – International Network for the Study of Late Antiquity, Heidelberg, Tübingen.

Selected publications:

Epigraphic monuments in Pannonia in the context of the late Roman Empire = Epigraphic monuments in Pannonia within the context of the Late Roman Empire In: Cultural History, vol. no. 7, suppl. (2016), pp. 5-10.

Reconstructions of three bridges in the 4th century Rome: historical perspective. In: Acta antiqua et archaeologica, vol. no. 20, no. 1 (2014), pp. 249-269.

Public construction in late ancient Rome as a medium of political propaganda. Testimony of inscriptions and legal documents. In: Historical Journal, vol. 60, (2012), no. 1, pp. 5-22.

Ancient Roman bridges and their social significance. In: Acta antiqua Academiae scientiarum Hungaricae, vol. no. 53, No. 1 (2013), pp. 61-72.

Country villas in letters of Roman aristocrats = Rural villas in the letters of Roman aristocrats. In: Studia historica Nitriensia, vol. 20, no. 1 (2016), pp. 40-46.