doc. Mgr. Jana Dudková, PhD.

Senior Research Fellow

Born: 1977 in Levoča, Slovakia
E-mail: janadudkova@gmail.com
Phone: +421 907 570 204

Scientific focus:
post-socialism in Slovak cinema and television, Balkanism, multiculturalism in film, postcolonial theory

Foreign languages:
English, Serbian, Croatian, Czech

Education:
2001 – Master degree in Film and Television Arts and Science: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Film and Television Faculty; diploma thesis “Without the Name of the Father. Lines, Circles and Worlds of Emir Kusturica: Nostalgia, Hysteria, Melancholy”
2005 – PhD degree in Film, Radio and Television Theory: Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Film and Television Faculty; dissertation thesis “Balkanism and Serbian Cinema 1989-2005”
2007 – 2008 – Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic), Faculty of Arts, Department of Film Studies: Visegrad Scholarship Program
2011 – Associate Professor in Film Art and Multimedia – Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Film and Television Faculty, habilitation thesis “Slovak Cinema in the Era of Transculturality”

Working experiences:
since 2001 – Institute of Theatre and Film Research of the Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (formerly the Department of Theatre and Film SAS, later the Institute of Theatre and Film Research SAS), Research Fellow
2001 – 2012 – Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Assistant Professor at Film and Television Faculty
2013 – Charles University in Prague, Associate Professor at Faculty of Arts

Pedagogical activities:
Jana Dudková teaches at the PhD. programme in ITFR CRA SAS as a part of External Education Institution of Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. In 2013 she was the Assistant Professor at the Department of Film Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) where she taught film history, postcolonial theories, and Slovak cinema. In the years of 2001-2012 she worked as Associate Professor at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Film and Television Faculty (specializing in contemporary film history, Balkanism, multiculturalism, and Slovak cinema). In 2008 she lectured on Balkanism and Balkan cinemas at Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic).

Advisory and expert bodies:
since 2000 – member of the editorial board, film studies journal Kino-Ikon (published by Association of Slovak Film Clubs, Bratislava, Slovakia)
2005 – 2007 – member of Programme Committee, International Film Festival Art Film, Trenčianske Teplice, Slovakia
2005 – 2009 – member of the editorial board, Slovenské divadlo (Scopus publication by the Institute of Theatre and Film Research, Center of the Research of Arts, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic)
2006 – programme director, section The Other Balkans, International Film festival Bratislava
since 2007 – member of the editorial board, Iluminace – Journal of Film Theory, History, and Aesthetics (published by National Film Archive, Prague, Czech Republic)
2008 – 2015 – member of the Committee for Art Sciences, Aesthetics and Linguistics, grant agency VEGA at the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
2009 – programme director, section Serbian cinema, FEBIOFEST Bratislava – international festival of film, television and video since 2010 – member of the editorial board of the journal Studies in Eastern European Cinema, (published by Routledge, UK)
since 2010 – member of different professional committees of Slovak Audiovisual Fund
since 2012 – member of the jury, Iluminace Award for the best scientific work in the field of film studies, Prague, Czech Republic
2015 – director of programming committee, 5th Screen Industries in East-Central Europe Conference
since 2016 – member of postgraduate programme council, Aesthetic studies, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovak Republic
2016 – 2019 – member of Film studies academic council, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic

Awards:
2002 – Award by the Slovak Film Association, Union of the Slovak Television Makers and Literary Fund in the field of audiovisual theory and criticism for the book Lines, Circles and Worlds of Emir Kusturica
2009 – Award by the Slovak Film Association, Union of the Slovak Television Makers and Literary Fund in the field of audiovisual theory and criticism for the book The Balkans as a Metaphor: Balkanism and Serbian Cinema of 1990s
2012 – Award by the Slovak Film Association, Union of the Slovak Television Makers and Literary Fund in the field of audiovisual theory and criticism for the book Slovak Cinema in the Era of Transculturality
2013 – Diploma of honour for the outstanding results of the project VEGA 2/0171/12 – Multikulturality in Film Theory and Practice, issued by the academic grant agency VEGA at the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic