doc. PhDr. Elena Knopová, PhD.

Director, Senior Research Fellow

Born: 1981 in Banská Bystrica
E–mail: elena.knopova@savba.sk
Tel: +421 2 5477 7193
Fax: +421 2 5477 3567
Mobile: +421 904 684 130

Research focus:
theory of contemporary Slovak and European drama and theatre, social and pragmatic functions of contemporary theatre

Foreign languages:
English, German, Czech

Education:
2002 – Bachelor degree in Theatre Art – specialization theatre studies: Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, Faculty od Drama; bachelor's thesis “Interaction of individual art forms in theatre art”
2004 – Master degree in Mass Media Studies: University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Mass Media Communication; diploma thesis “Specifics of Television and Theatre dramaturgy”
2005 – PhDr. ((rigorous examination) in Mass Media Studies: University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Faculty of Mass Media Communication; rigorous thesis “Television Dramaturgy and Theatre. Mass media version of the Slovak classic”
2009 – PhD. degree in History and Theory of Theatre Art: Department of Theatre and Film of the Slovak Academy of Sciences – Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts; dissertation thesis “Towards a Theory of Contemporary Slovak Drama (after 1990) ”
2010 – 2014 – scholarship of the Stefan Schwarz Support Fund of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
2020 – doc. University of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Theatre Faculty; habilitation lecture “Theatres that live their time”

Employment:
2002 – Jozef Gregor Tajovský Theatre, Zvolen, dramaturgy
2003 – Municipal Theatre in Žilina, dramaturgy
since 2005 – Institute of Theatre and Film Research of the Art Research Centre Slovak Academy of Sciences (formerly the Department of Theatre and Film SAS, later the Institute of Theatre and Film Research SAS), Research Fellow, since 2014 also director of the ITFR SAS
since 2007 – Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, Assistant Professor and later Associate Professor at the Faculty of Drama

Pedagogical activity:
Lecturer in the framework of doctoral studies at the Institute of Theatre and film Research of the Art Research Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and at the Faculty of Drama of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica.

Advisory and expert bodies:
2021 – member of the Quality Council of the Faculty of Arts, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra – Commission for Humanities
2018 – 2020 – member of the Presidium of the Academy of Theatre Creators (currently the Supervisory Board)
2017 – 2020 – member of the Dramaturgical Council of Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra
since 2016 – member of the editorial board of the journal Culturologica Slovaca
2016 – 2019 – member of the Expert Committee of the Fund for the Support of Arts – Subprogrammes 2.3 and 3
since 2016 – member of the Commission No. 12 for Art Sciences, Aesthetics and Linguistics of the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic (VEGA)
since 2016 – member of the Doctoral Studies Committee for the field of study aesthetics/philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra
since 2016 – member of the Academic Senate of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica
since 2015 – member of the editorial board of the journal Slovak Theatre
since 2013 – member of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Drama of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica
since 2011 – member of the Doctoral Study Committee for the field of study 2.2.4 Theatre Arts of the Faculty of Drama of the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica
2011 – 2013 – member of the Council of the Slovak National Theatre (advisory body of the General Director of the Slovak National Theatre)
since 2007 – member of the Slovak section of AICT (International Association of Theatre Critics)

Awards:
2018 – Literary Fund Prize for scientific and professional literature in the category of social sciences for Súčasné slovenské divadlo v dobe spoločenských premien [Contemporary Slovak Theatre at a Time of Social Transformation]
2012 – Prize of the Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic for Science and Technology in the category Scientific and Technical Team of the Year for the collective work Dejiny slovenskej drámy 20. storočia [History of Slovak Drama of the 20th Century]
2010 – Award of the President of the Slovak Republic H. E. Ivan Gašparovič for the young scientist of the Slovak Academy of Sciences under 33 years of age for the results of his scientific work in the previous two years – monograph Svet kontroverzne drámy [Controversial Drama as Reflection of Reality]