doc. Mgr. Eva Kušnírová, PhD. (assoc. prof.)
Docent (Associate professor)

Guarantor of the professionally oriented study program Arts and Culture in Social Practice

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1707-719X

Scientific - pedagogic description

Office number

No. 476A (5th floor)

Tel./office: 051/ 7570 731

Office hours  Winter semester 2025/2026:

Monday            11:30 – 12:25

Wednesday      12:25 – 13:10 (online)

Position:

University teacher in the position of associate professor

Speaks:

• English (level B2)
• Italian (level B1)

CV

1993 (Mgr.) Master’s degree: Faculty of Arts, UPJS in Prešov
2008 (PhD.) PhD. degree in theory and history of theatre: Faculty of Arts, University of Presov in Prešov
Since 2008: researcher and university teacher at IAAC, at Faculty of Arts, University of Presov in Prešov
2022 (Assoc. prof.) Habilitation process and habilitation thesis defense, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov

Main areas and topics of scientific research:

history and theory of world theater, alternative theater, history of Slovak theater and drama, contemporary Slovak drama and theater, regional theater culture (Spiš), Akademic Prešov festival, creative drama, aesthetics of performative art, non-informal education through theater  

Subjects taught:

Bachelor degree studies

• History of Theatre (1, 2, 3)
• Basic Problems of Theatre Theory
• Slovak Theatre
• Creative Drama
• Interpretation of a theatrical work  (1.2)

Master’s degree studies

• Contemporary Slovak Theater
• Alternative Theatre
• Management of Cultural Institutions (1, 2)
• 20^th Century Theatre

Publications (selection):

Monograph:

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E. Divadlo osobitých funkcií. Divadelný súbor Hviezdoslav Spišská Nová Ves. Prešov: Filozofická fakulta Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove, 2017, 305 s. ISBN 978-80-555-1818-3.

University textbooks and teaching texts: 

KOPČÁKOVÁ, S. a KUŠNÍROVÁ, E., 2024. Kapitoly z estetiky múzických umení. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove. 168 s. ISBN 978-80-555-3262-2 (print) a 978-80-555-3264-6 (online). Dostupné na:  https://www.pulib.sk/web/kniznica/elpub/dokument/Kusnirova4

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E.: Úvod do štúdia divadelného umenia. Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, 2021, 88 s. ISBN 978-80-555-2674-4 Dostupné na: http://www.pulib.sk/web/kniznica/elpub/dokument/Kusnirova1

ZAHATŇANSKÁ, M. – KUŠNÍROVÁ, E. Metódy podporujúce aktívne vyučovanie. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, 2017, 178 s. ISBN 978-80-555-1959-3.  

HORÁK, K. - PUKAN, M. KUŠNÍROVÁ, E. Reflexie divadla, divadlo reflexie. Prešov: Filozofická fakulta Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove, 2011. 220 s. ISBN:978-80-555-0346-2.

Scientific studies registered in global databases:

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E., SLUŠNÁ, Z. Creating a local identity through experiencing art. In: Res gestae: czasopismo historyczne. ISSN 2450-4475,  č. 20 (2025). Krakow : Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego, s. 53-66.

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E., 2023. Estetika performatívneho umenia: zložky performancie optikou aktuálnej teórie. DOI 10.31577/sd-2023-0025. - sign FF-23 364/23. - SCO. - In: Slovenské divadlo [print, elektronický dokument] : revue dramatických umení. - ISSN 0037-699X. - ISSN 1336-8605. - Roč. 71, č. 4 (2023).  Bratislava, s. 339-353.

Almanacs (selection):

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E. a Z. SLUŠNÁ, eds., 2023. Súradnice estetiky, umenia a kultúry 8. Premeny umeleckej a edukačnej praxe: estetika, filozofia výchovy, kreatívna edukácia. Zborník z medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie Súradnice estetiky, umenia a kultúry 8. Prešov: Filozofická fakulta Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove. 230 s. ISBN 978-80-555-3115-1. https://www.pulib.sk/web/kniznica/elpub/dokument/Kusnirova3

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E. a L. BANDUROVÁ, eds., 2022. Súradnice estetiky, umenia a kultúry 7. Verejný priestor v kontextoch estetiky, umeleckej teórie a umeleckej praxe. Zborník z medzinárodnej vedeckej konferencie Súradnice estetiky, umenia a kultúry 7. Prešov: Filozofická fakulta Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove. 317 s. ISBN 978-80-555-2996-7. https://www.pulib.sk/web/kniznica/elpub/dokument/Kusnirova2

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E. a M. DOMENOVÁ, eds., 2021. Spoločnosť a dejiny: (pramene – osobnosti – kultúra). Prešov: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove. 174 s. ISBN 978-80-555-2849-6. Plný text: http://www.pulib.sk/web/kniznica/elpub/dokument/Domenova12  

Studies published abroad (selection):

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E. Formal and Non-formal Education Through Theater. In: Review of Artistic Education ISSN 2069-7554, č. 25 - 26 (2023), s. 101-112. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rae-2023-0015   

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E.:  Creative workshop ľ creative activity of undergraduate students in the process of theatre creation [print]  In: Review of Artistic Education [print]. - ISSN 2069-7554. - ISSN 2501-238X. - č. 17 (2019).

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E.:  Historical context of national history in the dramatic work of Karol Horák and his performing expressions. In: Słowiańszczyzna dawniej i dziś - język, literatura kultura : monografia ze studiów slawistycznych III. Červený Kostelec : Nakladatelství Pavel Mervart, 2017. ISBN: 978-80-7465-322-3.

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E., ZAHATŇANSKÁ, M. : Multimedia jako wsparcie twórczego nauczania. In: Transgresje w edukacji. Tom II : twórcza edukacja i edukacja do twórczosci. - Pultrusk : Akademia Humanystyczna im. Aleksandra Gieysztora, 2016. - ISBN 978-83-7549-249-1. 

KUŠNÍROVÁ, E., ZAHATŇANSKÁ, M. : Intersections of dramatic arts and music education. In:Ars inter Culturas, No. 4 (2015), s. 99-108, ISSN: 2083-1226.

Grant activities:

Grant management as principal investigator:

• 2022 – 2024  KEGA project No. 018PU-4/2022  Innovation in teaching humanities with an emphasis on creative and experiential methods, (excellent).

Membership in research teams: 

• 2022 – 2024  VEGA project No. 1/0065/22 Between the past and present of aesthetics in Slovakia – critical reading and critical editions in the contexts of historical memory and the updating of knowledge  

• 2021 – 2023 VEGA project No. 1/0704/21 Monitoring the revitalization of cultural and creative industry actors after the COVID-19 pandemic  
  
   

• 2020 – 2022 international grant Erasmus KA2 Call 2020 Round 1 KA2 - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices – KA203 – Strategic Partnerships for higher education. Name of the project: E-LEARNING PROSPECTS FOR HUMANITIES. The main researcher: University of Silesia in Katowice, Poľsko.
• 2018-2020 KEGA project No. 016PU-4/2018 Compendium Aestheticae: textbook edition for the aesthetics study programme
• 2015 – 2017  VEGA project No. 1/0570/15 Alternative Theatre in Contemporary Thinking
• 2010 - 2011  VEGA project No. 01/0548/10 Alternative Theatre at Slovakia since 1989 
• 2009 - 2010 KEGA project No. 016PU-4/2018 Multiplication of expression and aesthetical experience on the basis of interdisciplinary connection of contempoarary music, fine art and literature

Artistic activities (selection):

2005 – 2015 as part of the Academic Prešov festival (member of the organizational team, theater workshop instructor)

• Theater workshop of the festival Akademic Prešov (selection):  Recykling alebo Džura (2008); Metamorfózy alternatívneho divadelného výrazu (2010); Koniec sveta (2011); Site specific – protiatómový kryt (2012); Sociálna téma ako aktuálny problém mladej generácie (2015); Špecifická sociálna situácia percipienta umenia  (2016) and other.

Exhibition on the occasion of the 91st anniversary of the founding of the amateur theater group Hviezdoslav, entitled Hviezdoslavovci and their tireless perseverance (1932–2023), Prešov, September–October 2023

Photo exhibition The Story of One Theater Through the Lens of Time Jonáš Záborský Theater on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, Prešov July – October 2020

Project ABRACADABRA... or, as we see it; theater performance performed by students IAAC; March  2016. 

Theater workshops and trainings (participation): 

• 11. 3. 2023, Malý Berlín Trnava, Ako na Barolárium?/ How to get to Barolarium?, lecturer : Alicja Morawska-Rubczak (Poland)
• 4. 5. 2023, Theater of Jána Palárika Trnava, Zážitkové školenie pre pedagógov Divadlo Fórum vo vzdelávaní/Experiential training for teachers Forum Theatre in education, lecturer : Michaela Vaňová (Czech Republic)
• 21. 2. 2024, Theater of Jána Palárika Trnava, Zážitkové školenie pre pedagógov Postoj, argument a dialóg v divadle/ Experiential training for teachers Attitude, argument, and dialogue in theater,  lecturer : Peter Pavlac (Slovakia)
• 7. 4. 2022, University of west Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech republic, Transnational Partner Meeting, Platforma: Erasmus+ KA2
• 8. - 10. 6. 2022, University of Salerno, Italy, Learning, Teaching, Training activity, Platforma: Erasmus+ KA2

Membership of associations, committees, editorial boards

• Member of Association of Aesthetics at Slovakia / Spoločnosť pre Estetiku na Slovensku (SPES)
• Editorial board member of Spoločnosť a dejiny
• Slovak Centre of the AICT Association of Theatre Critics

International cooperation and mobility:

• 2006 Universita per stranieri Siena, Italy
• 2015 Erasmus + Programme: Teaching Staff Mobility Uniwersytet Śląski/Katowice
• 2016 Erasmus + Programme: Teaching Staff Mobility Uniwersytet Wroclawski/Wroclaw
• 2017 Erasmus + Programme: Teaching Staff Mobility Uniwersytet Ślaski/ Katowice
• 2018 Erasmus + Programme: Teaching Staff Mobility Jagiellonian University/ Kraków
• 2019 Erasmus + Programme: Teaching Staff Mobility Uniwersytet Wroclawski/Wroclaw
• 2023 Erasmus + Programme: Staff Mobility  Universita Roma Tre/Roma
• 2024 Erasmus + Programme: Staff Mobility  Národní divadlo Praha
• 2024 Erasmus + Programme: Teaching Staff Mobility  Uniwersytet Śląski/Katowice
• 2025 Erasmus + Programme: Staff Mobility Instytut Teatralny
  im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego/Warszawa