Martin Slobodnik

Vice Dean
Philosophy
Comenius University
Slovakia

Biography

Martin Slobodník, PhD., Is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy of the UK (Chinese Language and Culture, 1994). In 2007, he habilitated a professor in the field of general history. In 2016, he was appointed Professor of Oriental Languages ​​and Culture. It deals with the history of Chinese-Tibetan relations and religious politics in China. In 1994-2000 he worked in the Institute of Oriental Studies of the SAS. In 2005, as a scholar of the Humboldt Foundation, he studied at the University of Bonn. He has received several domestic and foreign grants (Jan Hus Education Foundation, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholar Exchange, Academy of Korean Studies). From 2007 to 2007, he was the Head of the Department of East Asia Studies. The Vice-Dean's post for the Faculty's development and information technology has been in place since June 1, 2013.

Research Intrest

The history of China-Tibetan relations, the contacts of imperial China with Central Asia, religious policy in China, the image of China in Czechoslovaki

List of Publications
1. Pro Domo versus Pro Foro Externo: People’s Republic of China in the 1950s as Perceived by Czechoslovak Visitors. 2. The Foe from the Island and the Friend from the Mainland – Perception of Two Chinas in Czechoslovakia during the 1950s. 3. Mýtus princeznej Wen-čcheng v čínsko-tibetských vzťahoch. In Symboly a mýty národov v stredoveku a včasnom novoveku 2, ed. M. Homza a A. Mesiarkin. Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo Univerzity Komenského 2015, pp. 41-51.