UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 doc. Mgr. Jana Tomašovičová, PhD.
Email:
 jana.tomasovicova@ucm.sk
Homepage:
 http://
Fakulta/Univerzita:
FF UCM - Faculty of Arts
Pracovisko:
KFAF - Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Tomašovičová
I.2 - Name
Jana
I.3 - Degrees
doc. Mgr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1972
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Námestie J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
Associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
jana.tomasovicova@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/14311
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Philosophy
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4103-4608

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1994
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy and Modern NonSlavic Philology – German Language and Literature
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1996
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy and Modern NonSlavic Philology – German Language and Literature
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
II.b - Year
1999
II.c - Study field and programme
History of Philosophy
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
II.b - Year
2020
II.c - Study field and programme
Systematic Philosophy
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Associate professor Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2020 – present
Assistant professor Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 1999 – 2020

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Additional pedagogical studies focused on teaching general education subjects: Philosophy – German language and literature Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava 1996
Development of professional competences of a university teacher I. Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2022
Development of professional competences of a university teacher II. Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2023
How to work with a student with specific educational needs (workshop) Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2023
Information System: Evaluation of Academic Staff (Training) University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2023

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
The History of Modern Philosophy 1 Philosophy and Applied Philosophy 1st degree Philosophy
The History of Modern Philosophy 2 Philosophy and Applied Philosophy 1st degree Philosophy
The History of Philosophy of the 19th and 20th Centuries Philosophy and Applied Philosophy 1st degree Philosophy
Aesthetics Philosophy and Applied Philosophy 1st degree Philosophy
The History of Modern Philosophy 1 Teaching civics in combination 1st degree Teacher Training and Education Science
The History of Modern Philosophy 2 Teaching civics in combination 1st degree Teacher Training and Education Science
The History of Philosophy of the 19th and 20th Centuries Teaching civics in combination 1st degree Teacher Training and Education Science
Human Rights Teaching civics in combination 2nd degree Teacher Training and Education Science
Foundations of social philosophy Philosophy and Applied Philosophy 1st degree Philosophy
Scientific preparation Systematic philosophy 3rd degree Philosophy
Philosophical Anthropology Teaching civics in combination 1st degree Teacher Training and Education Science
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Philosophy and Applied Philosophy (full-time and part-time form) 1st degree Philosophy
Philosophy and Applied Philosophy (full-time and part-time form) 2nd degree Philosophy
Systematic philosophy (full-time and part-time form) 3rd degree Philosophy
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
3
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
26
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
40
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Seminar on the History of Modern Philosophy 1 Teaching civics in combination 1st degree Teacher Training and Education Science
Seminar on the History of Modern Philosophy 2 Teaching civics in combination 1st degree Teacher Training and Education Science
Seminar on the History of Philosophy of the 19th and 20th Centuries Philosophy and Applied Philosophy 1st degree Philosophy
Heidegger and the Social Sciences Teaching civics in combination 2nd degree Teacher Training and Education Science
Doctoral Seminar 5 Systematic Philosophy 3rd degree Philosophy
Biopolitics Systematic Philosophy 3rd degree Philosophy

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
64
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
19
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
5
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
95
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
35
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
33
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
13
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
4
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

V2: Optimizing the Human Brain and the Socio-Ethical Context / Jana Tomašovičová, 2023. - Category until 2021 AEC. The chapter is indexed in Scopus.

In: Transhumanism and Posthumanism in the Perspective of Biotechnologies, editors: Jana Tomašovičová, Bogumila Suwara; reviewers: Andrej Démuth, Jana Kostincová. - Lausanne-Berlin-Bruxelles-Chennai-New York-Oxford: Peter Lang; Veda, Publishing house of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2023. - (Spectrum Slovakia, ISSN 2195-1845; Volume 43). - ISBN 978-3-631-90354-4. DOI DOI 10.3726/b20945, pp. 141-164. (Scopus).

AEC: Human Cognitive Enhancement and the Problem of Equality / Jana Tomašovičová, 2021.

In: The Blurring of Boundaries in Bioscientific Discourse / Jana Tomašovičová (ed.). - 1st ed. - Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin, 2021. - ISBN 978-3-8325-5422-4, pp. 105-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30819/5422. (Scopus).

ADD: Parallels between two worlds: Literary science-fiction imagery and transhumanist visions / Jana Tomašovičová, 2021. DOI 10.31577/WLS.2021.13.1.3.

In: World Literature Studies. - ISSN 1337-9275. - Vol. 13, No. 1 (2021), pp. 31-42. (CCC, WoS, Scopus).

 

AEC: Relevance of ontological and anthropological concepts in synthetic biology / Jana Tomašovičová, 2019.

In: Promises and perils of emerging technologies for human condition: Voices from four post-communist Central and East European countries/ editor Peter Sýkora. - 1st ed. - Berlin: Peter Lang, 2019. - (ISSN 2195-1845, Spectrum Slovakia, ISSN 2195-1845; Volume 20). - ISBN 978-3-631-77512-7, pp. 124-138. (Scopus).

ADD: Life in the Zone of Biopower: Ethical and Biopolitical Discourses on Transhumanism / Jana Tomašovičová, 2014.

In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385X. Vol. 69, No. 6 (2014), pp. 461-471. (CCC, WoS, Scopus).

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

V3: The relevance of the narrative approach in bioethics / Jana Tomašovičová, 2024. - Category until 2021 ADD. DOI 10.31577/WLS.2024.16.2.7.

In: World Literature Studies. - ISSN 1337-9275. Vol. 16, No. 2 (2024), pp. 78-88. (CCC, WoS, Scopus).

V2: Optimizing the Human Brain and the Socio-Ethical Context / Jana Tomašovičová, 2023. - Category until 2021 AEC. The chapter is indexed in Scopus.

In: Transhumanism and Posthumanism in the Perspective of Biotechnologies, editors: Jana Tomašovičová, Bogumila Suwara; reviewers: Andrej Démuth, Jana Kostincová. - Lausanne-Berlin-Bruxelles-Chennai-New York-Oxford: Peter Lang; Veda, Publishing house of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2023. - (Spectrum Slovakia, ISSN 2195-1845; Volume 43). - ISBN 978-3-631-90354-4. DOI 10.3726/b20945, pp. 141-164. (Scopus)

ADD: Parallels between two worlds: Literary science-fiction imagery and transhumanist visions / Jana Tomašovičová, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/WLS.2021.13.1.3.

In: World Literature Studies. - ISSN 1337-9275. Vol. 13, No. 1 (2021), pp. 31-42. (CCC, WoS, Scopus).

ADD: Social and Ethical Consequences of Neuro-Enhancement / Jana Tomašovičová, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2021.76.3.2.

In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385x. Vol. 76, No. 3 (2021), pp. 181-194. (CCC, WoS, Scopus).

AEC: Human Cognitive Enhancement and the Problem of Equality / Jana Tomašovičová, 2021.

In: The Blurring of Boundaries in Bioscientific Discourse / Jana Tomašovičová (ed.). - 1st ed. - Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin, 2021. - ISBN 978-3-8325-5422-4, pp. 105-117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30819/5422. (Scopus).

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

ADD: Život v zóne biomoci. Etický a biopolitický diskurz o transhumanizme = Life in the Zone of Biopower: Ethical and Biopolitical Discourses on Transhumanism / Jana Tomašovičová, 2014. In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385X. Vol. 69, No. 6 (2014), pp. 461-471. (CCC, WoS, Scopus).

Citations:

(2) MARCELLI, Miroslav. Foucault ako historik. In: Filozofia. 2016, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 1-13. ISSN 0046-385X. WoS.

ADD: Život v zóne biomoci. Etický a biopolitický diskurz o transhumanizme = Life in the Zone of Biopower: Ethical and Biopolitical Discourses on Transhumanism /Jana Tomašovičová, 2014. In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385X. Vol. 69, No. 6 (2014), pp. 461-471. (CCC, WoS, Scopus).

Citations:

(2) BURAJ, Ivan, PALENČÁROVÁ, Sandra. Michel Foucault: Minulosť a súčasnosť (K niektorým otázkam sociálnej kontroly). In: Filozofia. 2015, Vol. 70, No. 7, pp. 505-517. ISSN 0046-385X. WoS.

ADD: Život v zóne biomoci. Etický a biopolitický diskurz o transhumanizme = Life in the Zone of Biopower: Ethical and Biopolitical Discourses on Transhumanism /Jana Tomašovičová, 2014. In: Filozofia. - ISSN 0046-385X. Vol. 69, No. 6 (2014), pp. 461-471. (CCC, WoS, Scopus).

Citations:

(2) POPPER, Miroslav. Human enhancement and the concept of liminality. In: Human Affairs. 2016, No. 26, pp. 133, 139. ISSN 1210-3055. WoS.

AEC: Heideggers Humanismuskritik und der gegenwärtige Transhumanismus / Jana Tomašovičová, 2014. In: The Yearbook on History and Interpretation of Phenomenology 2013: Person - Subject - Organism: An Overview of Interdisciplinary Insights / Editor-In-Chief Anton Vydra. - Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2014. - ISBN 978-3-631-65069-1. - ISSN 2198-8595. - pp. 139-156.

Citations:

(1) VYDRA, Anton. The dynamic polarity of life and the concept of normativity in Georges Canguilhem ´s philosophy. In: Philinq. 2015, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 120, 127. ISSN 2281-8618. WoS.

AEC: Heideggers Humanismuskritik und der gegenwärtige Transhumanismus / Jana Tomašovičová, 2014. In: The Yearbook on History and Interpretation of Phenomenology 2013: Person - Subject - Organism: An Overview of Interdisciplinary Insights / Editor-In-Chief Anton Vydra. - Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2014. - ISBN 978-3-631-65069-1. - ISSN 2198-8595. - pp. 139-156.

Citations:

(2) MURÁNSKY, Martin. Das radikale Böse und Freiheit des endlichen Menschen bei Kant. In: Studia Philosophica Kantiana. 2018, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 66. ISSN 1338-7758. WoS.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

VEGA 1/0563/18: The Philosophical Analysis of the Blurring of Boundaries in Contemporary Bio-Discourse, 2018 – 2021, principal investigator.

Project description: The project's main aim is to analyze changes that cause multilevel deletion of borders in contemporary bio-discourse. On the one hand, the process of wiping off the clear-cut boundaries between scientific areas is based on effective cross-connection between knowledge, methodological approaches, and research aims of various scientific disciplines; on the other hand, what is affected by the process of deletion is the validity of existing identification criteria, frameworks of interpretation and standards of evaluation. Concerning the changes in contemporary bio scientific research, the objective of the project is 1.) to analyze shifts and deletion of borders from the point of view of three perspectives - ontological, epistemological, and ethical perspective, 2.) to identify the new relevant evaluation criteria for the assessment of the latest results that stem from the contemporary bio scientific research, 3.) to explore the conditions of coexistence of the old and new evaluation criteria.

 

APVV-17-0064: Analysis of the multidimensional character of trans- and posthumanism, 2018 – 2022, investigator.

Project description: The project's main objective is multidimensional transdisciplinary research of mutual dynamic relationships related to the issue of human gene editing and posthumanism in five research domains: biology-biotechnology, philosophical reflection, (bio)ethical review, biopolitical analysis, and democratization of science, art and culture. In particular, the project focuses on a philosophical examination of the concept of trans- and posthumanism with an emphasis on human germline cell genome editing in relation to human nature, genetic determinism, and aesthetic transformation of the human body. The issue of a transformation of the human biological species (homo sapiens) is analyzed in the context of the conflicts between a realist and social-constructivist understanding of biological categorization. At the level of bioethical and biopolitical reflection, the project analyses the impact of trans- and post-humanist modification of the human genome on society, its political institutions, and the process of science democratization.


NFP313010ASN4: Addressing societal threats in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 – 2023, investigator.

The project description: The project is interdisciplinary in nature, responding to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the natural, health, social, humanities, and economic sciences. It integrates the knowledge and skills of the creative staff of UCM Trnava and provides answers to two fundamental problems: increasing the capacity of infrastructure and human resources for real-time diagnostics and medical assistance and addressing the serious social problems due to the isolation of individuals of the population. The project mobilizes the components of the university to address the current issues caused by COVID-19: 1. Prevention and protection against infection caused by the coronavirus; 2. Medical/clean technologies aimed at diagnosing and treating patients; 3. Diagnostics and testing; 4. Protection of the population and societal values.


VEGA No. 2/0163/22: Literature in Bioethics and Bioethics in Literature, 2022 – 2025, deputy principal investigator.

Project description: The project is inspired by the concept of interdiscursive relations, whose author is the leading French linguist D. Maingueneau (2004), and the idea of narrative bioethics (H. Dubiel 2011). The object of investigation in the present project is the analysis of the relations between literary (media) and bioethical (philosophical) discourse. The aim of the project is to push the boundaries of the study of the interdiscursive communication between literature (broadly conceived) and bioethics from the traditional analysis of the depiction of the doctor-patient relationship in literature towards the so-called humanistic turn in bioethics. Methodologically, this means that literature and art create a space for enriching the narrowly rationalistic ethical discourse with humanistic and philosophical-psychological aspects, including phenomenological and hermeneutical approaches to applied ethics, especially bioethics.


VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the advisory board of the journal Filozofia Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences 2018 – present
Member of the society Central and East European Society for Phenomenology (CEESP) 2019 – present
Member of the commission for doctoral studies in systematic philosophy Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2018 – present
Member of the commission for bachelor and master state examinations in the study programme Philosophy and Applied Philosophy Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2000 – present
Member of the commission for bachelor and master state examinations in the study programme Teaching civics in combination Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2000 – present
Member of the Ethics Committee of the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2023 – 2027
Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2024 – present

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Philosophisches Seminar an der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany October 1994 – February 1995 studies, DAAD – SAIA scholarship
Deutsches Referenzzentrum fuer Ethik in den Biowissenschaften Bonn, Germany 27.10.2008 – 3.11.2008 study and research stay
Interdisziplinäres Ethik-Zentrum an der Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Freiburg, Germany 2.3.2013 – 9.3.2013 study and research stay
Institut fuer Biomedizinische Ethik und Medizingeschichte an der Universität Zurich Zurich, Schweiz 9.11.2016 – 16.11.2016 study and research stay
Institut fuer Biomedizinische Ethik und Medizingeschichte an der Universität Zurich Zurich, Schweiz 25.11.2019 – 28.11.2019 study and research stay
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz Linz, Austria 7.9.2022 – 10.9.2022 research stay / Ars Electronica
Department of Medical Ethics and Humanities Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University 27.1.2025 – 31.1.2025 Erasmus+ Mobility

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Member of the Top Team at the Faculty of Arts UCM in Trnava: Practical Philosophy with Emphasis on Bioethics (from November 2020): https://ff.ucm.sk/docs/veda_a_vyskum/Spickove_timy/ST_Prakticka_filozofia_s_dorazom_na_bioetiku.pdf

 

Popularisation of philosophy and science:

Science Fiction Philosophy: Posthumanism in Science Fiction Literature, Discussion in Little Berlin, 8 June 2021.

Posthuman themes (not only) in Literature, Presentation of the thematic issue 1/2021 of the journal World Literature Studies, 16 June 2021.

From Husserl to Heidegger, Philosophy Night in Little Berlin, 19 November 2020.

Promises and Perils of Emerging Technologies for Human Condition, Book presentation in Little Berlin, November 7, 2019

Multimodal Discourse: From Rhetoric to Mediatization of Science, Colloquium at the Polish Institute in Bratislava, 2 March 2017.

Date of last update
2025-03-06