UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
 prof. PhDr. Matúš Porubjak, PhD.
Email:
 matus.porubjak@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
Porubjak
I.2 - Name
Matúš
I.3 - Degrees
prof. PhDr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1969
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Philosophy and Applied Philosophy
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Nám. J. Herdu 2, 917 01 Trnava
I.7 - Position
profesor
I.8 - E-mail address
matus.porubjak@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/14340
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Philosophy
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6364-2903

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave * Trnavská univerzita v Trnave
II.b - Year
1993 * 1998
II.c - Study field and programme
Geology and Geochemistry * Philosophy
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Trnavská univerzita v Trnave
II.b - Year
2003
II.c - Study field and programme
61-01-9 Systematic Philosophy
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Czech republic
II.b - Year
2011
II.c - Study field and programme
Philosophy
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave
II.b - Year
2020
II.c - Study field and programme
Systematic Philosophy
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Professor in Philosophy Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave from 2020
Associated professor in 2.1.2 Systematic Philosophy Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave 2012 – 2020
Assistant Professor Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave 2002 – 2012
assistant Trnavská univerzita v Trnave 2001 – 2002

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
New Greek Language Cours Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 2004
IS HAP Training FA UCM 2023
Traditional Thai Body Massage inprov 2024
Soft-release Techniques REMAS Piešťany 2025

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
History of Ancient Philosophy Philosophy and Applied Philosophy I filozofia/Philosophy
History of Hellenistic and Medieval Philosophy Philosophy and Applied Philosophy I filozofia/Philosophy
Final Thesis Seminar II Philosophy and Applied Philosophy I filozofia/Philosophy
Politology for Philosophers Philosophy and Applied Philosophy I filozofia/Philosophy
Postgraduate Seminar 1 Systematic Philosophy III filozofia/Philosophy
Postgraduate Seminar 2 Systematic Philosophy III filozofia/Philosophy
History of Ancient Philosophy Teacher Training in Civics I učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
History of Hellenistic and Medieval Philosophy Teacher Training in Civics I učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
History of Modern Philosophy 1 Teacher Training in Civics I učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
Fundamentals of Religious Studies Teacher Training in Civics I učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
History of Modern Philosophy 2 Teacher Training in Civics I učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
History of Philosophy of 19. a 20. ct. Teacher Training in Civics I učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
Philosophical Antrhropology Teacher Training in Civics I učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
Problems of Contemporary Philosophy Teacher Training in Civics I učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
Bioethics Teacher Training in Civics II učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
Human Rights Teacher Training in Civics II učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
The Global Challenges of Our Time Teacher Training in Civics II učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
Technology and Our Times Teacher Training in Civics II učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/Teacher Training and Education Science
Subject Didactics III. Teacher Training in Civics II učiteľstvo a pedagogické vedy/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
Teacher Training in Civics I Teacher Training and Education Science
Teacher Training in Civics II Teacher Training and Education Science
Systematic Philosophy III 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)
1
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
1
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
16
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
21
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
3
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
Beginnings of European Social-Political Thinking Teacher Training in Civics II Teacher Training and Education Science
Faculty Postgraduate Seminar 1 common faculty seminar for PhD. students III Philosophy
Faculty Postgraduate Seminar 2 common faculty seminar for PhD. students III 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
92
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
7
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
12
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
2
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
142
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
28
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
34
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
8
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
10/5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
4/1
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Theognis on Breeding and Learning: Why Socrates Should Have Quoted His Verses in Plato's Meno / Porubjak, Matúš [Autor, 100%]. – DOI 10.1163/20512996-12340234. – WOS CC ; SCOPUS In: Polis [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] : The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought. – ISSN 0142-257X. – ISSN (online) 2051-2996. – Roč. 36, č. 3 (2019), s. 488-510 [tlačená forma] [online]

Socrates as the Paradigmatic Figure of Practical Philosophy / Porubjak, Matúš [Autor, 100%] In: Aither [elektronický dokument] : časopis pro studium řecké a latinské filosofické tradice = Journal for the Study of Greek and Latin Philosophical Traditions. – ISSN (online) 1803-7860. – Roč. 10, č. 20 (2018), s. 50-65 [online]

Theognis a sófrosyné / Porubjak Matúš, 2017. In: Filosofický časopis. - ISSN 0015-1831. - Roč. 65, č. 5 (2017), s. 659-672.

Theognis and the Social Role of Measure / Porubjak Matúš, 2013. - Spôsob prístupu: http://www.electryone.gr. In: Electryone [elektronický zdroj]. - ISSN 2241-4061. - Roč. 1, č. 1 (2013), s. 54-65 [online].

Vôľa (k) celku : človek a spoločenstvo rečou Homéra a Theognida / Porubjak Matúš. - Pusté Úľany : Schola Philosophica, 2010. - 168 s. [7 AH]. - ISBN 978-80-969823-9-4.

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

 Podiel ženy na poľudštení človeka, alebo zopár poznámok k Pandóre = The Part Played by Woman in the Humanisation of the Man, or Some Notes on Pandora / Matúš Porubjak, 2024. In: Ostium : internetový časopis pre humanitné vedy : internetový časopis pre humanitné vedy. - ISSN 1339-942X, Roč. 20, č. 4 (2024), s. 1-12.

Why Did Theognis Not Leave Respect and Retribution in His "Hope Elegly"? / Porubjak, Matúš [Autor, 100%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.31577/filozofia.2023.78.4.1. – WOS CC ; CCC In: Filozofia [textový dokument (print)] [elektronický dokument] . – Bratislava (Slovensko) : Slovenská akadémia vied. Pracoviská SAV. Filozofický ústav. – ISSN 0046-385X. – ISSN (online) 2585-7061. – Roč. 78, č. 4 (2023), s. 245-258

Vybrané kapitoly z dejín helenistickej a stredovekej filozofie / Matúš Porubjak ; recenzenti: Jaroslav Cepko, Slavomír Lesňák. - 1. vyd. - Trnava : Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, 2023, 157 s. [print]. - ISBN 978-80-572-0309-4.

Sókratovská pedagogika v Platónovom dialógu Menón / Porubjak, Matúš [Autor, 100%]. – [recenzované]. – DOI 10.5817/pf22-1-20425

In: Pro-Fil [elektronický dokument] : internetový časopis pro filosofii = an Internet Journal of Philosophy. – Brno (Česko) : Masarykova univerzita. Filozofická fakulta. Katedra filozofie. – ISSN (online) 1212-9097. – Roč. 23, č. 1 (2022), s. 1-15 [online]

Hľadanie duše 1 / Matúš Porubjak, 2024. In: Ostium : internetový časopis pre humanitné vedy : internetový časopis pre humanitné vedy. - ISSN 1339-942X, Roč. 20, č. 2 (2024), s. [1-3] [online]. Rec na: Duše, tělo, smrt od Homéra po Platóna I / Tomáš Vítek. - Přibyslav : Herrmann & synové, 2022.

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

Porubjak, M. Theognis and the Social Role of Measure. In: Electryone, vol. 1, no. 1 (2013), pp. 54-65.

Ohlasy

van BERKEL, T.A. The Ethical Life of a Fragment: Three Readings of Protagoras' Man Measure Statement. In: Early Greek Ethics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. s. 108. ISBN 978-0-19-875867-9.


Porubjak, M. Theognis on Breeding and Learning: Why Socrates Should Have Quoted His Verses in Plato ́s Meno. In: Polis : The Journal for Ancient Greek and Roman Political Thought. Vol. 36, No. 3 (2019), pp. 488–510

Ohlasy:

CONDELLO, Federico. Plat. men. 95d-96e a la tradizione antica dei Theognidea. In: Eikasmos. 2020, 31, pp. 69-100. ISSN 2612-2448. s. 81, 92, 93, 98.

Porubjak, M. Theognis and the Social Role of Measure. In: Electryone, vol. 1, no. 1 (2013), pp. 54-65.

Ohlasy:

CALDERÓN DORDA, Esteban. La piedad teognídea. In: Som per mirar (I): estudis de filologia grega oferts a Carles Miralles. 2015, s. 104, 108. ISBN 978-84-475-3814-0.

Porubjak, M. Socrates as the Paradigmatic Figure of Practical Philosophy In: Aither: časopis pro studium řecké a latinské filosofické tradice. - ISSN 1803-7860. - č. 5 (2018), s. 50-65.

Ohlasy:

BERARDI, E., et al. Aristotele citatore o la riappropriazione da parte della filosofia dei discorsi di sapere anteriori. Alessandria: Edizioni dell'Orso, 2020, s. 502. ISBN 978-88-3613-096-2. (

Porubjak, M.: Plótinovi chlapci, Menónov otrok a etické dilemy = Plotinus' Boys, Meno's Slave Boy and Moral Dilemmas. In: Filozofia. Roč. 69, č. 6 (2014), s. 526-535.

Ohlasy:

CEPKO, Jaroslav. Fronésis v Platónovom dialógu "Menón". In: Filosofický časopis. 2017, roč. 65, č. 5, s. 701. ()

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

2022 – 2025 VEGA 2/0163/22 – Literature in Bioethics and Bioethics in Literature. Main Investigator: Mgr. Bogumiła Suwara, PhD. (ÚSvL SAV), Deputy investigator for Education section: doc. Mgr. Jana Tomašovičová, PhD. (FF UCM). Investigator.

Abstract: The project Literature in Bioethics and Bioethics in Literature is inspired by the concept of interdiscursive relations, whose author is the leading French linguist D. Maingueneau (2004) and the concept 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 analysis 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 rationalist ethical discourse with humanistic and philosophical-psychological aspects, including phenomenological and hermeneutical approaches to applied ethics, especially to bioethics.

2021 – 2024 The Evolution of the Concept of Shame in the Ancient and Contemporary Moral Philosophy with an Accent on Its Ethical Functions (VEGA 1/0020/21). Investigator.

Anotation: In the Antiquity, the category of the shame was one of the most important concepts in the practical philosophical discourse. During the 20th century, this category becomes – though not dominantly – object of reflection in psychoanalysis, phenomenology and existentialism. The objective of the project is to explore the transformation of the forms and functions of the notion of shame in the ancient and contemporary moral philosophy. We shall focus on different meanings of the ancient Greek concepts of aidos and aischyne, both of which can be translated as shame. Our attention will be concerned with the content of the above-mentioned concepts (and their Latin equivalents) from Homer to Seneca. In the contemporary moral philosophic discourse concerning the shame, we shall follow two main motifs: 1) the return to its ancient starting points; 2) the inquiry into its transformative moral potential.

2018–2020 Common Educational Programme for Cross-Border Excursion Teaching to Promote the Education of Civics (with Masaryk University, Brno) (NFP304010C840) Investigator and Chief Executive for UCM. https://www.muni.cz/en/research/projects/38244

The project will create conditions for improving the employability of graduates’ teachers of Masaryk University in Brno and the University of St. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. A joint educational programme of excursion teaching in the cross-border region of Hodonín, Breclav, Skalica, Senica and Trnava will be developed, tested and implemented. Continuous cooperation between partner universities in training future teachers of civic education, civic science, basics of social sciences and teaching of these subjects in the regional education system of the Czech Republic and Slovakia will contribute to overcoming social and cultural barriers between the border regions. The project has two target groups – students in full-time and continuing education and teachers. The outputs of the project will also be applicable for the public in the field of culture and tourism in the region.

2018–2020 Ad Fontes Cynicorum Socraticorum – Sources and Interpretation of Socratic Cynism (VEGA 1/0864/18) Deputy Principal Investigator.

The subject of the research proposal is the historical and philosophical reflection of the Socratic school of thought of ancient cynics. The specificity of the project is the application of the classical „ad fontes“ principle, complemented by the addition of the existing source base in the Slovak language and by interpretations of the newly created source bases in the form of scientific editions of other figures (Crates, Hipparchia, etc.) and interpretative works. The relevance of the present research project is guaranteed on the one side by the scientific results of the previous research of the core of the scientific team (on Antisthenes and Diogenes), which we are continuously linked to, and on the other side by the fact that the cynicism was one of the most influential philosophical movements in the history of philosophy. Therefore, the project focuses on the history of cynic ideas and proves that there was a strong non-Platonic tradition inspiring historical as well as present philosophical thought.

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 Editorial Committee of ELECTRYONE – ΗΛΕΚΤΡΥΩΝΗ (An English-language peer reviewed online journal devoted to ancient historical and philological issues. www.electryone.gr Publisher: University of the Aegean, Dept of Mediterranean Studies, Rhodes, Greece. ISSN 2241-4061 2013 – 2022
Member of Editorial Board of Folia Philosophica Publisher: University of Silesia Press, Poland 2018 – until now
Member of Scientific Board Univerzity sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave 2022 – 2026
Member of Scientific Board Filozofická fakulta Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku 2012 – 2015
Member of Scientific Board Fakulta sociálnych a ekonomických vied Univerzity Komenského v Bratislave 2011 – 2014
External member of Scientific Board Institute of Philosophy of Slovac Academy of Sciences 2024 – 2029

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)
Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Social Science, University of Silesia, Poland ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland 22. 02. – 30. 06. 2021 Visiting Professor (contract)
Department of Humanities: Kostanay Social-Technical University, Kazakhstan улица Герцена 27, Kostanay 110000, Kazakhstan 11. 04. – 21. 04. 2019 Invited Lectures, Key Note Speaker (Projects KEGA 002UCM-4/2017 and VEGA 1/0864/18)
Department of Mediterranean Studies: Faculty of Humanities, University of the Aegean, Greece Δημοκρατίας 1, 85100 Ρόδος 14. 10. 2024 – 18. 10. 2024; 24. 10. 2022 – 28. 10. 2022; 10. 2014 – 28. 10. 2014 Research stay and Lecture (Projects KEGA 002UCM-4/2017 and VEGA 1/0864/18)
Cleveland State University (Ohio, U.S.A): College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 2121 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44115 31. 03. – 22. 04. 2013 Research Stay (Program ESF – NFP26110230002)
Ústav filosofie a religionistiky Univerzity Karlovy, Praha nám. Jana Palacha 2, 116 38, Praha 1 5. – 9. 12. 2005 ERASMUS/SOCRATES
Katedra občanské výchovy Pedagogické fakulty Masarykovy University Brno Poříčí 31 Brno 603 00 28. 3. – 01. 04. 2022 Erasmus+

IX. - Other relevant facts

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

Member of Research team of excellence at the Faculty of Arts (FF UCM): Practical philosophy with focus on bioethics (since 2020)

Reviewer of Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education (12. 4. 2021 – 11. 4. 2027)

External evaluator of the proposal for the study programmes Civic Education and Basics of Social Sciences with a Focus on Education and Teaching Civic Education for Primary Schools; Faculty of Education MU Brno, date of evaluation 14 September 2023.

External member of the Appeals Board under the mobility programme SAV, STU A UK – SASPRO 2 (2021-2022)

External evaluator of the proposal for the study programmes Civic Education and Basics of Social Sciences with a Focus on Education and Teaching Civic Education for Primary Schools; Faculty of Education MU Brno, date of evaluation 18 January 2018.

External evaluator of the proposal for the study programmes Civic Education and Basics of Social Sciences with a Focus on Education and Teaching Civic Education for Primary Schools; Faculty of Education MU Brno, date of evaluation 14. September 2023.

Date of last update
2025-03-06