Mgr. Silvia Rosivalová Baučeková, PhD.

Contact

Address

Department of British and American Studies
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Arts
Moyzesova 9, 040 01 Košice

Office Hours

SUMMER SEMESTER 2023/2024
Tuesdays 9:30-11:00am

Dear students, please email me in advance at silvia.baucekova@gmail.com if you wish to arrange a consultation.

E-mail

silvia.baucekova@upjs.sk

Phone

055/234 71 32

Room Number

122

What is the role of food in literature? Watch this informal lecture (in Slovak) to learn more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?…

Food, symbolism and nationalism. Listen to an interview on the topic here:
https://enrsi.rtvs.sk/…its-meanings?…

Read my articles (in Slovak) on books, food, space and more here:
https://knihynadosah.sk/…beras-si-ty/
https://knihynadosah.sk/…-pozieranie/
https://knihynadosah.sk/…n-high-road/

Personal Data

E-mail: silvia.baucekova@upjs.sk

Academic Degrees and Titles

PhD. (Doctor) in 2014, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice and Universidad de Jaén in Spain.
Mgr. (Master) in 2011, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.

Professional Career

2014 – present – I work as Assistant Professor at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.

I teach students in the Bachelor and Master programme at the Department of British and American Studies.
Subjects: History of British Literature 1 and 2, Children's Literature, Popular Fiction, Contemporary English Novel, Food in Literature, Gender in Slovak Literature

My research interests include: food studies, contemporary English fiction and non-fiction, gender studies and feminist criticism

Selected Publications:
„Kráčajúc po Kilburn High Road: Osudové lokality v románe NW od Zadie Smith.“ In: Knihy na dosah, 2020, online
„Dieting Gluttons: A Postmillennial Paradox in the Contemporary Healthy Eating Discourse.“ In: Towards a New Paradigm: Reflections on Postmillennial Trends in Anglophone Literatures, Cultures and Media. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
„Imprisoned or Empowered? Domestic Foodspaces in Contemporary Women's Fiction.“ Proceedings of the Language, Literature, Space Conference. Niš: University of Niš, 2018.
Dining Room Detectives: Analysing Food in the Novels of Agatha Christie. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
„Cooking Her Up: Renegotiating the Kitchen in Four Stories of Female Development.“ Growing up a Woman: The Private/Public Divide in the Narratives of Female Development. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
„The Flavour of Murder: Food and Crime in the Novels of Agatha Christie“ Prague Journal of English Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2014.

Book Translations:
Interrelations of Slovak and World Historiography: Slovak Historiography in European History Translation: Silvia Rosivalová Baučeková, Bibiana Vacková, Matúš Hrubovčák (editors: Zdeněk Jirásek, Ján Adam). Košice: Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, 2015.

Book Reviews:
Review of „Seasoned socialism: gender and food in late Soviet everyday life (2019) by Anastasia Lakhtikova.“ Food, Culture & Society, 2020.
„Autumn: A Short Tale of Art, Life, Nature, and Time (review of Autumn (2016) by Ali Smith).“ Jazyk a kultúra, Vol. 9, no. 33–34, 2018.

Public Lectures

What is the role of food in literature? Watch this informal lecture (in Slovak) to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?…

“Plates Filled to the Brim but Still Squeaky Clean: Restriction and Desire in Contemporary Healthy Eating Discourse", March 6, 2020, Department of International Studies, University of Oregon, USA

Work Abroad

january – may 2020 – research stay at the University of Oregon through the Fulbright Visiting Scholar program

Study Abroad

2013–2014 – research stay at Universidad de Jaén, Spain as part of a double-degree PhD. study programme (DOKTORAND).
Summer Semester 2010 – Erasmus study mobility at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland (Field of study: English philology)

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