Institute of History
Topic
Veneral deseases as social and healthcare problem on the turn of 19th and 20th centuries on the territory of today’s Slovakia
PhD. program
Slovak History
Year of admission
2025
Name of the supervisor
Gabriela Dudeková Kováčová, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava
Annotation
The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the changes in therapeutic procedures and regulations against venereal diseases with the special focus on their causes and social consequences as well as mechanisms of social exlusion and stereotypes during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the context of Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Case studies of selected institutions (e.g. specialised medical facilities, brothels, charity societies etc.) will form part of the dissertation. A combination of macro- and micro-level approach will be preferred. A comparison of the selected institution on the territory of today's Slovakia and similar example in another region of the Habsburg Monarchy or its successor states is welcome. In addition to archival material on selected institutions, contemporary medical, health and educational literature (including press), memoirs, correspondence and fiction would serve as important sources for analyses.
The candidate is expected to have a basic overview of the political and social development of Slovakia in the period under review; in addition to knowledge of Slovak/Czech and English, the ability to work with sources in Hungarian and/or German is necessary for research into the period up to 1918.
The candidate is expected to have a basic overview of the political and social development of Slovakia in the period under review; in addition to knowledge of Slovak/Czech and English, the ability to work with sources in Hungarian and/or German is necessary for research into the period up to 1918.