Institute of History
Topic
Venereal Diseases as a Social and Healthcare Problem at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries in the Territory of Today’s Slovakia
PhD. program
Slovak History
Name of the supervisor
Gabriela Dudeková Kováčová, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University Bratislava
Annotation
The objective of the dissertation is to investigate changes in therapeutic procedures and regulations against venereal diseases, with a special focus on their causes, social consequences, 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., specialized medical facilities, brothels, charity societies, etc.) will be integral to the dissertation. A comparison of selected institutions in the territory of today's Slovakia with similar examples in other regions of the Habsburg Monarchy or its successor states is encouraged. In addition to archival material on selected institutions, contemporary medical, health, and educational literature (including the press), memoirs, correspondence, and fiction will serve as important sources for analysis. The candidate is expected to have a basic overview of the political and social development of Slovakia in the period under review.
Requirements: 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.
Requirements: 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.