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| Martin Votruba’s favorite pastime is mountain climbing and hiking in lofty places. Here he is at an elevation of 14,271 ft. (4350 m). The chocolate bar in his hand is purely coincidental, he told the webmaster. |
| Degrees: Diploma in English Studies (FS), University of Edinburgh, Scotland; PhDr. and Ph.D., Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. |
| Specialties: Slovak studies — language, history, literature, culture; Slovak and West Slavic linguistics; Communism and its collapse in Central Europe. |
| Representative Publications: “Trends in 20th Century Slovak Filmmaking,” Slovakia 37; “Linguistic Minorities in Slovakia.” in: Linguistic Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe.; A Slovak-English Contrastive Grammar (revised ed. 2008); guest editor, KinoKultura, Special Issue 3: Slovak Cinema; “Hang Him High: The Elevation of Jánošík to an Ethnic Icon.” Slavic Review 65; “Comments on ‘Culture and Politics — Rivals or Allies?’” in: The Slovak Republic: A Decade of Independence.; “Historical and National Background of Slovak Filmmaking.” in: KinoKultura, Special Issue 3; “Slovakia After the Velvet Revolution: A Tale of Two Intelligentsias.” Slavic Almanach 3; “Highwayman’s Life: Extant Documents about Jánošík.” Slovakia 39. |
| Courses Regularly Taught: Slovak, Czech, and Central European Cinema; Slovak Transatlantic Cultures; The Year Communism Crumbled; A Survey of Slovak History and Culture; Slovak language. |
| Telephone: (412) 624-5705 1417 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 |
| E-mail Address: votruba “at” pitt “dot” edu |
| Slovak Studies Program. |
| Slavic faculty page. |