Doctoral School of Humanities, Institute of Archaeology
Bio
Education
I completed my bachelor's degree in 2022 at the Department of Archaeology, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia. My thesis was titled: "The State of Research and Perspectives of Study of Equestrian Burials from the Hungarian Conquest Period".
In 2024, I earned my master's degree at the Department of Archaeology, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia. My thesis was titled: "The Early Medieval Swords from the Territory of Present-Day Slovakia in the Context of European Archaeology".
Title of the doctoral thesis: "Nitra-Mikov dvor: An Interdisciplinary Study of an Early Árpádian-Period Cemetery and Its Population in the Context of the Northern Periphery of the Kingdom of Hungary”.
International Experience
In 2022–2023, I participated in the Erasmus+ program at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Łódź, Poland.
In 2023, I attended the international summer school organized by the University of Silesia: "Wolin/Jómsborg: A Meeting Place of Slavs and Scandinavians in the Early Middle Ages".
Since 2025, I have been pursuing a PhD in a Cotutelle program in collaboration with University of Lodz and Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia.
Experience
During my studies, I participated in several systematic archaeological excavations conducted by the Department of Archaeology, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. These included excavations in Nová Baňa (2019) and Pustý Hrad (2020). I was also involved in rescue excavations at sites in Nové Zámky, Štúrovo, and Svätoplukovo.
I also took part in systematic excavations conducted by the Department of Classical Archaeology at Trnava University at the site in Iža (2024, Roman castellum).
Between 2020 and 2022, I worked at a private archaeological company, Archeologická Agentúra s.r.o., where I focused on the documentation of movable artifacts from archaeological excavations.
From 2020 to 2024, I was involved in rescue and preventive archaeological excavations with the private company PAMARCH s.r.o., working on multicultural settlement and cemetery sites such as Rúbaň, Čechy, Nitra, Levice, Alekšince, Biely Kostol, and Senica.
Projects
2026-2028 – VEGA no. 2/0167/24 "The economic hinterland of ‘centres’ during the Early Middle Ages and the beginning of the High Middle Ages in the northern Carpathian Basin" (researcher). Slovak Academy of Sciences, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra.
Publications
Jócsik, K., Môc, R. (2024): Petersen's Type X Sword from Malé Kozmálovce, Slovakia, Project Forlǫg 2024.
31st EAA Annual Meeting Belgrade, Serbia, 3–6 September 2025. Title of the presentation: "K. Jócsik/J. Tamaškovič:Could He Bear the Sword? Interpreting an Early Medieval Grave from Ivanka pri Dunaji, Southwestern Slovakia".
VIII Kongres Mediewistów Polskich – Gniezno, 17–20 September 2025. Title of the presentation: "J. Kurák/K. Jócsik: The Western Carpathian Arc as Árpád-Piast Borderland".
Membership
European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) from 2025.
Interests
As part of my studies, I focus on the Early Middle Ages in Central Europe. My research areas include Great Moravia, the migration of the Magyars into the Carpathian Basin, and the beginnings of the Kingdom of Hungary. Specifically, I study weaponry, burial rite and contacts between the Kingdom of Hungary and Poland.
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