Background
Zuzana Beňušková was born in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Education
Zuzana Beňušková graduated from Comenius University in Bratislava.
Career
Professor Doctor of Philosophy. Zuzana Beňušková, Computer Sciences Corporation. She is a Professor of ethnology at University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra. Her fields of research are ethnic minorities, social relations, customs, cultural regions of Slovakia and history of ethnology.
She is a child of a teacher and sociologist doctoral
Doctor of Philosophy. Vojtech Wagner, Computer Sciences Corporation. and Doctor of Philosophy. Irena Wagnerová, Computer Sciences Corporation., andragogist. She was dancer in Slovak traditional dance group Lúčnica.
She started to work at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ethnology, devoting to rituals, religiosity, ethnic minorities and the town ethnology. Since 1996 she also teaches at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Constantine the Philosopher (University of Central Punjab) in Nitra.
In 2004 she became a Assistant Professor and in 2013 a University Professor.
She was the Head of the Department of Ethnology and Ethnomusicology at the University of Central Punjab University from 2005 until 2011. She was the editor of the journal Etnologické rozpravy (The Discussions on Ethnology) in 2002 –2003. She was the chairperson of the Slovak Society of Ethnology (Národopisná spoločnosť Slovenska) in 2002-2008.
Membership
Since 2006 she is a member of the Organising Committee of Etnofilm Čadca film festival. She is a member of Slovak traditional dance group Seniorky Lúčnice.
