PhDr. Elena Kurincová

A historian specialising in modern history, she works as a curator at the Bratislava City Museum, focusing on the research, scholarly documentation, and public presentation of the museum’s collections dating from the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century (Modern History II). Her research interests include the everyday lives of the city’s inhabitants, with a current focus on Bratislava’s bourgeois families, as well as the activities of associations, photographic studios, municipal administration, and prominent figures in the city’s history.

She served as Scientific Editor of the Bratislava City Museum Yearbook from Volume 17 (2005) to Volume 28 (2016).

She has contributed as a co-author to several scholarly publications, including:

- Múzeum mesta Bratislavy. 1868–2008. 140 rokov (Bratislava, 2008);

- Die Musealisierung der Geschichte Bratislavas als einer multiethnischen Stadt: Konzeption und Wirklichkeit (Essen: Klartext Verlag, 2017);

- Vo víre dejín. Múzeum mesta Bratislavy, 1868–2018 (Bratislava, 2018);

- Mesto a jeho pamäť (proceedings of the Bratislava City Museum's 2018 academic conference, Bratislava, 2020);

- Ľudia a mesto (also as editor, Bratislava, 2023);

- Ovídius Faust. Legenda alebo mýtus? (Bratislava, 2025);

- Rodinné skutočnosti (also as editor, Bratislava, 2025).

She has also authored and co-authored numerous articles and studies published in academic journals and edited volumes. Drawing on her areas of expertise, she has contributed to the development of exhibition scripts and curatorial concepts for several exhibitions.