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A new issue of Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology 4/2025 has been published

The thematic English-language issue is devoted to Marian Devotion in Europe: Historical Traces, Current Forms, Interdisciplinary Perspectives and presents five thematic studies. The guest editors of the issue are Tatiana Zachar Podolinská, Agáta Šústová Drelová, and Kinga Povedák. The issue is freely available online. We wish you an enjoyable read.

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Call for Papers for Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology 4/2026

The editorial board has announced a new call for abstracts for a thematic English-language issue entitled Between the Living and the Dead: Ethnological Perspectives on Communication with the Dead (vol. 75, no. 4). The call focuses on ethnological and anthropological perspectives on communication with the dead. The deadline for abstract submission is 28 February 2026, and final manuscripts are due by 30 June 2026. The issue will be published in December 2026.

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We wish you a beautiful and peaceful Christmas, and a healthy, happy, and joyful New Year!

We would like to thank you for both your professional commitment and your personal dedication to building the IESA SAS brand and its good reputation. We also thank you for following, commenting on, and sharing our news and posts. We wish you a wonderful and peaceful holiday season, and a happy and healthy New Year. IESA SAS

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Andrej Belák in an interview for Denník N

Our colleague Andrej Belák gave an interview to Denník N about the broader societal causes of recurring tragic fires in marginalised Roma settlements. The interview was published on 8 December 2025 and is also publicly available in video format.

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Ľudovít Štúr Honorary Plaque of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for Merit in the Humanities and Social Sciences for our colleague Dr. Monika Vrzgulová

On December 4, 2025, on the occasion of her life anniversary, our colleague, Dr. Monika Vrzgulová, was awarded the Ľudovít Štúr Honorary Plaque of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for Merit in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Call for Abstracts for Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology, Issue 3/2026: “Otherness in the (Un)Making: Media Representations of Marginalised People and Communities”

Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology announces a call for abstracts for the thematic issue Otherness in the (Un)Making: Media Representations of Marginalised People and Communities, guest-edited by Jaroslava Panáková (IESA SAS) and Stephan Dudeck (University of Tartu/Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ). The deadline for abstract submissions is 15 January 2026, and the deadline for full manuscripts is 15 May 2026. The issue will be published in September 2026.

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Lecture on Social Cohesion in the Context of Croatian War Veterans of the 1990s

On December 2, 2025, the IESA SAS hosted a lecture by Dr. Igor Mikloušić as part of its professional seminar series. Dr. Mikloušić, currently on a short-term research stay with us, is a psychologist working at the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences in Zagreb, Croatia. His research focuses on personality psychology, morality, and social cohesion, particularly among veteran populations, and on how misinformation and conspiracy narratives influence trust and cohesion.

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Monika Vrzgulová delivered a presentation at a conference in Stockholm

Monika Vrzgulová attended the interdisciplinary conference 'Collecting the Holocaust: Ethics, Memory and Materiality', held in Stockholm from 25 to 27 November. There, she presented a paper entitled 'After the Communist Regime: Memory Institutions and the Holocaust in Slovakia'.

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Ľubica Voľanská and Paulína Blahová at the International Conference Living Heritage: Knowledge, Identity, Practice

The international conference Living Heritage: Knowledge, Identity, Practice was held in Trnava on 27–28 November 2025. Ľubica Voľanská delivered a keynote lecture entitled The Unbearable Lightness of Missing Definitions in the UNESCO 2003 Convention. Doctoral researcher Paulína Blahová also participated, presenting—together with Daniel Drápal and Eva Kuminková—the paper Pastoral Heritage in Motion: Voices and Power in the UNESCO Inscription Process.

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DARIAH Day Slovakia 2025: Strengthening the National Digital Humanities Community

The DARIAH-SK National Consortium successfully organized the biennial scientific event, DARIAH Day Slovakia 2025. The meeting was held on November 19, 2025, under the auspices of the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the SAS, the consortium’s coordinating institution. Andrej Gogora, a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the SAS and the National Coordinator of DARIAH-SK, opened the event by outlining the strategic goals and roadmap for this national...

Panel on Marian Devotion among the Roma at the World Anthropological Union Congress 2025 (Guatemala)

At the World Anthropological Union Congress (3–8 November 2025, Antigua, Guatemala), the panel Veneration of the Virgin Mary among the Roma – Global Challenges and Local Diversities, organised by Tatiana Zachar Podolinská and Elena Marushiakova, was presented. The panel showcased new research on Marian devotion among Roma communities across different countries and its transformations in the context of migration, identity, and post-modern religiosities. The discussion concluded with an agreement to...

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Lecture Polarization and Anti-System in Slovakia 2025

On November 13, 2025, a public science lecture and discussion titled Polarization and Anti-System 2025: Slovakia took place at the Albrecht House on Kapitulská Street. The event explored how societal polarization shapes everyday life and how many people feel unsupported or harmed by the current system. Colleagues Pavol Kosnáč and Hugo Gloss presented key insights from their new book Polarization and Anti-System 2025: Slovakia, published by the DEKK Institute in cooperation with IESA SAS.

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