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New Publication: Book of Abstracts from the International Conference on Romani Studies
The Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society. Conference on Romani Studies: Book of Abstracts, edited by Danijel Vojak and Juraj Majo, has been published. It brings together abstracts from the international conference held in Zagreb, Croatia, on 2–5 September 2026, exploring contemporary and historical issues in Romani studies.
Jaroslava Panáková delivered a lecture entitled Affective Images, Ecological Memories: Photography between the Arctic Tundra and the Carpathian Meadow in Kraków
On 12 October 2026, Jaroslava Panáková delivered an invited lecture at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków. The lecture explored the concept of affective knowledge and its relationship to memory, particularly ecological memory.
Andrej Gogora at the International Conference Digital Humanities & Heritage 2026
From October 7 to 9, 2026, the 6th DARIAH-HR International Conference – Digital Humanities & Heritage (DHH 2026) took place at the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula in Croatia. Andrej Gogora actively participated in the event, representing the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (IESA SAS). The main theme of this year’s conference was “Cultural Memory vs. Machine Memory.” The event was co-organized by DARIAH-HR, the Institute of Ethnology...
Call for Papers: Thematic Issue of Romani Studies 2/2027
Tatiana Zachar Podolinská and Elena Marushiakova, together with Diethard Sawicki (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg), have prepared, within the RELIROMA project, a call for papers for a thematic issue of Romani Studies on Protestant, Pentecostal, and Charismatic missions among the Roma. Abstract submission deadline: 31 October 2026.
Monika Vrzgulová’s monograph receives an SAS award
The Slovak Academy of Sciences has recognised Oral History and the Holocaust in Slovakia. Selective and Contradictory Memories by our Director, Monika Vrzgulová, published by Palgrave Macmillan, as an outstanding scholarly monograph. We are very pleased to see this important recognition of her work and extend our sincere congratulations.
Miroslava Hlinčíková at a Conference on Homelessness in Lisbon
On 24–25 September 2026, Miroslava Hlinčíková attended the 20th European Research Conference on Homelessness in Lisbon. She also co-organised the hybrid EOH Early Career Research Club Session for early-career researchers working in the fields of housing and homelessness.
Cancellation of Events with Professor Hiroki Takakura
IESA SAS announces that, due to Professor Hiroki Takakura’s sudden illness, the events scheduled to take place in Bratislava on 5 and 6 October 2026 have been cancelled. We will provide information about rescheduled dates in due course. We wish Professor Takakura a swift recovery.
Soňa G. Lutherová’s film SLÁVA at the dok.incubator workshop
Our colleague Soňa G. Lutherová took part in a workshop of the prestigious international dok.incubator programme in Banská Štiavnica with her forthcoming documentary SLÁVA. The film explores the life and work of director and performer Sláva Daubnerová. Its premiere is planned for autumn 2027.
Soňa G. Lutherová at the Citizen Science Summer School
Our colleague Soňa G. Lutherová gave a lecture on family memories of socialism at the Citizen Science Summer School in Smolenice on 10 September 2026. She presented the findings of participatory research and explored ways in which public involvement can contribute to the study of family memory and intergenerational remembrance.
Professor Hiroki Takakura in Bratislava
The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences invites you to two events with Professor Hiroki Takakura of Tohoku University. On 5 October 2026, he will give a public lecture on human–animal relations in Siberian anthropology, followed on 6 October by a seminar on culture and recovery after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Book Avion Receives Literary Fund Award
Avion, a publication by Ľubica Voľanská and Katarína Haberlandová, has received the Literary Fund’s Award for Scientific and Professional Literature in the Social Sciences category. The book brings together architectural history with ethnological and social-anthropological perspectives and, through the story of the functionalist Avion building, explores the transformation of Bratislava and everyday life in the twentieth century. Warmest congratulations to both authors!
New publication: Ethical Dilemmas in Current Ethnology Vol. III
The third volume of Ethical Dilemmas in Current Ethnology has been published. It explores ethical challenges in ethnological and social anthropological research, focusing particularly on power imbalances, participation, epistemic justice, reciprocity, confidentiality, and the representation of vulnerable groups.
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