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Martina Wilsch presented at the international IMISCOE conference in Girona
Our colleague Martina Wilsch participated in the 23rd IMISCOE Annual Conference, held in Girona from 29 June to 2 July 2026. As part of the panel (Con)figurational Approaches to Transnational Families in Forced Migration Contexts, she presented, together with Prof. Ute Karl (Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Ludwigsburg), the paper Care and Social Support in Dynamic Figurations of Displaced Ukrainian Families: Reflections from Germany and Slovakia. The paper was prepared as part of the APVV...
Presentation of the Results of the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Strategy for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of Roma by 2030
On Wednesday, 1 July 2026, a meeting of the thematic working group of the Slovak Government Plenipotentiary for Roma Communities took place at the Bôrik Government Hotel. The programme included the presentation of new findings from the 2025 Sociographic Mapping of Roma Communities, while Juraj Majo presented the key findings of an external evaluation of the implementation of the Strategy’s action plans for 2022–2024. Researchers from IESA SAS contributed to the evaluation within the research area...
Roundtable of National Coordinators of SSH Research Infrastructures: Joining Forces for Enhanced Collaboration
IESA SAS, as the coordinating institution of the DARIAH-SK platform, initiated a roundtable of national coordinators of research infrastructures (RIs) in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). Representatives from prominent platforms in Slovakia accepted the invitation to participate in the hybrid meeting: DARIAH-SK (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) – A. Gogora (ÚESA SAV, v. v. i.) CLARIN-SK (Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure) – J. Levická...
New Publication Policies Without Marrow
The research team of the Roma Studies thematic cluster at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, led by T. Zachar Podolinská and A. Belák, has prepared a scholarly monograph entitled Policies Without Marrow. This academic social-science publication presents an independent external evaluation of the implementation of the "Strategy of the Slovak Republic for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of Roma until 2030" for the period 2022–2024, commissioned...
Contributions in the New Issue of Romani Studies
Two articles connected with topics also addressed by our colleagues have been published in the new issue of Romani Studies (2026/1), a leading journal in the field of Romani studies. The first, Oral History in Romani Studies: Problems and Perspectives, was published by Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov. The second, Post-mining Landscapes and Uneven Environmental Justice: Roma in Rudňany, Slovakia, was prepared by Daniel Škobla and Richard Filčák.
Representation of IESA SAS and DARIAH-SK at the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 in Rome
At the end of May, the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 took place in Rome. The Slovak consortium DARIAH-SK, coordinated by the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (IESA SAS), was represented by National Coordinator Andrej Gogora from the Department of Research Collections of IESA SAS. As part of the program, he attended the National Coordinators Committee meeting. He presented the current activities and plans of the DARIAH-SK national node, managed by IESA SAS,...
Slovakia in the World Values Survey – Wave 8
Slovakia has successfully participated in Wave 8 of the World Values Survey (WVS), one of the world’s leading international comparative research projects on human values and beliefs. The survey in Slovakia was implemented by the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS and the DEKK Institute, with principal investigators Pavol Kosnáč, Tatiana Zachar Podolinská and Hugo Gloss.
Jaroslava Panáková at the UArctic Congress in the Faroe Islands
From 25 to 28 May 2026, Jaroslava Panáková from the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences participated in the UArctic Congress in Tórshavn. As a member of the FutureMed Action, she presented the poster and paper ‘Affective Images, Arctic Lives: Indigenous Yupik Visual Knowledge as a Decolonising Force’ and took part in discussions on climate issues, ocean sustainability, northern communities, and Indigenous knowledge systems.
An episode of the podcast Baltic Ways
We invite you to listen to an episode of the podcast Baltic Ways, featuring contributors to a special issue of the journal Slovenský národopis dedicated to the theme of Slow Memory. The host, Dr Indra Ekmanis, speaks with Professor Violeta Davoliūtė, Professor Ene Kõresaar, and Dr Kristi Jõesalu about the concepts of Slow Memory and Slow Conflict in relation to representations of Russian-speaking minorities in Baltic museums.
Book Series Roma History and Culture Published by Brill
The book series Roma History and Culture, founded and edited by our colleagues Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov and published by Brill, now comprises eight volumes. These publications challenge prevailing academic and popular narratives that portray Roma as a marginalised community and passive objects of state policies.
New Issue of Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology 1/2026 Published
We are pleased to draw your attention to the latest issue of Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology 1/2026, published in Slovak and devoted to the topic of popular piety. This thematic issue opens up space for reflection on one of the key, yet still insufficiently explored, phenomena in Slovakia’s cultural history. It includes four academic studies. We wish you an enjoyable read.
Call for Papers for Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology 1/2027
Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology invites submissions (in Slovak) for its forthcoming issue 1/2027, devoted to oral tradition, genre criteria, terminology, and historical research in an interdisciplinary context. The guest editors are Anna Zelenková and Katarína Balleková. Abstracts should be submitted by 30 May 2026, and full papers by 30 October 2026.
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