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47th Annual Conference of the Gypsy Lore Society in Paris has concluded
The 47th annual conference of the Gypsy Lore Society took place from September 24–26 at Campus Condorcet in Aubervilliers, Paris. The event with more than 130 participants from around the world, was organized in collaboration with the Institut des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), the Institut Convergences Migrations (ICM), the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), and FNASAT Gens du Voyage – Médiathèque “Matéo Maximoff”. IESA SAS co-published the book of abstracts.
Opening Speech of the President of the Gypsy Lore Society, Tatiana Zachar Podolinská
The annual Gypsy Lore Society conference was opened on Wednesday, September 24, by its president, Dr. Tatiana Zachar Podolinská, who focused her speech on aspects of Romani studies in relation to artificial intelligence, as well as the issue of digital deprivation often faced by Roma communities. In her speech, Dr. Zachar Podolinská emphasized the urgent need to address how artificial intelligence impacts Roma communities, particularly through algorithmic bias and digital exclusion.
Monika Vrzgulová at the IOHA 2025 Conference in Krakow and the Launch of Her New Book
The 23rd conference of the International Oral History Association (IOHA), entitled Re-Thinking Oral History, was held in Krakow from 16 to 19 September 2025. Our colleague Monika Vrzgulová was among the speakers at this event. A highlight of the conference was the presentation of her new book, Oral History and the Holocaust in Slovakia: Selective and Contradictory Memories, published by the renowned publisher Palgrave Macmillan.
Outstanding Journal Publication Award for Andrej Belák
Our colleague Andrej Belák was awarded the Outstanding Journal Publication 2024 prize by the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences on 16 September 2025. He received this recognition for his article Social Mechanisms Supporting Poor Health among Excluded Roma: New Insights and Implications for Practice from Four Ethnographic Studies in Slovakia, published in Social Science & Medicine. We are proud of this success and warmly congratulate him!
Three Intensive Days on Secularism and Nonreligion
From 8 to 10 September 2025, the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Comenius University hosted an international conference of the Nonreligion and Secularity Research Group, co-organized by the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology as part of the APVV RELIROMA project.
Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network Conference Coming Soon – Latest Updates
From 8 to 10 September 2025, the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Comenius University will host the conference of the Nonreligion and Secularity Research Network. The co-organiser is the IESA SAS (within the APVV RELIROMA project). The Institute will be represented by Tatiana Zachar Podolinská, who will open the event together with Comenius University Vice-Rector Radomír Masaryk, doctoral candidate Iveta Štefanovičová, and Juraj Majo, who, alongside the Network’s president Atko Remmel from the University...
Introduction to the Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Approaches in Ageing Research
IESA SAS invites you to a seminar on participatory approaches in ageing research, Introduction to the Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Approaches in Ageing Research, which will take place on Tuesday, 9 September 2025, at 3:00 p.m. online and in-person at IESA SAS (Klemensova 19, Bratislava). The webinar is part of the broader event ParticipAge! Exploring Participatory Approaches in Ageing Studies, organised by AGENET, the IUAES Commission of Aging and the Life Course, and IESA S...
DARIAH-SK: a domestic community has established a national consortium to support digital humanities
We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology Slovak Academy of Sciences is the co-founder and main coordinating institution of the national node DARIAH-SK. How to ensure the long-term sustainability and accessibility of digital cultural heritage? How can a research infrastructure help analyze societal problems? How to train a new generation of humanities scholars in digital skills? The pan-European initiative DARIAH ERIC (Digital Research Infrastructure for the...
Research report People from Ukraine in Slovakia: From acceptance to integration
The report maps the experiences of refugees from Ukraine and examines the factors that facilitate or hinder their integration in three areas: employment and economic activity; family, care, and social networks; and the psychological aspects of integration. Our colleague Martina Wilsch contributed to the report together with experts from the Centre of Social and Psychological Sciences SAS, the Institute for Research in Social Communication SAS, the Institute of Sociology SAS, and the Czech Academy...
A new publication by Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov on the civic emancipation of Roma in Bulgaria
Our colleagues Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov have published a new book ПЪРВИТЕ. Гражданска еманципация на циганите/ромите в България (до края на Втората световна война) / The First. Civic Emancipation of the Gypsies/Roma in Bulgaria (up to the End of the Second World War). The volume traces the first steps and early stages of the civic emancipation of the Roma – from the period of the Bulgarian National Revival under the Ottoman Empire to its development within the independent Bulgarian state...
A new issue of Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology 2/2025 has been published
The thematic English issue is dedicated to the ethical and methodological uncertainties in the ethnological and folkloristic research of the Eastern Bloc. The guest editors of this issue are Nikola Balaš and Kaisa Langer. The publication presents four scholarly studies and is available in open access. We wish you a pleasant summer of reading!
Conference on Secularism and Nonreligion Coming Soon to Bratislava
From September 8 to September 10, 2025, a unique conference on the topic of nonreligion and secularization will be held at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University, in cooperation with the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The event is organized under the auspices of the international Nonreligion and Secularism Research Network, where Dr. Juraj Majo serves on the Advisory Board. This marks the first time the conference will take place...
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