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New Special Issue of Slovak Ethnology 4/2024 published
A special issue of Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology 4/2024, titled Slow Memory: Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe, has just been published online. The guest editors for this issue are Violeta Davoliūtė from Vilnius University, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa from Lund University, and Monika Vrzgulová from the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. We wish you an enjoyable New Year reading!
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The monograph by Monika Vrzgulová, Oral History and the Holocaust in Slovakia: Selective and Contradictory Memories, has been published by Palgrave Macmillan
These days, Palgrave Macmillan has published a monograph by our colleague Monika Vrzgulová, Oral History and the Holocaust in Slovakia: Selective and Contradictory Memories. In this work, she presents the results of qualitative research on the Holocaust in Slovakia to an international readership.
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We wish you a beautiful and joyful Christmas filled with happiness and relaxationand a new year full of health, happiness, and success in your personal and professional life!
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The deadline for submitting abstracts for issue 3/2025 of Slovenský národopis has been extended to January 20, 2025
The editorial board of Slovenský národopis has extended the deadline for submitting abstracts for the English issue 3/2025 to January 20, 2025. This issue focuses on the theme Suburbanization: Community, Identity, and Everydayness, with guest editors Pavol Šuška from the Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Marcela Káčerová from the Department of Economic and Social Geography, Demography, and Territorial Development at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in...
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AI Workshop at IESA SAS
AI Workshop led by our colleague, Justin Lane, also CEO of CulturePulse, took place on December 17, 2024 at IESA SAS. The event provided an engaging platform to explore innovative developments and practical applications of artificial intelligence in social-scientific research. Participants had the opportunity to delve into cutting-edge advancements, fostering collaborative learning of AI technologies.
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The project Exploring the Past in Peace evaluated as Good Practice under Erasmus+
This year, we successfully completed the Erasmus+ project titled Exploring the Past in Peace, dedicated to the development of a digital tool in the form of the freely available gaming application Heritage Quest AR. The application focuses on cultural heritage in Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, and Slovenia. The project was evaluated as a Good Practice under Erasmus+. The designation of "Good Practice" is awarded by the respective national agency of the Erasmus+ program to projects that were exceptionally...
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Invitation to an exhibition The farmer and his world
The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the Slovak National Museum, and the Slovak National Museum in Martin cordially invite you to the ceremonial opening of the exhibition The Farmer and His World, which will take place on Tuesday, 17 December 2024, at 5:00 PM in the SNM, Vajanského 2, Bratislava. IESA SAS contributed to the exhibition's concept. The exhibition will be on display from 18 December 2024 to 25 January 2026. You are warmly invited!
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Katarína Popelková was a guest on the program Panoráma on Rádio Regina Západ
Our colleague Katarína Popelková gave an interview to Rádio Regina about the latest findings of ethnological research on holidays in Slovakia, focusing on how Advent and Christmas are experienced today. The interview was broadcast on Saturday, 7 December 2024, and is available in the archive (in Slovak). We wish you a pleasant pre-Christmas listening experience!
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Ľubica Voľanská at the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO in Paraguay
From December 2 to 7, 2024, the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO take place in Asunción, Paraguay. Ľubica Voľanská represents Slovakia on the 24-member committee. The committee is reviewing 58 nominations for inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 2 proposals for the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, and 3 nominations for the Register...
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Vladimír Bahna and Zuzana Panczová on the Radio Devín discussion programme Fenomény discussing conspiracy theories
Our colleagues, Vladimír Bahna and Zuzana Panczová, will take part in the discussion programme Fenomény on Radio Devín today, Thursday, 28 November 2024. Together with Zuzana Golianová, they will explore the topic of conspiracy theories, focusing not only on their origins but also on their impact on society. You can tune in to the programme today at 8:00 pm or listen to the repeat broadcast on Saturday, 30 November 2024, at 8:00 am. We wish you an enjoyable listening experience!
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Recording of the Gala Ceremony for the 2024 Science and Technology Awards
STVR aired a recording of the 2024 Science and Technology Awards ceremony on 23 November 2024, during which our colleague, Prof. Elena Marushiakova-Popova, received the prestigious award in the category "Personality of Science and Technology 2024". She was honoured for her internationally acclaimed scientific research in the field of Romani studies and the history of Roma in Europe. The recording of the gala evening can be viewed in the archive of Dvojka from 23 November 2024 at 20:10.
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Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov presented on 19 November 2024 at the conference The City's Inhabitants and Gypsies/Roma
Our colleagues, Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov, delivered a lecture titled Kipti on the Balkans in Times of Ottoman Empire on 19 November 2024 at the conference The City's Inhabitants and Gypsies/Roma, held in Budapest.