Category: Announcement
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SSA Signs the American Historical Association’s Statement Opposing Florida House Bill 999 (March 2023)
The Slovak Studies Association agreed to sign the document, as stated on the AHA website: “The AHA has released a statement on Florida House Bill 999, ‘express[ing] horror . . . at the assumptions that lie at the heart of this bill and its blatant and frontal attack on principles of academic freedom and shared…
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“30 Years of Slovak Civil Society” Lecture by Zuzana Wienk, Director of Bystriny
12:00 noon ET, April 13, 2023 ONLINE In partnership with the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Washington, D.C., and Friends of Slovakia, we invite you to attend the fourth event in the Slovakia@30 series After the fall of communism, a real civil society was suddenly possible in Slovakia. From the early days of independence, nothing…
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2023 Thomas Kukučka Memorial Lecture: “The rise of populism in Central and Eastern Europe”
Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 2:00pm Room 332 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15260 and on Zoom The University of Pittsburgh’s Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures invites you to join us in-person (also with an online hybrid option) to the 2023 Thomas Kukucka Memorial Lecture! It will be held on April…
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Botstiber Institute Announces Research Grant Proposals
2023 Research and Project Grant Proposal Portal Now Open Offering a much simpler application process, with an earlier deadline, the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies is currently accepting grant proposals for research or projects that promote an understanding of the historic relationships between the United States and Austria (including the larger Habsburg realm). Proposals may include…
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Celebrating 30 Years of Slovak Independence
R.S.V.P. now for this virtual lecture series featuring distinguished experts on Slovakia The first event in the series features: H.E. Radovan Javorčík, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United Statesat 4:30pm EST, on January 18, 2023 Slovakia@30 is a collaborative project of the Slovak American Society of Washington, D.C. (SASW), Friends of Slovakia (FOS),…
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“Argonauts of the Eastern Bloc: Environmentalism in Slovakia after the Velvet Revolution”
A Talk by Edward Snajdr, John Jay College, CUNY Saturday, November 5, 2:00 pm ETThis talk will take place in person and online. IN PERSON: To reserve one of the limited number of seats atThe Embassy of the Slovak Republic3523 International Court, NW, Washington, DCplease RSVP, by 6:00PM, Thursday, November 3, to rsvp@dcslovaks.org . ONLINE: To register for this…
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