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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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Announcement: Owen V. Johnson
Announcement: Owen V. Johnson The SSA is deeply saddened to hear of the sudden loss of Owen V. Johnson last weekend (August 2022). He was a seminal scholar in our field and one who touched many of our lives as an advisor and mentor but also as a friend. His advice was always practical and…
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SSA Statement on Invasion of Ukraine
The Slovak Studies Association, which unites scholars specializing in Slovak affairs in North America and throughout the world, unequivocally condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Despite the spurious claims of the Kremlin about the Ukraine, the country’s government and members of its parliament are responsible elected representatives of the Ukrainian, Russian, Rusyn, Romanian, and other…
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Member Spotlight: Interview with Joel Fetzer
Dr. Joel Fetzer: Pepperdine University, Malibu, USA Ph.D. Political Science, Yale University, 1996 Areas of Interest in Slovak Studies: Religion and Politics, Migration, Ethnicity When/how did you first develop an interest in Slovak or Slovak-area studies? I am planning a long-term book project comparing ethnic politics in Spain, Germany, and Slovakia and needed to learn…
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Member Spotlight: Interview with Erin Dusza
This year the Fulbright Program celebrated 75 years. As a fitting end to 2021, the SSA interviewed Erin Dusza, a current Fulbrighter living in Brno, Czech Republic. Erin Dusza: Indiana University, Bloomington (Ph.D. Candidate) Email: edusza@indiana.edu Recent Publications: “Pan-Slavism in Alphonse Mucha’s Slav Epic,” Nineteenth Century Art Worldwide, Vol. 13 Issue 1, Spring 2014 Areas of…
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Video Lecture: “The New Party Challenge in Slovakia: Understanding and Dealing with Constant Political Change”
Political scientists Kevin Deegan-Krause and Timothy Haughton delivered a zoom talk in summer 2021 with insights from their new book, The New Party Challenge: Changing Cycles of Party Birth and Death in Central Europe and Beyond The talk covers the tumultuous history of changes in Slovak parties over the decades since 1989. Abstract: Why is…
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Member Spotlight: Interview with Roman Hlatky
Roman Hlatky: University of Texas at Austin (Ph.D. Candidate) Email: rohlatky@utexas.edu Website: romanhlatky.com Recent Publications: Hlatky, Roman. 2021. “EU Funding and Euroskeptic Vote Choice,” Political Research Quarterly. Csata, Zsombor, Roman Hlatky, and Amy H. Liu. 2021. “How to head count ethnic minorities: validity of census surveys versus other identification strategies,” East European Politics. Areas of Interest in…
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Article Alert: “Central to Europe: The Advance of the Visegrád Four”
By SSA member Kevin J. McNamara Click here to view the article in the July/August 2021 issue of The National Interest Pre-pandemic economic and social progress looked very good for Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, and troubling for Germany and France. If these trends resume—and there is no reason to think they won’t—the East will…
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Prize Announcement: Best Article/Book Chapter
At its annual meeting during the 2021 ASEEES conference, the Slovak Studies Association will award a modest financial prize for the best article or book chapter about Slovakia in the humanities and social sciences published in 2018 or later. All submissions must be in English, but they can be published anywhere in the world. The…
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