Category Archives: Books

SASW Speakers’ Series: Immigration and Urbanization – The Slovak Experience, 1870-1918 – Saturday, May 18, 2024

“Revisiting the Classics: Immigration and Urbanization – The Slovak Experience, 1870-1918” by M. Mark Stolarik Professor and Chairholder Emeritus, Chair in Slovak History & Culture, University of Ottawa   Saturday, May 18, 2024 2:00 pm ET Online – Zoom Click on this link to RSVP   In 1974, the University of Minnesota granted M. Mark Stolarik a […]

SASW Speakers’ Series: Streetcar Parishes: Slovak Immigrants Build Their Nonlocal Communities – Saturday, June 10, 2023

Streetcar Parishes: Slovak Immigrants Build Their Nonlocal Communities, 1890-1945 by Prof. Robert Zecker Saturday, June 10, 2023 2:00pm ET ONLINE In Streetcar Parishes: Slovak Immigrants Build Their Nonlocal Communities, 1890-1945, Prof. Robert Zecker examines how a small immigrant group created a community for itself, despite not controlling its own piece of the city (an ethnic ghetto) in […]

“I Am a Brave Bridge” Recording Available Now on YouTube

A recording of our recent Speakers’ Series presentation, “I Am a Brave Bridge: An American Girl’s Hilarious and Heartbreaking Year in the Fledgling Republic of Slovakia” with Sarah Hinlicky Wilson is now available for viewing on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/O3oFWzON7dM Her book can be purchased at: https://thornbushpress.com/product/i-am-a-brave-bridge/ DCSlovaks Videos, the YouTube channel of the Slovak […]

SASW Speakers’ Series: Seven Slovak Women – Saturday, October 23, 2021

The Slovak American Society of Washington, D.C. presents: “Seven Slovak Women: Portraits of Courage, Humanism, and Enlightenment” with Josette Baer Saturday, October 23rd at 1:00pm EDT    To register for this event on the Zoom platform, please visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEscOugrT8pE9AvM7JlDvTJEei3hzyuSW2a  You can find the book at  https://cup.columbia.edu/book/seven–slovak-women/9783838207087 If you have any questions about the event, please contact info@dcslovaks.org. In her talk […]

SASW Speakers’ Series: I Am a Brave Bridge – Thursday, September 9, 2021

The Slovak American Society of Washington, D.C. presents: “I Am a Brave Bridge: An American Girl’s Hilarious and Heartbreaking Year in the Fledgling Republic of Slovakia” with Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Thursday, September 9, 7:30pm EDT  To register for this event on the Zoom platform, please visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkce6oqTIvHtaVEsYM3YYiqIh4nk-QDkQu You can find the book at https://thornbushpress.com/product/i-am-a-brave-bridge/ If you have any questions […]