A recording of our recent Speakers’ Series presentation, “Who Do I Think I Am? Finding Family in Slovakia” with Pam Anderson is now available for viewing on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/IVbkNT8y610 DCSlovaks Videos, the YouTube channel of the Slovak American Society, features more videos from our past speaker events. Please subscribe to our channel to […]
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Books, Events, History, Speakers
SASW Speakers’ Series: Immigration and Urbanization – The Slovak Experience, 1870-1918 – Saturday, May 18, 2024
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“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 […]
Events, Speakers
A Recording of “A Magnet for Talent: How Slovakia Chose to Tackle Its Brain-Drain Problem” is now available on YouTube.
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A recording of our recent Speakers’ Series presentation, “A Magnet for Talent: How Slovakia Chose to Tackle Its Brain-Drain Problem” with Iva Kleinová is now available for viewing on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/IVbkNT8y610 DCSlovaks Videos, the YouTube channel of the Slovak American Society, features more videos from our past speaker events. Please subscribe to our channel […]
Events, Genealogy, Speakers
SASW Speakers’ Series: Who Do I Think I Am? Finding Family in Slovakia – Saturday, April 6, 2024
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“Who Do I Think I Am? Finding Family in Slovakia” by Pam Anderson Anderson CoGen (Franklin County, PA) Saturday, April 6, 2024 2:00pm ET Westover Library 1644 North McKinley Road, Suite 3 Arlington, VA Contact rsvp@dcslovaks.org to RSVP Certified Genealogist Pam Anderson will discuss her 2014 research and trip to western Slovakia to meet her Slovak […]
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“A Magnet for Talent: How Slovakia Chose to Tackle Its Brain-Drain Problem” by Iva Kleinová Director of Strategy Research and Innovation Authority (VAIA) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia Saturday, March 9, 2024 2:00pm ET Westover Library 1644 North McKinley Road, Suite 3 Arlington, VA Contact rsvp@dcslovaks.org to RSVP Slovakia has the second largest brain-drain problem […]
Events, Speakers, Traditions
A Recording of “Secrets of the Slovak Language and Culture” is now available on YouTube.
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A recording of our recent Speakers’ Series presentation, “Secrets of the Slovak Language and Culture” with Dr. Renáta Kamenárová is now available for viewing on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/cABtMy5VZWY DCSlovaks Videos, the YouTube channel of the Slovak American Society, features more videos from our past speaker events. Please subscribe to our channel to be notified […]
Speakers
SASW Speakers’ Series: Secrets of the Slovak Language and Culture – Saturday, October 28, 2023
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Secrets of the Slovak Language and Culture: A Fascinating Behind-the-Scenes Peek for Non-Speakers of the Language by Dr. Renáta Kamenárova University of Pittsburgh Saturday, October 28, 2023 2:00pm ET Embassy of Slovakia 3523 International Court, N.W. Washington, D.C. Contact rsvp@dcslovaks.org to RSVP Have you ever heard that Slovak is the Slavic Esperanto? Or that it is […]
Events, Food, Speakers
SASW Speakers’ Series: Vineyards in Slovakia Through the Ages – Saturday, September 30, 2023
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Vineyards in Slovakia Through the Ages by Dr. Ján Vingárik Upper Nitra Museum, Prievidza (Slovakia) Saturday, September 30, 2023 2:00pm ET ONLINE You probably won’t find Slovakia on most of today’s maps of European vineyards. Nevertheless, the present-day cultivation of grapevines in Slovakia is noteworthy, and its history is even more interesting. For many centuries, wine production […]
Books, Speakers
SASW Speakers’ Series: Streetcar Parishes: Slovak Immigrants Build Their Nonlocal Communities – Saturday, June 10, 2023
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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 […]
Events, Speakers
Slovak@30 Lecture Series – 30 Years of Slovak Civil Society – Thursday, April 13, 2023
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“30 Years of Slovak Civil Society” by Zuzana WienkApril 13, 2023 12:00 noon ET 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 – a conversation on “30 Years of Slovak Civil Society,” with Zuzana Wienk, Director […]