Category Archives: Speakers

Events, Speakers

A Recording of “A Magnet for Talent: How Slovakia Chose to Tackle Its Brain-Drain Problem” is now available on YouTube.

Posted on by Brian Belensky
25
Mar

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 […]

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Events, Genealogy, Speakers

SASW Speakers’ Series: Who Do I Think I Am? Finding Family in Slovakia – April 6, 2024

Posted on by Brian Belensky
20
Mar

“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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Events, Speakers

SASW Speakers’ Series: A Magnet for Talent – Saturday, March 9, 2024

Posted on by Brian Belensky
28
Feb

“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 […]

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Events, Speakers, Traditions

A Recording of “Secrets of the Slovak Language and Culture” is now available on YouTube.

Posted on by Brian Belensky
15
Feb

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 […]

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Speakers

SASW Speakers’ Series: Secrets of the Slovak Language and Culture – Saturday, October 28, 2023

Posted on by Brian Belensky
20
Oct

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 […]

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Events, Food, Speakers

SASW Speakers’ Series: Vineyards in Slovakia Through the Ages – Saturday, September 30, 2023

Posted on by Brian Belensky
21
Sep

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 […]

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Books, Speakers

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

Posted on by Brian Belensky
01
Jun

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 […]

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Events, Speakers

Slovak@30 Lecture Series – 30 Years of Slovak Civil Society – Thursday, April 13, 2023

Posted on by Brian Belensky
04
Apr

“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 […]

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Events, Speakers

Slovak@30 Lecture Series – 30 Years of the Slovak Economy – Thursday, March 16, 2023

Posted on by Brian Belensky
10
Mar

30 Years of the Slovak Economy by Ivan Mikloš1:00PM EDT, March 16, 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 third event in the Slovakia@30 series – a conversation on “30 Years of the Slovak Economy” with Ivan Mikloš, […]

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Events, General News, Speakers

Slovakia@30 Lecture Series – 30 Years of Slovak Domestic Politics – Thursday, February 23, 2023

Posted on by Brian Belensky
14
Feb

“Slovakia@30” Lecture Series: 30 Years of Slovak Domestic Politics Dr. Kevin Deegan-Krause February 23, 2023 12:00 NOON In partnership with the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Washington, D.C., we invite you to attend the second event in Slovakia@30 series – a conversation on “30 Years of Slovak Domestic Politics” with Dr. Kevin Deegan-Krause, Professor […]

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