Situating Slovak Society and Politics in Time and Space

Session Submission Type: Panel

Affiliate Organization: Slovak Studies Association

Brief Description

This panel provides analysis of Slovak positioning in the larger world, both in the pivotal geopolitical context of European politics and in the transnational reach of migrant communities. Positioning in time invokes historical memory both of the homeland and contentious politics within Slovakia.

Sub Unit

• History: Since 1990

Chair

• Daniel E. Miller, U of West Florida

Papers

• Slovak Migration in the Aftermath of the Velvet Revolution - Taylor Ann Kanuk, Illinois State U

• East or West?: Slovakia's Position in Europe, Past and Present - Marty Manor Mullins, Flathead Valley Community College

• Historical Memory and Contentious Politics in Slovakia: Whose Story? - Carol Skalnik Leff, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Discussant

• Susan M. Mikula Christie, Benedictine U