The study is part of a larger research project, the main aim of which is to examine, using the oral history method, identity changes, multiple attachments, and deeper aspects of integration strategies of Jews who migrated from South Slovaki...
For years after the political turn in 1989, there was still the illusion that the work done for the Hungarian community in Czechoslovakia (and later in Slovakia) during the dictatorship was of value, that summarising it was an important tas...
The study comments on two books of village studies by Zsigmond Zalabai (Mindenekről számot adok [I Recount Everything], Hazahív a harangszó [The Bells Call Me Home]) and other writings related to the topic, mainly from the perspective of et...
One of the achievements of the Prague Spring was the establishment of the Nationalities Committee of the Slovak National Council. Although, contrary to the aspirations of the national minorities, the Committee, which was established in Octo...
The study deals with the development of the number of Hungarians in Slovakia based on the data of the 2021 census. In addition to the data on ethnicity and mother tongue, the so-called second ethnicity was also included in the questionnaire...
In many cases, the level of participation in elections can be decisive: it can determine who gets into the parliament, who forms the government, and what topics are emphasised. Beyond being a political issue, it interests social scientists ...
The aim of the research is to understand why the Komárom wagon-keepers passed on their feudal traditions until the first half of the 20th century. What family and occupational ties were necessary for this social stratum to survive until 194...
The Establishment of the Committee for Nationalities of the Slovak National Council in 1968 One of the achievements of the Prague Spring was the establishment of nationality bodies alongside the Czech and Slovak representative and executive...
The study is based on the results of the author’s survey conducted in February 2023. The sample of 1,051 respondents was selected from the roughly 400,000 Hungarian-speaking adult population of Southern Slovakia, using a quota samplin...
As a consequence of the First World War, the era of multinational monarchies came to an end and the period of successor democratic “nation” states began. Czechoslovakia was one of these newly created states. National minorities ...
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