Centre of languages and cultures of national minorities
The Institute of Hungarian Language and Culture
CONTACT:
Centrum jazykov a kultúr národnostných menšín, Ústav maďarského jazyka a kultúry
The Institute of Hungarian Language and Culture
Ul. 17. novembra 15
080 01 Prešov
Slovakia
Director:
doc. Mgr. Annamária Kónyová, PhD.
e-mail: annamaria.konyova@unipo.sk
There has been no complex science and research centre, providing extensive and complex information and knowledge concerning language, literature and culture of Hungarian nation and Hungarian minority living in Slovakia since past to present, created in the territory of Eastern Slovakia. For that reason the Institute of Hungarian Language and Culture has been constituted. Primarily, the institute concentrates on values and individual character of Hungarian culture, and its objective is to provide extensive space for research of sHungarian ethnicity, culture, language, literature, history and past and present social life of the Hungarian nation in legitimate contextual relationships to Central European cultural development processes.
The Institute of Hungarian Language and Literature provides training for future teachers of Hungarian language and literature, especially in ethnic schools with Hungarian teaching language and schools teaching Hungarian language, as well as training for translators and interpreters focusing on Hungarian language and culture. The education activities of the institute concentrate on providing the following study programmes:
- Hungarian language and literature combined with teacher training of academic subjects study programme at bachelor and master study level,
- Hungarian language and culture combined with translation and interpreting study programme at bachelor and master study level.
Scientific and research activities of the institute staff members are primarily aimed at solving problems in comparative studies, intercultural communication and intercultural relations, theory and history of Hungarian literature, interpretation of current literature and visual culture.
The Institute of Ruthenian Language and Culture
CONTACT:
Centrum jazykov a kultúr národnostných menšín, Ústav rusínskeho jazyka a kultúry PU
The Institute of Ruthenian Language and Culture
Ul. 17. novembra 15
080 01 Prešov
Slovakia
Director:
doc. PhDr. Anna Plišková, PhD.
e-mail: anna.pliskova@unipo.sk
phone: +421 51 75 63 188
The Institute of Ruthenian Language and Culture as a part of the University of Prešov in Prešov came into existence on 1 March 2008 as a result of transformation of the Department of Ruthenian Language and Culture of the former Institute of Regional and Nationality Studies at Prešov University (2006 – February 2008) and/or the former Institute of Nationality Studies and Foreign Languages of Prešov University (1998 – 2005).
Primarily, the institute is the scientific and education institution focusing on training and implementation of university education programmes projects and other education activities, study materials, textbooks, teaching aids and other scientific and educational materials aimed especially at Ruthenian language, literature and culture.
The institute, as the scientific and education workplace at Prešov University, is currently the coordinator of bachelor teacher training study programme Ruthenian language and literature, which combined with other subjects, is put into practice as the inter-faculty study programme in cooperation with the faculties of the university.
As the only institution of its kind in Slovakia, the institute is considered to be the top-ranking scientific institution for doing research and development into the field of Ruthenian literary language.
To accept appropriate decisions in the matter of Ruthenian literary language development, an advisory body – language committee, has been created in the institute. It members, the scientific workers in the field of linguistics, Ruthenian culture, literature, church, theatre, educational system, mass media, are active users of Ruthenian literary language.
The University of Presov is the only university in Slovakia that carries out the bachelor and master teacher training study programme Ruthenian language and culture, and the Institute of Ruthenian Language and Culture is its coordinator. Thanks to its three-week education project StudiumCarpato-Ruthenorum – The International School of Ruthenian Language and Culture, Prešov Univesity is also the only university in the world responding the interest of native speakers and foreigners to this form of teaching Ruthenian language, and this year the university organised and carried out the third year of this successful international project. The aim of the project is to obtain and/or extend communication competence in Ruthenian literary language, and to extend knowledge in the field of Carpathian-Ruthenian history, culture, literature and ethnography.
The Institute of Romani studies
CONTACT:
Centrum jazykov a kultúr národnostných menšín, Ústav rómskych štúdií
The institute of Romany studies
Ul. 17. novembra 1
080 01 Prešov
Slovakia
Director:
doc. PhDr. Marek Lukáč, PhD.
e-mail: marek.lukac@unipo.sk
phone: +421 51 75 70 248
The Institute of Romani Studies at the University of Presov is an organisation unit with university-wide scope that formally belongs to one of the youngest units at the university. The Institute was officially established on 1 January 2011. The main aim of the Institute is to ensure and coordinate scientific research oriented on a wide range of multidisciplinary scientific issues related to the Roma community. The research is thematically focused on questions of anthropology, history, geography, language, culture, politics, social issues, etc. of this ethnic group. Regarding a territory, primary focus is on the research of Romani people in (eastern) Slovakia, but in a broader (Central) European context. The inseparable part of the Institute is also pedagogical activity which currently concentrates on providing education of Roma and anthropological subjects for already accredited courses at the university.