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Comparing land-ethnicity nexus in several ethnically heterogeneous regions of post-socialist Lithuania and Slovakia

srdečne pozývame na Ústavný seminár Sociologického ústavu SAV, v.v.i. V stredu 4. 9. 2024 o 13.30 prednesie Karolis Dambrauskas (postdoctoral fellow at Vilnius University) prednášku Comparing land-ethnicity nexus in several ethnically heterogeneous regions of post-socialist Lithuania and Slovakia.

Seminár sa uskutoční v miestnosti 94 na Klemensovej 19 v Bratislave.

we invite you for the Seminar of the Institute for Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences on Wednesday 4th September 2024 at 13.30. Karolis Dambrauskas (postdoctoral fellow at Vilnius University) will present the lecture Comparing land-ethnicity nexus in several ethnically heterogeneous regions of post-socialist Lithuania and Slovakia.

The language of the lecture will be English. Seminar will take a place in the room 94.

This comparative analysis of the ethnicity-property relationship as observed in the post-socialist property restitution process in ethnically heterogeneous Lithuania, Slovakia investigates the potential impact of restitution on ethnic relations in each society by examining the restitution policies, their design and implementation in order to identify and explain similarities and differences between the two countries. While there are studies focusing on property reforms and nationalism in post-socialist CEE countries, hardly any examine ethnicity and property as potentially linked. This research aims to fill this gap. Some studies show that land restitution had a limited impact on the reification of ethnic borders in Lithuania. Further, inter-ethnic relations in the post-socialist countries were less conflictual than expected immediately after the Cold War. Relying on qualitative research methods, the research therefore asks whether and how property restitution has affected inter-ethnic relations in post-socialist Slovakia and Lithuania, and whether there have been any noticeable differences between the two countries.

Karolis Dambrauskas is a postdoctoral fellow at Vilnius University, where he is currently carrying out a research entitled "Comparative Analysis of Ethnic and Property Relations in Lithuania, Slovakia, and Romania During the Post-Socialist Property Restitution Period".