Milan Berky

created: 03. 09. 2025 06:47 modified: 03. 09. 2025 06:48

Milan Berky (1961-) comes from Lučenec, he spent the most part of his life working on the railways as a train driver. His more intense art work began when, after almost 35 years he lost his work. The change in his life meant he got time to develop his childhood passion - drawing. His work focuses primarily on portraits, characteristic feature of them is extraordinary deatail and realism. He mainly uses charcoal, what allows him to achieve the great depth and contrast of his black-and-white works that have an almost photographic effect. His works include portraits of famous personalities, but also portraits of ordinary people, Roma men and women from cultural, social and sporting life.Milan Berky has gained recognition not only in Slovakia but also abroad, despite the fact that he has no formal artistic education. He has received several awards, including first place in the portrait category at the International Fine Arts Fair in České Budějovice (2017) and the Inspiration award for contribution to culture (2022). His drawing – a portrait of an Iraqi statesman – was used on Iraqi postage stamps in 2023. An interview with the intuitive artist about his life and work was recorded on April 12, 2024 in Prešov.

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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided Slovak Milan Berky general audience internal

Sofiya Zahova

created: 19. 02. 2025 07:10 modified: 19. 02. 2025 07:14

Sofiya Zahova is the director of the Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding at the University of Iceland. The centre operates under the auspices of UNESCO and is an affiliated organisation of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute for Foreign Languages at the University of Iceland. Sofiya Zahova is primarily dedicated to the study and research of Romani literature in Europe and is a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She currently represents Iceland on the Steering Committee for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The interview is segmented into sections that briefly map her activities, milestones achieved and comments on the development of Romani literature. It was created on 11.12.2023 in Prešov and is conducted in English, the final part is in Romani.

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tags: retrospective biographical monologue guided English Romani Sofiya Zahova academic audience internal

Doc. PhDr. Marek Lukáč, PhD. - Background and Status of the Solution of the KEGA Project No. 002PU-4/2024 Development of the Competences of Pedagogical Employees in the Field of Romani Language, Literature and Realities

created: 12. 02. 2025 09:33 modified: 12. 02. 2025 09:34

The University of Prešov in Prešov, Center for Languages and Cultures of National Minorities, organized an international scientific conference entitled Minority Languages and Education in Slovakia: History, Current Status and Perspectives. The conference took place at the Rectorate of the University of Prešov in Prešov, on October 29-30, 2024

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tags: academic presentation monologue conference Slovak Marek Lukáč academic audience internal