Unlock your Slovak heritage and deepen your understanding of your Slovak heritage with Rebeka!
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Our new program will provide invaluable insights, whether you plan to visit Slovakia, interact with family, or move to Slovakia to embark on your European journey.
2 times a week/ 1 LIVE & 1 PRE-RECORDED SESSION
START: October 2nd 2024
END: December 18th 2024
Live Session
Wednesdays
6:00 PM (Eastern Time, ET) / 3:00 PM (Pacific Time, PT)
Sundays
6:00 PM (Eastern Time, ET) / 3:00 PM (Pacific Time, PT)
Pre-recorded Session
Meet Your Lecturer
Rebeka Jurcackova is an artist, licensed guide, and expert in Slovak history and culture. She is dedicated to bringing Slovakia’s rich heritage to life.
What others said about Rebeka
Thank you for a wonderful presentation.
Michael Brown
Great presentation, very informative and fun!
Thank you.
David Johnson
Very interesting details brought to life with humor and affection
Nicole Yang
Entertaining presentation. One of the best, if not THE best, provided by Global Slovakia.
Jennifer Miller
Beautiful presentation - your design skills shined through! loved the little stories and details
Calvin Smith
Loved Rebeka's presentation - you can tell she loves what she's sharing. Thank you Rebeka and GS!
Liam Wilson
Rebeka, thank you for a great presentation about our ancestral homeland. I look forward to future presentations.
Suzanne Levis
If I ever get a chance to visit Slovakia I would Like to discuss hiring you as a guide.
Isabella Garcia
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
October 2 , 2024
October 6, 2024
October 9 , 2024
October 13, 2024
October 16 , 2024
October 20, 2024
October 23, 2024
October 27, 2024
October 30 , 2024
November 3, 2024
November 6 , 2024
November 10, 2024
November 20 , 2024
November 24, 2024
November 26 , 2024
December 1, 2024
December 4 , 2024
December 8, 2024
December 11 , 2024
December 15, 2024
December 18 , 2024
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Week 1: Pre-Christian Culture and Great Moravia
• Live: Introduction to Great Moravia - Pagan Culture, Religion & History (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: Who were the Slavs and when did they arrive? (45 mins)
Week 2: Christian Culture and traditions in Great Moravia
• Live: Christianisation of Slovakia - Constantine & Method (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: Folk Customs and Beliefs (45 mins)
Week 3: Slovakia in the Middle Ages (Kingdom of Hungary part I.)
• Live: Overview of Slovakia in the Middle Ages (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: Why does Slovakia have so many castles? (45 mins)
Week 4: Life in the Middle Ages
• Live: Living like a medieval aristocrat in Slovakia - what was it like? (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: Life of the folk - was it really that bad? (45 mins)
Week 5: Slovakia in the Renaissance (Kingdom of Hungary part II.)
• Live: Renaissance in Slovakia - fashion, art and 150 years of war against the Ottomans (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: The religious wars, The Anti-Habsburg uprisings (45 mins)
Week 6: Folk Life in Slovakia
• Live: Exploration of Slovak Folk Life from the Renaissance to the 19th century (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: Folk Rites of Passages (45 mins)
Week 7: Slovak National Awakening (1780-1848)
• Live: Causes and the unravelling (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: Ľudovít Štúr, tensions with Hungarians (45 mins)
Week 8: After the revolution…
• Live: Building the Foundations of Slovak Nationhood (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: Austro-Hungarian Compromise and Magyarization (45 mins)
Week 9: Slovakia at the beginning of the 20th century
• Live: Industrialization and the changing world (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: Emigration and the role of American Slovaks (45 mins)
Week 10: The first World War and Founding of Czechoslovakia
• Live: First World War and the crumbling of Austria-Hungary (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: The Role of Milan Rastislav Štefánik and Founding of Czechoslovakia (45 mins)
Week 11: The Second World War
• Live: The fall of Czechoslovakia and the Munich Agreement (45 mins)
• Pre-recorded: The Slovak state and the Holocaust (45 mins)
Week 12: Communist Czechoslovakia
• Live: The rise of communism in Czechoslovakia & the fall of the Iron Curtain Q & A (90 mins)