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MIRI Events
Stay up to date on the latest events and initiatives addressing current affairs and minority issues by checking out the upcoming events hosted by MIRI.
Upcoming Events
Mar 26, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM GMT+1Online EventMinority Issues Research Institute (MIRI) is organizing the MIRI Seminar on Current Affairs on black resisters' defamation in American history with Dr Marvin Dunn, professor emeritus in psychology, Department of Psychology at Florida International University.
Past Events
Jan 16, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM GMT+1Online EventMinority Issues Research Institute (MIRI) is organizing the first MIRI Seminar on Current Affairs in 2026, focusing on the US confrontation with Venezuela, especially the current situation in Venezuela after the US capture of its president.
Dec 12, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM GMT+1Online EventMIRI Seminar on Current Affairs is featuring a conversation with Sir Charles Petrie Bt, OBE, about the current state of the United Nations as the pillar of the global human rights structure.
Nov 01, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM GMT+1Online EventMIRI Seminar on Current Affairs is featuring a book talk and discussion on “Everyday Islamophobia” with Dr Peter Hopkins.
Sep 12, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM GMT+2Online EventMinority Issues Research Institute (MIRI) is organizing the second MIRI Seminar on Current Affairs, dedicated again to anti-government protests in Serbia, but this time from the Slovak minority perspective.
Sep 05, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM GMT+2Online EventMinority Issues Research Institute (MIRI) is organizing the MIRI Seminar on Current Affairs on “Anti-government protests in Serbia: their impact, challenges and minority perspective” with Sabina Pačariz (Northeastern University London) and Aleksandar Pavlović (University of Belgrade).
May 23, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM GMT+2Online EventMinority Issues Research Institute (MIRI) is organizing the MIRI Seminar on Current Affairs on the Haitian American immigrant continuity and resilience in the United States of America (USA) with a Haitian philosopher and sociologist, Dr. Paul C. Mocombe.
Apr 30, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM GMT+2Online EventMinority Issues Research Institute (MIRI) is organizing a Book Talk and Discussion with scholars, researchers and activists on Queering Democracy and LGBTQI+ Struggles in Africa and Slovakia.
Apr 25, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM GMT+2Online EventTo honour victims and remember the Srebrenica Genocide 30, the Minority Issues Research Institute is hosting a commemorative and reflective seminar Dr. Najla Hrustanović, Rober McNeil, MBE and Dr. Hasan Nuhanović.
Mar 18, 2025, 3:25 PM – 4:45 PM GMT+1Online EventJoin the MIRI Guest Lecture Series on Racial Inequality in South Africa and the USA with Dr Patricia Agupusi, Assistant Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, US and Senior Research Associate, Minority Issues Research Institute, SK and Dr Svetluša Surová, Director and Senior Research at MIRI.
Feb 14, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM GMT+1Online EventThis MIRI conversation highlights the daily experiences of Afro-Colombian and indigenous populations living amidst armed conflict in the Colombian Pacific region. The insights shared in this discussion are derived from field research conducted by Dr Santander in 2024 in the cities of Quibdó, Buenave
Dec 13, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM GMT+1Online EventJoin the MIRI Seminar on Current Affairs on Art and Politics which will feature a conversation about the relationship between these two superpowers with Sharon Thomas, a British figurative artist based in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Dec 11, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM GMT+1Online EventTo commemorate the UN Human Rights Day, the Minority Issues Research Institute (MIRI) is organizing a conversation about the importance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the global protection of human rights with Rebecca A. Shoot the Executive Director of Citizens for Global Solutions.
Dec 09, 2024, 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM GMT+1Hybrid EventThe guest lecture for the graduate students of international relations, diplomacy, security studies and political science at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica by Dr Svetluša Surová, President and Senior Researcher (Minority Issues Research Institute-MIRI).
Oct 01, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM GMT+2Online EventThis MIRI discussion's primary goals are to provide more information about the Catalonia referendum for independence and the events that followed for the people of Catalonia and to draw attention to prospective developments in the future.
May 28, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM GMT+2Online EventThe 5th MIRI Seminar on Current Affairs in 2024 is featuring a book talk “First Nationalism Then Identity: On Bosnian Muslims and Their Bosniak Identity” with our Senior Researcher Dr Mirsad Kriještorac.
May 03, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM GMT+2Online EventA conversation on the rising insurgencies in West Africa, their reasons and the consequences of the insurgents' threat to peace and security with our Senior Research Associates Dr Nnaoma Hyacinth Iwu.
Apr 19, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PMOnline EventPresentation of the research results on Targeting Marginalized Roma Communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia with Dr Svetluša Surová (President and Senior Researcher, Minority Issues Research Institute- MIRI).
Apr 12, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM GMT+2Online EventConversation with Dr Octavian Ticu (The Institute of History, Academy of Science of the Republic of Moldova) and Ecaterina Sheikh (Member of the Moldovan Diaspora in the US) and on the recent critical developments in Moldova.
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