On 28–30 May 2026, Karolina Lendák-Kabók presented a paper entitled "Mixed Families and Everyday Nationalism Beyond Methodological Nationalism" at the Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) in New York.

The presentation introduced the conceptual framework of the Momentum (Lendület) project Mixed Families: Searching for Identity and Belonging in Post-Conflict Societies (MIXED). Drawing on research on mixed families in Central and Eastern Europe, the paper argued that mixed families should not be viewed simply as indicators of integration or of the weakening of ethnic boundaries. Instead, they represent key sites where national identities, languages, family traditions, and senses of belonging are negotiated in everyday life.

The presentation also critically examined how research on intermarriage often reproduces methodological nationalism by treating ethnic and national categories as fixed and self-evident. Using examples from Hungary and the former Yugoslavia, it highlighted the importance of understanding mixedness as a relational, historically situated, and dynamic social phenomenon.