UESA – Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie

Our institute was established over 79 years ago

The international accreditation recognised us as important at the EU level

Our research has direct social impact

We coordinate the national platform DARIAH-SK

News

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PhD Opportunities at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS for 2026/2027

Come and pursue your doctoral studies with us at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences! We have just published ten PhD topics for the 2026/2027 academic year. Applications may be submitted from 1 to 31 May 2026 via Comenius University Bratislava’s e-application portal. More information can be found by opening the full notice.

Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology in the DOAJ Database

The journal Slovenský národopis / Slovak Ethnology has been included in the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) database. This is another important step towards open science, in line with DOAJ’s mission.

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Elena Marushiakova Contributed to CIEMEN Report on Self-Determination and the New Global Context

The renowned Catalan think tank CIEMEN has published, through Nationalia, the report Journalism, the Right to Self-Determination and the New World Context. One of its key contributions is an expert interview with our colleague Elena Marushiakova on Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians in Kosovo. The interview offers an in-depth analysis of nation-building processes and the recognition of communities in the contemporary global context.

What we do

01 — journal

Slovak Ethnology

02 — publications

Monographs

03 — research

Projects

04 — career

Doctoral Studies

Our Mission

The Institute was founded in 1946 as the Ethnographic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1994 it was renamed to the Institute of Ethnology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and later in 2018 to the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), and, today, it is one of the leading institutions in the field of ethnological and anthropological research in Slovakia.

Our mission

Our research focus is distributed between basic, problem-oriented and applied research. We contribute to the search for scientific answers to current as well as historical social issues and challenges. We conduct the field research in Slovakia and abroad – in Central Europe and elsewhere in the world.

Events

Konferencia Bulharsko

International Conference "The Roma Civic Movement in Europe between 1900 and 1945"

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On 6 February 2026, an international conference entitled The Roma Civic Movement in Europe between 1900 and 1945 will take place in Sofia. The event is co-organised by IESA SAS.

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Threat, Identity, and the Invisible Bonds of Cohesion – The Case of Croatian Homeland War Veterans

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The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS invites you to an English-language lecture on Tuesday, 2 December 2025, at 13:00 in the Institute’s meeting room at Klemensova 19, Bratislava. Dr Igor Mikloušić from the Ivo Pilar Institute of Social...

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Integrating MapRom into Research on Roma Slavery and on the Wallachian Rudari, and Ways Forward

‏‏‎ ‎о 13:00

You are invited to a lecture by SAIA visiting scholar Julieta Rotaru (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris) on Integrating MapRom into Research on Roma Slavery and on the Wallachian Rudari, and Ways Forward.

Publications

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Život v suburbiách Bratislavy: vybrané etnologické aspekty

Beňušková, Z., Vrzgulová, M.

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Židia na Slovensku: povojnové generácie

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Haberlandová, K., & Voľanská, Ľ.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025

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Neviditeľná stigma: "Nie sme len antivaxeri"

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025