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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New Publication Policies Without Marrow

The research team of the Roma Studies thematic cluster at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, led by T. Zachar Podolinská and A. Belák, has prepared a scholarly monograph entitled Policies Without Marrow. This academic social-science publication presents an independent external evaluation of the implementation of the "Strategy of the Slovak Republic for Equality, Inclusion and Participation of Roma until 2030" for the period 2022–2024, commissioned...

Romani Studies

Contributions in the New Issue of Romani Studies

Two articles connected with topics also addressed by our colleagues have been published in the new issue of Romani Studies (2026/1), a leading journal in the field of Romani studies. The first, Oral History in Romani Studies: Problems and Perspectives, was published by Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov. The second, Post-mining Landscapes and Uneven Environmental Justice: Roma in Rudňany, Slovakia, was prepared by Daniel Škobla and Richard Filčák.

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Representation of IESA SAS and DARIAH-SK at the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 in Rome

At the end of May, the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 took place in Rome. The Slovak consortium DARIAH-SK, coordinated by the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (IESA SAS), was represented by National Coordinator Andrej Gogora from the Department of Research Collections of IESA SAS. As part of the program, he attended the National Coordinators Committee meeting. He presented the current activities and plans of the DARIAH-SK national node, managed by IESA SAS,...

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

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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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Židia na Slovensku: povojnové generácie

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025

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Haberlandová, K., & Voľanská, Ľ.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025

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Neviditeľná stigma: "Nie sme len antivaxeri"

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025

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Politiky bez drene: Externé hodnotenie implementácie Stratégie Slovenskej republiky pre rovnosť, inklúziu a participáciu Rómov do roku 2030. Obdobie 2022-2024

Zachar Podolinská, T., & Belák, A. (Eds.)

‏‏‎ ‎• 2026