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

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News

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Polarisation and the Anti-System 2025: Slovakia.How does polarisation affect us, and how many people believe that our system does not support them — or even deliberately harms them?

IESA SAS in cooperation with the DEKK Institute, cordially invites you to a lecture by Pavol Kosnáč and Hugo Gloss entitled “Polarisation and the Anti-System 2025: Slovakia.” The discussion will explore how polarisation shapes society and how many people perceive the system as hostile. The event will take place on 13 November 2025 at 4:00 p.m. at Dom Albrechtovcov, Kapitulská 1. Please register by 12 November at 6:00 p.m. due to limited capacity.

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DARIAH Day Slovakia 2025: Digital Methods and Research Infrastructures in the Humanities

DARIAH-SK and the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v. v. i., invite you to the DARIAH Day Slovakia 2025 scientific seminar, which will take place on 19 November 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Hotel Tatra in Bratislava. The event will present current activities and plans of DARIAH-SK, as well as initiatives of partner institutions focused on the development of digital humanities and research infrastructures.

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Our institute is a finalist of the Roma Spirit 2025 award in the category "Company and Employer"

The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences has been selected as one of the 21 finalists of the 17th Roma Spirit Awards in the category Society and Employer. This year, a total of 163 nominations were submitted across seven categories. Roma Spirit honours individuals, organisations, and initiatives that contribute to improving the position of Roma people and to building a fairer and more cohesive society.

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

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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.

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Conference Suburbanisation: Community, Identity, and Everydayness

‏‏‎ ‎- 29.4.2025

The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences is pleased to invite you to the conference Suburbanisation: Community, Identity, and Everydayness, which will take place from April 28-29, 2025 in Bratislava.

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“The Lost Generation”: Memory of the Soviet Past through the Lens of the Present

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We kindly invite you to a seminar where Nina Natroshvili, Erasmus+ Fellow at IESA SAS, will present her talk: “The Lost Generation”: Memory of the Soviet Past through the Lens of the Present. The seminar will take place on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at...

Publications

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ПЪРВИТЕ. Гражданска еманципация на циганите/ромите в България (до края на втората световна война)

Marushiakova, E., Popov, V.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025

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Nonreligion and Secularity at Cultural Crossroads: Book of Abstracts

Majo, J., Remmel, A. (Eds.)

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Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting and Conference on Romani Studies: Book of abstracts

Tirard, A. (Ed.)

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025

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Waste as a Social Problem in Excluded Roma Settlements

Richard Filčák - Daniel Škobla

‏‏‎ ‎• 2022