UESA – Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie

Our institute was established over 77 years ago

International accreditation rated us with category A/B

Our research has direct social impact

Our scientific collections contain unique documents of cultural heritage

News

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A new thematic issue of Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology 3/2024 has been published

The special issue, published in English, is dedicated to the theme Family as a Safe Haven? Families in Social Practice and Narratives in Times of Crises. The guest editors are Soňa G. Lutherová from the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Adriana Zaharijević from the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade.

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IESA SAS became the coordinator of a European MSCA project

In September 2024, our institute became the coordinator of the RomChords project, supported under the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) scheme of the Horizon Europe program. The project will expand the boundaries of our research in ethnomusicology and Romani studies, foster interdisciplinary collaboration at both national and international levels, and contribute to the preservation of Romani intangible cultural heritage.

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Martina Wilsch presented her research as part of the LIFEMAKE seminar series at the University of Helsinki

Our colleague Martina Wilsch presented on October 29, 2024, at the LIFEMAKE seminar with a lecture titled Ukrainian Refugee Families in Slovakia through the Lens of Care and Social Reproduction. The LIFEMAKE seminar series is an activity within the research project on social reproduction and survival in times of collapse, conducted by the University of Helsinki.

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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International Online Conference 'Quest: How to make digital work for, not against learning'

IESA SAS is pleased to invite you on June 6, 2024 to the international online conference 'Quest: How to make digital work for, not against learning', which focuses on the role of digital tools, educational applications, and gamification in shaping the...

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Reflections on Gender Studies at an American Faith-Based Institution in the Age of Trump

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In the name of the Scientific Board of the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS, we invite you to a guest lecture by a foreign guest, Cheri Larsen Hoeckley (Westmont College, USA). The lecture, titled “Reflections on Gender Studies...

DARIAH Day Slovakia 2023

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The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS invites you to the scientific event DARIAH Day Slovakia 2023, which will take place on Friday 6 October 2023 at 9:00 a.m. in the attic meeting room on the 5th floor at Klemensová 19 in Bratislava....

Publications

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Quest: How to make digital work for, not against learning: Book of Abstracts from the international conference held online on June 6, 2024

Voľanská, Ľ., Baračková, K., Ambrózová, J., Lukács, L., Marchionni, G. eds.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2024

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Etické dilemy v súčasnej etnológii I.

Kinczer, M., Zachar Podolinská, T. eds.

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Stalin vs Gypsies. Roma and Political Repressions in the USSR

Marushiaková, E. & Popov, V.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2024

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Annual meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Romani studies: Book of abstracts

Slavkova, M., Ivanova, V., Erolova, Y., Stoyanova, P. (eds.)

‏‏‎ ‎• 2024