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 publication by Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov on the civic emancipation of Roma in Bulgaria

Our colleagues Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov have published a new book ПЪРВИТЕ. Гражданска еманципация на циганите/ромите в България (до края на Втората световна война) / The First. Civic Emancipation of the Gypsies/Roma in Bulgaria (up to the End of the Second World War). The volume traces the first steps and early stages of the civic emancipation of the Roma – from the period of the Bulgarian National Revival under the Ottoman Empire to its development within the independent Bulgarian state...

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A new issue of Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology 2/2025 has been published

The thematic English issue is dedicated to the ethical and methodological uncertainties in the ethnological and folkloristic research of the Eastern Bloc. The guest editors of this issue are Nikola Balaš and Kaisa Langer. The publication presents four scholarly studies and is available in open access. We wish you a pleasant summer of reading!

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Conference on Secularism and Nonreligion Coming Soon to Bratislava

From September 8 to September 10, 2025, a unique conference on the topic of nonreligion and secularization will be held at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University, in cooperation with the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The event is organized under the auspices of the international Nonreligion and Secularism Research Network, where Dr. Juraj Majo serves on the Advisory Board. This marks the first time the conference will take place...

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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Lutherans in Slovakia at the Crossroads – (Not Just) Demographic Basis for Currentand Future Church

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Bridging the Gap: Roma Access to Public Services in Slovakia

Škobla, D., Mušinka, A., Majo, J.

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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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PEOPLE FROM UKRAINE IN SLOVAKIA: From Acceptance to Integration: A Social Survey of Ukrainian Migrants in Slovakia

Bahna, M., Fedáková, D., Kentoš, M., Lášticová, B., Mezihorák, P., Očenášová, Z., Papcunová, J., Petrjánošová, M., Poslon, X. D., Prošek, T., Wilsch, M.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2025