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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Elena Marushiakova Wins the 2024 Science and Technology Award

Our colleague, Elena Marushiakova, was awarded the 2024 Science and Technology Award in the Personality of Science and Technology category on November 15, 2024, for her internationally acclaimed scientific research in the field of Romani studies and the history of Roma as an ethnic minority in Europe. The award is announced by the Ministry of Education, Research, Science, and Youth of the Slovak Republic and organized by the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information. Congratulations!

book Ethical Challenges TZP

The new publication by Tatiana Zachar Podolinská, Ethical Challenges in Ethnology and Anthropology: The Case of Slovakia (Late 20th and 21st Centuries)

IESA SAS has published a new work by Tatiana Zachar Podolinská, which focuses on reflecting ethical approaches and the formation of ethical standards in ethnology and social anthropology. The aim of the publication is to introduce Slovak readers to the discussion on the issues of ethical research designs in the social sciences, including a brief historical context of ethics and research integrity in ethnology and social anthropology in the 20th and 21st centuries, with emphasis on Slovakia.

Ľubica Voľanská facilitated a seminar on the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

From November 11 to 13, 2024, our colleague Ľubica Voľanská facilitated a seminar organized by the Center for Traditional Folk Culture, intended for future collaborators disseminating knowledge about the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The event focused on the functioning of the Convention, exploring the opportunities it offers for the protection and promotion of living heritage, and preparing nominations for lists of intangible cultural heritage.

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

OPEN CALL 01

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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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...

Publications

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Etické dilemy v súčasnej etnológii I.

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

‏‏‎ ‎• 2024

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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

book Ethical Challenges TZP

Ethical Challenges in Ethnology and Anthropology: The Case of Slovakia (Late 20th and 21st Centuries)

Zachar Podolinská, T.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2024