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

Our Emeritus Colleague Dr. Mojmír Benža on the Záhorie Wall of Fame

Since 2015, the town of Senica in the Záhorie region has annually honored notable figures from the area by installing cogwheels with their names on the wall of the House of Culture. Each year, this tradition commemorates individuals who have made their mark through artistic, athletic, or scientific work.

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International Participatory Workshop: Beyond Translation – Reflexivity, Ethics, and the Role of Interpreters in Migration Research

On April 24, 2025, an international workshop took place in Bratislava, focusing on a critical examination of the complexities of research involving interpreters, particularly in the field of transnational family studies. Scholars from several European countries participated in the workshop. The event was organized within the framework of COST Action CA21143 Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe and the project APVV VV-MVP-24-0203 Family at the Crossroads: Contemporary Contexts of Vulnerability...

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Interdisciplinary Conference: Suburbanisation: Community, Identity and Everydayness

On April 28–29, 2025, an international conference titled Suburbanisation: Community, Identity and Everydayness is taking place at the Salvator Center in Bratislava. The event is organized in cooperation with the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (IESA SAS) as the final conference of the project APVV-20-043 Suburbanisation: Community, Identity and Everydayness.

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 NALEZATO DOPLN

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...

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Mapping Carpathian intangibles. From vampires to traditional agroecological knowledge of Romanian pastoral communities

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As part of the academic seminar series of our institute, we cordially invite you to a lecture by Ioana Baskerville titled "Mapping Carpathian Intangibles: From Vampires to Traditional Agroecological Knowledge of Romanian Pastoral Communities", which will...

Publications

book Ethical Challenges TZP

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

Zachar Podolinská, T.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2024

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

‏‏‎ ‎• 2024

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Hodnotenie Národného projektu Podpora a zvyšovanie kvality terénnej sociálnej práce „NP TSP II“

Polačková, Z., Dokupilová, D., Škobla, D.

‏‏‎ ‎• 2024

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Understanding Slovakia: Contemporary Approaches in Local Anthropology

Gogora, A., Panáková, J. (Eds.).

‏‏‎ ‎• 2024