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

Emeritus Colleague of Our Institute, Prof. Rastislava Stoličná, Awarded the SAS Medal for the Support of Science

On April 14, 2025, on a ceremonial occasion in the presence of the President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Prof. Pavol Šajgalík, the SAS Medal for the Support of Science was awarded to our emeritus colleague, Prof. Rastislava Stoličná. On behalf of the entire institute, we sincerely congratulate Prof. Stoličná and wish her good health and continued creative energy in the years to come!

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The new issue of Slovak Ethnology 1/2025 has been published

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Monika Vrzgulová will deliver a lecture titled "Engerau – The Forgotten Story of Petržalka" as part of the Petržalka Academy of Education

This Monday, April 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM, our colleague Monika Vrzgulová will give a lecture titled "Engerau – The Forgotten Story of Petržalka" as part of the Petržalka Academy of Education at the Petržalka Library. She will shed light on the fates of prisoners from the Engerau labor camp and the tragic events surrounding its dissolution 80 years ago. Please note that the lecture will be held in Slovak. Admission is free – we warmly invite you to attend!

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