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We wish you a beautiful and joyful Christmas filled with happiness and relaxationand a new year full of health, happiness, and success in your personal and professional life!
The deadline for submitting abstracts for issue 3/2025 of Slovenský národopis has been extended to January 20, 2025
The editorial board of Slovenský národopis has extended the deadline for submitting abstracts for the English issue 3/2025 to January 20, 2025. This issue focuses on the theme Suburbanization: Community, Identity, and Everydayness, with guest editors...
AI Workshop at IESA SAS
AI Workshop led by our colleague, Justin Lane, also CEO of CulturePulse, took place on December 17, 2024 at IESA SAS. The event provided an engaging platform to explore innovative developments and practical applications of artificial intelligence in social-scientific...
Katarína Popelková was a guest on the program Panoráma on Rádio Regina Západ
Our colleague Katarína Popelková gave an interview to Rádio Regina about the latest findings of ethnological research on holidays in Slovakia, focusing on how Advent and Christmas are experienced today. The interview was broadcast on Saturday, 7 December...
Invitation to an exhibition The farmer and his world
The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the Slovak National Museum, and the Slovak National Museum in Martin cordially invite you to the ceremonial opening of the exhibition The Farmer and His World, which...
Ľubica Voľanská at the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO in Paraguay
From December 2 to 7, 2024, the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO take place in Asunción, Paraguay. Ľubica Voľanská represents Slovakia on the 24-member committee. The committee...
Recording of the Gala Ceremony for the 2024 Science and Technology Awards
STVR aired a recording of the 2024 Science and Technology Awards ceremony on 23 November 2024, during which our colleague, Prof. Elena Marushiakova-Popova, received the prestigious award in the category "Personality of Science and Technology 2024". She...
Vladimír Bahna and Zuzana Panczová on the Radio Devín discussion programme Fenomény discussing conspiracy theories
Our colleagues, Vladimír Bahna and Zuzana Panczová, will take part in the discussion programme Fenomény on Radio Devín today, Thursday, 28 November 2024. Together with Zuzana Golianová, they will explore the topic of conspiracy theories, focusing not...
Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov presented on 19 November 2024 at the conference The City's Inhabitants and Gypsies/Roma
Our colleagues, Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov, delivered a lecture titled Kipti on the Balkans in Times of Ottoman Empire on 19 November 2024 at the conference The City's Inhabitants and Gypsies/Roma, held in Budapest.
Academy of Romani Studies (Akadémia rómskych štúdií)
From November 13 to 15, 2024, the traditional and well-established event, the Academy of Romani Studies, took place in Prague. The 9th edition was organized by our Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV,...
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...
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...
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...
Award for Designer Matúš Hnát
On Monday, November 11, 2024, the National Design Awards 2024 were presented at the Nová Scéna Theatre. In the Poster and Visual category, Matúš Hnát received the award for his poster citylight campaign for the 9th Bratislava Book Festival BRaK 2022 with...
Conference Suburbanisation: community, identity and everydayness
Save the date! We would like to draw your attention to the interdisciplinary conference Suburbanisation: Community, Identity, and Everydayness, co-organized by our institute. The conference will take place on April 28-29, 2025, in Bratislava and will...
Hopa lide at the Etnofilm Čadca Film Festival
This week marks the start of another edition of the Ethnofilm Čadca Festival, with contributions from experts from our institute. This year, the film Hopa lide, directed by our colleague Petr Nuska, has been selected for the festival. The film will be...
The 9th edition of the international event Academy of Romani Studies – ARS 2024
The Institute of Ethnology and Social AnthropologySAS and the Department of Romani Studies, Department of Ethnology, Central European and Balkan Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, are organizing the 9th edition of the international event Academy...
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...
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...
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...
Jaroslava Panáková and Zuzana Beňušková at the 23rd International Film Festival Etnofilm 2024
We would like to draw your attention to the 23rd edition of the International Film Festival Etnofilm, taking place from 12 to 15 November 2024 in Čadca, Nitra, Bratislava, Žilina a Banská Bystrica. This documentary film festival showcases a wide range...
International Research on the Availability of Services in Roma Communities in Slovakia
IESA SAS has launched an expert project for the international institution National Democratic Institute (NDI, Washington, D.C.) to map the availability of public services in Romani communities in Slovakia. The research aims to assess the effectiveness...
International Project – Doctoral Network in CEE within SSH
The Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences approved on October 10, 2024 the international project of the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology (IESA SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia) and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish...
Annual Meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society in Sofia and Romani Studies Conference
From September 24-27, 2024, the annual meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society was held in Sofia, in conjunction with an international conference on Romani studies. The conference's diverse program included a special panel supported by the APVV Reliroma project,...
Presentation of New Publications and Recognition of Long-Term Work in Roma Studies for Our Colleagues Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov at the Gypsy Lore Society 2024 Conference in Sofia
The international scientific conference of the Gypsy Lore Society in September 2024 in Sofia provided a valuable opportunity to present the latest publications of the highly productive academic duo, our colleagues Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov,...
Letter of Acknowledgment to the President of the Gypsy Lore Society, Dr. Tatiana Zachar Podolinská
On the occasion of the organization of the international Gypsy Lore Society conference in September 2024, in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Vice President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Evdokia Pasheva, sent a letter of acknowledgement and greetings...
Slovak Academy of Sciences award in the category of Outstanding scientific monograph
On September 18, 2024, the Presidium of the SAS awarded researchers who published results of exceptional scientific prestige. Among the awardees were our colleagues: Mgr. Zuzana Panczová, PhD., PhDr. Gabriela Kiliánová, CSc., and PhDr. Mgr. Tomáš Kubisa,...
Elena Marushiakova's project proposal received the Seal of Excellence
The project proposal eRoma - eHISTORY OF ROMA EMANCIPATION, submitted by our colleague Elena Marushiakova for funding under the Horizon Europe ERC call ERC-2024-POC, ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS, has been awarded the Seal of Excellence. This is a mark...
A new publication by Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov at Brill | Schöningh
Our colleagues Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov have just published a book at Brill | Schöningh titled Stalin vs Gypsies: Roma and Political Repressions in the USSR. In it, the authors describe the political repressions against the Roma, which they...
IESA SAS published the Book of Abstracts from the conference "Quest: How to Make Digital Work For, Not Against Learning"
The online conference "Quest: How to Make Digital Work For, Not Against Learning" took place on June 6, 2024, as part of the project Exploring the Past in Peace, supported by the ERASMUS+ grant scheme. The Book of Abstracts contains contributions from...
A new issue of Slovak Ethnology 2/2024 has been published
The new issue of Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology 2/2024 has just been published in English. The theme of this issue is "Issues of Uncertainty: Insecurity and Precarisation as a Life Experience," and the guest editors are Ana Luleva and Milena Benovska....
Ľubica Voľanská is co-organizing a side event at the 10th UNESCO General Assembly in Paris.
The event "Intangible Cultural Heritage in Education" will take place on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. It is the result of a collaboration between the Permanent Delegation of the Slovak Republic to UNESCO, the Institute...
The journal Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology has advanced to the second quartile (Q2) of the SJR database
Slovenský národopis/Slovak Ethnology has advanced to the second quartile (Q2) in the field of anthropology in the SJR (Scimago Journal & Country Rank) database, which derives bibliometric data from the SCOPUS. Being classified in Q2 means that our journal...
Prof. Elena Marushiakova and Prof. Veselin Popov will be the keynote speakers at the 6th International Conference ‘Between the Worlds: Contesting (Im)Possible Identities’ in Sofia
Our colleagues, Prof. Elena Marusiakova and Prof. Veselin Popov, will serve as keynote speakers presenting on 'Roma Civic Emancipation before WWII: National and Transnational Dimensions' on May 17, 2024, at the 6th International Conference 'Between the...
Monika Vrzgulová will speak at the conference titled "The Holocaust in Southern Slovakia (1938 - 1945)"
Our colleague Monika Vrzgulová will speak at the conference titled "The Holocaust in Southern Slovakia (1938 - 1945)." The conference, which marks the 80th anniversary of the deportations of Jewish inhabitants from the southern territory of Slovakia,...
The APVV project Species-Rich Carpathian Grasslands: Mapping, History, Drivers of Change and Conservation' has a new website!
Interdisciplinary consortia focusing on the biodiversity of grasslands and meadows from multidisciplinary perspectives, in which the anthropological aspects of research are covered by our colleagues Jaroslava Panáková and Andrej Belák, have just completed...
Peter Maňo will give a lecture on undergoing ritual suffering
Our colleague, Peter Maňo, will present an invited lecture titled 'Why do people voluntarily suffer for the gods?' at the cultural center 'Diera do sveta' in Liptovský Mikuláš. In seeking answers to these questions, he will present research findings from...
A new issue of Slovak Ethnology 1/2024 has been published
The content of the (Slovak language) issue was co-edited by guest editors Zuzana Beňušková (Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS) and Sanja Zlatanović (Institute of Political Sciences SAS) and includes articles by Slovak, Serbian, and Croatian...
IESA SAS just published the topics for doctoral studies in the academic year 2024/2025
In the year 2024/2025 two doctoral positions will be opened and potential applicants may choose from 17 topics in various areas of ethnological and socio-anthropological research.
Zuzana Beňušková will be giving a lecture on Shrovetide at the "Scientific Confectionery"
Our colleague Prof. Zuzana Beňušková will appear on March 12, 2024, at 9:00 at CVTI at an event dedicated to Shrovetide - Scientific Confectionery: Shrovetide - A World Upside Down or How the Happiest Time of the Year Changes. In the lecture, she will...
Peter Salner was a guest on the History podcast of the SME newspaper
Our colleague Peter Salner was a guest on the latest podcast of the History section of the SME newspaper titled: "Like the loyal customers, so the era. Bratislava's cafes could tell stories." The editor-in-chief of the Historical Review magazine, Jaro...
Andrej Belák will be a guest in the discussion Quarantine and Segregation
Our colleague Andrej Belák, along with Stano Daniel, will be guests in the discussion Quarantine and Segregation, which will take place on Monday, February 19, 2024, at 18:30 at tranzit.sk in Bratislava. Quarantine as a protective mechanism against the...
We are extending the deadline for abstract submissions to SN3/24!
The autumn issue of Slovak Ethnology, dedicated to social practices in families and narratives about the family during times of crisis, has an extended deadline. You can send your abstracts until the end of February 2024. The guest editors are Adriana...
IESA SAS has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Icelandic Vigdís International Centre for Multilingualism and Intercultural Understanding
The aim of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the institutions is to support the development of science and research, application of new scientific knowledge in practice, presentation, popularization, and dissemination of scientific knowledge, as well...
IESA SAS signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Romani Communities in the Slovak Republic
IESA SAS formally solidified a long-term partnership with the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Romani Communities in the Slovak Republic. On December 21, 2023, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed, in which we declare a common interest in...
The new issue of Slovak Ethnology 4/2023 has been released
The new issue of Slovak Ethnology 4/2023 has been released in the English language. The guest editor for this issue is our colleague Katarína Popelková, and thematically, the issue focuses on Contemporary Holidays and Their Transformations.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, filled with prosperity and success! IESA SAS
UESA SAS hosted an event during the 18th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Botswana
On December 5, 2023, UESA SAS hosted a side event titled "Living heritage in emergencies – good practices in Eastern Europe" in Kasane, Botswana. The speakers at the event included Martin Andrade, Ioana Baskerville, Oleksandr Butsenko, Mariusz Lewicki,...
Tatiana Zachar Podolinská was a guest on Night Pyramid
Our director Tatiana Zachar Podolinská was a guest of Radio Slovakia Night Pyramid show on December 5, 2023. In the broadcast, she shared her field research experiences in the rainforest in Guatemala and Mexico, as well as the theme of supernatural stories...
Memorandum of cooperation in an interational project PARI
The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS has been invited to the international project PARI, where academic institutions from Romania and Norway collaborate. The project is funded under the Norway Grants SEE/EEA scheme.
8th annual international event Academy of Romani Studies – ARS 2023
IESA SAS is organizing the 8th edition of the Academy of Romani Studies - ARS 2023, which will take place on November 10, 2023. The current edition provides an opportunity for the young generation of Slovak and Czech PhD students to present their work...
IESA SAS, serving as the primary coordinator, has initiated the implementation of the APVV RELIROMA project
IESA SAS, as the main coordinator, started solving the project APVV-22-0389 RELIROMA, whose main goal is to investigate and document manifestations of church and non-church religiosity among the Roma in Slovakia, including manifestations of modern and...
Monika Vrzgulová will speak at the Lessons and Legacies Europe conference
From November 6 to 9, 2023, the Lessons and Legacies Europe conference will take place in Prague. The conference provides a platform for presentations and discussions for experts in the field of Holocaust Studies from various disciplines and around the...
A new issue of Slovak Ethnology has been released
The new issue, 3/2023, is in English and focuses on the theme 'The Design Theory and Practice from the Perspective of Humanities and Social Sciences: Interdisciplinary Approaches.' The new issue consists of four academic studies and is available online.
Juraj Zajonc provided an interview to DenníkN regarding Halloween
Our colleague, Juraj Zajonc, an expert in the study of holidays in postmodern society, delved into the origins of the modern Halloween holiday during an interview conducted on October 31, 2023, for DenníkN.
Our colleague Ľubica Voľanská participated in a workshop for UNESCO facilitators
She attended this training as part of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
Andrej Belák discussed the new publication "Postsedliaci" by Juraj Buzalka at the Košice Artforum
On October 19, 2023, our colleague Andrej Belák participated in a discussion at the Košice Artforum about the new publication "Postsedliaci" by social anthropologist Juraj Buzalka. The discussion was moderated by Saša Petrášová, and a recording of the...
The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS participated in the organization of the Gypsy Lore Society World Congress in Brazil
The Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS participated in the organization of the World Congress of the Gypsy Lore Society, an international association of persons interested in Gypsy and Traveler Studies, which took place on October 3-6,...
T. Hrustič and A. Belák co-authored the publication on the impact of COVID-19 on Roma communities
Our colleagues Tomáš Hrustič and Andrej Belák co-edited the Slovak part of the publication Romani Chronicles of COVID-19. Testimonies of Harm and Resilience. The publication is edited by Paloma Gay y Blasco and Martin Fotta, published by Berghahn Books.
A new issue of the Slovak Ethnology has been published
A new issue of the Slovak Ethnology 2/2023 has just been published. The latest issue is in English and consists of four thematic papers. All texts are now available online.
UESA SAV participated in DARIAH Annual Event 2023 in Budapest
At this year's conference, DARIAH Annual Event 2023: Cultural Heritage Data as Humanities Research Data?, which took place on 7-9 June 2023 in Budapest, took part our colleagues from the UESA SAV Research Collections A. Gogora, T. Kubisa, and B. Siváčková.
The Series Roma History and Culture at Brill | Schöningh Publisher in cooperation with UESA SAV
We are pleased to announce the start of the Series Roma History and Culture at Brill | Schöningh Publisher. The Еditors of the Series are Elena Marushiakova (from UESA SAV), Vesselin Popov and Sofiya Zahova.
IESA SAV has entered the DOAB database! (Directory of Open Access Books)
IESA SAS has been registered with DOAB from 1st March 2023 as a publisher of open-access books. Open Access publications published by the institute can now be added to the international DOAB database.
The new documentary film A Happy Man, directed by Soňa G. Lutherová
The new documentary film A Happy Man directed by Soňa G. Lutherová will have a pre-premiere screening in the Czech documentaries competition at the international documentary film festival One World 22.3. – 2.4. 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Call for the special issue of Slovak Ethnology 3/2023
Call for the special issue of Slovak Ethnology/Slovenský národopis, volume 71, number 3/2023, on the topic The design theory and practice from the perspective of humanities and social sciences: Interdisciplinary approaches Guest editors: Veronika...
The Khanty Bear Ceremony between Perspectivism, Extractivism, and Paternalism. Transdisciplinary research on Indigenous cultural heritage in Western Siberia
We invite you to a professional seminar on February 7 at 1:00 p.m.
Call for the special issue of Slovak Ethnology 4/2023
Call for the special issue of Slovak Ethnology/Slovenský národopis, volume 71, number 4/2023, on the topic of Contemporary holidays and their transformations Until recently, ethnology and anthropology studied holidays and celebrations as a tool of maintaining...
The Book of Abstracts of the DESIRE International Conference is published
On November 3rd, 2022, the conference “Age-Friendly Environment” took place at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia, coorganised also by our Institute and our colleagues, Soňa G. Lutherová and Ľubica Voľanská. The...
The Fourth Issue of Slovak Ethnology was published
The title of the fourth issue is Anthropological Aspects of recent Czech, Slovak and Polish Expercience with Secularism and Non-religion.
Send your paper to the SIEF 2023 conference
The deadline for papers is 10th of January, 2023. Click for more information.
Academy of Romani Studies
This year's conference, entitled Reflection on the Experience of the Treatment of Roma Refugees from Ukraine in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, will take place on Friday 11 November in Prague in the Campus Hybernská.
Tomáš Hrustič has been appointed as the member of the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
More information here.
Our principal graphic designer, Matúš Hnát, has been awarded a prize in the prestigious National Design Award 2022 competition
The international conference Age-friendly environment
The conference Age-friendly environment within framework of the ERASMUS+ project "Desire for all: Methods to create age-friendly housing" will take place on November 3, 2022. Registration is open until October 27, 2022
The international project Natural Hazards
Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the SAS v.v.i. became a partner of the Centre for Social and Psychological Sciences, the Institute for Forecasting of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in implementing the project Conceptualizing and mapping of exposure of vulnerable Roma communities to natural hazards.
The international conference of Romani studies and the Annual meeting of the members of the international association Gypsy Lore Society in Belgrade
The UESA SAS was represented by a group of experts from the field of Romani studies. More information here.
The third issue of Slovak ethnology was published
Slovak ethnology, volume 70, number 3/2022
In cooperation with national partners and under the coordination of the IESA SAV team, a series of UNESCO projects is being created to support the protection of the intangible heritage of Ukraine
In cooperation with national partners and under the coordination of the IESA SAV team, a series of UNESCO projects is being created to support the protection of the intangible heritage of Ukraine.
The SAV award for the popularization of science
Our colleague Katarína Popelková won the SAV award for the popularization of science. Congratulations!
We invite you to a professional seminar entitled Socio-cultural capital of successful municipalities as a source of sustainable development of the Slovak countryside
More information here.
