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| Ethnologia Europaea | |
|---|---|
| Title | Ethnologia Europaea |
| Discipline | Ethnology |
| Language | English |
| Abbreviation | Ethnol. Europaea |
| Publisher | Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography |
| Country | Sweden |
| History | 1969–present |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Issn | 0435-1464 |
Ethnologia Europaea is an annual scholarly journal devoted to ethnological and anthropological studies concerning Europe and European-connected regions. Founded in 1969, it is published by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography and has served as a forum for comparative research, regional studies, and theoretical reflection linking fieldwork in Scandinavia, the Baltic, the Balkans, Iberia, the British Isles, Central Europe, and diasporic communities. Contributors have included scholars associated with institutions such as the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Uppsala University, University of Copenhagen, Helsinki University, University of Warsaw, and University of Barcelona.
The journal originated amid postwar shifts in European scholarship when figures connected to the Nordic Museum milieu and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences sought a platform for ethnographic exchange across national boundaries. Early editorial boards contained scholars trained in the traditions of Bronisław Malinowski-influenced fieldwork and in dialogues with the Manchester School, referencing debates around persons such as Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz. The 1970s and 1980s issues reflect engagement with social transformations tied to events like the Prague Spring, the expansion of the European Economic Community, and the consolidation of welfare states in Scandinavia, with contributions drawing on research from the Faroe Islands to the Basque Country. After the end of the Cold War, the journal broadened to incorporate post-socialist studies from researchers affiliated with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in Zagreb. Notable guest editors and contributors have included scholars trained at the London School of Economics, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
Ethnologia Europaea aims to foster comparative analysis across regional traditions such as Scandinavian material culture studies linked to the Nordic Council context, Mediterranean ritual studies tied to research in Greece and Italy, and borderland ethnographies from areas including Transylvania and the Basque Autonomous Community. It emphasizes interdisciplinary conversation with historians from institutions like the University of Leiden and social theorists associated with the Central European University and the Institute for Advanced Study. The journal foregrounds research on migration as connected to the Irish diaspora, labor movements in relation to the International Labour Organization, and minority rights issues referencing the Council of Europe. It purposely engages with policy-relevant debates involving organizations such as UNESCO and the European Commission while maintaining a foundation in ethnographic method inspired by figures like Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict.
The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography oversees the journal, appointing an editorial board that has included editors from the University of Gothenburg, the University of Bergen, and the University of Tartu. Peer review follows standard academic procedures practiced at journals affiliated with the European Consortium for Political Research and the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Issues are typically guest-edited around thematic clusters drawing on conferences organized by hosts such as the Royal Anthropological Institute and the European Association of Social Anthropologists. Publication partnerships have involved publishers in Stockholm and distribution networks reaching libraries at the British Library, the Library of Congress, and national libraries in France and Germany. The editorial policy encourages contributions from scholars connected to doctoral programs at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Vienna.
Articles span case studies on ritual, kinship, material culture, migration, and memory, with comparative pieces examining phenomena across regions such as the Baltic States, the Caucasus, and Sicily. Special issues have addressed topics including heritage politics around sites like Stonehenge and Skansen, urban ethnography in cities such as Berlin and Istanbul, and rural transformations in places like Shetland and Podolia. Contributors engage with theoretical conversations referencing scholars like Pierre Bourdieu, Marcel Mauss, and Judith Butler while using methods influenced by practitioners associated with Cambridge and Harvard. Reviews sections assess monographs published by presses such as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, and Palgrave Macmillan, and the journal publishes research notes documenting fieldwork in locales including Lapland, Corsica, and Madeira.
The journal is cited in syntheses on European ethnology produced by editorial projects at the Max Planck Society and contributes to curricula at departments including KU Leuven and the University of Milano-Bicocca. Scholars have used its articles in comparative studies of nationalism with reference to the Breakup of Yugoslavia and in analyses of cultural heritage policy linked to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Its impact is observable in citations within journals such as Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, American Ethnologist, and European Journal of Cultural Studies, and in its role shaping debates at conferences organized by the European Network on Cultural Policy.
Ethnologia Europaea is indexed in major bibliographic services used by researchers at institutions like the Max Planck Digital Library and the Wellcome Trust. Libraries in national systems including the National Library of Sweden, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek hold physical runs, and back issues are accessible through academic subscription services used by universities such as Columbia University and Yale University. Selected articles are discoverable via aggregators employed by the HathiTrust and repositories linked to the Directory of Open Access Journals when rights permit.
Category:Anthropology journals Category:Academic journals established in 1969