The Macedonian Student Ethnological Society - MSED has existed for more than 20 years.
In 1999, it was reactivated and re-registered according to the provisions of the new law on citizens' associations of the Republic of Macedonia. The Macedonian Student Ethnological Society, with its goals, program and statute, advocates for raising the level of education of students and their inclusion in scientific and research work and professional and applicable popularization of the ethnological and anthropological cultural values of Macedonia. For this purpose, a certain number of projects have been prepared and developed through which the program is realized and the desired goals are achieved. So far, several projects have been implemented, which contribute to the development of interpersonal and ethnic relations of the communities living in Macedonia, as well as other activities that contribute to the detailed study of Macedonian culture and tradition and their presentation in domestic and foreign media.
MSED realizes cooperation with similar student organizations at other Universities and establishes cooperation with similar societies that result in student exchange and the inclusion of ethnologist and anthropologist students from MSED in projects of other organizations and Faculties abroad.
To achieve its goals and objectives, the Society cooperates with educational and scientific institutions, non-governmental organizations, state bodies of the Republic of Macedonia, economic and other entities, foundations both from the country and abroad.
In recent years, MSED has developed several projects:
● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 1● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 2● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 3● "One Story, One Picture Book and One Children's Play - The Mouse and the Frog" - Educational Workshop for Nurturing and Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage for Preschool Children● Workshop "The City of Skopje and the Comic Illustrated Mythological Heroes"● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 4 ● Project: "Living Legends of Skopje"● Exhibition of photographs from the collection of Joel M. Halpern, "The Smell of Acacia Skopje"● Workshop: "The City of Skopje and the Comic Illustrated Mythological Heroes 2"● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 5● Forum: "Garbage and Cultural Heritage, Garbage as Cultural Heritage"● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 6● Publication: The Other World - a Collection of Illustrations● Spring School: "Socialism as a Cultural Heritage"● Collection of Illustrations: People, Animals, Plants, Objects from the Other World● Ethnographic Film "Button - Dress for Luck"● Publication: "Shutka: My Story"● Creative Handicraft Workshop "Young and Skilled"● Publication: Persa and Shupak● Publication: "Heterogenous: Interreligious Coexistence in a Western Macedonian Village", Marcin Lubash, translated from Polish by Marija Bartoszewicz Atanasovska● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 7● Publication: Harry and Daut● Publication: The Two Worlds – a Collection of Illustrations● Publication “Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe”, Mitja Velikona, translated from English by Ines Crvenkovska Risteska● Project: “The Folklore Heritage of the Gorani”● Project: “Ethnic Diversity in Skopje● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 8● Project: Folklore and Ethnological Research of the Material Culture of the Gorani● Publication: The Gorani Folk Costume● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 9● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 10● Project: 25 Years of the Macedonian Student Ethnological Society● International Ethnographic Film Festival - ETNOFF 11● Publication: “The Cult and Tradition of the Holy Anchorites in Macedonia” by MA Aleksandar Meshkov