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Festival Ljubljana Public Institute
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Originating in 1953 with Ljubljana's oldest festival, the Ljubljana Festival, the Festival Ljubljana Public Institute was established in 1954 by the Municipality of Ljubljana. Apart from its continued central duty of organising the annual festival, the institute manages the Križanke architectural complex (festival's venue), organises, or takes part in organising, numerous other projects that contribute to the cultural image of the capital. Other events within its remit include the event Slovene Music Days, the Young Virtuosi music programme, the Križanke International Art Colony, and the Festive December programme, in which short concerts are given by students of the Ljubljana music school.
Spider Festival
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Defying categorical delineation, under the artistic direction of Matej Kejžar, the Spider project has come to be known as a festival of radical bodies. It is at once an "itinerant" contemporary dance and performing arts festival, a transnational artistic network, a platform for modular and transferable artistic projects and a potential for mobility and residencies. While its main production vehicle is the Ljubljana-based Pekinpah Association, the actual nodal points have included specific artistic communities based in Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Ljubljana, Lyon and Zagreb, among others, but the festival continuously weaves a web that grows and shifts, anticipating the newest currents in contemporary dance and hybrid performative art.
National Museum of Slovenia
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Established in 1821, the National Museum of Slovenia is the country's oldest cultural and scientific institution. It holds major historical artefacts and sets museum guidelines and education standards for Slovene museums and the public. Museum experts and associates publish relevant literature on objects and documents that represent Slovene history and culture. The National Museum of Slovenia comprises an Archaeological Department, a Numismatic Cabinet, a Department of Prints and Drawings, a Department of History and Applied Arts, Conservation and Restoration Department and a library. In 2008 the museum opened additional premises at the Metelkova street.
International Summer School of Museology
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The International Summer School of Museology derived from the Piran Museology Summerschool, a part of the former Celje School of Museology, founded in 1995 and run by the Celje Museum of Recent History. In the recent years it has been organised by the Forum of Slavic Cultures International Foundation and the Faculty of Humanities Koper and has taken place at the University of Primorska. With the selection of Slovenian and international lecturers, it is intended for museum experts, students from humanistic disciplines, young experts and future museology experts.
Heritology Doctoral Programme, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
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The Heritology Doctoral Programme of the University of Ljubljana was established in 2009 at the Faculty of Arts. It is one of the numerous interdisciplinary doctoral programmes in the humanities and social studies. This individual PhD programme draws from museology and conservation and expands to the holistic studies of the social and political role of cultural heritage in contemporary society.
Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana
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The Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana offers two graduate programmes in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, two postgraduate (MA) programmes, and a European joint degree Master programme Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes (CREOLE), and a guided doctoral research in ethnology and cultural anthropology as a part of the interdisciplinary programme. The department also has its own library and manages an online database called EtnoInfoLab, which contains photos, slides, clippings and other materials acquired during department-led ethnographic research.
Department of History, University of Ljubljana
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As part of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana, the Department of History started its activities in 1920. The department offers 2 Bachelor of Arts programmes and 2 Masters of Arts and doctorate postgraduate programmes in History with a special focus on the History of South-East Europe and the History of Slovenia. Altogether about 600 students are enrolled in one of the programmes and there are 19 full-time members of the academic staff. The department has its own library and is also the seat of the Union of Historical Societies of Slovenia.
Department of Art History, University of Ljubljana
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The Department of Art History of the University of Ljubljana offers single major and double major programmes of study, which involve Art History as a major subject, plus Art History education in combination with another subject which is closely connected to the study of History and available within the Faculty of Arts.
The Department of Art History is divided into three chairs: the Chair of Slovene Art and Art of other South Slavic Peoples; the Chair of Art in General; the Chair of Conservation and Museology.
Department of Archaeology, University of Ljubljana
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The Department of Archaeology offers undergraduate, taught-postgraduate and guided research programmes in Archaeology at the University of Ljubljana.
In 2016 their graduate study was listed – according to the QS World University Rankings – among the 200 best archaeology programmes in the world .
Audiovisual Laboratory, Institute of Slovene Ethnology
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Established in 1983, the Audiovisual Laboratory (AVL) of the Scientific Research Centre (ZRC SAZU), Slovene Academy of Science and Arts has since 1999 made up a part of the Institute of Slovene Ethnology. The laboratory engages in visual documentation of culture and studies in visual communication and manifestations of culture. Its holdings comprise around 650 items of video documentation, 28 video films, and 102 items of edited material covering primarily regional ethnology.