Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana

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Oddelek za etnologijo in kulturno antropologijo, Univerza v Ljubljani

Zavetiška 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://etnologija.etnoinfolab.org/sl

eika@ff.uni-lj.si

Phone386 (0)1 241 1520

Managed byFaculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Dr Mirjam Mencej, Head of Department

mirjam.mencej@guest.arnes.si

Events abroad

Past Events

• 2 Nov 2016

  Czech Republic Prague Faculty of Arts – Charles University in Prague

  
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  Coffee and Cafés in the Balkans, a discussion with Božidar Jezernik (Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana),

  
  

  
  

  
  

• 2 Dec 2011

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  4 Dec 2011

  Poland Warsaw Powiekszenie Club and Palace Polonia Hotel

  
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  Božidar Jezernik, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, co-organised by the Embassy of Slovenia in Poland

  at the Balkan Fever Festival

  
  

  
  

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The Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology offers undergraduate programmes in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, several independent Masters programmes, a CREOLE Master programme in Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes as a part of EU joint programme and a guided doctoral research in ethnology and cultural anthropology as a part of the interdisciplinary programme.

History

In 1919, when the Faculty of Arts was founded at the University of Ljubljana, the curriculum already included a lecture on Ethnology as a ‘Seminar on Ethnography’. Officially the lectures on Ethnology and Ethnography began in the academic year 1940-1941. The first fully appointed professor was the Director of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, Niko Županić. The main topics of Professor Županić's research was the earliest history and ethnogenesis of the Slavs, which was reflected in the first issues of the Etnolog (Ethnologist) Journal, which he founded and edited.

After the Second World War and the implementation of the physical anthropology and ethnology of non-European cultures the new generation of ethnologists has shifted the discipline in terms of f methodology, subject, and organisation. The research of urban ethnology and worker's culture was introduced. In the 1980s various new themes were introduced with the appointment of new professors and teachers that broadened the concepts of Ethnology and Anthropology.

In the year 1990 the Department was renamed the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, and various anthropological subjects again became part of the curriculum. Since the year 1998, ethnology and cultural anthropology became an independent course of study at the Faculty of Arts. Since that year many new professors were appointed at the the Department.

The Department has its own library.

Today

From 1999 the Department publishes its own monograph collection from the field of ethnology and cultural anthropology entitled the Županič Library (30 volumes had been published by 2010). The contents of each edition is available in Slovenian online. The Department also publishes a collection of student papers entitled Etno je fletno (‘Ethno Rules’). More information about the publications can be found at the well-informed homepage of the Department.

Department is very active in the field of international research cooperation and student exchange. Since 2001 the Department has engaged in international student and teacher exchanges with programmes SOCRATES/ERASMUS and CEEPUS. Students have the opportunity to perform a part of their studies at over 20 partner departments all over Europe (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden). Researchers in the Department are involved in several bilateral research projects (with partners from Portugal, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) and in research projects from the 6th EU Framework (Eumon; Ramses) and Alpha (EU research collaboration with Latin America).

The Department organises several international meetings and symposiums. In 2010 on behalf of the Th Anniversary of the Department the conference entitled "Beyond Essentialisms - Challenges of the Anthropology in the 21st Century" will take place.

See also

• University of Ljubljana
• Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthopology Library, University of Ljubljana
• Institute of Slovene Ethnology
• Audiovisual Laboratory, Institute of Slovene Ethnology

External links

• Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology Homepage (in English)
• Beyond Essentialisms - Challenges of the Anthropology in the 21st Century Conference (in Slovenian and English)