Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana

The Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana 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 the EU joint programme, and a guided doctoral research in ethnology and cultural anthropology as part of an 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.

Background

In 1919, when the Faculty of Arts was founded at the University of Ljubljana, the curriculum already included 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 were the earliest history and ethnogenesis of the Slavs, which were 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 a new generation of ethnologists has shifted the discipline in terms of its 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 1990 the department was renamed the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, and various anthropological subjects again became part of the curriculum. Since 1998, ethnology and cultural anthropology have been an independent course of study at the Faculty of Arts.

Publications

Since 1999 the department has published 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 online in Slovenian. 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 department homepage.

International cooperation and student exchange

The Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology 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 the programmes SOCRATES/ERASMUS and CEEPUS. Students have the opportunity to perform a part of their studies at more than 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 of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology also organises several international meetings and symposiums. In 2010, in honour of the department's 70th Anniversary, a conference entitled Beyond Essentialisms – Challenges of Anthropology in the 21st Century took place.

External links

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

Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Ljubljana

Contents

Background

Publications

International cooperation and student exchange

See also

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