Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, AE Centre – Unit for Anthropology of the Mediterranean (in procedure of establishment), University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

National Network
Slovenia
Address

A?ker?eva 2 (Askerceva 2)
Ljubljana
Slovenia

Telephone
2411135
Telephone (other)
2411145
Fax
4234112
E-Mail
oeka@ff.uni-lj.si
E-Mail (2)
rajko.mursic@guest.arnes.si
Mobile Phone
955
Website
http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/oddelki/etnologija/default.htm
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1940
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Heritage
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Research
  7. Youth and education
General Information
A working unit within the Faculty of Arts. AE research/development centre will comprise the Unit for Anthropology of the Mediterranean. 23 staff (12 teachers and assistants; 3 administrative staff, 1 researcher and 7 junior research fellows). Budget estimation: 400.000 EUR – public funds plus other sources. Organisers of annual symposium Mess (Mediterranean Ethnological Summer Symposium). Main parters from the Mediterranean countries are coming from Italy, Croatia, Greece, France, Spain and Portugal. Bilateral research projects, teaching exchange and other kinds of dissemination of knowledge.
Mission and Objectives

The main aim of the Department is to provide the best possible education to students of ethnology and cultural anthropology. The aim of the research and development centre is to support teaching and to bridge the gap between academia and the general society, especially its economic structure.
A very important aim of the institution is to enable young people (students) to communicate with others and to challenge prejudices, racisms and other deviations in European neoliberal societies.

Main Projects / Activities

Slovene Identities in the Context of the European Space. Basic research programme, 2004-2009.
Ethnological Analyses of Representations and Heritage. Basic research project, 2004-2007.
Development Partnership in the Field of Integration for Asylum Applicants: Equal, 2004-2008 (partner).
The Concept of Time and Space in East and West European Folklore. Bilateral research project with the Centro de Ci?ncias Humanes e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
RAMSES II: Réseau euro-méditerranéen des centres de recherche en sciences humaines sur l’aire méditerranéenne – Euro-Mediterranean Network of Excellence of Research Centers in Humanities. (6th Framework Programme.) 2005-2008 (partner).

Contact (1) Full Name
Rajko Mursic
Head of the organisation
Rajko Mur?i? (Mursic)
Contact (2) Full Name
Bojan Baskar