PhD Mitja Velikonja | |
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Born | 1965
[3] |
Citizenship | Slovenia |
Academic work | |
Discipline | social science |
Institutions | University of Ljubljana [1] |
Main interests | political ideologies in Central Europe and Balkans, subcultures and urban culture, collective memory and Yugo-nostalgia [2] |
Notable works | Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe |
Mitja Velikonja (born 1965) is a Slovenian cultural studies academic and professor at the University of Ljubljana where he is head of the Center for Cultural and Religious Studies. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
His book Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe received the prize for one of the highest annual accomplishments of the University of Ljubljana in 2020. [9] [10] His other books include "Masade duha" (Znanstveno in publicistično središče, Ljubljana, 2006), "Bosanski religijski mozaiki" (Znanstveno in publicistično središče, Ljubljana, 1998), "Mitografije sedanjosti" ( Študentska založba, Ljubljana, 2003), "Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina" ( Texas A&M University Press, 2003) and "Evroza. Kritika novega evrocentrizma" (Mirovni inštitut, Ljubljana, 2005). [11]
Velikonja was a visiting professor at multiple institutions which include Jagiellonian University (2002–2003), Columbia University (2009–2014), University of Rijeka (2015), New York Institute in Sanint Petersburg (2015–2016), Yale University (2020). [12] [13] He was a Fulbright visiting researcher in Rosemont College in Philadelphia (2004/2005), visiting researcher at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (2012) and at the Remarque Institute (2018). [12] Among other topics his research dealt with limitations of modernization processes and Yugo-nostalgia in the region of former Yugoslavia. [14] [15] He participated in second Korčula after Party in 2019, and event inspired by the Praxis School. [16] He was one of contributing authors to the Slovenian book about Alan Ford. [17] His book on political graffiti was presented at the Museum of Yugoslavia via online discussion supposed by the Embassy of Slovenia in Serbia and the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia. [18] [19] [20]
PhD Mitja Velikonja | |
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Born | 1965
[3] |
Citizenship | Slovenia |
Academic work | |
Discipline | social science |
Institutions | University of Ljubljana [1] |
Main interests | political ideologies in Central Europe and Balkans, subcultures and urban culture, collective memory and Yugo-nostalgia [2] |
Notable works | Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe |
Mitja Velikonja (born 1965) is a Slovenian cultural studies academic and professor at the University of Ljubljana where he is head of the Center for Cultural and Religious Studies. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
His book Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe received the prize for one of the highest annual accomplishments of the University of Ljubljana in 2020. [9] [10] His other books include "Masade duha" (Znanstveno in publicistično središče, Ljubljana, 2006), "Bosanski religijski mozaiki" (Znanstveno in publicistično središče, Ljubljana, 1998), "Mitografije sedanjosti" ( Študentska založba, Ljubljana, 2003), "Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina" ( Texas A&M University Press, 2003) and "Evroza. Kritika novega evrocentrizma" (Mirovni inštitut, Ljubljana, 2005). [11]
Velikonja was a visiting professor at multiple institutions which include Jagiellonian University (2002–2003), Columbia University (2009–2014), University of Rijeka (2015), New York Institute in Sanint Petersburg (2015–2016), Yale University (2020). [12] [13] He was a Fulbright visiting researcher in Rosemont College in Philadelphia (2004/2005), visiting researcher at Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (2012) and at the Remarque Institute (2018). [12] Among other topics his research dealt with limitations of modernization processes and Yugo-nostalgia in the region of former Yugoslavia. [14] [15] He participated in second Korčula after Party in 2019, and event inspired by the Praxis School. [16] He was one of contributing authors to the Slovenian book about Alan Ford. [17] His book on political graffiti was presented at the Museum of Yugoslavia via online discussion supposed by the Embassy of Slovenia in Serbia and the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia. [18] [19] [20]