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How to think about and research new forms of technologically generated culture and overcome prejudices and outdated concepts related to previous forms of culture and technology was the central question of the international conference Culture and Technics, which took place from 3 to 5 December at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana.

The new, cultural-studies themed issue of Social Science Forum journal has just been published!

The Department of Cultural Studies and the Centre for Cultural and Religious Studies are pleased to announce that their member, Prof. Dr. Aleš Črnič, was elected Deputy General Secretary of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR). The election took place at the session of the 23rd IAHR Congress, held on August 26, 2025, in Kraków.

On May 16, 2025, the second round table on the establishment of a regional cultural network took place in Palach, Rijeka. The round table was attended by cultural studies scholars from the universities of Ljubljana, Rijeka and Belgrade.

On Monday, May 12, 2025, Dr Felix Schniz from the University of Klagenfurt, lecturer and head of the Master's programme in Video Games and Engineering, held a guest lecture in the Modern Philosophy course.

At the end of March 2025, Jasmina Šepetavc, a researcher at the Centre for Cultural and ReligiousStudies, participated in a short-term Erasmus+ exchange at Kyungpook National University (KNU) in Daegu, South Korea. During her visit, she gave a lecture on Slovenian popular music, with a particular focus on folk-pop music and the Centre's recently completed project Slovenian​Folk-Pop as​Politics:​Perceptions,​Receptions,​an Identities. Jasmina presented the characteristics of this musical genre to students and faculty members, and discussed how music can reflect and shape national and regional identities.

As part of the Erasmus+ project Beyond the Rainbow: Cooperation to Explore Youth Intimacies through Audio Stories, we invite you to a special online panel discussion featuring speakers from Ireland, Slovenia, Serbia, and France.

As a part of the Nakba anniversary events Free Palestine, the Department of Cultural Studies cordially invites you to the conversation with the bookstore owner, publicist, and publisher Mahmud Muna, which will be moderated by Dr. Aleš Črnič and Katja Zakrajšek. On Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 11:00 AM at the Faculty of Social Sciences (lecture hall 20), we will be discussing the Holy Land at the intersection of religions, geopolitical pressures, and anti-colonial resistance.

In May 2025, the Department of Cultural Studies will host two interesting visiting lecturers, Dr. Francesca Della Puppo and Dr. Felix Schnitz, who will give two public lectures and a seminar. More detailed descriptions of the content and both lecturers' bios are below. We hope to see you in the lecture rooms!

This year, the traditional cultural studies symposium dedicated to the poet and comparativist Aleš Debeljak focused on comics, one of Debeljak’s passions.