Mitja Velikonja

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Mitja Velikonja
Born1965 [1]
Šempeter pri Gorici, Socialist Republic of Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia [1]
Citizenship Slovenia
Academic work
Discipline social science
Institutions University of Ljubljana [2]
Main interests political ideologies in Central Europe and Balkans, subcultures and urban culture, collective memory and Yugo-nostalgia [3]
Notable worksPost-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. [1] [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, 1996), "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), "Eurosis. A Critique of the New Eurocentrism" (Mirovni inštitut, Ljubljana, 2005) and Titostalgia - a Study of Nostalgia of Josip Broz (Mirovni inštitut, Ljubljana, 2009). [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 a few Korčula after Party" events, 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]

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  12. 1 2 "Translating Memories Speaker Series: prof Mitja Velikonja". Tallinn University. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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