Dr. Mitja Velikonja

E-mail: mitja.velikonja@uni-lj.si

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Permanent position:
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Education:
1997, PhD in Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
1994, MA in Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana

Selected publications:
"Slovenes Yugoslav Century" in: Yugoslavism: Histories of a Failed Idea, 1918 - 1992; ed. Dejan Djokić; Hurst; London 2001

"Sharpened Minds: Religious and Mythological Factors in the Creation of the National Identities in Bosnia-Herzegovina" in: Religious Quest and National Identity in the Balkans; eds. Celia Hawkesworth, Muriel Heppell and Harry Norris; Palgrave and School of Slavonic and East European Studies (University College London) 2001; pp. 218-230

"The Inexpressiveness of Election Posters" in: The Victory of the Imaginary Left; ed. Brankica Petković; Peace Institute, MediaWatch; Ljubljana 2001; pp. 86-99

"Liberation Mythology. The Role of Mythologies in Fanning the War in the Balkans" in: Religion and the War in Bosnia; ed. Paul Mojzes; Scholars Press, American Academy of Religion; Atlanta, Georgia, USA 1998; pp. 20-42

"In Hoc Signo Vinces: Religious Symbolism in the Balkan Wars 1991-1995" Religion in Eastern Europe; Princeton; USA; Vol. XXI, No. 5; October 2001; pp. 8-25

"Historical Roots of Slovenian Christoslavic Mythology" Religion in Eastern Europe; Princeton; USA; Vol. XIX, No. 6; December 1999; pp. 15-32

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