Špela Kalčić
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Place and Date of Birth: Ljubljana, 15.07.1974
E-mail: spela.kalcic@gmail.com
Homepage: http://spelakalcic.wordpress.com/
Title: Ph.D.
EDUCATION
2003 – 2006
Ph. D. in Social Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
2001 – 2003
M.A. student in Social Anthropology, Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis – Ljubljana Graduate School of the Humanities, courses finished except having written M.A. thesis (direct transfer to Ph.D. program at Faculty of Arts, see above)
1994 – 2001
B.A. in Sociology of Culture and Russian language with literature (both major), Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
1989 – 1993
Grammar School Šentvid, Ljubljana (concentrating on the natural sciences)
FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS
11/2006
RAMSES [Réseau d'excellence de recherche en sciences humaines sur la Méditerranée] travel grant for participation in Summer School Observer le religieux aujourd’hui, organized by the University Hasan II, Casablanca
9/2006
RAMSES [Réseau d'excellence de recherche en sciences humaines sur la Méditerranée] travel grant for participation in Summer School Imperial legacies, organized by the University of Ljubljana, Piran
11/2003 – 7/2006
Junior Research Fellow at the Institute for Ethnic Studies, Ljubljana / Slovenian Academic Research Agency Fellowship
2004
EU travel grant for participation in the 8th Biennial EASA Conference, Vienna
10/2002 – 9/2003
Post-Graduate Scholarship: Zoisova štipendija / Slovenian Scholarship Foundation
10/1998 – 3/1999
Russian Board of Education Scholarship at the University of Nations Friendship (Universitet Družby Narodov), Moscow
1998
Soros travel grant for attending courses in Russian language and literature at the University of Nations Friendship, Moscow
10/1995 – 9/1999
Under-Graduate Scholarship: Zoisova štipendija / Slovenian Scholarship Foundation
EMPLOYMENTS
Position: Junior Research Fellow (Slovenian Academic Research Agency Fellowship) (full time)
Institute: Institute for Ethnic Studies, Erjavčeva 26, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
From – To: 1.11.2003 – 31.7.2006
Nature of work: Anthropologycal research on Muslims in Slovenia (field research based on participant observation method, qualitative & quantitative analysis of the collected data with stress on Muslim perceptions of inequality; Slovenian Muslim policies analyses; analyses of school textbooks, political, media and public discourses on Islam in Slovenia; census analyses in relation to Muslim migrations to Slovenia).
Position: Journalist (part time)
Institute: Slovenian Deaf and Partially Deaf People Association, Drenikova 38, Ljubljana
From – To: 2002-2004
Nature of work: Journalist for TV broadcast for deaf and partialy deaf people Listen to the Silence [Prisluhnimo tišini] which is broadcasted in collaboration with Slovenian state TV
Position: Editress (part time)
Institute: Youth Internet – Minet [Mladinski internet - Minet], www.minet.si, Letališka 33, 1000 Ljubljana
From – To: 2000 - 2002
Nature of work: Editing the Film section on Minet web pages
Position: Translator, Assistant Coordinator (part time)
Institute: Slovenian Cinemateque [Slovenska kinoteka], Miklošičeva 38, 1000 Ljubljana
From – To: 1995 – 2005
Nature of work: Translator for Russian language (press conferences, conversations among directors, actors etc. and publics, simultaneous translations and video subtitling of classic Russian films [47]) and assistance at organizing Russian film retrospectives.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2006 -
RAMSES2 Project »Network of excellence«, Euro-Mediterranean network of research institutes in humanities on the Mediterraen. Principal coordinator: Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme, Aix-en-Provence, Francija. Financed by the European Commission within the 6th FP for research and development. I am an associate researcher. Principal researcher in Slovenia is dr. Bojan Baskar.
2001 – 2004
Imagining the other: construction of otherness in the case of immigrants (refugees, displaced persons, asylum seekers). Financed by the Ministry of education, Science and Sports of the Republic of Slovenia. I was a student-associate researcher. Principal researcher: dr. Alenka Janko-Spreizer.
2001 – 2004
Processes of ethnic differentiation in Slovenia: confronting the perceptions. Financed by the Ministry of education, science and sports of the Republic of slovenia. I was a student-associate researcher. Principal researcher: dr. Irena Šumi.
DEVELOPEMENT PROJECTS
2003 – 2004
Intercultural Center: Intercultural Education and Communication. Phare small projects at EU. Holder of the project: Humanitas: association of human rights and human-friendly activities. Project managers: Nina Vodopivec, Špela Kalčić.
FIELDWORK
2003 – 2006
Slovenian towns (mostly Ljubljana and Jesenice), fieldwork among Muslim economic migrants and refugees from territories of Former SFR Yugoslavia.
2002 – 2004
Ljubljana (Slovenia), fieldwork among migrants and refugees, mostly Bosniacs from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Migrants
- Refugees
- Minorities
- Muslims and Islam in Europe
- Inequalities
- Discrimination (xenophobia, racism, islamophoby)
- Constructing Otherness (Orientalism, Oxidentalism, racism, xenophobie etc.)
- Public policies (considering migrants, refugees, minorities, Muslims)
- Politics of identity
- Intercultural education and communication (education for tolerance)
- Poverty
- Integral tourism
- Sustainable development
- Regionally I specialized in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but otherwise I am interested in all Europe (especially Mediterranean and Balkan area) and Africa in generall
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Slovenian native language
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian second native language
English fluent (6-months language course, London, 1993-94)
Russian fluent (B.A. in Russian language with literature; 6 months study sojourn at University of Nations Friendship [Universitet Družby Narodov], Moscow, 1998-99)
French colloquial (4 years in Grammar School; language course at Centre International d’Etude de Langues, Strassbourg, 1998; language course at Institute Français Charles Nodier, Ljubljana 2001-02)
German basic (language course at Pionirskem domu, Ljubljana, 1980-88)
Italian basic (self-taught)
COMPUTER SKILLS
- Windows, especially Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Power Point)
- Basic HTML editing of texts and photos for web-pages;
- Internet Explorer, Mozila Firefox etc.
- Adobe Photoshop
- Nero
- Fast learner in computer software
