Assist. Prof. Rok Benčin, Ph.D.
Assistant researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (RC SASA).
Education
- 2012: Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies – Comparative Studies of Ideas and Cultures (Philosophy Module), University of Nova Gorica;
- 2007: BA in Philosophy and Comparative Literature, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
– 2013: participation in the research project “The Philosophy of Crisis: Economy, Politics, Ecology” at the Institute of Philosophy, RC SASA;
– 2009-present: participation in the research programme “Conditions and Problems of Contemporary Philosophy II” at the Institute of Philosophy, RC SASA;
– 2008-2012: completed the young researcher training programme;
– scientific publications in journals Filozofski vestnik and Primerjalna književnost (both indexed in Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Current Contents/Arts & Humanities and IBZ), presentations at international conferences, author of introductions to Slovene translations of scientific literature.
EDITORIAL WORK
– 2012: co-editor of “Aisthesis”, a special issue of the journal Filozofski vestnik.
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
– 2010: co-organiser of the conference “Badiou’s transitions” at the Institute of Philosophy and the University of Nova Gorica, Ljubljana;
– 2009: coordinator of the seminar “Transformations in/of Art”, Worker’s and Punks’ University at The Peace Institute, Ljubljana.
SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCHANGE
– 2010 February-July: post-graduate student exchange, Université Paris 8, Paris (France);
– 2009 May-June: scholarship of French government, Université Paris 8, Paris (France).
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MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES
Contemporary theories on art and culture and the esthetics of new technologies
Prof. Marina Gržinić Mauhler, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Critical Aesthetics and Twentieth-Century Art
Prof. Aleš Erjavec, Ph. D. ,
Prof. Lev Kreft, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Formation of the Concepts
Assist. Prof. Aleš Bunta, Ph. D. ,
Assist. Prof. Tadej Troha, Ph. D. ,
ECTS: 6
Psychoanalysis and the social bond
Prof. Alenka Zupančič, Ph.D.,
Assoc. Prof. Peter Klepec, Ph. D.,
ECTS: 6