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).
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