The study module consists of:

1. an interdisciplinary set of lectures that explains, develops and deepens the knowledge about Slovenian society and culture,
2. a set of research topics from various and specific areas of research related to the field of study, organized by the lecturers.

The program opens with the theme of linguistic identity of Slovenian landscapes, focusing on the dialects as the original foundation of the Slovenian language, then proceeds with intertextuality and cultural memory within the framework of Slovenian literary tradition, embedded in European and world literature. We continue with music and musical creativity in Slovenia. The ethnological and folkloristic perspectives are represented by two module subjects that elucidate the folk material and spiritual culture of the Slovene nation. These two subjects represent the identity core of the module, as they investigate the most typical elements of the notion Slovenian identity: The Language of Objects – Selected Chapters from the Material Culture of Slovenians, and Folk and Literary – Folkloristic and Intertextual Aspects. General ethical, cultural and social insights are represented in the module subjects Tradition and Ethics, Tragedy in the Theatre, Culture and Society, The Role of Woman in Slovenian society and Culture and Slovenian Emigrants Between Tradition and Modernity. The novelty of the module present two further subjects: Rituality, which connects ethnology and anthropology, and Ecoculture: Studies of Animals and Nature in Folklore, Literature and Culture, which interdisciplinary links folkloristics, literary science, anthropology, and ecology.

The core of the module Slovenian Studies – Tradition and Modernity will focus on the aspects crucial for the cultural and social identity of a nation. Students will get introduced to authors, resources, materials, and processes that shape this identity. In particular, the elements, movements and processes that are fundamental for the individual topic areas of the Slovenian studies and have shaped the social and cultural memory will be addressed. This module will also take into account the contemporary needs of an educated humanist, who should first be familiar with their own cultural identity in order to expand and research others.

Additional interest of the students for the above-mentioned topics will be stimulated by their active participation in various research projects and field research, with occasional foreign visiting lecturers providing further insight.