Cultural studies – studies of cultures and creativity

Where no ideas are killed.
Cultural Studies is an exciting field at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences. It offers energetic new takes on everyday life, culture, and art, and encourages creativity, critical thought, and social responsibility. Cultural Studies provides tools for observing, grasping, and intervening into trends and transformations in the ways we live our lives; at home, in the workplace, on the streets, online, and off the grid. It is passionate about justice, equality, and sustainability, and committed to interrogating power relations in the modern world.
Inspired by life, the undergraduate Cultural studies: Studies of Cultures and Creativity programme offered by the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Social Sciences is designed to prepare you for life today, in the new world we see forming in front of our eyes. We will help you on your way to making it more just, more sustainable, and more fun.

The programme is built around courses that encourage you to understand the world from the perspectives of cultural anthropology, film and media studies, and the study of various popular-cultural forms such as videogames, science and technology studies, gender studies, religion studies, ethnic studies, philosophy, and critical theory. These perspectives are supported by courses designed to develop your creative skills by engaging with media and formats both traditional and new: from cinema to TikTok, and from novels to memes.

In short, while broadening their intellectual horizons and acquiring interdisciplinary research skills, our students write, design, and create content. Offering transferable skills, and developing flexibility and strong interdisciplinary analytical skills, our programmes are ideal for content creators of various kinds, including influencers, social activists, and media editors, as well as producers of various kinds of popular culture. They are a great starting point for future specialists in the rapidly developing fields of the creative and media industries, of the arts, of heritage protection, of interpretation, of management, and of cultural tourism. Our graduates are successful in various workplaces, from media companies large and small, to galleries and museums; from institutions managing cultural heritage to tourism; from diplomatic services, to various NGOs and research institutions.