Cultural studies are nowadays one of the most important academic fields that deal with culture. One research institution that contributed most to introducing cultural studies to Slovenia is Center za preučevanje culture in religije (the Centre for Cultural and Religious Studies) at Fakulteta za družbene vede (the Faculty of Social Sciences), University of Ljubljana. The work of this centre is presented in the article. The most important achievements of its researchers include the continuous research of youth subcultures, popular music, memories, soccer, nostalgia, eating practices, films, happiness and graffiti. The relatively small group of researchers has in this context achieved a lot, especially by way of connecting these topics to the analysis of various symbolic connections between Slovenia, the Balkans and Europe. However, this does not mean there are no research topics still waiting to be tackled by the team. Among them are different aspects of sexual identities and new technologies in relation to new ways of spending free time.
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