Wise Women: Beliefs and Networks of Female Spiritual Figures in Central European Vernacular Religion

Project description

Women’s role in central European religious culture

Culture and religion in central Europe have been deeply impacted by political and economic changes in the region. New religions and New Age tenets penetrated central European societies and blended with traditional folk faiths and dominant religions, creating a complex religious culture. Women were instrumental in this process, but no systematic study has focused on this aspect. The EU-funded WiseWomen project will explore women’s role in the rise of heterogeneous religious culture in central European societies. It will focus on wise women, female experts of magic, medicine and religion as specific figures in contemporary urban and rural societies. Fieldwork will be carried out in multi-ethnic and multi-confessional communities in northern Croatia, south-western Hungary and Slovenia.

Fields of science

• social sciences › sociology › anthropology › cultural anthropology › folklore
• humanities › history and archaeology › history
• social sciences › sociology › anthropology › ethnology
• humanities › philosophy, ethics and religion › religions

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-CAR - CAR – Career Restart panel

Coordinator

UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI

Net EU contribution

€ 162 040,32

Address

Kongresni Trg 12
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia

Region

Slovenija › Zahodna Slovenija › Osrednjeslovenska

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Links

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00