Ljupčo S. Risteski was born in 1970 in Prilep. After completing secondary education, in the academic year 1989/1990 he enrolled in Ethnology and Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. He graduated in 1992/1993 with a thesis titled “The Manuscript Legacy of Branislav Rusić—Professor and Ethnologist,” earning the professional qualification of Graduate Ethnologist.
In 1993/1994 he commenced interdisciplinary postgraduate studies in Sociocultural Anthropology at the same faculty, which he completed by defending his Master’s thesis “The Post-mortem Ritual Complex in the Traditional Culture of Mariovo” in 1996/1997, thereby obtaining the academic degree of Master of Sociocultural Anthropology.
In 1999, his doctoral topic “The Categories of Space and Time in the Folk Culture of the Macedonians” was approved under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Aneta Svetieva. He publicly defended the dissertation on 10 May 2002, earning the scientific degree of Doctor of Ethnological Sciences.
Ljupčo S. Risteski began his academic and research career in 1994, when he was employed as an Assistant at the Institute for Old Slavic Culture in Prilep, where he was appointed to the junior research rank (Junior Researcher). In subsequent years, he continued his institutional engagement as a Junior Assistant (1995), and from 1998 he held the position of Research Assistant.
In 1998 he transferred to the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, where he was employed as an Assistant at the Department (Institute) of Ethnology within the then Institute of Geography. At this unit he developed his academic career, delivering teaching and field training in several courses in ethnology, sociocultural anthropology, and research methodology.
In 2002 he was elected to the academic rank of Assistant Professor (Docent) at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (FNSM), teaching the courses: Introduction to Ethnology, General Ethnology, Methodology of Ethnological Research, and Field Ethnology 2. His academic advancement continued with his election as Associate Professor in 2007, and on 1 April 2013 he was elected Full Professor at the same institute. He was re-elected as Full Professor (tenured/lifetime appointment) on 26 March 2018, confirming his sustained academic and research contribution to ethnology and social and cultural anthropology.
2020. Antropologija na smrtta: Poimanjeto na smrtta vo narodnata kultura na Makedoncite. Skopje: Centar za etnološki istražuvanja i primeneta antropologija. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2005. Kategorite prostor i vreme vo narodnata kultura na Makedoncite. Skopje: Matica makedonska. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
1999. Posmrtniot obreden kompleks vo tradiciskata kultura na Mariovo. Prilep: Institut za staroslovenska kultura. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
1997. Rakopisnata zaostavština na Branislav Rusiḱ: Prilog kon istorijata na etnološkata misla vo Makedonija. Bitola: Pečatnica “Krste Misirkov”. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2020. Endresen, Cecilie; Crvenkovska Risteska, Ines; Risteski, Ljupčo S. “Hinduism in the Republic of North Macedonia”. In: Handbook of Hinduism in Europe, Vol. I–II. Leiden: Brill, 1218–1240.
2014. Risteski, Ljupčo S. “Himalayan, yet ours: A Postsocialistic Saga of the Macedonian Kingdom in the Himalayas”. In: Lendenčan, Goran; Zorić, Snježana (eds.), Etnoimpresije iz Skopja. Zadar: Studentski zbor Sveučilišta u Zadru, 7–28.
2012. Risteski, Ljupčo S.; Kodra Hysa, Armanda. “Strategies for Creating the Macedonian State and Nation and Rival Projects Between 1991 and 2012”. In: Kolstø, Pål (ed.), Strategies of Symbolic Nation-Building in South Eastern Europe. Farnham: Ashgate, 165–201.
1998. Vražinovski, Tanas (ed.). Narodna mitologija na Makedoncite: Etnografski i folklorni materijali. Sorabotnici: Ljupčo S. Risteski, Vladimir Karaǵozski, Lola Simoska. Skopje: Matica makedonska – Prilep: Institut za staroslovenska kultura. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
1996. Vražinovski, Tanas (ed.). Narodna demonologija na Makedoncite. Sorabotnici: Ljupčo S. Risteski, Vladimir Karaǵozski, Lola Simoska. Skopje: Matica makedonska – Prilep: Institut za staroslovenska kultura. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2013. Sindikati i rabotnici – migranti: Vo potraga po praktiki na podrška. Koper: Primorski univerzitet. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2023. Rusiḱ, Branislav. Dolno Dupeni: Etnološki beleški od životot i običaite na edna naselba vo Dolna Prespa. Redakcija, transkripcija i prevod od srpski na makedonski jazik: Ljupčo S. Risteski. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2022. Etnografski izvori za Makedonija. Etnološki atlas na SFR Jugoslavija. Etnološki atlas na SR Makedonija. Prašanje br. 121. Običai pred samata svadba, venci, svadbena oglavka (ukrasi na glava) IV/1, 2, 3. Redakcija i predgovor: Ljupčo S. Risteski. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2021. Etnološko i kulturno-antropološko proučuvanje na Poreče. Ur. Ljupčo S. Risteski; Aneta Svetieva. Skopje: Centar za etnološki istražuvanja i primeneta antropologija. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2021. Etnološki atlas na SFR Jugoslavija. Etnološki atlas na SR Makedonija. Prašanje br. 120 – Ženidbeni običai do svadbata III/1, 2, 3. Redakcija i predgovor: Ljupčo S. Risteski. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2021. Etnografski izvori za Makedonija. Etnografski atlas na SFRJ. Etnografski atlas na SR Makedonija. Prašanje br. 125. Prvo striženje II/1, 2. Urednik i predgovor: Ljupčo S. Risteski. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2021. Ilov, Saško; Temkova Ilova, Cvetanka; Davidov, Goce. Džolomarite. Predgovor: Ljupčo S. Risteski. Skopje: Ars Lamina. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2019. Etnografski izvori za Makedonija. Etnografski atlas na SFRJ. Etnografski atlas na SR Makedonija. Prašanje br. 124 – Raǵanje, doenje, prv zab I/1, 2. Urednik i predgovor: Ljupčo S. Risteski. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2018. Glušecot i žabata: Adaptirana narodna prikazna zapišana od Marko Cepenkov. Adaptacija: Ljupčo S. Risteski. Skopje: Makedonsko studentsko etnološko društvo. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2016. Risteski, Ljupčo S.; Kolstø, Pål (eds.). Strategii za simbolička izgradba na nacijata vo Jugoistočna Evropa. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2014. Risteski, Ljupčo S.; Aštalkovska Gajtanovska, Ana (eds.). Za etnologijata... Bezbroj pragovi sme pominále... Za Aneta Svetieva. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2013. de Munck, Victor; Risteski, Ljupčo S. (eds.). Macedonia: The Political, Social, Economic and Cultural Foundations of a Balkan State. London: I. B. Tauris.
2007. Risteski, Ljupčo S.; Jakimovska, Ilina (eds.). Drugosta vo etnologijata. Skopje: Menora; Evro-Balkan Press. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2010 – University of Granada, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Social Anthropology, within the JoinEU-SEE programme, 1 March – 2 April 2010.
2010 – University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, within the Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS), 3–30 May 2010.
2008 – Jagiellonian University, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. Visiting Professor within CEEPUS: “Borders and Borderlines in Anthropological Studies,” 13–19 April 2008.
2007 – Jagiellonian University, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. Visiting Professor within CEEPUS: “Borders and Borderlines in Anthropological Studies,” 6–22 April 2007.
2006 – University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology. Visiting Professor (Comparative Mythology), March 2006.
2003 – University of Massachusetts (USA). Project: “Prof. Joel Martin Halpern’s Collection in Macedonia,” June–July 2003. Grant of the Open Society Institute–Macedonia.
2024
Participation in the 12th European History Forum “When does contemporary history begin? The historical-scientific examination of the 1990s in Eastern and Southeast Europe” (12 European History Forum “When does contemporary history begin? The historical-scientific examination of the 1990s in Eastern and Southeast Europe”), organized by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin, Germany, with the topic “The Processes of the European Integration of North Macedonia in the shadow of history and historical education: The Case of the Multidisciplinary Commission for Historical and Educational Issues between the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Bulgaria”.
2024
Workshop held with lecture “Macedonian State and Nation and Rival Projects in the Post-socialistic Period” at the University of Copenhagen, Saxo Institute of Ethnology.
2024
Participation in the V Congress of Slavic geographers and ethnographers, held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 23 to 25 October 2024, with the topic “Ethnographic and anthropological analysis of the cultural topography of a region: Examples from Macedonian folk culture”.
2022
Participation in the 11th Macedonian-North American Conference on Macedonian Studies, held from 4 to 7 November 2022 in Tempe, Arizona, USA, online, with the topic “Anthropology that connects: The activity of Joel M. Halpern and Barbara Kerewski-Halpern and the affirmation of American–Macedonian cooperation” .
2020
Participation in the forum “The garbage and cultural heritage: The garbage as cultural heritage” (“Ḡubreto i kulturnoto nasledstvo: Ḡubreto kako kulturno nasledstvo” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)) organized by the Macedonian Student Ethnological Society, Skopje, and the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, FNSM, UKIM, with the topic “Dis/functional state system and civic activism” (“Dis/funkcionalen državen sistem i graǵanski aktivizam” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)).
2020
Participation in the seminar “Shared Sacred Spaces in North Macedonia”, held at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, with the topic “Macedonian state and nation and the rival projects between 1991 and 2018”.
2020
Spring school “Socialism as cultural heritage” , organized by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, FNSM, UKIM, and the Macedonian Student Ethnological Society, Skopje. Courses held: “Anthropological approaches to understanding socialism” and “Research methodology and field techniques” .
2012
Participation in the 17th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities “The Wages of Nationhood: Conflicts, Compromises, and Costs” at Columbia University, New York, USA, organized by the Harriman Institute, with the presentation “Monuments and Urban Nationalism. Skopje 2014 Project”, 19 – 21 April.
2012
International seminar of Macedonian language, literature and culture, 22.6.2012. Course: Ethnology of the Macedonian people.
2012
Konitsa, Greece – participation in the Summer School in Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans (Konitsa, Summer School in Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans), 27 July – 9 August.
2011
Participation in the International Balkan Annual Conference “Phenomenology of Folk Religion. Examples from Macedonian Folk Tradition” , held in Skopje from 9 to 13 May.
2011
Participation in the international conference “Remarking Borders”, moderator of two sessions: Panel 25 – “Refashioning of the Balkans” , 20 – 21 January, Catania, Sicily.
2010
Participation in “COST Action ISO 803” with the presentation “Macedonian North Border – Politics and Reflections: On the Memorial Center of Anti-Fascist Assembly for the People’s Liberation of Macedonia (AAPLM) in Pelince, that Marks Macedonian Recent Past”, 8 – 9 April, Berlin, Germany.
2009
Participation in the multidisciplinary conference “Coming to terms with the communist regime – 20 years later”, held in Sofia from 9 to 11 November, with the topic “‘We Just Put Off The Peasant Sandals, And Ethnologists Want To Take Them On Again‘: Status Of Ethnology In Macedonia During The Period Of Socialism”.
2009
Lecture “Methodological approaches and fieldwork with socially marginalized and hard-to-reach groups” . University of Ljubljana, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, 6.1.2009.
2009
Participation in the conference “COST Action ISO 803” – “Remarking Eastern Borders in Europe: A Network Exploring Social, Moral and Material Relocations of Europe’s Eastern Peripheries” with the topic “Bulgarian Passports – A Possibility for Greater Mobility of Macedonians and/or Manipulating Strategies of Identity”, held in Manchester, UK, 15 – 16 May.
2008
Summer School in folklore, ethnology, anthropology and comparative studies in Konitsa, Greece. Lecturer. Course: Ethnography of socially marginalized groups. July – August 2008.
2008
Participation in the international conference “Folk Culture and Boundaries in the Balkan” , in Volos, Greece, with the topic “Symbols, Mythological And Religious Meanings Of The Village Space Among Balkan Slavic People”.
2008
Course: Ethnology of Macedonians. Seminar for Macedonian language, literature and culture, Ohrid, August.
2008
Lecture “Terenski rad među nepostojećim ljudima: Etnografija društveno marginalizovanih grupa” , held at the Ethnographic Institute of SASA in Belgrade on 10.11.2008.
2007
Participation in the conference “Rethinking Crossroads: Macedonia in a Global Context”, held on 31 March 2007 at the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies at the University of Chicago, USA.
2006
Summer School in folklore, ethnology, anthropology and comparative studies in Konitsa, Greece. Lecturer. Course: The breakup of Yugoslavia and the creation of post-socialist countries in the region. July – August 2006.
2006
Course: Ethnology of Macedonians. Seminar for Macedonian language, literature and culture, Ohrid.
2005
Course: Ethnology of Macedonians. Seminar for Macedonian language, literature and culture, Ohrid.
2024. “Digitalno vreme, digitalen arhiv: Upotrebata na veb-orientiranata aplikacija Archivesspace za upravuvanje so nasledstvoto. Primerot na digitalniot arhiv za etnološki i za antropološki resursi”. Co-authored with Ines Crvenkovska-Risteska. Makedonski folklor LV/85. Skopje: Institut za folklor “Marko Cepenkov”, 39–58. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2022. “Mesečnikot ‘Vardar’ vo uredništvo na Krste Petkov Misirkov od 1905 godina i makedonskoto prašanje / The monthly issue ‘Vardar’, edited by Krste Petkov Misirkov in 1905 and the Macedonian question”. EtnoAntropoZum 22. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM, 296–268. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2020. “About the Ethnological Atlas Project of Socialistic Federative Republic of Yugoslavia and Ethnological Atlas of SR Macedonia”. Macedón Tudományos és kulturális közlemények III/1. Debrecen: Ohrid Macedonian Folk Ensemble, University of Debrecen, Department of Ethnography, 10–20.
2018. “Mitskite značenja na kosmogonijata i antropogonijata vo narodnata kultura na Makedoncite / Mythological Meanings of Cosmology and Anthropogony in Macedonian Folk Culture”. EtnoAntropoZum 16. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM, 73–115. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2018. “‘Porta Makedonija’, od psevdoklasicizam do spomenik na kulturata, od politička ritualizacija do graǵanska demistifikacija”. Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne 13. Poznań: Instytut Filologii Słowiańskiej Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 279–300. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2017. Lisicata, ežot i krtot: Adaptirana narodna prikazna zapišana od Marko Cepenkov. Adaptation of the story: Ljupčo S. Risteski. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2016. “Monuments and Urban Nationalism: The Skopje 2014 Project”. Antropologija 3. Belgrade: Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, 71–81.
2015. “Against All Odds: Auto-Reflexive Reconstructions of the Development of Ethnology and Anthropology as Academic Disciplines in the Republic of Macedonia (since 1990)”. Co-authored with Ilina Jakimovska. Ethnologia Balkanica 17. London – Berlin: LIT Verlag, 388–397.
2014. “‘Samo što izlegovme od opinci, etnolozite sakaat povtorno da nè vratat vo niv’: Statusot na etnologijata vo Makedonija vo periodot na socijalizmot (1946 – 1953)”. In: Za etnologijata... Bezbroj pragovi sme pominále... Za Aneta Svetieva. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM, 55–79. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2014. “Loring Danfort i Riki van Boskhoten: ‘Decata od Graǵanskata vojna vo Grcija: Begalcite i politikata na seḱavanjeto’, IOM, Skopje 2012 / Loring Danforth and Riki Van Boeschoten, ‘Children of the Greek Civil War: Refugees and the Politics of Memory’, IOM, Skopje 2012”. Book review. EtnoAntropoZum 10. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM, 118–127. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2014. “Seḱavanje na d-r Ljupčo J. Nedelkov (1964–2012), docent na Institutot za etnologija i antropologija na Prirodno-matematičkiot fakultet na Univerzitetot ‘Sv. Kiril i Metodij’ – Skopje”. EtnoAntropoZum 10. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM, 130–137. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2014. “Between Folklore, Geography, and Ethno-Nationalism”. Ljupco Risteski and Rozita Dimova. In: The Anthropological Field on the Margins of Europe, 1945–1991. Berlin: LIT Verlag, 273–292.
2014. “Bugarski pasoši – možnost za pogolema mobilnost na Makedoncite i/ili strategii za manipuliranje so identitetot? / Bulgarian Passports – Possibilities for Greater Mobility of Macedonians and/or Strategies for Identity Manipulation?”. EtnoAntropoZum 10. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM, 37–55. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2013. “Between Folklore, Geography and Ethno-Nationalism: Ethnology in Macedonia During and After Socialism”. Co-authored with Rozita Dimova. In: The Anthropological Field on the Margins of Europe, 1945–1991. London – Berlin: LIT Verlag, 273–291.
2013. “Stratejgit për formimin e shtetit dhe të kombit maqedonas dhe projektet kundërshtare (1991–2012)”. Co-authored with Armanda Kodra Hysa. In: Kombformimi simbolik në Evropën juglindore. Prishtinë: Qendra për Hulumtime dhe Politika Gjinore, 267–324.
2012. “Die Torbeshen in Makedonien”. Religion & Gesellschaft in Ost und West 4. Zürich: Forum RGOW, 22–24.
2011. “Josef Obrebski’s Anthropological Research on Macedonia”. Etnoantropološki problemi VI/4. Belgrade: Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, 837–858.
2011. “Himalajsko, a naše: Postsocijalistička saga o makedonskom kraljevstvu na Himalaji”. In: Horor, porno, ennui: Kulturne prakse postsocijalizma. Zagreb: Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, 71–92.
2011. “Mitsko-religiski i opštestveno-ekonomski aspekti na kulturnata topografija na tradiciskoto selo: Primeri od Skopsko”. In: Etnografija i antropološka topografija na Skopsko vo 20 vek. Skopje: Muzej na grad Skopje, 101–117. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2010. “Hristijanstvoto i narodnata kultura vo Makedonija: Kulturno-istoriski aspekti”. Etnolog 12–13. Skopje: Makedonsko etnološko društvo, 113–141. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2010. “Phenomenology of Folk Religion: Examples from Macedonian Folk Tradition”. In: Olvasó. Tanulmányok Barna Gábor 60. születésnapjára. Szeged: Gerhardus, 724–733.
2010. “Esej za praznicite: Transformacija na prazničniot kalendar vo Republika Makedonija od 1991 godina do denes”. EtnoAntropoZum 8. Skopje: Institut za etnologija i antropologija, PMF, UKIM, 62–98. (In Macedonian Cyrillic)
2024 – 2026
“Challenges and innovative changes in research ethics reviews” (“Challenges and innovative changes in research ethics reviews – CHANGER”, Project 101131683), HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01-02. Implementers: IEA in a consortium with 17 partners. Project lead from the Macedonian side: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski; participant: MA Eda Starova-Tahir.
2022 – 2024
“Ethnological and anthropological lexicon of Macedonia: Personalities and works” (“Etnološki i antropološki leksikon na Makedonija: Ličnosti i dela” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Project of IEA. Project leader: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski. The project is funded by UKIM integrative funds. Project participants: Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski, Dr. Mirjana Mirčevska, Dr. Ilina Jakimovska, Dr. Davorin Trpeski, Dr. Ana Aštalkovska Gajtanovska, Dr. Ines Crvenkovska Risteska, Dr. Viktor Trajanovski, Bojana Mirčevska, MA Elizabeta Pavković.
2022
“Ethnographic sources for Macedonia. Ethnological Atlas of the SFR Yugoslavia. Ethnological Atlas of SR Macedonia. Materials from Questionnaire No. 4. Question No. 121. Customs immediately before the wedding, wreaths, wedding headdress (head ornaments).” (“Etnografski izvori za Makedonija. Etnološki atlas na SFR Jugoslavija. Etnološki atlas na SR Makedonija. Materijali od Prašalnikot br. 4. Prašanje br. 121. Običai pred samata svadba, venci, svadbena oglavka (ukrasi na glava)” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Research macro-project, leader: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski; participants: MA Elizabeta Pavković, Bojana Mirčevska, Dr. Viktor Trajanovski. Project of national interest in the field of museum activity and the protection of intangible cultural heritage for 2022, funded by the Ministry of Culture of RNM.
2022
“Ethnographic sources for Macedonia. Ethnological Atlas of SFRY. Ethnological Atlas of SR Macedonia. Question No. 121. Customs immediately before the wedding, wreaths, wedding headdress (head ornaments),” Vol. IV, Book 1, 2 and 3. (“Etnografski izvori za Makedonija. Etnološki atlas na SFRJ. Etnološki atlas na SR Makedonija. Prašanje br. 121. Običai pred samata svadba, venci, svadbena oglavka (ukrasi na glava), t. IV, kn. 1, 2 i 3.” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Project of IEA, leader: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski; participants: Eda Starova-Tahir, Vele Zmejkoski, Ǵoko Atanasov, Bojana Mirčevska, Dr. Viktor Trajanovski. Project of national interest in culture in the field of literature and publishing activity for 2021.
2021
“Ethnographic sources for Macedonia. Ethnological Atlas of SFRY. Ethnological Atlas of SR Macedonia. Question No. 120 – Marriage customs up to the wedding,” Vol. III, Book 1, 2 and 3. (“Etnografski izvori za Makedonija. Etnološki atlas na SFRJ. Etnološki atlas na SR Makedonija. Prašanje br. 120 – Ženidbeni običai do svadbata, t. III, kn. 1, 2 i 3.” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Project of IEA, leader: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski; participants: Eda Starova-Tahir, Vele Zmejkoski, Ǵoko Atanasov. Project of national interest in culture in the field of literature and publishing activity for 2021.
2021 – 2025
“Connecting Theory and Practical Issues of Migration and Religious Diversity” (“Povrzuvanje na teorijata i praktičnite prašanja na migracijata i religiskata raznolikost” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)), COST Action CA20107, member of the Management Committee from RNM: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski.
2020
“Ethnographic sources for Macedonia. Ethnological Atlas of the SFR Yugoslavia. Ethnological Atlas of SR Macedonia. Materials from Questionnaire No. 4.” (“Etnografski izvori za Makedonija. Etnološki atlas na SFR Jugoslavija. Etnološki atlas na SR Makedonija. Materijali od Prašalnikot br. 4.” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Research macro-project, project of IEA, leader: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski; participants: Bojana Mirčevska, Viktor Trajanovski. Project of national interest in culture in the field of museum activity and the protection of intangible cultural heritage for 2020, funded by the Ministry of Culture of RM.
2020 – 2021
“Cultures and politics of remembrance: Southeast European and Balkan Perspectives” (“Kulturi i politiki na seḱavanje: Jugoistočnoevropski i balkanski perspektivi” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Project implementers: IEA, Forum ZFD, INI. Project leader on behalf of IEA: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski.
2019
“Digital Archive for Ethnological and Anthropological Resources (DAEAR): Collection of photographs by Joel Martin Halpern for Macedonia” (“Digitalen arhiv za etnološki i antropološki resursi (DAEAR): Zbirka fotografii na Džoel Martin Halpern za Makedonija” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)), IEA project, leader: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski; participants: Bojana Mirčevska, Viktor Trajanovski, Davorin Trpeski. Project of national interest in culture in the field of museum activity and the protection of intangible cultural heritage for 2019, funded by the Ministry of Culture of RM.
2019 – 2020
“Anti-Corruption Efforts in North Macedonia: Strategies for Building Constructive Engagement” (“Antikorupciski napori vo Severna Makedonija: Strategii za gradeње konstruktivna vklučenost” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)), a project funded by the Open Society Institute – Macedonia, implemented by the research agency Topos Partnership (USA). Head of the Macedonian part of the project: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski; participant: MA Eda Starova-Tahir.
2013
“Organized Labor and Migrant Workers – In Search of Supportive Practices: A Comparative Analysis of Trade Union Responses to Migrant Labour in Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia” (Organiziraniot trud i migrantskite rabotnici – vo potraga po podržuvački praktiki: komparativna analiza na odgovorite na sindikatite kon migrantskata rabotna sila vo Slovenija, Avstrija, Italija, Hrvatska, Srbija i Makedonija (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Project holder and principal researcher in Macedonia: Dr. Ljupčo Risteski, associate professor at IEA, FNSM – Skopje. Financial support: European Union.
2011 – 2013
“Strategies of symbolic nation-building in the states of the Western Balkans” (“Strategii na simboličkoto gradeње na nacijite vo državite na Zapaden Balkan” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Research project of the University of Oslo. Principal researcher: Prof. Dr. Pål Kolstø; participant from the Macedonian side: Prof. Dr. Ljupčo S. Risteski.
2010 – 2012
“Patterns and dilemmas of ethnocultural identities between Europe and Asia: Ethnographic analysis and comparisons of perceptions of space in Macedonia and Slovenia” (“Obrasci i dilemi na etnokulturnite identiteti pomeǵu Evropa i Azija: Etnografska analiza i sporedbi na predstavite za prostorot vo Makedonija i Slovenija” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Principal researcher of the bilateral international research project of IEA with the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. National project funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of RM.
2009
COST Action ISO “Remarking Eastern Borders in Europe: A Network Exploring Social, Moral and Material Relocations of Europe’s Eastern Peripheries” (“Povtorno obeležuvanje na istočnite granici vo Evropa: Mreža što gi istražuva opštestvenite, moralnite i materijalnite premestuvanja na istočnite periferii na Evropa” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Participant as representative of the Republic of Macedonia in the Management Committee of the project and action participant.
2006 – 2007
Chrestomathy “Teorii za drugosta” (In Macedonian Cyrillic). Collection of texts in the fields of ethnology and anthropology. Compilers and expert editorial work: Ljupčo S. Risteski and Ilina Jakimovska. Publisher: Menora (In Macedonian Cyrillic). Project funder: Open Society Institute – Macedonia.
2006
“Mapping and study of adolescents at risk for HIV/AIDS and STIs in Macedonia – based on community study” (“Mapiraње i studija za adolescenti pod rizik za HIV/SIDA i SPI vo Makedonija – bazirani vrz proučuvanje na zaednicata” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Principal researcher. Project funded by UNICEF.
2005 – 2006
“Ethnography of modernization” (“Etnografija na modernizacijata” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)), project leader. International research project between the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, FNSM, Skopje, and the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Ljubljana. National project funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of RM.
2004 – 2005
“Evaluation of youth inclusion” (“Evaluacija na vklučenosta na mladite” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)) – evaluation of the degree of youth inclusion in projects supported by UNICEF. Principal researcher. Regional project.
2004
“Get to know your own culture so that you can respect the cultures of others” (“Zapoznaj ja sopstvenata kultura za da možeš da gi počituvaš kulturite na drugite” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)) – training of school-age children, village Samokov, 2003. Work with school-age children within the program of the Macedonian Student Ethnological Society on cultural heritage in Poreče.
2004
“Living heritage: Poreče” (“Živo nasledstvo: Poreče” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Applied project dedicated to living cultural heritage, implemented with support from the Open Society Institute – Macedonia and the King Baudouin Foundation (Belgium).
2003 – 2004
“Life on the border: Golo Brdo” (“Život na granica: Golo Brdo” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Project implemented with support from the Open Society Institute – Macedonia. Project leader: Prof. Dr. Aneta Svetieva. Project participant.
2003 – 2004
“Collection of Prof. Joel Martin Halpern for Macedonia” (“Zbirka na prof. Džoel Martin Halpern za Makedonija” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Project implemented with support from the Open Society Institute – Macedonia. Project leader.
2003
“Children’s rights – knowledge, attitudes, behaviors” (“Prava na decata – znaeња, stavovi, odnesuvanja” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)) – research and work with adolescents regarding their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in relation to respecting and protecting their rights. UNICEF project. Project manager for the research component.
2002 – 2004
“I have the right to know” (“Imam pravo da znam” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). UNICEF project that encourages research and creative work among young people (school population) regarding more significant issues they face in everyday life (discrimination, gender/sex issues, life skills, creative workshops). Project manager for the research component.
2001
“Pirajhme: Continuity and traces of archaic elements in the folk culture of northeastern Macedonia” (“Pirajhme: Kontinuitet i tragi na arhaični elementi vo narodnata kultura na severoistočna Makedonija” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)) – international research project of the National Museum – Kumanovo. Project participant.
2000 – 2004
“Ethnological and cultural-anthropological study of Poreče” (“Etnološko i kulturno-antropološko proučuvanje na Poreče” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)) – research project of the Department of Ethnology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje. National project funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of RM. Project leader: Prof. Dr. Aneta Svetieva. Project participant.
2000 – 2003
“Traditional culture of Slovenia and Macedonia” (“Tradiciskata kultura na Slovenija i Makedonija” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). International research project of the Department of Ethnology at FNSM and the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology in Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia. National project funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of RM. Project leader: Prof. Dr. Aneta Svetieva. Project participant.
1993 – 2011
“Russia and Macedonia: Mutual ties in political life and the history of culture” (“Rusija i Makedonija: Zaemni vrski vo političkiot život i istorijata na kulturata” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)) under the leadership of Academician B. Ristovski. Collaborator in the subproject “Church and cultural-educational contacts between Macedonia and Russia” (“Crkovni i kulturno-prosvetni kontakti meǵu Makedonija i Rusija” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)) in the period from 1993 to 1997.
1992 – 1997
“Folk mythology of Macedonians” (“Narodna mitologija na Makedoncite” (In Macedonian Cyrillic)). Research project of the Institute for Old Slavic Culture in Prilep. Project leader: Dr. Tanas Vražinovski. Collaborators: Ljupčo S. Risteski, Vladimir Karaǵozski, Lola Simoska. National project funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of RM.