Emilija Kartalija
Academic title: master
Research position: Research Assistant
Research interests: Cognitive Anthropology, Cultural Representations, Incest Studies, Anthropology of Popular Culture, Anthropology of Literature, Gender Studies
Education and Academic Titles
Research Assistant since 2024
Defended the proposal for the doctoral dissertation “Cultural Representations of Incest among Youth in Belgrade: An Ethnological–Anthropological Analysis” in 2023
Research Assistant (2022–2024)
Enrolled in doctoral studies at the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, in 2021
Completed master’s studies in 2021 at the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, defending the thesis “The Sociocultural Position of Women in Contemporary Science Fiction Narratives: The Example of the TV Series Westworld”
Completed undergraduate studies in 2020 at the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, defending the thesis “The Body as the Basis of Female Vampire Identity in Serbian Literature”
Affiliation
Since 2022: Ethnographic Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA)
Projects
Cultural Identities and Social Interaction in the Physical and Digital World: Case Studies from Serbia and Greece (2023–2027)
Participated in the European Social Survey in 2018, supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia and PERFORM
Conferences, Academic Events, and Study Programs
Participated in the seminar “Intangible Cultural Heritage Weekend” in 2019, organized by the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade) and the Ministry of Culture and Information
Science Promotion and Popularization
In 2025, organized the science-popularization panel “Emotions and Politics in Times of Social Crisis”, featuring scholars from the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (Dr. Milan Urošević, Dr. Igor Cvejić, Dr. Srđan Prodanović, Dr. Marjan Ivković, Dr. Olga Nikolić), within the series Evgilije
In 2025, organized the popular lecture “How Did Modern Art Begin?”, lecturer Mina Radovanović, MA, series Evgilije
In 2025, organized and delivered the popular lecture “Conversations About Incest”, series Evgilije
In 2025, organized the popular lecture “From Molecule to Medicine: How the Drugs We Use Every Day Are Created”, lecturer Dr. Kasja Pavlović, series Evgilije
In 2025, organized the popular lecture “Experiences of an Anthropologist: Co-Creating Knowledge with the People We Study in Times of Populism”, lecturer Prof. Dr. Miloš Milenković, series Evgilije
In 2025, organized the popular lecture “Byzantine Mothers: The Invisible Strength of the Empire”, lecturer Dr. Larisa Vilimonović, series Evgilije
In 2025, launched the science-popularization lecture series Evgilije at the Belgrade City Library
Other Activities
Delivered the lecture “Did Someone Say Incest?” at the Social Center “Krov” in 2024
Delivered the lecture “Prelude to Research: Basic Starting Points for Studying Cultural Representations of Incest in Contemporary Serbia” at the Forum of the Ethnographic Institute SASA in 2023
Member of the Ethnological–Anthropological Society of Serbia since 2023
Delivered the lecture “The Sociocultural Position of Women in Contemporary Science Fiction Narratives: The Example of the TV Series Westworld” at the Social Center “Krov” in 2023
Participated in the promotion of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, at the EDUfair Education Fair in 2020
Kartalija, Emilija. 2022. “Imaging Incest on Film: Curse, Scandal and Subversion“. Anthropology 22(3): 81-101.
Kartalija, Emilija. 2022. “Incest: emotional revulsion and moral hesitation“. Papers in Ethnology and Anthropology: Journal of the Serbian Ethnological and Anthropological Society 33 (n.s.) 22, 97-117.