2022-23

The course deals with the presence of Islam in the Balkans from a historical and
anthropological point of view. In chronological terms, it deals with the period from the end
of the 19th century to the final decade of the 20th century. It focuses upon socio-political
developments in the Balkans at the start of the 1990s and on their consequences for Islam in

Anthropological demography is a relatively new discipline which blends demographic methods and analysis with the corresponding methods and analysis drawn from socio-cultural anthropology and physical anthropology and evolutionary thought. The aim of the course is to ensure that students have an understanding of the basic aspects of anthropological thought that concern the demographic features of human populations. Course outline:
The concept of interdisciplinarity and multidisciplinarity.
Demographic transition as an example of interdisciplinary approaches.

The aim of the course is for the student to acquire an awareness of the need for an anthropological approach to the contemporary education process, particular at secondary level. The course commences by establishing the basic difference, which is mainly methodological, between the sociology of education and the anthropology of education.