prof. dr. Bogomil Ferfila Visokošolski učitelj
Bogomil Ferfila, dvakratni mladinski državni prvak v dviganju uteži, je bil ustanovitelj in vodja magistrskega študija Ameriške, nemške in svetovne študije in je redni profesor Univerze v Ljubljani. Sedaj deluje na Fakulteti za uporabne družbene študije v Novi Gorici in fakultetah Nove univerze v Kranju in Ljubljani. Poučuje in raziskuje na področju primerjalnih in regionalnih politik v sodobnem svetu, politik ZDA in Kitajske ter politik muslimanskih držav. Njegov dodiplomski in podiplomskištudij je potekal na področju ekonomije, sociologije, obramboslovja in politologije na različnih univerzah, kjer je pridobil tudi ustrezna spričevala (tri univerzitetne diplome, dva magisterija, en doktorat). V Sloveniji je objavil več kot 40 knjig, kar nekaj v angleškem jeziku. Številne njegove knjige so izšle v tujih državah: v ZDA (1991, 2000, 2010), USSR (1991), Kanadi (1993, 1994), Srbiji (1989, 2012), Indiji (2011), Nemčiji (2012) in Moldaviji (2014).
S pomočjo Ministrstva za kulturo je 1994. leta začela izhajati njegova zbirka knjig z naslovom Svet na dlani. Dosedaj je izšlo že več kot devetdeset knjig – četrta je obravnavala Antarktiko, peta Japonsko, šesta Grenlandijo in Arktiko, sedma ZDA, trinajsta Etiopijo, dvajseta Vzhodno Evropo, dvaindvajseta Severno Korejo, triindvajseta Kubo, trideseta Izrael in Palestino, dvaintrideseta Iran, petintrideseta Libanon in Sirijo, sedemintrideseta Švedsko, osemintrideseta Afganistan, devetintrideseta Vikinge, Same in Eskime, trinštirideseta Savdsko Arabijo, enainpetdeseta Tadžikistan in Uzbekistan, petinpetdeseta Brunej in Komorske otoke, dvainšestdeseta Sudan in Južni Sudan, petinšestdeseta Melanezijo, petinsedemdeseta Afriški rog, devetinsedemdeseta Mjanmar, dvainosemdeseta Guam in Marianske otoke in sedeminosemdeseta Butan. Knjige v tej zbirki so sinteza interdisciplinarnih analiz posamezne države, potovalnih izkušenj pisca in izjemno obsežnega podpornega fotografskega gradiva. Prof. Ferfila je objavil nekaj sto člankov in krajših del v številnih domačih in tujih revijah, zlasti kanadskih, poljskih, ameriških, srbskih in francoskih. Udeležil se je konferenc in seminarjev v Izraelu, ZDA, Japonski, Avstriji, Braziliji in Kanadi ter kot gostujoči profesor predaval na: Univerzi Kalifornija v njenih kampusih Los Angeles, Berkeley in
Riverside, Državni univerzi New York, Univerzi Duke, Državni univerzi Ohio – vse v ZDA; Univerzi Simon Fraser, Univerzi York, Univerzi Carleton, Univerzi British Columbia, Univerzi Winnipeg – vse v Kanadi; pa na Akademiji znanosti v Sovjetski zvezi, Univerzi Adelaide v Avstraliji, Univerzi Katmandu v Nepalu, Univerzi Tokyo in Japonskem institutu za mednarodne odnose na Japonskem, Institutu za parlamentarni razvoj in podjetništvo v Minsku v Belorusiji ter na Univerzi Hargeisa v Somaliji. V letih 1990-1991je bil na postdoktorskem izobraževanju v ZDA kot Fulbrightov štipendist. Leta 1998 je bil na postdoktorskem izobraževanju na Japonskem kot štipendist Japonske fondacije. V pomladnem semestru 1991 je predaval predmet Primerjalne politike na Državni univerzi Cleveland, ZDA. V poletnih semestrih 1991 in 1993 je predaval predmet Socialistična gospodarstva in države na Univerzi Manitoba, Kanada. V letih 1998 do 2017 je bil vsako leto od enega do dveh mesecev gostujoči raziskovalec na Univerzi Manitoba, Kanada ali Državni univerzi Washington, ZDA.
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Bogomil Ferfila (Phd), double slovenian youth champion in weight lifting, founder and head of the American, German and Global Studies graduate programs is full professor of the University of Ljubljana. He works at the faculties of New University in Kranj and Ljubljana and School of advanced social studies in Nova Gorica. He teaches courses in Comparative politics, Area studies, US and Chinese Politics and Politics of the muslim countries. He has authored more than 40 books which were published in Slovenia, quite a few in English. Many of his books were published in foreign countries: USA (1991, 2000, 2010), USSR (1991), Canada (1993, 1994), Serbia (1989, 2012), India (2011), Germany (2012), Moldova (2014). In 1994 with the assistance of Ministry of Culture prof. Ferfilas’ own series of books called World on Your Palm has started. Up to now more than ninety books has been published with the fourth one on Antarctica, the fifth one on Japan, the sixth on Greenland and Arctica, the seventh on USA, the thirteenth on Ethiopia, the twentieth on Eastern Europe, twentysecond on North Korea, twentythird on Cuba, thirtyeth on Israel
and Palestine, thirtysecond on Iran, thirtyfifth on Libanon and Syria, thirtyseventh on Sweden, thirtyeighth on Afghanistan, thirtyninth on Vikings, Sams and Eskimos, fortythird on Saudi Arabia, fiftyfirst on Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, fiftyfifth on Brunei and Comoros, sixtysecond on Sudan and South Sudan, sixtyfifth on Melanesia, seventyfifth on horn of Africa, seventynineth on Mjanmar, eightysecond on Guam and Mariana islands and eightyseventh on Bhutan. The books published in this series are the combination of the area study approach and the personal travelling experiences of the author. He has also authored numerous articles and shorter works, some of them were published in Canadian, French, Polish, Japanese, American magazines.
Professor Ferfila has participated in seminars and conferences in many countries including Israel, USA, Norway, Japan, China, Austria, Brazil, and Canada. He has lectures at many universities including the University California at Los Angeles, Berkeley and Riverside, the State University of New York, Duke University, Ohio State University, all in the United States; Simon Fraser, York, Carleton, British Columbia and Winnipeg in Canada; the Academy of Sciences USSR, University of Adelaide in Australia, Katmandu University in Nepal, Institute for Parliamentary Development and Entrepreneurship in Belarus, University of Tokyo, Japan Institute of International Affairs in Japan, University of Hargeisa, Somalia. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Pittsburg from 1990-1991 and Japan Foundation fellow in 1998. He was a visiting professor of Comparative politics at Cleveland State University (spring quarter of 1991) and of Socialist Economics at the University of Manitoba (summer terms 1991 and 1993). From 1998 to 2017 he has been visiting senior scholar at the University of Manitoba, Canada and State University of Washington, USA for one to two months every year.
