Established in 1986 the society has bestowed numerous awards: the Murko Special Mention (the first recipients being Vilko Novak and Niko Kuret in 1988); followed by the Murko Credentials (since 1996) for the continuous popularisation of ethnological knowledge; and the Murko Awards (since 1999). The latter recognises the lifetime scientific achievements (in recent years bestowed to Damjan J. Ovsec, Vito Hazler, Marija Kozar-Mukič, Marko Terseglav, Janez Dolenc, Fanči Šarf and Zmago Šmitek.
See also
External links
- Murko Award web page on the Slovene Ethnological Society website (in Slovenian)
- Matija Murko on Wikipedia
- Murko Award on Wikipedija (in Slovenian)