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 1994) 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 Jana Mlakar Adamič, Maja Godina Golija, Ivica Križ, Marija Klobčar, Damjan J. Ovsec, Vito Hazler, Marija Kozar-Mukič, and Marko Terseglav.
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)