Perceptions and Images of Islam and The Orient — Dragan Potocnik

Dragan Potocnik was born in Maribor Slovenia He went to school there and in 1998 obtained his PhD in cultural history at the Department of History Faculty of Arts University of Mari bor where he now works as an associate professor of history Dragan is a Founding member and President of Vagant society which organises cutting edge talks and discussions on cultural social and travel related topics He is widely considered to be the leading expert in Asian History in Slovenia and is Director of the Centre for Intercultural collaboration with Asian African and Latin American countries at the Faculty of Arts Univer sity of Maribor In that role he has organised and participated in a number of international conferences and symposia on the topic of intercultural dialogue Dragans interest in both academic and applied history and philosophy of Asian and African cultures led him to extended travels which he started as a student and has continued with throughout his life His unique amalgamation of academic knowledge and practical lived experience is evident in many travel reports essays and research studies In addition to Dragans extended research and travel writings he is a prolific writer of poetry and prose that are inspired by travels and cultural personal and political historical events

Dragan Potocnik was born in Maribor Slovenia He went to school there and in 1998 obtained his PhD in cultural history at the Department of History Faculty of Arts University of Mari bor where he now works as an associate professor of history Dragan is a Founding member and President of Vagant socie ty which organises cutting edge talks and discussions on cul tural social and travel related topics He is widely considered to be the leading expert in Asian History in Slovenia and is Direc tor of the Centre for Intercultural collaboration with Asian Afri can and Latin American countries at the Faculty of Arts Univer sity of Maribor In that role he has organised and participated in a number of international conferences and symposia on the topic of intercultural dialogue Dragan s interest in both academic and applied history and philosophy of Asian and African cultures led him to extended travels which he started as a student and has continued with throughout his life His unique amalgamation of academic knowledge and practical lived experience is evident in many travel reports essays and research studies In addition to Dragan s extended research and travel writings he is a prolific writer of poetry and prose that are inspired by travels and cultural personal and political historical events img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img