{{Short description|Slovenian ethnologist and folklorist (born 1956)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} '''Monika Kropej Telban''' (née Šašel, born 4 February 1956) is a Slovenian ethnologist and folklorist. She works as a research advisor at the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU).<ref name=":1" />
== Biography == Monika Kropej was born on 14 February 1956 in Ljubljana.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Monika KROPEJ {{!}} Inštitut za slovensko narodopisje ZRC SAZU |url=http://isn.zrc-sazu.si/index.php?q=en/node/68 |access-date=20 January 2026 |website=isn.zrc-sazu.si}}</ref> She completed classical secondary school in 1974 and graduated in ethnology and art history from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, in 1980. She began working at the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum in 1983 and has been affiliated with the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology since 1985.<ref name=":0" />
She earned her master's degree in 1989 with a thesis on Karel Štrekelj's ethnological legacy and completed her Ph.D. in 1993 with a dissertation on folk culture in Slovenian fairy tales and legends, both at the University of Ljubljana.<ref name=":0" /> Kropej has collaborated with the University of Udine's Centre for Plurilingualism, including a joint project with Roberto Dapit to preserve audio recordings of folk narratives collected by Milko Matičetov in Resia. Since 1998, she has been involved in the publication of the journal ''Studia mythologica Slavica'', and since 1999 has served as co-editor of the collection ''Zakladnica slovenskih pripovedi'' ('Treasury of Slovenian Tales').<ref name=":0" />
She was director of the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology from November 2002 to October 2010. She is a member of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research, the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research, and the Slovenian Ethnological Society.<ref name=":0" />
== Works ==
=== Research === Kropej Telban's research focuses on literary folklore, narrative culture, folk medicine, folk belief, and the history of Slovenian ethnology.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Monika Kropej Telban, PhD {{!}} ZRC SAZU |url=https://isn2.zrc-sazu.si/en/sodelavci/monika-kropej-en |access-date=20 January 2026 |website=isn2.zrc-sazu.si |language=en}}</ref>
She has published articles in Slovenian and international academic journals and edited volumes, including contributions to the German journal ''Fabula'' and the Estonian journal ''Folklore,'' and entries for several encyclopaedias, including the ''Enzyklopädie des Märchens'' (Göttingen), the ''Enzyklopädie der slowenischen Kultur in Kärnten'' (Vienna), and the ''Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe'' (ERNIE).<ref name=":1" />
=== Awards === In 1996, she received the Golden Medal of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.<ref name=":0" /> In 2023, she won the Murek Award from the Slovenian Ethnological Society in recognition of her contributions to ethnological research.<ref>{{Cite web |last=G |first=P. |title=Murkova nagrada v roke raziskovalke slovenskega narodopisja Monike Kropej Telban |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/dediscina/murkova-nagrada-v-roke-raziskovalke-slovenskega-narodopisja-monike-kropej-telban/688041 |access-date=20 January 2026 |website=rtvslo.si |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nagrada za življenjsko delo na področju etnologije Moniki Kropej Telban |url=https://siol.net/trendi/kultura/nagrada-za-zivljenjsko-delo-na-podrocju-etnologije-moniki-kropej-telban-619904 |access-date=20 January 2026 |website=siol.net |language=sl}}</ref> In 2025, she received the Štrekl Award for her contributions to the collection and preservation of Slovenian folk heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=K |first=M. |title=Dobitnica Štrekljeve nagrade je Monika Kropej Telban |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/dediscina/dobitnica-strekljeve-nagrade-je-monika-kropej-telban/749142 |access-date=20 January 2026 |website=rtvslo.si |language=sl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2025 |title=Monika Kropej Telban, Štrekelj Award recipient |url=https://isn2.zrc-sazu.si/en/novice/monika-kropej-telban-strekelj-award-recipient |access-date=28 May 2026 |publisher=ZRC SAZU }}</ref>
== Publications ==
* ''Pravljica in stvarnost'' (1995) [''Folk Tale and Reality''] * {{cite book |last=Kropej |first=Monika|year=2001 |title=Karel Štrekelj: Iz vrelcev besedne ustvarjalnosti |trans-title=Karel Štrekelj: From the Springs of Poetics |publisher=Založba ZRC |location=Ljubljana |language=Slovenian |isbn=978-961-6358-29-3 |oclc=48262990 }} * ''Od ajda do zlatoroga – Slovenska bajeslovna bitja'' (2008) [''From Ajd to Goldenhorn. Slovenian Mythological Beings''] * ''A Treasury of Slovenian Folklore'' (2010) * ''Supernatural Beings from Slovenian Myths and Folktales'' (2012) * ''[https://omp.zrc-sazu.si/zalozba/catalog/book/1255 Tipni indeks slovenskih ljudskih pravljic; Živalske pravljice in basni]'' (2015) [''Type Index of Slovenian Folktales, Animal Tales and Fables''] * {{cite book |title=Tipni indeks slovenskih ljudskih pravljic. Čudežne pravljice 1 |trans-title=The Type Index of Slovenian Folktales – Tales of Magic |volume=1 |first=Monika Kropej |last=Telban |location=Ljubljana |publisher=ZRC SAZU |date=2025 |doi=10.3986/9789610509660 |isbn=978-961-05-0966-0 |lang=sl |url=https://omp.zrc-sazu.si/zalozba/catalog/book/2186}} * {{cite book |title=Tipni indeks slovenskih ljudskih pravljic. Čudežne pravljice II |trans-title=The Type Index of Slovenian Folktales – Tales of Magic |volume=2 |first=Monika Kropej |last=Telban |location=Ljubljana |publisher=ZRC SAZU |date=2025 |doi=10.3986/9789610510307 |isbn=978-961-05-1030-7 |lang=sl |url=https://omp.zrc-sazu.si/zalozba/catalog/book/2212}}
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