PhD Marija M. Ćirić
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Applied/functional music; Media forms of music; Music (in media)-culture-society; Music in interdisciplinary contexts

MARIJA ĆIRIĆ (1969, Belgrade), is Professor at the Faculty of Philology and Art at the University of Kragujevac where she also acts as Head of Department for Music and Media Studies. She holds a PhD from the University of Arts in Belgrade (Theory of Arts and Media, Interdisciplinary Studies). She acquired the title of Doctor of Arts from the University of Arts in Belgrade (Polymedia Art, Interdisciplinary Studies). Her rich experience in the field of media – cooperation with the Serbian Public Broadcasting Service RTS (Drama Department of Radio Belgrade and Television) ‒ has resulted in participation in international festivals (Prix Italia, Prix Europa, Premios Ondas, Balkan Music and Art, Prix Marulic, Grand Prix Nova, Prix Bohemia, Rose D'or ...). She is the author of numerous radiophonic works and the winner of Vitomir Bogić award for exceptional contribution to the art of radiophony (given by RTS, the Drama Department of Radio Belgrade). She is one of (two) screenwriters for a cycle of four television films dedicated to Serbian/ Yugoslav composers (produced by RTS, 2015‒2020): the film Binički was the winner in the Music Program category at the 2016 Prix Circom International Television Festival. Marija Ćirić is a music critic for the weekly NIN and Nova Zora and is a member of the editorial board of journals Nasleđe (FILUM, University of Kragujevac) and Muzički talas (Clio/ FILUM). A number of scientific works have been published (Teme, New Sound, Musicology, Nasleđe, Kultura, Muzika/Music, Muzički Talas...). She takes part at scientific assemblies dedicated to the arts and media (The University of Arts in Belgrade, University of Kragujevac, The Institute of musicology SANU, Kadir Has University, Istanbul; Universität Wien; University of Athens...). She is the author of two scientific-theoretical books about film music - Visible Spaces of Music. Superlibretto – Speech of Music in Film (2014) and Sounds of the Motion-pictures. Music in Serbian/Yugoslav film (2022). She is a member of Composers’ Association of Serbia, Serbian Musicological Society, Journalists’ Association of Serbia, Pedagogical Society of Serbia and European Network for Cinema and Media Studies. Spheres of interests: music and media, applied/ functional music, radiophony, theory of sound, sociological aspects of music in the media.