INZ RESEARCHERS AT THE CONFERENCE “HOMECOMINGS” AND INTERNAL MIGRATIONS IN THE HISTORY AND PRESENT OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

Three researchers from the Institute of Contemporary History – Jan Bernot, Lev Centrih, and Neja Blaj Hribar – participated in the international conference “Homecomings” and Internal Migrations in the History and Present of Central and Southeastern Europe, held in Koper on 11–12 June 2026. The conference explored historical and contemporary migration processes in Central and Southeastern Europe, with particular attention to return and internal migrations and their social, economic, and cultural impact.

Jan Bernot presented the paper Migrations and Language Use in the Multilingual Roman Catholic Parishes of the Diocese of Ljubljana during the Long Nineteenth Century, Neja Blaj Hribar presented Migrant Workers and Day Labourers from Other Yugoslav Banovinas in Ljubljana in the 1930s, and Lev Centrih presented Between the Socialist State and the Self-Managed Market: Managing the Return of Slovenian Emigrants during the Economic Crises of the 1970s and 1980s.

In addition to presenting their research, Neja Blaj Hribar and Lev Centrih also served as panel chairs.

The conference was organized by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Primorska, the Slovenian Migration Institute at ZRC SAZU, the Science and Research Centre Koper, and the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) in Regensburg.

Congratulations on the successful presentations and active participation!