INZ RESEARCHERS AT A SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
On 21 October 2026, the Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia hosted a professional seminar for mentors of primary school history clubs entitled “Between Pollution and Conservation: The Environment and People Through Time”, organised by the Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth (ZPMS).
The seminar aimed to deepen the knowledge of history club mentors and introduce new educational approaches to teaching environmental history, particularly by exploring the changing relationship between humans and nature throughout history.
Several of our colleagues, researchers from the Economic, Social and Environmental History of Slovenia research programme, contributed presentations exploring different historical aspects of the relationship between society and the environment:
- Nina Ošep: Between Pastoralism and Mountaineering: The Case of Okrešelj
- Dr Meta Remec and Sara Šifrar Krajnik: Damming and Fish Populations: Between the Protection of Aquatic Life and Economic Interests
- Dr Nataša Henig Miščič: Pollution and Contamination of the Sava River Between the Two World Wars
- Dr Dunja Dobaja: Flood Protection in Slovenia After 1991
- Dr Janja Sedlaček: What Kind of Air Did We Breathe During Socialism? Air Pollution and Air Quality After the Second World War
- Dr Ivan Smiljanić: The Invisible Enemy Around Us: The Impact and Legacy of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in Slovenia
Their contributions have also been published in the Slovenian-language collection of scientific and professional papers for history club mentors, entitled Med onesnaževanjem in ohranjanjem: okolje in človek skozi čas (Between Pollution and Conservation: The Environment and People Through Time), published by the Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth in October 2026.
The seminar and accompanying publication highlight diverse aspects of environmental history, offering new perspectives on the evolving relationship between society, the economy and the natural environment throughout history.
