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From Manuscripts to Algorithms

The latest issue of the journal Contributions to the Contemporary History offers insights into contemporary approaches to the analysis of language, historical sources, and digital data.

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Parliament as a Lab for Researching Language and Society

The digital textbook From the Dispatch Box demonstrates how the analysis of parliamentary speeches can be used to explore political discourse, social issues, and differences between countries.

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Savings bank that grew with society

Nataša Henig Miščič's book in the Razpoznavanja collection tells the story of the Carniolan Savings Bank as one of the key pillars of financial, social, and economic development in Slovenia.

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You are invited to the next lecture in the DARIAH Afternoons series, which will take place at the Institute of Contemporary History (Privoz 11, Ljubljana) on Tuesday, 5 May at 13:00. You can also join via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87184507674?pwd=b3DMvVv9sqWhkiUidDxBjQuChxKZxn.1 The speakers, Dr Petra Javrh, Alenka Štrukelj, and Natalija Žalec from the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, …

On Monday, 13 April 2026, the presentation of the volume Memories Live On II took place at the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia. The volume brings together scholarly contributions and personal testimonies that offer insight into the experience of the Second World War from individual perspectives. It focuses on memories of everyday life during …

You are invited to the presentation of the stenographic records of the former Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia (1945–1992) in Slovenia, which will take place on Wednesday, 6 May 2026, at 13:00 at the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (Poljanska cesta 40). The event will present the results of several years of work on the …

The Slovenian History Portal – SIstory is part of the research infrastructure of Slovenian historiography. It is an online system that not only provides access to historical content relevant to the study of Slovenian history, but also allows researchers to create and use research data in a research environment.

The Contributions to Contemporary History journal is one of the most prominent Slovenian scientific historiographical publications. It informs the public of the latest Slovenian and foreign historiography research, focusing on the political, cultural, economic, and social history of Central and South-Eastern Europe in the 19^th, 20^th, and 21^st centuries.

INZ is also an academic publisher that publishes peer-reviewed, up-to-date research in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.

The Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana (INZ) has launched a Visiting Fellowship program in 2022.

The Institute of Contemporary History is the central scientific institution in the Republic of Slovenia that conducts humanities, contemporary history, and digital humanities research with an emphasis on historiography. It is the national coordinating institution for the national digital infrastructure for arts and humanities DARIAH-SI, and a member of DARIAH ERIC.