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On 11 February 2026, we hosted a new lecture at the Institute of Contemporary History as part of the History on the Edge series. In his talk “1968: The Year America Embraced Sprawl (And destroyed the planet?)”, Robert Gioielli explained how car-oriented suburbanisation became a defining feature of U.S. metropolitan areas—and a major source of …
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Submissions are now open for the European Social Science History Conference 2027, organised by IISH in collaboration with ENS Lyon. The conference welcomes individual papers and panel proposals from all areas of social science history. Submission deadline: 15 April 2026. We especially welcome contributions in rural history. Within ESSHC, the Rural Network is active, and …
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You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the INZ premises or via the ZOOM link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85093074535?pwd=chFdSCgScVg8fw1djh3bVz8h9gqWtm.1 . In the new season, lectures will take place at 3 p.m. and if you will be joining us in person, …
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At the Institute of Contemporary History (INZ), a two-day event took place at the beginning of this week as part of the ARENAS project. On the first day (Monday, 23 February 2026), we held the public seminar Circulation of Extremist Narratives through the Parliaments: Current National and European Contexts, focusing on the themes of “nation, …
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We are pleased to announce that two researchers from the Institute of Contemporary History, Dr. Maja Lukanc and Dr. Isidora Grubački, have been successful in their applications for the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships. Dr. Maja Lukanc will carry out her project, Comparative and Entangled Histories of AIDS Care in Austria and Slovenia, …
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You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at the INZ premises or via the ZOOM link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85093074535?pwd=chFdSCgScVg8fw1djh3bVz8h9gqWtm.1 . In the new season, lectures will take place at 3 p.m. and if you will be joining us in person, …
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On 28 January 2026, we hosted a new lecture at the Institute of Contemporary History as part of the History on the Edge series. In her talk, Anna Nakai presented “Sporadic Trajectory of Eastern European Thought: Postwar Japanese Intellectuals and Their Source of Alternative Ideas,” arguing that the reception of Eastern European intellectual production in …
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You are warmly invited to the seminar “Circulation of Extremist Narratives through the Parliaments: Current National and European Contexts”, taking place on Monday, 23 February 2026, at the Institute of Contemporary History (Privoz 11, Ljubljana) or via Zoom. The event is held within the ARENAS project. We will discuss the circulation of extremist narratives in …
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Conference on Language Technologies and Digital Humanities We invite submissions of extended abstracts or full papers for the biennial conference JT-DH 2026, taking place on September 17–18, 2026, at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana. The conference covers various areas of natural language processing, language technologies, digital linguistics, and digital humanities. 📅 Important Dates: …
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Call for Papers for the Workshop Experts in Transition: Political Epistemologies of 1980s–2000s East Central Europe July 9–10, 2026, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana Deadline: March 15, 2026 Call for Papers (pdf): Experts in Transition Research on experts and expertise in state socialism has developed, in recent years, from national case studies embedded in …
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You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at the INZ premises or via the ZOOM link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85093074535?pwd=chFdSCgScVg8fw1djh3bVz8h9gqWtm.1 . In the new season, lectures will take place at 3 p.m. and if you will be joining us in person, …
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On 20 January 2026, a working meeting of the SC and WG teams of the TEACH XR project took place at the Institute of Contemporary History. We reviewed the project’s progress, discussed upcoming training sessions, the preparation of materials, and the final conference. We are looking forward to presenting the project results and resources for …