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You are warmly invited to the presentation of Nonaligned Imagination: Yugoslavia, the Global South, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs, presented by Nataša Kovačević. The book explores Yugoslavia’s cultural and literary connections with the Global South, as well as forms of solidarity that emerged beyond the divisions of the Cold War. The presentation …

You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, June 3, 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, …

The Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana will host an online webinar dedicated to the Institute’s 2026/27 Visiting Fellowship Programme. The webinar will take place on 2 June 2026 at 14:00 CET. Jovana Papović will give a brief presentation of the programme and will then be available to answer questions from interested applicants and the …

You are kindly invited to a series of short lectures entitled Beyond Pastoral Care: Clergy, Society, and Popular Agency in the Late Habsburg Empire, which will take place on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, from 11:00 to 13:00 at the Institute of Contemporary History. The event will feature a lecture by guest historian Assist. Prof. Dr. …

You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, May 27, 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, …

As part of the On the Edge of Modernity (Na robu sodobnosti)  lecture series, a lecture by our colleague Dr Ivan Smiljanić, entitled “Chernobyl 1986: A View from Yugoslavia,” will take place on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Knights’ Hall of Cekin Mansion at the National Museum of Contemporary History of …

Our colleague Dr Marko Zajc will give a lecture as part of the Balkan Studies Academic Week Lecture Series, organised by the Institute of Global and Area Studies, Capital Normal University. The lecture is entitled “Between Communicators and the Withering State: Techno-Optimism in Yugoslav Self-Management”. It will address techno-optimism in Yugoslav self-management and the relationship …

On Tuesday, 5 May 2026, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted the final workshop of the 5xPRO project, entitled Between European Requirements and National Practice: Open Science in Projects. The workshop was prepared by Dr Andrej Pančur and Ana Cvek, who presented a useful overview of the differences between European and Slovenian understandings of open …

On 19 May 2026 at 2:00 p.m., the Institute of Contemporary History will host a presentation of the monograph Hidden Corners of the First World War – from the Carnic Alps to the Adriatic Sea. The monograph will be presented by Prof. Vinko Avsenak, one of the three authors of the book, which is the …

On Wednesday, 20 May 2026, at 11:00 a.m., the Institute of Contemporary History will host a presentation of the digitised collection of stenographic minutes of the former Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia (1945–1992) in Slovenia. The stenographic minutes represent valuable historical material that opens up new possibilities for researching the work of the Yugoslav Federal Assembly, …

On 7 and 8 May 2026, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted the sixth BeNaSta workshop, entitled Becoming National against the State. The two-day workshop was dedicated to discussions on nationalism, national movements, and the formation of national identities in various local and regional contexts of East Central Europe. Special attention was given to the …

Our colleague Dr Mojca Šorn took part in an event marking Victory Day, held on 8 May 2026 at the Fužine Home for Older People. In her contribution, she presented the importance of the project Memories Live On for historians and historiography. The project Memories Live On draws attention to the exceptional value of personal …