News and Events

On Tuesday, 14 October 2025, the Symposium on Totalitarianisms will take place in the Knight’s Hall of the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia (Celovška cesta 23, Ljubljana). The event will focus on exploring various cases of totalitarian violence and resistance in Slovenia during the Second World War. Dr. Andrej Pančur and Tamara Logar …

You are kindly invited to the first lecture of the new generation of visiting fellows in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 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 …

The Institute of Contemporary History hosted the international conference The Aggressor: Self-Perception and External Perception of an Actor Between Nations from 1 to 3 October 2025. The event was organized as part of the international research project of the University of Heidelberg and the RuhrUniversity of Bochum. Researchers from various European academic institutions gathered to …

New Season of the History on the Edge Lecture Series We are pleased to announce the start of a new season of History on the Edge! The program of lectures running until the end of the year is now available. Lectures will take place at the Institute of Contemporary History (Privoz 11, Ljubljana) and via …

On 23 and 24 October, the Institute of Contemporary History will host an international workshop dedicated to the relationship between business and the natural environment in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, organized by the European Business History Association. You are warmly invited! For more information, visit: https://www.wbhcee.org/

On Wednesday, 1 October 2025, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted a presentation of two new scholarly publications: East Central European Crisis Discourses in the Twentieth Century: A Never-Ending Story? (Routledge, 2024) Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond (Oxford University Press, 2025) The event featured Balázs Trencsényi (Central European …

On 25 and 26 September 2025, the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, hosted the international conference Reproductive Politics and Motherhood in Historical Perspective. The event was organized within the research project Motherhood and Reproductive Politics in the 19th and 20th Century (J6-4602), funded by ARIS. Researchers from the Institute of Contemporary History also participated: …

  On 25 September 2025, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted a conference dedicated to poverty in old age and its various dimensions. The event presented the results of the research project Everyday Life and Life Course of Older People Living in Poverty. The research demonstrated how life trajectories – from education, employment, and family …

We kindly invite you to a guest lecture by Dr. Patrick Kupper, which will take place on October 17 at the Institute of Contemporary History. When and where: Friday, October 17, 11.00, Institute of Contemporary History (Privoz 11, Ljubljana) About the lecture Why is the civilian use of nuclear energy currently viewed so differently? Why …

Konzorcij projekta »SPOZNAJ – Podpora pri uvajanju načel odprte znanosti v Sloveniji«, katerega del je tudi Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino, organizira 3. nacionalni dogodek. Potekal bo v četrtek, 9. oktobra 2025, od 10h do 16h na Rudolfovem – Znanstvenem in tehnološkem središču Novo mesto ter prek spleta (ZOOM). Več na: Vabilo SPOZNAJ – 3. Nacionalni …

The Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana cordially invites you to the presentation and discussion of the online exhibition project Fabrike radnicima. Date and time: Tuesday, 16 September 2025, at 13:00 Venue: conference room, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana The project will be presented by its co-founder and curator Vladimir Unkovski-Korica (University of Glasgow), who …

The Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana is pleased to invite you to the launch of two new volumes: East Central European Crisis Discourses in the Twentieth Century: A Never-Ending Story (Routledge, 2024), edited by Balázs Trencsényi, Lucija Balikić, Una Blagojević, and Isidora Grubački Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond (Oxford University …