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On March 31, 2026 Dr Isidora Grubački gave a guest lecture at INALCO in Paris as part of the Séminaire de master et de recherche Histoire, Politique et Culture en Europe médiane (HPCEM) 2025–2026: Mobiliser la collectivité, convened and led by our former Visiting Fellow Andreas Guidi and his colleague Katerina Kesa. Focusing on the political …

We are pleased to announce that, in cooperation with the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia, we have published the stenographic notes of the Federal Assembly of the SFRY (1945–1992) on the SIstory portal. The project, which lasted more than two years, involved the preparation of more than 2,000 files, mostly in Serbian, but also …

Last week, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted the 3rd inter-institutional finger tossing bocce tournament as part of our workplace health activities. Alongside the home team from the Institute of Contemporary History, teams from the Faculty of Computer and Information Science, the Milko Kos Historical Institute of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of …

The Institute of Contemporary History won 3rd place at the NETKO Awards in the category Best Website of Educational and Scientific Organisations. The award was given to our redesigned website, which you can visit here: https://inz.si/ The NETKO Award is presented by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia. Its aim is to promote …

On 24 March, we held a lecture entitled Communication and Behaviour in Tense Situations – Aspects of Personal Safety. The lecture was led by Tadej Cunder, a security expert and police negotiator in crisis situations, who presented the importance of effective communication in calming tense situations and highlighted the role of active listening and assertive …

We are pleased to announce the continuation of the lecture series History on the Edge, which will also take us through new historical topics, discussions, and perspectives during the spring months. The lectures will take place at the Institute of Contemporary History (Privoz 11, Ljubljana) and via Zoom.In the spring part of the season, the …

We invite you to submit proposals for the conference System of Care and Education for People with Special Needs in the Italian and German Occupation System in Slovenia, 1941–1945, which will take place on 3 February 2027 at INZ, Glavni trg 18, Celje. The conference aims to connect research on institutional frameworks, social policy, and …

We invite you to participate in the final workshop of the project “Systems of Care and Education for Children with Sensory Disabilities in the First and Second Yugoslav State”, entitled: History and the Present of People with Sensory Disabilities in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia. The workshop will take place on 9 September 2026 …

Recently, an engaging professional development event for history teachers took place, organised by Modrijan izobraževanje and Rokus Klett. The event was also attended by three colleagues from the Institute of Contemporary History (ICH): Dr Bojan Godeša, Dr Ivan Smiljanić, and Tamara Logar. The morning programme focused on myths and interpretations surrounding the end of the …

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 …

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, …

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: …