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Our colleague Sara Šifrar Krajnik presented her doctoral research in June at the ZUG-minisymposium at BOKU University. During her stay in Vienna, she also conducted additional archival research at the Österreichisches Staatsarchiv, collecting and analyzing sources that will contribute to the further development of her doctoral project. Congratulations on the successful presentation and research work!
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Three researchers from the Institute of Contemporary History – Jan Bernot, Lev Centrih, and Neja Blaj Hribar – participated in the international conference “Homecomings” and Internal Migrations in the History and Present of Central and Southeastern Europe, held in Koper on 11–12 June 2026. The conference explored historical and contemporary migration processes in Central and …
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In early June, our colleague Dr Ivan Smiljanić participated in the annual international conference of the Society for Ethnobotany in Montpellier, France. As part of his postdoctoral project on the planting of memorial trees in Slovenia, he presented the paper “Planting Patriotism: Political Memorial Trees in Slovenia from Austria-Hungary to Today”, exploring the history of …
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Our colleague Nina Ošep participated in the Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting, held from 4–6 June 2026 in Atlanta, USA. She presented her paper, Managing Land through Marriage: Family Strategies in Southeastern Alps (Styria), 1800–1900, in the session Women, Families, and Communities, exploring the role of marriage and family strategies in land management in the …
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On 28 May 2026, our colleague Dr Bojan Godeša participated in the èStoria festival in Gorizia and Nova Gorica. As part of the event »V spomin Branku Marušiču / Omaggio a Branko Marušič, storico«, he took part in the discussion »Il clero sloveno del Litorale durante il fascismo / Slovenska primorska duhovščina v času fašizma«, …
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Our colleagues Dr Vojko Gorjanc and Katja Meden participated in the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 in Rome. They took part in the panel Joining the Dots in South-East Europe: Building the DARIAH-SEE Regional Hub as an Infrastructure of Engagement, co-chaired by Dr Vojko Gorjanc and Lana Šehović. As part of the panel, they presented the …
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On 28–29 May 2026, the conference Environment and Society in East-Central Europe took place at the University of Ostrava, bringing together scholars working on environmental history and related fields. Six researchers from the Department of Economic, Social and Environmental History of Slovenia participated in the event. At the panel Hydrological Extremes in Slovenia: Floods, Droughts …
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Our colleague Dr Jan Bernot attended the Austrian Studies Association (ASA) conference, which took place at the University of Salzburg between 28 and 31 May 2026. As part of the FWF research project Language Diversity and Dynamic Interdependencies between Roman Catholic Church Dioceses and Dualist Austrian State Institutions, he presented the paper: Teaching Religion in …
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Between 19 and 25 May 2026, our colleague Dr Marko Zajc participated in a series of academic activities at the Institute of Global and Area Studies at Capital Normal University in Beijing. He delivered a lecture on technological optimism in Yugoslav self-management, took part in discussions on establishing institutional cooperation, and contributed to conversations about …
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Our colleagues participated in LREC 2026 (Language Resources and Evaluation Conference), held from 11 to 16 May 2026 in Palma, Mallorca. LREC is one of the leading international conferences in the fields of language resources, language technologies, computational linguistics, and digital humanities. The Institute of Contemporary History was represented by: Katja Meden with the paper …
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Last week, our colleague Tamara Logar and student Matej Vodopivec attended the 20th GRACEH conference, Ruptures in European History: Individuals, Institutions, and Historical Practices in Times of Uncertainty, held at the University of Oxford. They presented the paper From Vienna to Belgrade: Imperial Collapse and the Birth of the Yugoslav Monarchy, offering a multi-layered analysis …
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At the final conference of the TeachXR project – XR as a Competence of the Future, project partners presented the results achieved, exchanged experiences in roundtable discussions, and showcased concrete examples of the use of XR technologies in education in the foyer. A colleague from the Institute of Contemporary History, Robert Vurušič, presented the project …