News and Events

On October 23–24, 2025, the 7th Workshop on Business History in Central and Eastern Europe took place at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana, under the title Business and the Natural Environment in the History of Central and Eastern Europe. The event, organized by Dr. Ivan Smiljanić in cooperation with the European Business History …

From 22 to 24 October 2025, the 5th DARIAH-HR International Conference – Digital Humanities & Heritage 2025: Rethinking Heritage across STEM, Humanities, and Arts took place. DARIAH-SI was represented by our colleagues Katja Meden and Jurij Hadalin from the Institute of Contemporary History, along with Miha Seručnik from ZRC SAZU. They also participated in the …

On October 22–23, the fifth BeNaSta project workshop took place at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia. The workshop featured presentations by BeNaSta team members, including our colleagues Ágoston Berecz, Oliver Pejić, Łukasz Kożuchowski, Dorota Kurek-Śliżewska, and László Vörös, who shared their latest research findings. The team extends sincere thanks to professor Denisa Nečasová for hosting, …

On Tuesday, 21 October 2025, the Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia hosted a seminar for history club mentors titled “Harmony of Diversity: Coexistence of Cultures, Religions, and Nationalities”, organized by the Friends of Youth Association of Slovenia (ZPMS). Our colleague Dr. Marta Rendla participated with a presentation titled External Migrations of Slovenia in Socialism …

You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at the INZ premises or via the ZOOM link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85093074535?pwd=chFdSCgScVg8fw1djh3bVz8h9gqWtm.1 . This time, the lecture will take place at 11 a.m., but if you join us in person, you’re welcome to …

On Wednesday, 22 October 2025, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted a new lecture in the History on the Edge series. The lecture was delivered by Tanja Devetak, who presented A Historical and Contextual Analysis of Slovenian Fashion, 1945–2024. In her talk, she explored the evolution of Slovenian fashion after the Second World War and …

Our colleague Dr. Bojan Godeša took part in the RTV Slovenija program Gremo v kino (“Let’s Go to the Cinema”), in the episode Olmo Omerzu with a New Film in San Sebastian and VOS, the First Slovenian TV Series by France Štiglic. Listen to the episode here: https://ars.rtvslo.si/podkast/gremo-v-kino/412/175160435 You are invited to listen!

  On Friday, October 17, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted a guest lecture by Dr. Patrick Kupper from the University of Innsbruck, titled Nuclear Energy and Social Fission: Some Preliminary Thoughts on a Book Project. The lecture, held in English, offered valuable insights into the social and environmental history of nuclear energy and sparked …

On Tuesday, 11 November 2025, at 4:00 p.m., a historical seminar titled Parliaments and Their Artists will take place at the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Komunardů 1634/44, Prague 7). The event, organized by the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Office of the …

On October 10–11, 2025, Dr. Victor Strazzeri took part in the 10th annual Conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies – Abolition, held at Aarhus University, Denmark. In the Feminist Abolitionism section, he presented his paper “Isolating Connectivity: On the Political Economy of Capitalist Loneliness.” We’re sharing a few photo highlights from the conference. …

You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, October 29, 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 you will be joining us in person, …

Symposium on Totalitarianisms at the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia On Tuesday, 14 October 2025, the Knight’s Hall of the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia hosted the Symposium on Totalitarianisms, dedicated to exploring cases of totalitarian violence and resistance in Slovenia during the Second World War. The event brought together researchers …