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This monograph examines the issue of drought in Slovenian history from various perspectives. The individual chapters were written by twelve authors. Drought is a natural phenomenon for which there are various definitions, but what they all have in common is that they define drought as a phenomenon caused by a lack of precipitation, which affects …
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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 …
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INZ is proud to host an ERC Starting Grant project The European Research Council (ERC) has this year awarded a total of €761 million to support 478 early-career researchers across Europe. Among the selected grantees is Dr. Agustin Cosovschi, who has chosen our institution as the host for his project Brokers of Non-Alignment: Biographical and …
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Reaseach Data Mangement Plan – Online handbook As part of the SPOZNAJ project, the first Slovenian online handbook dedicated entirely to Reaseach Data Mangement Plan (DMP) is now available. It is intended for researchers from various fields and offers basic information, practical guidelines, and an overview of the key steps in data management at all …
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Vabimo vas na posvet, na katerem bomo predstavili rezultate temeljne raziskave Vsakdanje življenje in življenjski potek starih ljudi, ki živijo v revščini, v kateri smo proučevali, kako življenjski poteki (odraščanje, šolanje, delo, zaposlitev, partnerstvo in družina ter skrbstvene obveznosti) opredeljujejo, standardizirajo in oblikujejo življenja starejših ljudi, ki živijo v revščini. Raziskovali smo tudi, kako na …
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The Swedish city of Uppsala hosted ESEH 2025 – The 13th European Society for Environmental History Conference: Climate Histories, one of the most important European conferences in the field of environmental history, from August 18 to 22, 2025. The conference brought together researchers from around the world for five days of discussions on the history …
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Na Gallusovem nabrežju v Ljubljani bo od 1. septembra do 1. oktobra na ogled razstava o odprti znanosti. Skozi raznolike vsebine in primere iz slovenskega raziskovalnega okolja boste na razstavi lahko spoznali, kako odprta znanost deluje v praksi. Plakati prikazujejo dejavnoti tako raziskovalnih institucij kakor tudi različna sodelovanja z lokalnimi skupnostmi. Poseben poudarek je namenjen …
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Zgodovina na Špici / History on the Edge You are kindly invited to the first autumn lecture after the summer break in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, September 24, 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 …
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We spent the hot days of June (June 17-20, 2025 to be precise) in the charming German city of Göttingen, where the annual DARIAH conference took place. This year, under the title The Past, we were taken on a journey to nowhere else but the past! Of course with modern digital tools, fresh approaches and …
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The call for Visiting Fellows at the Institute of Contemporary History (INZ) has officially closed. We are grateful to have received over 100 high-quality applications from around the world – diverse, inspiring, and professionally outstanding. With limited accommodation capacity, the selection process was highly competitive, and only around 25% of applicants were accepted. We sincerely …
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Over the past academic year, we had the pleasure of hosting an extraordinary range of historical and political science lectures – from the history of suicide, women during the Second World War, and sugar beet, to timely discussions on hate speech in today’s world.
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Economics, Nationalism and Politics in Central, East and South-East Europe You are kindly invited to the international conference WEAST 2025 Ljubljana Workshop: Economics, Nationalism and Politics in Central, East and South-East Europe, which will take place on 19. and 20. June 2025 at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana. Please find attached the programme …