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Matej Ivančík, “To put it simply, We Should Have Been More Empathetic and Kind.” Memory Politics and the Post-Socialist Transformation in Slovakia   Friday, June 17, 2022, 11.00 – 13.00 (INZ, Privoz 11) and Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81855065375; Meeting ID: 818 5506 5375. Lecture Matej Ivančík, “To put it simply, We Should Have Been More Empathetic and Kind.” Memory Politics and the Post-Socialist Transformation in Slovakia …

The Computer History Museum, Ljubljana in co-organization with the Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana and Institute Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana is organizing an international expert panel “The Legacy of Advanced Informatization”. The panel will take place on Monday June 13th 2022 from 14:00 – 18:00 and will feature participants from the fields of information technology, digital …

Thursday, June 16, at 10:00 AM Live at the Institute of Contemporary History and ZOOM link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81855065375 Lecture 10:00 – 12:00 Igor Duda: “We are all good people.” Local Communities in Yugoslavia between Action and Bureaucracy (English) Panel 14:00 – 16:00 panel Socialistično samoupravljanje v občini (Slovenian and Croatian) Tina Filipović: “Prisutni u svim zbivanjima”: SUBNOR u političkom i društvenom životu …

On Thursday, 19 May 2022, associates of the Institute of Contemporary History Aleš Gabrič, Bojan Godeša, Žarko Lazarević and retired associate of the Institute Peter Vodopivec participated in the tribune at the Kliofest in Zagreb. You can watch a clip of the tribune entitled „Upoznajmo slovensku povijest“ [Let’s get to know Slovenian history] in the video below: …

Ivana Mihaela Žimbrek (CEU, Austria) Women’s Organizations, Home Economics, and the Beginnings of Modern Retail in Socialist Yugoslavia, 1950s-1960s   Ponedeljek, 30. maj ob 11:00 V živo na Inštitutu za novejšo zgodovino in ZOOM link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81855065375 Registracija ni potrebna    O predavateljici | About the presenter: Ivana Mihaela Žimbrek (currently a visiting fellow at the Institute …

DON’T MISS THE FIRST EVENT OF THE FESTIVAL HISTORY ON THE EDGE Friday, 27. MAY at 10:00 and 14:00 LIVE at the Institute for Contemporary History (Privoz 11, Ljubljana, conference room) via ZOOM: link to Zoom-Livestream will be available on the event day here https://www.facebook.com/InstitutZaNovejsoZgodovino/ Registration is not required. The program is available at the end …

The Institute of Contemporary History (Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino) in Ljubljana has launched a Visiting Fellowship program and is accepting applications for the Visiting Fellowship program starting from October 1, 2022. Scholars working in the field of contemporary political, social, economic history or related disciplines, as well scholars working in the field of digital humanities, …

We are glad to announce that Darja Fišer has been appointed Executive Director of CLARIN ERIC. https://www.clarin.eu/news/darja-fiser-appointed-executive-director-clarin-eric This is a great success for the Slovenian scientific research community and also for INZ, which is a longtime member of the CLARIN-SI consortium. We wish Darja all the best.

We cordially invite you to the History on the Edge Festival, which will take place at the Institute of Contemporary History between May 27 and June 24, 2022. Media cover: Radio Študent Festival_program_maj-junij-2022

  LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES & DIGITAL HUMANITIES CONFERENCE 2022 https://www.sdjt.si/jtdh-2022/en/ The Slovenian Language Technologies Society (SDJT), the Centre for Language Resources and Technologies at the University of Ljubljana (CJVT), the Institute of Contemporary History (INZ) and the research infrastructures CLARIN.SI and DARIAH-SI are organising the conference “Language Technologies and Digital Humanities” on 15th and 16th September 2022. The biennial conference …

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On August 26 and 27, 2021, a two-day international workshop entitled “At the Nexus of Voluntary Action and Public Policies: Rethinking Care in Southeastern Europe” was organized at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The workshop was organized within the framework of the COST Action 18119 Who Cares In Europe?, whose aim is …