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On Tuesday, 2 June 2026, our colleague Filip Dobranič gave a presentation of a collection of more than 350,000 advertising clippings from the newspaper Slovenski narod (1868–1914). The presentation offered insights into a large-scale digital humanities project that enables the study of advertising, consumer culture, and the language of persuasion in the late nineteenth and …

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 …

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 …

We have developed open artificial intelligence for the competitiveness of the Slovenian economy. You are warmly invited to the final event of the project Adaptive Natural Language Processing with Large Language Models (PoVeJMo), within which the large generative language model for Slovenian, GaMS, was developed. The event will present the GaMS model as well as …

Our colleague Dr Aleš Gabrič appeared in the programme Podoba podobe, dedicated to Trg republike (Republic Square), one of Slovenia’s most important urban and architectural projects. Together with other guests, he discussed the historical significance of Trg republike, its role during socialist Yugoslavia, and its importance as the site where Slovenia’s independence was proclaimed in …

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 …

You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, 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, …

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 …

You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 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, …

 On 27 May 2026, as part of the History on the Edge lecture series, we hosted a new lecture at the Institute of Contemporary History. In his presentation, “The Making of Workers’ Self-Management: Housing Distribution in Late Socialist Yugoslavia (Mid-1970s–1980s)”, Melvin Bernard examined the allocation of housing and housing loans in late socialist Yugoslavia. Drawing …

Our colleague Dr Vojko Gorjanc appeared on Jezikanje on VAL 202, in the episode Novi korpus lahkega branja slovenščine. Marking the International Easy Language Day, the episode discussed the importance of easier-to-understand language, which enables access to information for people with cognitive disabilities as well. It also presented the LahTex project, within which a corpus …

On 19 May 2026, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted a presentation of the trilingual monograph Skriti kotički prve svetovne vojne – od Karnijskih Alp do Jadranskega morja. The monograph was presented by Prof. Vinko Avsenak, one of its three authors, whose long-term research sheds light on lesser-known and often overlooked sites connected to the …