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On Tuesday, 5 May, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted a lecture in the Popoldnevi z DARIAH series entitled “Why Is Reading Truly Essential?” The lecture was delivered by colleagues from the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education: Assist. Prof. Dr. Petra Javrh, Alenka Štrukelj, and Natalija Žalec, who spoke about reading habits, the promotion of …

Our colleague, Dr. Jelena Seferović, has been awarded a project entitled “Socially Marginalized Bodies in Transition: Dying and Death Across Yugoslav Spaces, from the 19th to the 21th Century” by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency within the ERC Perspektiva call. Our colleague Dr. Meta Remec is also participating in the project. Jelena and Meta, …

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 …

On Monday’s Day of Resistance Against the Occupier, our colleague Dr Bojan Godeša appeared on the TV show Dobro jutro. He spoke about the formation of the Liberation Front, the uniqueness of the Slovenian resistance movement in the Yugoslav and European context, and how the meaning of the holiday has changed over time. You can …

On Tuesday, 21 April 2026, colleagues from the Institute of Contemporary History took part in a professional excursion to Maribor. Under the guidance of Barbara and Jana, we first explored the Tezno underground tunnels, learning about this extensive subterranean system and its role in industrial and wartime history. More: https://rovi-tezno.si/ This was followed by a …

You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, May 13, 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, …

You are invited to the next lecture in the DARIAH Afternoons series, which will take place at the Institute of Contemporary History (Privoz 11, Ljubljana) on Tuesday, 5 May at 13:00. You can also join via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87184507674?pwd=b3DMvVv9sqWhkiUidDxBjQuChxKZxn.1 The speakers, Dr Petra Javrh, Alenka Štrukelj, and Natalija Žalec from the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, …

On Monday, 13 April 2026, the presentation of the volume Memories Live On II took place at the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia. The volume brings together scholarly contributions and personal testimonies that offer insight into the experience of the Second World War from individual perspectives. It focuses on memories of everyday life during …

You are invited to the presentation of the stenographic records of the former Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia (1945–1992) in Slovenia, which will take place on Wednesday, 6 May 2026, at 13:00 at the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (Poljanska cesta 40). The event will present the results of several years of work on the …

On 8 April 2026, as part of the History on the Edge lecture series, we hosted a new lecture at the Institute of Contemporary History. The speaker, Isabel Jacobs, presented the lecture “Webs of Life: A History of Symbiogenesis from Boris Kozo-Polyansky to Lynn Margulis”, exploring the development of the concept of symbiogenesis and its …

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 …