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A presentation of the scholarly monograph Tomajci: Slovenian History in Miniature (16th–20th Century), edited by Aleksander Panjek, took place at the ZRC Atrium. The monograph offers an in-depth look at the centuries-long development of the village community of Tomajci and reveals the rural environment as a dynamic space of decisions, adaptations, and change. The book …
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The Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana will host an online webinar dedicated to the Institute’s 2026/27 Visiting Fellowship Programme. The webinar will take place on 2 June 2026 at 14:00 CET. Jovana Papović will give a brief presentation of the programme and will then be available to answer questions from interested applicants and the …
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You are kindly invited to a series of short lectures entitled Beyond Pastoral Care: Clergy, Society, and Popular Agency in the Late Habsburg Empire, which will take place on Tuesday, 26 May 2026, from 11:00 to 13:00 at the Institute of Contemporary History. The event will feature a lecture by guest historian Assist. Prof. Dr. …
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You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, May 27, 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, …
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As part of the On the Edge of Modernity (Na robu sodobnosti) lecture series, a lecture by our colleague Dr Ivan Smiljanić, entitled “Chernobyl 1986: A View from Yugoslavia,” will take place on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Knights’ Hall of Cekin Mansion at the National Museum of Contemporary History of …
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Our colleague Dr Marko Zajc will give a lecture as part of the Balkan Studies Academic Week Lecture Series, organised by the Institute of Global and Area Studies, Capital Normal University. The lecture is entitled “Between Communicators and the Withering State: Techno-Optimism in Yugoslav Self-Management”. It will address techno-optimism in Yugoslav self-management and the relationship …
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On Tuesday, 5 May 2026, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted the final workshop of the 5xPRO project, entitled Between European Requirements and National Practice: Open Science in Projects. The workshop was prepared by Dr Andrej Pančur and Ana Cvek, who presented a useful overview of the differences between European and Slovenian understandings of open …
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On 19 May 2026 at 2:00 p.m., the Institute of Contemporary History will host a presentation of the monograph Hidden Corners of the First World War – from the Carnic Alps to the Adriatic Sea. The monograph will be presented by Prof. Vinko Avsenak, one of the three authors of the book, which is the …
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On Wednesday, 20 May 2026, at 11:00 a.m., the Institute of Contemporary History will host a presentation of the digitised collection of stenographic minutes of the former Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia (1945–1992) in Slovenia. The stenographic minutes represent valuable historical material that opens up new possibilities for researching the work of the Yugoslav Federal Assembly, …
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Our colleagues Dr Bojan Godeša and Dr Jure Gašparič, appeared on RTV SLO’s programme Sledi časa. The episode focused on the political situation of the late 1930s, when a new geopolitical reality was clearly beginning to take shape in Europe. The Versailles peace order, which had defined the period after the First World War, was …
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On 7 and 8 May 2026, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted the sixth BeNaSta workshop, entitled Becoming National against the State. The two-day workshop was dedicated to discussions on nationalism, national movements, and the formation of national identities in various local and regional contexts of East Central Europe. Special attention was given to the …
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On Victory Day and Europe Day, many questions arise about how we understand the past, who uses it today for political and social purposes, and who benefits most from constant disputes about old stories. These topics were discussed in a new episode of the Metina lista podcast by our colleague Dr Marko Zajc from the …