News and Events

On Wednesday, 10 December 2025, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted a new lecture in the History on the Edge series. The lecture was delivered by Zachary Mazur, who presented “Beyond the Balance Sheet: A Qualitative Analysis of Monetary Trust in Interwar Poland.” He highlighted the importance of trust and the social meaning of money …

Another piece of good news! The article by our colleague Dr. Anna Kryvenko, titled ‘Maidan has become part of Ukrainian identity’: the dynamics of naming and framing civil resistance in parliamentary discourse, has been published in the journal Corpora. The article is freely accessible here: LINK Congratulations to Anna on this excellent and impactful publication! …

In early December, our colleague Isidora Grubački gave an invited lecture at the Maynooth University History Research Seminar, titled “‘New feminism’ and antifascism in the 1930s: the Women’s World Committee against War and Fascism from a Yugoslav perspective.” Her presentation offered insights into transnational feminist organising and antifascist networks of the interwar period. In this …

We are pleased to announce the publication of an article by our junior researcher Nina Ošep, titled Ehe- und Erbstrategien im Oberen Savinja-Tal im 19. Jahrhundert (Marriage and Inheritance Strategies in the Upper Savinja Valley in the 19th Century). The article appears in the edited volume Familles dans les Alpes | Famiglie nelle Alpi | …

On 3 December, the workshop Wartime Data Sensitivity and Pseudonymisation: Digital Challenges and Solutions took place at the University of Luxembourg (C²DH Open Space). The workshop was led by our colleague Dr Anna Kryvenko and Dr Aliesia Soloviova (European University Institute, Florence). Participants discussed the challenges of handling sensitive wartime testimonies, pseudonymisation, and ethical data …

The INZ library will be open on Wednesday, December 24th from 10 am to 1 pm. The library will be closed on Wednesday, December 31st. Happy holidays, INZ Library

Pursuant to Article 25 of the Employment Relationships Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 21/13, 78/13 – corr., 47/15 – ZZSDT, 33/16 – PZ-F, 52/16, 15/17 – decision of the Constitutional Court, 22/19 – ZPosS, 81/19, 203/20 – ZIUPOPDVE, 119/21 – ZČmIS-A, 202/21 – decision of the Constitutional Court, 15/22, 54/22 – …

Tradicionalni decembrski sejem Založbe INZ bo potekal od srede (17. 12. 2025, 10.00) do petka (19. 12. 2025, 10.00). Sejemski cenik: 2025-Spletni-Sejem-cenik Naročila pošljite na elektronsko pošto: zalozba@inz.si Knjige boste lahko prevzeli na Inštitutu za novejšo zgodovino, Privoz 11, Ljubljana. Če boste želeli, vam jih bomo poslali na želeni naslov, vendar vam bomo zaračunali poštnino.   …

On 9 December 2025, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted a meeting titled Networking of Project Offices as part of the 5xPRO project – Consortium of Project Offices for Strengthening Excellence, Interdisciplinarity and International Integration of the Slovenian Research Area. The event, co-funded by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and …

The Institute of Contemporary History hosted the second lecture in the AI4DH training series, organised by the European Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence in Digital Humanities and open to the wider public. This time, the lecture titled “Trends and Challenges in Artificial Intelligence” was delivered by Dr Marko Robnik Šikonja from the Faculty of …

As part of the 5xPRO project (https://inz.si/en/projekt/5xpro/), three colleagues from our administration team — Patricija Manfreda, Anita Rus and Klara Rus – took part in a study visit to Vienna (4-5 December 2025). RTDS Group (https://rtds-group.com/) provided an in-depth presentation of their comprehensive approach to Horizon Europe projects, covering innovation strategy development, preparation of successful …

The international workshop Capital and Empire in Modern Southeastern Europe took place at the New Europe College in Bucharest. The event brought together researchers exploring economic and political transformations in Southeastern Europe. Our colleague dr. Oliver Pejić participated with his paper “The Westens in Central and Eastern Europe: The Rise and Fall of a Metalworking …