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Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Web: https://www.inz.si/en/
The Contributions to Contemporary History: https://ojs.inz.si/pnz/ (OA)
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Visiting fellows: https://inz.si/en/leto/2025-26/
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Our website has come to life in a brand-new look! 🌐✨

We’re happy to announce that the Institute has a new website – clearer, more modern, and user-friendly.
There you’ll find the latest news, projects, publications, and an insight into our research work.

Check it out: inz.si/en/
Join us for History on the Edge on Wed, Nov 26, 2025, at 3 p.m. at the Institute of Contemporary History or via Zoom: lnkd.in/ex63-fXC

Senna Šimek presents “Between Judgment and Perception – The ICTY Narrative on Croatia’s Role in the War in BiH.”
More: inz.si/en/2025/11/12/...
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Reminder: Tomorrow, 12 November, marks the opening of the exhibition "Going Extreme: How Extremist Narratives Are Destroying Democracies" at 1 pm in the lobby of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (@uab.cat).
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🆕 A new publication!

❗Nataša Henig Miščič: Carniolan Savings Bank. Shaping Financial Landscape in Slovenian Territory (Recognitions 56), Ljubljana, 2025

✨ Read in open access: omp.inz.si/zalozba/cata...

#INZ #OpenAccess #History
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🚀 In Slovenske Konjice, teachers stepped into the XR world at the LingoVerse workshop, exploring how AI and virtual reality are transforming education. 🕶️🎮

More TeachXR trainings coming soon!

👉 teachxr.si/izobrazevanja

📸 #TeachXR #LingoVerse #VR #AIinEducation
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
💼 On 30–31 Oct 2025, the Historical Institute Belgrade hosted the International Conference “Economy in Europe and the Balkans”.

Our colleagues Nataša Henig Miščič and Ivan Smiljanić presented papers on financial institutions and scandals in pre-WWI and Austro-Hungarian Slovenia.

#INZ #History
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Vabljeni!
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
💻 From 22–24 Oct 2025, the 5th DARIAH-HR International Conference – Digital Humanities & Heritage 2025 took place. DARIAH-SI was represented by Katja Meden, Jurij Hadalin (INZ), and Miha Seručnik (ZRC SAZU).

More: dariah.eu/2025/11/05/launch-of-the-dariah-south-east-european-regional-hub
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🎓 Our colleagues Tjaša Konovšek, Kristina Pahor de Maiti Tekavčič, and Vojko Gorjanc took part in the 26th International Conference of the History of Concepts Group in Bologna (27–29 Oct 2025), contributing “Mapping Common Sense: A Digital Humanities Lens on Conceptual History.”

#INZ #Conference
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The fifth BeNaSta project workshop took place on October 22–23 at Masaryk University, Brno. Team members, including our colleagues Ágoston Berecz, Oliver Pejić, Łukasz Kożuchowski, Dorota Kurek-Śliżewska, and László Vörös, presented their latest research.

More: inz.si/en/projekt/benasta
November 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
On 21 Oct 2025, the Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia hosted the seminar Harmony of Diversity, organized by ZPMS. Dr. Marta Rendla (INZ) presented on Slovenian migrations to West Germany.

Watch the highlights: www.youtube.com/shorts/ZTOW5...

#INZ #History #ZPMS #HarmonyOfDiversity
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The 7th Workshop on Business History in Central and Eastern Europe took place at the Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, on Oct 23–24, 2025. Researchers explored business–environment relations across the region.

📸 Highlights below!

#INZ #EBHA #BusinessHistory #ARIS #Conference
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Vabljeni!
November 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🔊 The TeachXR project was featured at Avdiofestival 2025 in Cukrarna, where visitors explored the future of learning through XR. From 360° tours and VR rehabilitation to language learning and games — XR is reshaping education!

👉 More: teachxr.si/izobrazevanja

#TeachXR #XRinEducation
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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The 4th issue of the ARENAS e-zine marks the halfway point of the project and brings you up to date with everything we've been working on, from major conferences and expert interviews to school outreach, media coverage, and research highlights.
October 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Join us for History on the Edge on Wed, Nov 12, 2025, at 11 a.m. at the Institute of Contemporary History or via Zoom 👉 us06web.zoom.us/j/8509307453...

Naum Trajanovski will present his book A History of Macedonian Sociology: In Quest for Identity.
More: inz.si/en/2025/10/30/...
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
On 22 October 2025, Tanja Devetak held a History on the Edge lecture titled A Historical and Contextual Analysis of Slovenian Fashion, 1945–2024. The event took place at the Institute of Contemporary History and via Zoom.

🎥 Watch on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyGi...
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Forgot to self-promote here (distracted by my catastrophic DB trip), but I was in Ljubljana last week, talking about chicory - my first contact with business history! www.wbhcee.org
WBHCEE
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October 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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New ARENAS report, titled "Comparative Analysis - National & European Laws" has just been published as part of #ARENASproject results.

#HorizonEU #ResponsestoExtremistNarratives #Gender #Nation #Science
October 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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• insights and policy recommendations for strengthening democratic resilience

Download for free to read more: arenasproject.eu/download/262...

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October 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📘 Our colleague Dr. Vojko Gorjanc is the co-editor of the scientific monograph Speaking, Understanding, Acting: An Insight into Applied Linguistics, published by the University of Ljubljana Press.

✨ Open access: ebooks.uni-lj.si/ZalozbaUL/ca...

#INZ #Linguistics #OpenAccess
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🆕 Two new publications!

1️⃣ Contributions to Contemporary History, 2025/2
2️⃣ Jelka Piškurić: Na robu Ljubljanskega barja (Razpoznavanja 55). Ljubljana, 2025.

✨ Read both in open access: ojs.inz.si/pnz & omp.inz.si/zalozba

#INZ #OpenAccess #History
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎬 Dr. Bojan Godeša appeared on RTV Slovenija’s Gremo v kino in the episode Olmo Omerzu with a New Film in San Sebastian and VOS, the First Slovenian TV Series by France Štiglic.

Listen to the full episode here: ars.rtvslo.si/podkast/grem...
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM