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Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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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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🆕 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
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🚀 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
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💼 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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💻 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
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🎓 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
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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
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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
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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
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🔊 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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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
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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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📘 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
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🆕 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
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🎬 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
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🔬 On October 17, the Institute of Contemporary History hosted a guest lecture by Dr. Patrick Kupper (University of Innsbruck) titled Nuclear Energy and Social Fission. The visit also included a tour of the Jožef Stefan Institute’s Reactor Infrastructure Centre.

#INZ #Research #GuestLecture
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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📅 On 11 Nov 2025, the seminar Parliaments and Their Artists will take place at the Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague.

Among the speakers will be our colleague Dr. Jure Gašparič.

👉 Register: bit.ly/3DdM9qh

#INZ #history #seminar
October 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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At the MPI Conference, we brought education into VR! From exploring Ljubljana’s underground with Radio Kričač to learning German in LingoVerse and testing VR rehabilitation, innovation met inspiration. The TeachXR project believes in the power of technology to connect and create.

#inz #TeachXR
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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You are invited to read Dr. Maja Lukanc’s article “AIDS-related gay activism in socialist Slovenia and its transnational context, 1984–1991”, published in the Journal of the History of Sexuality.

Postprint available at: dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php...
October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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📚 Every year, the Institute of Contemporary History hosts students for internships. This summer, Janez Gale, a history student from the University of Primorska, joined the Research Infrastructure Department, working on digitization, publishing, and the WWII Victims Database. 👏
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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🌍 Dr. Victor Strazzeri attended the 10th Conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies – Abolition at Aarhus University (10–11 Oct 2025), where he presented “Isolating Connectivity: On the Political Economy of Capitalist Loneliness.”

📸 Highlights below!

#INZ #conference #Abolition
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Join us for History on the Edge on Wed, Oct 29, 2025, at 3 p.m. at the Institute of Contemporary History or via Zoom: tinyurl.com/bdw5h75h

Željka Oparnica will present “The Exception to Passivity: Student Movement and Minority Politics in Interwar Yugoslavia.”

More on: tinyurl.com/3t5tkem4
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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On 15 October 2025, Marta Baradić opened the new History on the Edge season with a lecture on Giuseppina Martinuzzi (1844–1925), exploring her socialist, feminist, and nationalist activism. The event took place at the Institute of Contemporary History and via Zoom.

Watch on Youtube: sl1nk.com/RAJxd
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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The Symposium on Totalitarianisms took place on 14 Oct 2025 at the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia, focusing on violence and resistance during WWII. INZ researchers Dr. Andrej Pančur and Tamara Logar presented INZ's database on WWII victims.

📸 See photo highlights below.
October 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Join us for Mesec znanosti@INZ: Social Effects of Science – Between Ambition and Reality on 7 Nov 2025 (10:00–15:00) at the Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, and via Zoom.

Explore how science impacts society.

Register: tinyurl.com/Prijavni-obr...
October 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM