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"Who sows discord?" and other stories from Slovenia's turbulent past

The latest issue of the journal Contributions to the Contemporary History (2/2025) features discussions on ideological conflicts, river regulation, cultural figures, and contemporary environmental challenges.

In Slovenia, where can you still find stones that remind us of drought?

The new edition of the Vpogledi collection discusses how people in the past recorded and experienced droughts.

How did socialism shape everyday life on the edge of the Ljubljana Marsh?

The publication Razpoznavanja has released a new monograph by Jelka Piškurić entitled Na robu Ljubljanskega barja (On the Edge of the Ljubljana Marsh), which sheds light on the social, economic, and spatial changes during the socialist period through the microhistory of the town of Ig.

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HISTORY ON THE EDGE: “(BEYOND) HEROES AND VILLAINS: GRAPHIC NOVELS AND HISTORY EDUCATION, SURVEYING THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLICS”

Februar 25, 2026

You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, February 25, 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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Seminar Circulation of Extremist Narratives through the Parliaments: Current National and European Contexts

23. februar 2026

You are warmly invited to the seminar “Circulation of Extremist Narratives through the Parliaments: Current National and European Contexts”, taking place on Monday, 23 February 2026, at the Institute of Contemporary History (Privoz 11, Ljubljana) or via Zoom. The event is held within the ARENAS project. We will discuss the circulation of extremist narratives in …

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Call for Papers: JT-DH 2026

Conference on Language Technologies and Digital Humanities   We invite submissions of extended abstracts or full papers for the biennial conference JT-DH 2026, taking place on September 17–18, 2026, at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana. The conference covers various areas of natural language processing, language technologies, digital linguistics, and digital humanities. 📅 Important Dates: …

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Call for Papers: Experts in Transition: Political Epistemologies of 1980s–2000s East Central Europe

Call for Papers for the Workshop Experts in Transition: Political Epistemologies of 1980s–2000s East Central Europe July 9–10, 2026, Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana Deadline: March 15, 2026   Call for Papers (pdf): Experts in Transition Research on experts and expertise in state socialism has developed, in recent years, from national case studies embedded in …

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The Slovenian History Portal – SIstory is part of the research infrastructure of Slovenian historiography. It is an online system that not only provides access to historical content relevant to the study of Slovenian history, but also allows researchers to create and use research data in a research environment.

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The Contributions to Contemporary History journal is one of the most prominent Slovenian scientific historiographical publications. It informs the public of the latest Slovenian and foreign historiography research, focusing on the political, cultural, economic, and social history of Central and South-Eastern Europe in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

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INZ is also an academic publisher that publishes peer-reviewed, up-to-date research in the fields of the humanities and social sciences.

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The Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana (INZ) has launched a Visiting Fellowship program in 2022.

The Institute of Contemporary History is the central scientific institution in the Republic of Slovenia that conducts humanities, contemporary history, and digital humanities research with an emphasis on historiography. It is the national coordinating institution for the national digital infrastructure for arts and humanities DARIAH-SI, and a member of DARIAH ERIC.

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