Activities

The workshop at the University of Florence

On October 13 2025, Marco Abram presented the paper “Oltre il crinale. Le organizzazioni alpinistiche jugoslave e la cooperazione transfrontaliera con l’Italia” at the workshop “Prospettive sulla Jugoslavia socialista. Associazionismo, solidarietà, immaginari” at the University of Florence. The workshop was organized in the framework of the ERC project HumanEuroMed “Humanitarianism and Mediterranean Europe: a Transnational […]

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A group of members from the Bibliophile Society of Ferrara visited the exhibition Never Mind the Borders

On Saturday, November 8, 2025, Urška Strle welcomed a group of members of the Bibliophile Society from Ferrara. At the Maks bookshop and café in Nova Gorica she first presented them the OPEN BORDERS research project, then took them to the underpass of the Nova Gorica railway station, where they visited the Never Mind the

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Seminar Series |New Research on Yugoslav History

The series is held within the course International History of the Balkans (LM Relazioni Internazionali e Diplomazia) and aims to offer the students the opportunity to dialogue with principal investigators or collaborators of international research projects concerning Yugoslav history. Date and time 3 November 2025, 8:30-10:30 Location Aula B1, Dipartimento SPGI Dal 07.10.2025 al 03.11.2025

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Hunting in Socialism: International Connections of Slovenian Hunters and Anglers during the Cold War

On October 14, Urška Strle gave a lecture at the Institute for Recent History in Belgrade titled “Hunting in Socialism: International Connections of Slovenian Hunters and Anglers during the Cold War.” The lecture presented conceptual issues and methodological guidelines relating to the specific research topic of the OPEN BORDERS project, and served as a forum

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The Osimo Treaty: A Virtual Roundtable on Diplomacy and National Identity

Join us for a virtual round-table, marking the 50th anniversary of the Osimo Treaty – a Cold War milestone in peaceful resolution. Scholars from Italy and the U.S. will explore nationalism, diplomacy, and the legacy of contested borderlands. Date and time November 10 · 11pm – November 11 · 12am CET Location Online_ REGISTRATION The

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First Central European History Convention in Vienna, 17 – 19 July 2025

On 17 – 19 July 2025, principal investigator Borut Klabjan, affiliate researcher Sabine Rutar as well as advisory board members Hannes Grandits and Pieter Judson attended the first Central European History Convention, hosted by the University of Vienna and the Institute of Austrian Historical Research. The event provided a platform for exchange on Central European

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Dr. Marco Abram awarded with the 2025 Nationalities Papers Photography Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies

Dr. Marco Abram was one of the scholars awarded with the 2025 Nationalities Papers Photography Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies The photo, taken during fieldwork, was accompanied by a brief description of how it relates to Dr. Abram’s field of studies and was judged based on content, synthesis, and visually compelling insights about nationalism, ethnicity

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Storie in costruzione. Nuovi orizzonti della storia contemporanea

11 of June 2025, Trento Open Borders PI Borut Klabjan and project team members Karlo Ruzicic Kessler and Marco Abram presented their research papers at the seminar “Storie in costruzione. Nuovi orizzonti della storia contemporanea” organized in Trento (Italy) by the Istituto Storico Italo-Germanico at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler on June 11, 2025. The presentations

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èStoria Festival

11 of June 2025, Trento On June 1st, at the Verdi Theatre in Gorizia, as part of the èStoria Festival, Jože Pirjevec and Federico Tenca Montini took part in a roundtable discussion on the book History of Yugoslavia by Marie-Janine Calic. Since the book is largely dedicated to the history of the Yugoslav federation during the

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