Activities

On 2 November 2026, Dr Borut Klabjan was interviewed on Pogled v znanost (A View into Science), a programme broadcast on Radio Slovenia’s Third Programme – ARS. The interview, hosted by journalist Nada Čibej, focused on the topic of Prekomorke and explored their historical significance within the wider context of migration, borderlands, and social history […]

On 30 October 2026, the first Management Committee Meeting of COST Action CA25134 – EDGES took place in Brussels. The meeting was attended by Dr Borut Klabjan, coordinator of the Open Borders project and Slovenia’s Management Committee (MC) Member in the COST Action EDGES. Bringing together members of the international research community involved in the

The Institute for Historical Studies, ZRS Koper, within the framework of the OPEN BORDERS and TransborderTV projects, funded by the European Commission,cordially invite you to the presentation of the bookCold War Trieste:Nationalism, Diplomacy, and “Italianità” in a Contested Borderland by Fabio Capano The event will be opened by Dr Tilen Glavina, Director of the Institute

South Eastern Europe in ERC projects: perspectives, challenges, scales – International workshop Over the last two decades, several ERC projects have included South Eastern Europe in their geographical framework, an area whose boundaries are constantly debated. The quest for groundbreaking research, central to schemes supported by the European Research Council, also entails redefining geographical areas.

The lecture delivered by Borut Klabjan to school teachers and other participants in a seminar organized by the Istituto per la Storia della Resistenza e della Società Contemporanea di Reggio Emilia on the Croatian island of Rab explored the non-linear nature of the transition from war to peace. The seminar was held on an island

The international scientific workshop Cross-Border Practices and Regional Connectivity in the Alps-Adriatic Area: Historical Perspectives, jointly organised by the Science and Research Centre Koper (ZRS Koper) and the Centre for Cultural and Historical Research of Socialism at the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, was successfully held from 23 to 25 September 2026 in Pula and

Na Sveučilištu Jurja Dobrile u Puli, u organizaciji Znanstveno-raziskovalnog središča Koper i Centra za kulturološka i povijesna istraživanja socijalizma (CKPIS), od 23. do 25. rujna 2026. održava se međunarodna znanstvena radionica na temu prekograničnih praksi i regionalne povezanosti na području od Alpa do Jadrana u drugoj polovici 20. stoljeća. Program započinje u srijedu, 23. rujna,

Jure Ramšak presented his research on Yugoslav investments abroad at an international conference in Lisbon At the 16th Annual Conference in Political Economy, held in Lisbon from 9 to 12 September 2026, Jure Ramšak presented a paper entitled “Playing the Game of Capitalism in the Near Abroad and the Far Abroad: Yugoslav Investments in the

As part of the Balkan Studies Academic Week hosted by Capital Normal University in Beijing, Prof. Dr. Borut Klabjan (Science and Research Centre Koper, Slovenia) delivered a guest lecture on 21 May 2026 entitled“Open Borders in the Alps-Adriatic Region: Rethinking Border Regimes in Cold War Europe.” The lecture was chaired by Dr. Zhu Pengfei and

Today, 10 July 2026, Prof. Dr. Gorazd Bajc presented the paper The Intangible and Tangible Heritage of the Traumatic Border Issue in the Upper Adriatic since the End of the First World War at the 53rd Internationales Kulturhistorisches Symposion Mogersdorf. Using maps and photographs, he discussed selected examples of intangible and tangible heritage that emerged