Researcher Borut Klabjan involved in one of 80 new COST Actions We are pleased to announce that our researcher, Dr Borut Klabjan, has been selected to participate in one of the 80 newly approved COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Actions. The project, titled CA25134 – EDGE: Edges of Democracy, Geography & Environment, brings […]
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At a seminar organized by the Institute of Slovenian Ethnology, Urška Strle delivered a lecture titled “Hunting, Fishing, and the Cold War: A Contribution to the Historiography of Cross-Border Cooperation”. The event occurred on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, at 1:30 p.m. at ZRC SAZU. The lecture formed part of the project “Game in Border Regions,”
On Friday, 15 May 2026, the Institute for Historical Studies at ZRS Koper hosted a lecture by the distinguished researcher Dr Dorte Jagetic Andersen, Head of the Centre for Border Region Studies at the University of Southern Denmark, within the framework of the OPEN BORDERS project. The lecture, held in a hybrid format, first offered
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Lectures by Marco Abram and Karlo Ružičić at the International Conference Der rote Faden der Kooperation IOn Wednesday, 20 May 2026, the international scholarly conference Der rote Faden der Kooperation – Il filo rosso della collaborazione will take place at the Landesmuseum Festung Franzensfeste / Museo provinciale Forte di Fortezza. The event is devoted to
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In October 2025, our institution welcomed students and mentors from the Master’s Programme in Architecture and Urban Design (MA ADU) at the AUIC School, Politecnico di Milano. The visit, which took place in October 2025, was organised within the framework of the thematic studio “Urban Design for Borderlands: Gorizia–Nova Gorica Beyond the ‘GO! Borderless’ 2025
Koper, 12–13 February 2026 – The international scientific workshop “Cultural Memory, Public Spheres and Social Media” took place at the Grand Hotel Koper, bringing together distinguished scholars and experts to discuss contemporary approaches to cultural memory, digital public spheres, artificial intelligence, and political discourse. The workshop was organised by the Institute IRRIS within the framework
From 16 to 18 February 2026, the city of Trieste hosted a three‑day international beginner training titled “The Holocaust as a Starting Point”, which aimed to foster Croatian–Italian–Slovenian dialogue on Holocaust education. The programme took place at the University of Trieste (Università degli Studi di Trieste) and brought together 45 educators from the three participating
On 10 February 2026 at 5 p.m., the University of Verona hosted a public debate within the Calendario civile programme, dedicated to the history, memory, and legacy of the borderland after the signing of the Osimo Agreements of 1975. The event, titled Italy and Slovenia Between Divided Memories and Disappearing Borders, took place in Aula
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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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
