Professor Oto Luthar, Ph.D.
Research Adviser at Institute of Culture and Memory studies, Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Director of ZRC SAZU
ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 2, Ljubljana.
01 4706 412
Luthar@zrc-sazu.si
Tuesday 13 – 15
Education:
- B.Sc. History (University of Ljubljana, 1983)
- M.Sc. History (University of Ljubljana, 1986)
- Ph.D. History (University of Ljubljana, 1991)
Research interest:
- Cultural History
- History of Violence
- History of Historiography
- History of Ideas
Main visiting appointments:
- Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) Post doctoral Fellowship, Freie Universität Berlin (1991-1992)
- Luka Knafelj Grant,Vienna (1996)
- Visiting Professor, Yale University, Nev Haven CT (1999-2000)
- Visiting Professor, Institute for Political Sciences, University of Vienna (2009)
- Visiting Research Scholar, Columbia University (2013)
- Visiting Research Scholar, Ohio State University (2016, 2023)
- Visiting Research Scholar, Humbolt Universität Berlin (2025, 2026)
Other:
- Member of Editorial Board of a book series ZRC SAZU Thought, Society, Culture: Slovenian and South Eastern European Perspectives. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang;
Selected publications:
- Pušnik, M., Luthar, O., ed., 2020, The Media of Memory, Leiden and Boston: Brill.
- Luthar, O., 2017 (ed.) Of Red Dragons and Evil Spirits. Post-Communist Historiography Between Democratization and New Politics of History; CEU Press,
- Luthar, O., Pobežin, G., Šašelj Kos, M., Grošelj N., 2016. Zgodovina historične misli. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
- Luthar, O. (ed.) 2016. The Great War and Memory in Central and South-Eastern Europe. Leiden and Boston: Brill.
- Šumi, I., Luthar, O. (ed.) 2016. The Slovenian Righteous Among the Nation. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
- Luthar, O., Pogačar, M. 2015. Dežela senc. Spomin na izginotje judovske skupnosti v Prekmurju. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
- Luthar, O., 2013, “Forgetting does (Not) Hurt. Nationalities Papers. London: Routledge Publishers.
- Luthar, O. at al, 2013, 2016, 2024. The Land Between. A History of Slovenia -Second edition. Frankfurt/M: Peter Lang.
- Luthar, O. 2012. The Margins of Memory. Anti-Semitism and the destruction of Jews of Prekmurje. Ljubljana: Založna ZRC.
- Luthar, O. 2000. O žalosti niti beside. Uvod v kulturno zgodovino Velike vojne. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
- John, M., Luthar, O. (ed.)1997. Un-Verstaendnis dr Kulturen. Multikulturalismus in Mitteleuropa in historischer Perspektive. Celovec/Klagnfurt: Mohorjeva/Hermagoras.


