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.

MODULE GENERAL ELECTIVE COURSES

Collective Memories: Concepts, Theories, Practices

Professor Oto Luthar, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Cultural history of violence

Assoc. Prof. Petra Svoljšak, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

History, Identity and Popular Culture

Assoc. Prof. Ana Hofman, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Intellectual History of Women

Asst. Prof. Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Media, memory and history

Asst. Prof. Martin Pogačar, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6

Remembering Socialism in Central and Southeastern Europe

Prof. Tanja Petrović, Ph.D.,

ECTS: 6