Yulia Demyanchuk | Linguopolitical Synergetics: Formation and Research Prospects

We invite you to a guest lecture by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yulia Demyanchuk:

 

Linguopolitical Synergetics: Formation and Research Prospects.

 

The report is dedicated to a new linguistic field, linguopolitical synergetics, including its subject, object, and research areas. The research’s novelty is determined by identifying five main spheres of linguopolitical synergetic studies: synergetic, linguistic, communicative, social, and military. It is determined that the fundamental components of linguopolitical synergetics involve the integration of several disciplines, including linguosynergetics, political linguistics, sociolinguistics, wartime communication, military conflict studies, and the linguistics of war. The study identifies and substantiates the subtypes of linguopolitical synergetics: macro- and microlinguopolitical synergetics, within which there have been distinguished its theoretical and experimental realms.

 

The lecture in English language will take place on Tuesday, 3 December 2024, at 16:00, at the ZRC SAZU conference room, Novi trg 2, 1st floor, Ljubljana.

 

Yulia Demyanchuk ia an associate professor at the Lviv State University of Life Safety and Ivan Franko National University of Lviv in Ukraine. She is a member of the public organization University of Leadership and Innovation in Ukraine, active member of the Ukrainian Translators Association and the Ukraine-European Scientific Cooperation Center, member of the editorial board of the academic journal Forum for Linguistic Studies, Singapore. She is also the author of over 120 scientific and methodological works, including five monographs, four textbooks, five scientific articles in international journals indexed in Scopus.

 

Kindly invited!

Mladen Zobec | Negotiating ‘Brotherhood and Unity:’ Albanian Migrant Entrepreneurs in Socialist Slovenia

We invite you to a guest lecture, which will be held in co-organization with the Institute for Cultural and Memory Studies ZRC SAZU, within the cultural-historical doctoral module, by Mladen Zobec:

 

Negotiating ‘Brotherhood and Unity:’ Albanian Migrant Entrepreneurs in Socialist Slovenia.

 

During socialism, Albanian migrant businesses constituted the most prominent and visible example of an ethnic economy in Yugoslavia. The presence of Albanian ice-cream shops, fast-food kiosks, and bakeries became ubiquitous across the federation. Focusing on socialist Slovenia, this presentation offers a microhistory of a group of Albanian craftsmen and businessmen from Polog, Macedonia. Using oral history and archival sources, emphasis is given to the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion within Slovenian society in the broader context of Yugoslav socialism. Although Yugoslavia championed ideals of national equality, the experiences of Albanian entrepreneurs in Slovenia reveal exclusionary practices ranging from orientalist representations to harassment by the secret police. Despite discrimination, however, Albanian businesses thrived during socialism. The presentation delves into how Albanian migrants were not merely passive bystanders subjected to historical events but active agents navigating the historical political conditions. Addressing this question illuminates both the specificities of the group and the wider Yugoslav societal, political, and economic trends pertaining to socialist modernity.

 

The lecture in English will take place on Monday, 11 November 2024, at 1:30 PM at Križevniška dvorana, Gosposka ulica 16, Ljubljana.

 

Mladen Zobec is a sociologist specializing in the Balkans, with a focus on the social, political, and economic history of Yugoslavia, labor migration, ethnic migrant entrepreneurship, and socialist modernity. Currently a visiting researcher at the Institute for Cultural and Memory Studies (ZRC SAZU), he lives and works between Ljubljana and Vienna. Research for his ongoing PhD project was conducted within the FWF-supported project “To the Northwest! Intra-Yugoslav Albanian Migration (1953-1989),” led by Rory Archer at the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz. His dissertation focuses on the “Albanian ethnic economy in socialist Slovenia (1945-1990)” and explores the lived experiences of Albanian-speaking migrant entrepreneurs during Yugoslav socialism. Additionally, he is an administrator of the Balkan Academic News (BAN) newsletter.

 

Kindly invited!

 


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The fifth promotion of new PhDs

On Monday, September 9, 2024, the Dean of the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU, Asst. Prof. Jani Kozina, conferred doctoral degrees on nine new PhDs within the doctoral program Comparative Studies of Ideas and Cultures (third cycle).

 

Nina Caf received her PhD with the dissertation: “Paleoekološka rekonstrukcija vpliva človeka na holocenske spremembe okolja na območju Julijskih Alp, Slovenija (Palaeoecological Reconstruction of Human Impact on the Holocene Environmental Changes in the Julian Alps, Slovenia).” Mentor: Asst. Prof. Maja Andrič.

 

Marisa Žele received her PhD with the dissertation: “Genealogija ideje konca sveta med eshatologijo in antropocentričnim pričakovanjem (Genealogy of the Idea of the End of the World between Eschatology and the Anthropocentric Expectation).” Mentor: Asst. Prof. Aleš Bunta.

 

Bojan Volf received his PhD with the dissertation: “Psihologija kot materialna praksa (Psychology Viewed from Perspective of Material Practice).” Mentor: Prof. Alenka Zupančič.

 

Barbara Hrovatin received her PhD with the dissertation: “Understanding of healing in biomedicine – reflections of physicians-teachers.” Mentor: Assoc. Prof. Duška Knežević Hočevar.

 

Eva Trivunović received her PhD with the dissertation: “Biblijski frazemi v zgodovinskem slovaropisju: sinhorni in diahroni vidik (Biblical Phraseological Units in Historical Lexicography: Diachronic and Synchronic Approach).” Mentor: Asst. Prof. Andreja Legan Ravnikar.

 

Rebecca Rose received her PhD with the dissertation: “Tensing maternal time.” Mentor: Prof. Jelica Šumič Riha.

 

Ante Jerić received his PhD with the dissertation: “The irreducibility of consciousness.” Mentor: Prof. Jelica Šumič Riha.

 

Gavin Keeney earned his second PhD with the dissertation: “Works for Works: ‘No Rights’.” Mentor: Prof. Jelica Šumič Riha.

 

Arsalan Reihanzadeh received his PhD with the dissertation: “One Unites into Two: from an Onto-theological Statement to a Political Implication.” Mentor: Prof. Alenka Zupančič.

 

We extend our sincere congratulations to the new Doctors of Philosophy!


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Publication of the New Issue of Platforma 4

We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of Platforma 4: The Journal of Students from the Postgraduate School of the ZRC SAZU.

 

Platforma provides a platform for presenting the research work of doctoral students associated with the activities of the Postgraduate School of the ZRC SAZU. The journal brings together contributions from a wide range of humanities and social sciences, reflecting a broad spectrum of research questions.

 

We invite you to read the new issue, which offers insight into the current research of our students and fosters the further development of critical and interdisciplinary research.

 

The Editorial Team of Platforma 4 (Ana Reberc, Dragan Petrevski in Marko Senčar Mrdaković)

Presentations of doctoral dissertation topics

You are invited to attend the presentations of doctoral dissertation topics that are currently being developed or nearing completion within the framework of the 3rd Cycle Doctoral Programme in Comparative Studies of Ideas and Cultures at the Postgraduate School ZRC SAZU.

 

Attendance by students enrolled in the Doctoral Programme in Comparative Studies of Ideas and Cultures at the presentations of their peers is mandatory to fulfil the study requirements of Research Seminar I (in the 1st year) and Research Seminar II (in the 2nd year). Attendance will be recorded on an attendance list.

 

On Tuesday, 10 September 2024, at 5 pm, Maruša Žibred will present her doctoral dissertation topic under the module Lexicology, Lexicography, Grammar, with the working title:

The Category of Definiteness in Adjectives from a Linguistic-Historical and Historical-Lexicographical Perspective.

Summary

Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr Alenka Jelovšek
Co-supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr Andreja Legan Ravnikar
Committee: Assoc. Prof. Dr Kozma Ahačič, Dr Špela Petric Žižić, Research Associate, and Assoc. Prof. Dr Natalija Ulčnik.

 

On the same day, at 6 pm, under the same module, Pia Rednak will present her doctoral dissertation topic with the working title:

Phonetic Phenomena at the Word or Morpheme Boundary in Loanwords in Slovene.

Summary.

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr Helena Dobrovoljc
Co-supervisor: Dr Janoš Ježovnik
Committee: Assoc. Prof. Dr Kozma Ahačič, Asst. Prof. Dr Tina Lengar Verovnik, and Prof. Dr Hotimir Tivadar.

 

On Monday, 16 September 2024, at 4 pm, Lucija Mandić will present the conclusions of her doctoral dissertation under the module Literature in Context, titled:

Distant Reading of Slovene Narrative Prose of the Long 19th Century in the Context of Socio-Cultural Processes.

Summary.

Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr Andrejka Žejn
Co-supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr Monika Deželak Trojar
Committee: Asst. Prof. Dr. Jernej Habjan (in place of committee memberProf. Dr. Marko Juvan), Prof. Dr Katja Mihurko, and Assoc. Prof. Dr Tomaž Erjavec.

 

Also on Monday, 16 September, at 5 pm, under the module Cultural History, Vilja Lukan will present the conclusions of her doctoral dissertation titled:

Musealisation of Difficult Heritage: The Ljubelj Camp at the Intersection of Museology and Memory Studies.

Summary.

Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr Saša Poljak Istenič
Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr Oto Luthar
Committee: Prof. Dr Maja Godina Golija, Dr. Martin Pogačar, Research Associate, and Assoc. Prof. Dr Petra Svoljšak.

 

On Tuesday, 17 September 2024, at 4 pm, Lucija Kous will present her doctoral dissertation topic under the module Millennia Between the Adriatic and the Danube:

Small Roman Finds from the Ljubljanica River.

Summary.

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr Janka Istenič
Committee: Dr Boštjan Laharnar, Senior Research Fellow (National Museum of Slovenia), Asst. Prof. Dr Edisa Lozić, and Assoc. Prof. Dr Benjamin Štular (in place of committee member Assoc. Prof. Dr Jana Horvat).

 

On the same day, Tuesday, 17 September, at 5 pm, Tjaša Cankar will present her doctoral dissertation topic, which she will be working on under the module Cultural History:

Western-centrism in Feminist Knowledge Production: Gender equality plans (GEPs) as a framework to devise gender equality measures in post-socialist SouthEast Europe.

Summary.

Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc
Committee: Prof. Dr Milica Antić Gaber, Assoc. Prof. Dr Ana Hofman (in place of committee member Prof. Dr Tanja Petrović), and Assoc. Prof. Dr Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik.

 

On Wednesday, 18 September 2024, at 5 pm, Uroš Bonšek will present his doctoral dissertation topic under the module Lexicology, Lexicography, Grammar:

The Role of Terminological Agreement in Terminology.

Summary

Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr Mojca Žagar Karer
Committee: Assoc. Prof. Dr Nataša Jakop (in place of committee member Prof. Dr Andreja Žele), Asst. Prof. Dr Mateja Jemec Tomazin, and Asst. Prof. Dr Boštjan Slak (Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor).

 

The presentations will take place in the conference room at ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 2, 1st floor, Ljubljana.

 

All interested parties are welcome!

Information days for enrolment in 2024/2025

We would like to invite you to the information days of the Postgraduate school ZRC SAZU for enrolment in the Master’s and Doctoral programmes in 2024/2025.

 

At the information days the application and enrolment procedures will be described and the study programmes and courses or modules will be presented. We will answer your questions and be available for further individual explanations and discussions.

 

Schedule of information days:

For enrolment in the Master’s degree 2 in Earth and Environmental Sciences:

▶️ Second Information Day: Tuesday, 27 August 2024, at 16:00, in the ZRC SAZU meeting room, Novem trg 2, 1st floor, Ljubljana.

 

For admission to the 3rd cycle doctoral study programme Environmental and Regional Studies:

▶️ Second Information Day: Wednesday, 28 August 2024, at 16.00, in the ZRC SAZU conference room, Novem trg 2, 1st floor, Ljubljana.

 

For admission to the 3rd cycle PhD programme Comparative Study of Ideas and Cultures:

▶️ Second Information Day: Thursday, 29 August 2024, at 16:00, in the ZRC SAZU meeting room, Novem trg 2, 1st floor, Ljubljana.

 

The call for applications is available at the following link: download.

 

Enrolment deadlines:

  • First enrolment period: from 15 April 2024 to 6 September 2024 (eVŠ).
  • second enrolment period: from 9 September to 17 September 2024 (eVŠ).

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Defence of Arsalan Reihanzadeh’s doctoral dissertation

Kindly invited to the public defence of Arsalan Reihanzadeh‘s doctoral dissertation on Thursday, 18 July 2024 at 11:00 on the PhD programme 3rd cycle Comparative Study of Ideas and Cultures, module Transformations of Modern Thought – Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Culture, with the title:

 

One Unites into Two: from an Onto-theological Statement to a Political Implication.

 

Summary of the PhD.

 

Mentor: Prof. Alenka Zupančič, Ph.D.

Committee: Asst. Prof. Aleš Bunta, Ph.D., Prof. Mladen Dolar, Ph.D., Asst. Prof. Tadej Troha, Ph.D.

 

The defence will take place in the Hall of the Four Seasons, ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 4, 2nd floor, Ljubljana.

 

Welcome!

 


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Defence of Gavin Keeney’s PhD thesis

Kindly invited to the public defence of Gavin Keeney‘s doctoral dissertation on Friday 31 May 2024 at 10:00 on the PhD programme 3rd cycle Comparative Study of Ideas and Cultures, module Transformations of Modern Thought – Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Culture, with the title:

 

Works for Works: “No Rights”.

 

Summary of the PhD.

 

Mentor: Prof. Jelica Šumič Riha, Ph.D.

Committee: Asst. Prof. Rok Benčin, Ph.D., Prof. Petra Čeferin, Ph.D., Cindy Zeiher, Ph.D.

 

The defence will take place in the Hall of the Four Seasons, ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 4, 2nd floor, Ljubljana.

 

You are kindly invited!

 


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Defence of Ante Jerić’s PhD thesis

Kindly invited to the public defence of Ante Jerić‘s doctoral dissertation on Tuesday 28 May 2024 at 10:00 on the PhD programme 3rd cycle Comparative Study of Ideas and Cultures, module Transformations of Modern Thought – Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Culture, with the title:

 

The Irreducibility of Consciousness.

 

 

Summary of the PhD.

 

Mentor: Prof. Jelica Šumič Riha, Ph.D.

Committee: Asst. Prof. Rok Benčin, Ph.D., Asst. Prof. Jernej Habjan, Ph.D., Cindy Zeiher, Ph.D.

 

The defence will take place in the Hall of the Four Seasons, ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 4, 2nd floor, Ljubljana.

 

You are kindly invited!

 


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Defence of Rebecca Rose’s PhD thesis

Kindly invited to the public defence of Rebecca Rose‘s doctoral dissertation on Wednesday 22 May 2024 at 10:00 on the PhD programme 3rd cycle Comparative Study of Ideas and Cultures, module Transformations of Modern Thought – Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Culture, with the title:

 

Tensing maternal time.

 

Summary of the PhD.

 

Mentor: Prof. Jelica Šumič Riha, Ph.D.

Committee: Asst. Prof. Rok Benčin, Ph.D., Asst. Prof. Jernej Habjan, Ph.D., Cindy Zeiher, Ph.D.

 

The defence in English language and will take place in the Hall of the Four Seasons, ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 4, 2nd floor, Ljubljana.

 

You are kindly invited!


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