Projects

Current projects

Historical interpretations of the 20th century

Program Leader: Prof. Dr. Oto Luthar

Program Leader at UNG: Prof. Dr. Katja Mihurko

Members of the programme group at UNG: Prof. Dr. Katja Mihurko, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ana Toroš, Assoc. Prof. dr. Peter Purg, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kristina Pranjić, Asisst. Dr. Milan Mrđenović

Leading Partner: ZRC SAZU

Sexual desire in Slovenian Women's Writing from a Transnational Perspective N6-0322 (DEWONA)

Project leader: Prof. Dr. Katja Mihurko (Complementary Scheme ERC, ARIS, 1. 12. 2024 – 30. 11. 2026)

Shapes of Shame in Slovenian Literature (J6-60113)

Project leader: Assist Prof. Dr. Ivana Zajc (1. 1. 2025 – 31. 12. 2027)

Call for papers

Cycling Route Female Cyclist

Project leader: Prof. dr. Katja Mihurko

Museum of Transport and Freight Haulage

Project Applicant: Municipality of Divača.

Partners: University of Nova Gorica, University of Primorska

Project Collaborator from the University of Nova Gorica: Assist. Mag. Nikita Peresin Meden

Ljubka’s Path

Project Applicant: Forum of Slavic Cultures

Partners: Lojze Bratuž Cultural Center, University of Nova Gorica

Project Collaborators from the University of Nova Gorica: Prof. Dr. Katja Mihurko, Dr. Vita Žerjal Pavlin, Mag. Laura Brataševec

Promotion of humanistic tourism as an innovative approach to the valorization of cultural history in Slovenia and Montenegro

BI-ME/25-27-008 Cooperation with the University of Kotor

Project leads: Prof. Dr. Katja Mihurko (UNG) and Prof. Dr. Andriela Vitić Četković (University of Kotor)

Participating researcher: Assist. Prof. Dr. Jasna Fakin Bajec

The main objective of the project is to research inherent paradoxes and vulnerabilities in tourism in Slovenia and Montenegro promoting humanistic tourism for well-being of local communities and focusing on touristy-less recognised cultural landscapes. Developing methodology for the in-depth analysis, valorisation, interpretation and management of the cultural heritage in both countries, the project will focus on the consideration of how to valorise the main cultural history values of local communities, content on cultural history on digital platforms and other ways of its interpretation to encourage the visits of responsible tourists as partners of local communities in the protection and transmission of cultural values from generation to generation.

Investigative and Community Art as Ecological Avantgarde

BI-US/24-26-048 - Partnering with Cornell University, NY, USA.

Project lead: Assoc. Prof. Peter Purg, PhD

The project enables comparative analysis of ecologically engaged artistic practices positioned between global environmental discourses and local community struggles. Slovenian researchers collaborate with Cornell University's School of Computing, while the U.S. team builds on existing ties with the University of Nova Gorica from projects like MASTmodule.eu and the Cryptominding exhibition. UNG contributes expertise in historical avant-gardes and media arts, while Cornell brings critical media technology and community-based art research. The project fosters art-science integration and socially engaged research, promoting inclusive knowledge production.

DARIAH Group Women Writers in History

The Slovenian group organized the conference Teaching Women Writers: Exploring the Possibilities of the "NEWW Virtual Research Environment" on November 16, 2017, and hosted a workshop and a meeting of this working group. In January 2024, the group also held a working meeting.