Research Work

Ability to think critically about a given topic in humanities and to search for relevant data;
ability to solve problems specific to the humanities through research;
team work.

No prerequisites.

The course is divided into three parts. In the first, introductory part, all students attend common introductory lectures covering each of the three fields (or tracks) of study. The introductory lectures will present select and foundational methodologies of research in each of the three fields and thereby constitute departure points for group research in the course. In the second part, students will be divided into groups irrespectively of the track in which they are enrolled. In this part, each group will carry out a research project on a pre-defined topic. The research work is carried out under the supervision of mentors with whom the students have regular contact. The supervisor, in his/her role as mentor, guides, advises and supervises the students in their research. In the third part of the course, students present the results of their research in a plenary seminar. The presentation can be joint or individual, depending on how the research work has been carried out.

ability to generate an original research topic in a particular subfield of the humanities on the basis of previous academic experience
understanding of the specifics of doing research in a group
ability to search for literature and relevant data for one’s own research
ability to present the results of one’s own research to both specialized and general audiences, with a focus on the connection between science, civil society and other sectors

Readings defined and agreed by the professors in charge of the course.

Final report with oral presentation 100 %.

Prof. dr. Franc Marušič teaches linguistics at the School of Humanities and the Graduate School of the University of Nova Gorica. His primary area of interest is syntax, mostly explored on Slovenian data. He is also involved in studies exploring the relations between language and other cognitive functions, sociolinguistics and language consultancy.

Selection of articles:
MARUŠIČ, Franc, ŽAUCER, Rok, SAKSIDA, Amanda, SULLIVAN, Jessica, SKORDOS, Dimitrios, WANG, Yiqiao, BARNER, David. 2021. Do children derive exact meanings pragmatically? : evidence from a dual morphology language. Cognition 207, [COBISS.SI-ID 42393347],
MARUŠIČ, Franc, ŽAUCER, Rok. 2021 Investigation of Slovenian copular agreement. V: FRANKS, Steven, TIMBERLAKE, Alan, WIETECKA, Anna W (ur.) Selected proceedings of the 14th meeting of the Slavic linguistics society : in honor of Peter Kosta. Berlin [etc.]: Peter Lang. Str. 141-170. [COBISS.SI-ID 95704579].
MARUŠIČ, Franc, ŽAUCER, Rok. 2021. Dual in Slovenian. V: HOFFHER, Patricia Cabredo (ur.). The Oxford handbook of grammatical number. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Str. 428-444. [COBISS.SI-ID 72925187]
MARUŠIČ, Franc, SHEN, Zheng. 2021. Gender Agreement with Exclusive Disjunction in Slovenian
Acta Linguistica Academica 68(4): 516-535. [COBISS.SI-ID 84895491]
SCHNEIDER, Rose M., SULLIVAN, Jessica, MARUŠIČ, Franc, ŽAUCER, Rok, BISWAS, Priyanka, MIŠMAŠ, Petra, PLESNIČAR, Vesna, BARNER, David. 2020. Do children use language structure to discover the recursive rules of counting?. Cognitive psychology, 117. [COBISS.SI-ID 5520635]
MARUŠIČ, Franc, MIŠMAŠ, Petra, ŽAUCER, Rok. 2020. Zakaj velika okrogla rdeča čestitka in ne rdeča velika okrogla čestitka? : poskus razlage nezaznamovane stave pridevnikov. V: KRAJNC IVIČ, Mira (ur.), ŽELE, Andreja (ur.). Pogled v jezik in iz jezika : Adi Vidovič Muha ob jubileju. Maribor: Univerzitetna založba, 2020. Str. 103-115. [COBISS.SI-ID 21145603]

Assoc. prof. dr. Ivana Zajc works in the fields of digital humanities, literary theory, narratology, literature didactics, and the history of emotions. She teaches at the School of Humanities, University of Nova Gorica, and is a researcher at the Research Centre for the Humanities at the same university.

1.) MIHURKO, Katja, ZAJC, Ivana, ILIN, Darko, MARINKOVIĆ, Mila. Analize omrežij v elektronski zbirki Pisma: vidik metapodatkov in semantičnih povezav besedišča. Primerjalna književnost. avg. 2024, letn. 47, št. 2, str. 31-44.
2.) ZAJC, Ivana. Analiza 90 slovenskih romanov in opusa Ivana Cankarja z računalniško stilometrijo. Primerjalna književnost. avg. 2024, letn. 47, št. 2, str. 113-126.
3.) ZAJC, Ivana. Becoming a woman writer: the self-representations in the letters of woman writers of the Slovene moderna. Literaturna misʺl. 2023, vol. 66, no. 2.
4.) ZAJC, Ivana. Scoring of essays in L1 in the secondary school-leaving exam. Pedagoška obzorja: časopis za didaktiko in metodiko. 2023, letn. 38, št. 1, str. 19-31.
5.) ZAJC, Ivana. Kaj je literarna zmožnost in kako jo preverjamo z maturitetnim esejem. V Novi Gorici: Založba Univerze, 2023.
6.) ZAJC, Ivana, PURG, Peter. Digitalna humanistika in literatura. Nova Gorica: Založba Univerze, 2023.

In his research, Dr. Oto Luthar focuses on issues of history and historiography, philosophy of history, history of modern intellectual practices, historical revisionism, modern history of ideas and cultural history of the Great War.
In 2011, Dr Luthar was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour, a recognition of his endeavours for improvement of collaboration between ZRC and Austrian institutions in the fields of history, history of art, ethnology, Slavistics, musicology and philosophy.
Dr Luthar is member of the International Advisory Board of the Institute for Culture Studies and Theatre History of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and member of the External Advisory Board of the Centre for the Study of the Balkans, Goldsmiths College, University of London; member of the permanent delegation of the Republic of Slovenia for cooperation in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) and member of its academic work group; and member of the National Geographic Slovenia Editorial board.