Sport and Olympic movement in the history of Slovenian space

Students are introduced to the phenomenon of sport in different historical periods, with a focus on the modern era. Through the historical treatment, they will learn about activities or practices that have been recognized as a sport in the context of the modern era and have gained homeland in the Slovenian wider and narrower environment and neighbourhood. They will become acquainted with the contribution of Slovenes to civic sports culture and will be able to make critical analyses and reflections.

Enrollment in postgraduate studies.

Sport as a part of general culture can be followed in history through different periods and environments. Art, archaeological artefacts and linguistic heritage bear witness to its historicity, as some expressions, such as gymnastics, taken into modern languages. The roots of modern sport lead us from the Renaissance-humanistic and Enlightenment involvement of physical practices in pedagogical discourses to the integration of leisure games, physical exercise and the discovery of mountains or nature based on club organization. In the transition from late medieval society to modern society, sport was social innovation and adaptation to modernist changes. It became a ‘sui generis’ (self-sufficient) activity, a part of general culture and a mean of education and with events supported popular culture. As part of sports competitions, the Olympic Games were restored, taking over the ancient time pattern and becoming an element of sports-cultural modern uniformity, including the peculiarities and promotion of national environments, entities and countries.
Comparisons with the development in European countries will shed light on what is happening in the Slovenian area and in the immediate inter-neighbouring area, where activities were intertwined with various ideological and cultural patterns of Slovenians and other compatriots.

Through the study of phenomena and development, students learn and understand one of the social subsystems (sport), terminological changes and puzzles, and stereotypes related or similar to the wider environment. They will learn and understand the connectivity and contribution of the Slovenian space to the neighbouring and international space.

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• Miller David: Athens to Athens. Edinburgh&London: 2003. E-version
• Swaddling Judith: The Ancient Olympic Games. Austin: 1999. E-version
• Pavlin Tomaž: Moderna olimpijska tekmovanja. Keria, 2015, XVII, 1, str. 83-99. E-version
• Pavlin Tomaž: Sokolstvo na Slovenskem. V: Ko je Soko taj Jugosloven. Beograd: Muzej Jugosalvije, 2016 E-version
• Pavlin Tomaž: »Športna zgodba, stkana iz dejavnosti tisočev«: osamosvojitev in šport, tranzicija in dileme. V Četrt stoletja Republike Slovenije – izzivi, dileme, pričakovanja (ur. Mojca Šorn, Gašparič Jure). Ljubljana: INZ, 2016, str. 85-95. E-version
• Rupel Aldo, Telesna kultura med Slovenci v Italiji. Trst: 1981.

Seminar paper (30 %) and oral exam (70 %).

Ph.D. Tomaž Pavlin is habilitated teacher and researcher of culture of sport in modern history, with specialisation in topics of gymnastics, sports and Olympic movement.

• Pavlin Tomaž. Jugoslovanski Sokol. V: Pavlin T. (ur.). Naša pot: 150 let ustanovitve Južnega Sokola in sokolskega gibanja na Slovenskem. Ljubljana: Fakulteta za šport, 2014, str. 100–134,
• Pavlin Tomaž. Ni pomembno zmagatai, pač pa se dobro boriti ali slovenska olimpijska pot. V: Podpečnik, Jože (ur.), Pörš, Simona (ur.). Sabljanje: veščina, tradicija, šport : zbornik ob 100–letnici osvojitve srebrne olimpijske medalje Rudolfa Cvetka. Ljubljana: Narodni muzej Slovenije, 2012, str. 89–100,
• Pavlin Tomaž. "V pesti sila, v srcu odločnost, v mislih domovina": telovadba in šport v stari Jugoslaviji. V: Štepec, Marko, et al. 1918–1941. Ljubljana: Muzej novejše zgodovine Slovenije, 2011, str. 70–85,
• Pavlin Tomaž. Primorska omladina noče stati ob strani : Primorci in šport v Ljubljani 1920–1941. V: Štih, Peter (ur.), Balkovec, Bojan (ur.). Migracije in slovenski prostor od antike do danes, (Zbirka Zgodovinskega časopisa, ISSN 1408-3531, 39). Ljubljana: Zveza zgodovinskih društev Slovenije, 2010, str. 328–345,
• Pavlin Tomaž. Športna (telovadna, strelska, planinska in športna) društva. V: Brglez, Alja (ur.), Vogrinec, Barbara (ur.). Društvena in klubska kultura v Sloveniji, (Zbirka Zbiralnik, 9). Ljubljana: Inštitut za civilizacijo in kulturo - ICK, 2004, str. 121–147,
• Pavlin Tomaž: Moderna olimpijska tekmovanja. Keria, 2015, XVII, 1, str. 83-99.
  -Pavlin Tomaž: Sokolstvo na Slovenskem. V: Ko je Soko taj Jugosloven. Beograd: Muzej Jugosalvije, 2016
  -Pavlin Tomaž: »Športna zgodba, stkana iz dejavnosti tisočev«: osamosvojitev in šport, tranzicija in dileme. V Četrt stoletja Republike Slovenije – izzivi, dileme, pričakovanja (ur. Mojca Šorn, Gašparič Jure). Ljubljana: INZ, 2016, str. 85-95.