The publication of the anthology is accompanied by an exhibition of visual representations of the poems from the anthology, made by students of the Ljubljana Secondary School of Design and Photography, in the Slovanska Library from 20 September to 30 September 2023.

Coordinators: Namita Subiotto, PhD, Špela Sevšek Šramel, PhD, Faculty of Arts

Dogs have been our companions for thousands of years. Although we share the world, we do not perceive it in the same way. Their eyesight is coloured by fewer colours than ours, they can see better in the dark but have blurry vision and their world is animated by smells and sounds that we can only imagine.

To better understand our dogs and provide them with a good life we should consider their perspective. Join us for a glimpse into how dogs perceive their world through a short film following the typical day of three dogs living in Slovenia.

Film length: approximately 7 minutes

Created by Marie-Claire Pagano

Coordinator: Rajko Muršič, PhD, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

You are cordially invited!

It will present Ljubljana, the Ljubljanica and its bridges in a slightly different light, as Uroš Stepišnik, PhD, and Sašo Stefanovski from the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Arts will accompany the tour with a lecture on Ljubljana and the Ljubljanica river.

The Ponirek boat tour is a donation from the Ljubljana river cruise provider Barka Ljubljanica – Lakercraft d.o.o. to the European Researchers’ Night – Humanities Rock! project and is intended for a private group of students and researchers.

STALLS

New Discoveries about the Human Fish to the Benefit of Humans and the Olm

Coordinators: Peter Trontelj, PhD, and Hans Recknagel, PhD, Biotechnical Faculty

Every Species Needs a Name – Scopoli, a Pioneer of Taxonomy in Slovenia 2023

Coordinators: Peter Trontelj, PhF, and Iztok Tomažič, PhD, Biotechnical Faculty

BUZZ-words – Slovenian and Czech Names of Insects and Their Use in Idioms

Coordinator: Petra Stankovska, PhD, Faculty of Arts

The Animal in Human

Coordinator: Petra Žvab Rožič, PhD, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering

Sweet shop

Coordinator: Irina Milisav, PhD, Faculty of Medicine

The Face Says It All: Pain Assessment in Animals Using Facial Expressions

Coordinator: Alenka Seliškar, PhD, Veterinary Faculty

The Use of Animals for Research Purposes Enables Advances in Medicine and Helps to Improve Animal Welfare

Coordinator: Tatjana Pirman, PhD, Biotechnical Faculty

Viral Diseases: Transmission Route Animal-Human-Animal and Preventing Transmission in the Case of African Swine Fever

Coordinator: Jana Brankovič, PhD, Veterinary Faculty

Masks and Wassailing in Romanian Traditions

Coordinator: Ioanna-Carmen Jieanu, PhD, of the Faculty of Arts

Cat Debate – What does it mean for a cat to be a modern cat?

Coordinator: Pšenica Kovačič of the Minami Kat cat culture centre

The Role of Animals in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age

Coordinators: Manca Vinazza, PhD, and Tamara Leskovar, PhD, Faculty of Arts

Opportunities to Develop Equine-Assisted Activities

Coordinator: Klemen Potočnik, PhD, Biotechnical Faculty

Europa Experience

House of the European Union – Representation of the European Commission and European Parliament Offices in Slovenia

Presentation of the European Researchers’ Night – Humanities Rock! project and research activities in the humanities. European Researchers’ Night prize quiz.

Scientific Research Institute of the Faculty of Arts

Books and science

Scientific publishing house of the Faculty of Arts and Bookstore of the Faculty of Arts

You are cordially invited!

19:00                    Phrenicus Veterinary Faculty Choir, conductor Katja Bogovič, and Faculty    of Arts Choir, conductor Matjaž Barbo, PhD, concert

20:00                     Anbot, concert

21:00                     Angel’s Ex, rock concert

Free entry. You are cordially invited.

Her academic fields are poverty research, social policy, social justice, subject-oriented research approaches with service user involvement, and participatory social work practices.

In a conversation with Saša Jerše, PhD, project leader of the Night, she will present the ASTRA project (Applying Sustainability Transition Research in Social Work tackling Major Societal Challenge of Social Inclusion) in which she participates – a project that received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.

In the project, she researches the topic The Social Consequences of Care Migration for Local Communities and its Women in Serbia, and the conversation will also touch on issues such as why is it important to address, also in academic field, social poverty and social justice; what is the impact of her work as a researcher on citizens’ daily lives; and how could we stimulate the interest of young people in research and scientific careers?

You are cordially invited!

The project aims to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the role of the dead in the lives of individuals in contemporary society.

Rather than seeing individuals’ experiences of the dead as mere expressions of ‘folk belief’ or symbols and metaphors for cultural and social problems and changes, the project will consider the dead as active agents in the relationships between individuals and broader social and cultural processes.

As part of the project, Prof. Mencej and her team of researchers will explore how the dead influence individuals’ thoughts, values and behaviour; how they are involved in their social relations; and what impact they have on individuals within the broader social, cultural and political context.

The project will involve ten researchers from Slovenia and abroad, with ethnographic research in Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Prof. Uršula Čebron Lipovec, PhD, Head of the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, will talk to Prof. Mirjam Mencej, PhD, about the ERC project DEAGENCY and her research work.

You are cordially invited!

The activities of the Night will take place in the Mestni trg Square, Ljubljana Town Hall and Pritličje, as well as in many other locations in Ljubljana. You can also join us in Maribor, Cerknica and Vipava!

OPENING CEREMONY

11:00                     Opening Ceremony of the Night

Flute trio of the Faculty of Arts: Lea Pinter, Neža Verbovšek and Ana Sodja

Song about the project by Ema Krečič and Matjaž Barbo, PhD

Welcome speeches by Sašo Jerše, PhD, project leader, Jerneja Jug Jerše, PhD, Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia, and Stojan Sorčan, PhD,  National Contact Point for Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions at the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation

PRESENTATIONS

12:00                     UL Career Centers at the European Researchers’ Night

Coordinators: Sabina Mikuletič Zalaznik, UL Career Centers, Zala Simčič, Alumni Club Development Service.

16:00                     Learn about Falconry

Nejc Nastran will give a presentation on falconry. Coordinator: Mateja Gaber, PhD, Faculty of Arts.

CONCERTS AND EVENING EVENTS

19:00                    Phrenicus Veterinary Faculty Choir, conductor Katja Bogovič, and Faculty  of Arts Students Choir, conductor Matjaž Barbo, PhD, concert

20:00                     Anbot, concert

21:00                     Angel’s Ex, rock concert

Free entry. You are cordially invited.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the anthology The Little Beasts of Rezija, the Faculty of Education partnered with the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (UL ALUO) in the framework of the European Researchers’ Night – Humanities Rock! project, launching an activity on the theme of animal tales from Rezija.

The Faculty of Education prepared a short introduction to the fairy tales of Rezija and invited Luigia Negro, a storyteller from the Museum of the People of Rezija, to participate. Under the guidance of Suzi Bricelj from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, students from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, majoring in Illustration, illustrated some of the fairy tales from the collection The Little Beasts of Rezija.

From 16 January to 13 February, the illustrations were exhibited at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, and from 3 April to 5 May 2023 at the Damir Fiegel Library in Gorizia, Italy. The exhibition of their illustrations was open from 21 August to 29 September at Peti štuk Art Gallery at the Faculty of Arts, and from 23 September onwards the illustrations are on display at the Krpan Gallery in Cerknica, as part of the European Cultural Heritage Days.

At the main event of the European Researchers’ Night, the heritage of Rezijan folk tales and illustrations by ALUO students will be presented by Milena Mileva Blažić, PhD, and Suzi Bricelj. Luigia Negro, President of the Museum of the Ressian People and a storyteller from Rezija, will tell tales from the collection The Little Beasts of Rezija (1973-2023) in Ressian.

You are cordially invited!

Illustration: Zala N. Doupona

Project coordinator: Milena Mileva Blažić, PhD, Faculty of Education

We will take a peek into the rarities room, where particularly valuable books are kept, and learn about the interdisciplinary character of research.

In a literary workshop, students will juxtapose the world of people and the world of animals in the poetry of Vitomil Zupan and the Czech poet I.M. Jirous. Among other things, we will have the opportunity to listen to the presentation of the book Man to Animal and Animal to Man in Contemporary Slavic Poetry, published as part of the European Researchers’ Night project.

There will also be an exhibition of visual representations of poetry by students of the Ljubljana School of Design and Photography.

The workshops will take place within the framework of the activities Two Birds with One Stone and Man to Animal, Animal to Man in Contemporary Slavic Poetry. They will be suitable for pupils of the 7, 8 and 9 grade of primary school.

List of workshops:

– Jana Šnytová, PhD, Katja Rupret Perne: The World of People and the World of Animals in the Poetry of Vitomil Zupan and Ivan M. Jirous

– Tomaž Miško: Rakom žvižgat!

– Kristina Košič Humar. Steinberg’s Gründliche Nachricht von […] Czirknitzer-See […] or What and how our written cultural heritage of the 18th century says about nature, the animal world and man’s relationship to it

– Simona Pečenik: What does Brencelj do in the library?

– Špela Sevšek Šramel, PhD: Presentation of the anthology and exhibition of art works Man to Animal and Animal to Man in Contemporary Slavic Poetry.

Coordinators: Hotimir Tivadar, PhD, Špela Sevšek Šramel, PhD (Department of Slovene Studies, Department of Slavistics, Faculty of Arts), Tomaž Miško, Erika Marolt (Slovanska Library).