Unesco Chair at UP FHŠ

🎓 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐇Š

📅On 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, as part of the course 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (Heritage Tourism program at UP FHŠ & UPFTŠ and Archaeological Heritage of Europe and the Mediterranean at UP FHŠ), we hosted 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 Slovenian experts in the field of world heritage and conservation. 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐚ž Š𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐚, 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐎𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐣𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐯č𝐢č presented a 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 and the 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥, offering valuable insights into contemporary heritage protection and management practices.

The lecture was organized within the framework of the 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝟒𝐄𝐔 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 and the 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, in collaboration with 𝐙𝐕𝐊𝐃𝐒 and the 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧.

Thank you to our guest lecturers and listeners for an informative session!

📣 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟗)

We are pleased to announce that a new Mandate will begin in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, lasting until the 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟗.
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐫. 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫 will remain the chairholder, while the 𝐜𝐨-𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 in the new mandate is 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐫. 𝐍𝐞ž𝐚 Č𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐜.

The 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, based at the 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐤𝐚, participates in the faculty's pedagogical process in 𝟏𝐬𝐭, 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬, and is also involved in numerous 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬. Its members are actively involved in the 𝐓𝟒𝐄𝐔 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, especially in WP4 and WP7, where they lead the 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞.

Each year the Chair organizes 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, attracting students and young professionals from around the world. The chairholder represents all 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 within the 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎, and the Chair currently also serves as their coordinator.

In the new mandate, the UNESCO Chair will continue to deliver its 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, while further expanding its network through collaboration with other 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬, 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞, as well as with the 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞, our traditional partner. At the beginning of 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, the Chair will once again host 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 at a professional meeting.

📌 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐄-𝐑𝐈𝐇𝐒.𝐬𝐢 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞!

The third annual 𝐄-𝐑𝐈𝐇𝐒.𝐬𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 – the central national event in the field of heritage science – took place on 𝟏𝟖–𝟏𝟗 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, hosted by the 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐤𝐚, 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. This year’s conference was held at 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐄 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐳𝐨𝐥𝐚. The event was co-organized by the representatives of the 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫, Assoc. Prof. 𝗭𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗰́ and Assist. Prof. 𝐍𝐞ž𝐚 Č𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐜, and was joined by the chairholder, Prof. 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫.

The conference brought together researchers, experts, students, conservators-restorers, and policymakers with the aim of 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.

The programme of the conference featured:
🏆 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲
🎤 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞
📝 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
🔬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫

✏️The conference focused on the latest analytical methods, digital transformation, materials research, conservation strategies, and participatory approaches to protecting and understanding cultural heritage.

🏛️ 𝐋𝐚𝐯𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐏 𝐅𝐇𝐒̌

🗓️ On Wednesday, 𝟏𝟐 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 at 𝟔:𝟎𝟎 𝐩.𝐦.
📍Location: Lecture Hall MAESTRAL 4, UP FHŠ

We invite you to the second guest lecture accompanying 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐚 — the Lavrin Egyptian Evening, organized by the SLOVENILE research group. The authors of the exhibition, restorer 𝐌𝐢𝐡𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐫. (National Gallery) and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐜̌𝐤𝐢 (University of Ljubljana), will present fascinating archival material related to the Nubian campaign, highlighting the significance of Yugoslav and Slovenian participation in this preservation effort.

The lecture will also explore numerous archaeological sites where artifacts from the campaign were found, and where the Slovenian expedition, led by Miha Pirnat, carried out its work.

🏺GUEST LECTURE at UP FHŠ: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭: 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 🏺

📆 Tuesday, 28 October 2025, at 5:00 PM
📍 Lecture Hall MAESTRAL 3, UP FHŠ
🔹 The lecture will be held in English.

As part of the exhibition Yugoslav Cooperation in UNESCO's Action to Save Nubian Monuments (1963–1964), the UNESCO Chair, the Institute of Archaeology and Heritage, and the Department of Archaeology and Heritage at the UP FHŠ invite you to a guest lecture by 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐃𝐫. 𝗔𝗯𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗸 𝗘𝗹𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗮𝗿, professor of Heritage Sciences and Scientific Advisor at the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana. Since 2024 he has been a guest lecturer in the Cultural Heritage Programme at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska.

✅𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗸𝗮

Between September 4 and 5, 2025, the University of Primorska was a hub for researchers from various disciplines, brought together by the question: What role does heritage play in today's rapidly changing world, where we are witnessing constant changes in climate, society, and politics?

Both doctoral students and young researchers gathered in Koper at the Faculty of Humanities for a networking event organized by the 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦4𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. They have exchanged experiences, working methods, and in mutual dialogue explored ideas for future cooperation.

The event was organized and led by:

🔹Assist. Prof. Neža Čebron Lipovec

🔹Prof. Daniela Koleva (University of Sofia)

🔹Prof. Irena Lazar

🔹Assoc. Prof. Zrinka Mileusnić

Together, they sought synergies in interactive workshops that encouraged lively and active participation and discussion.

🎤On the first day, the event coincided with the 𝗧𝟰𝗘𝗨 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗳𝗲́ on the topic of 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲.
Critical heritage studies today are primarily devoted to the analysis of discursive practices of defining and using heritage — i.e. the constant reflection and redefinition of cultural values by various factors. Assist. Prof. Neža Čebron Lipovec (UP FHŠ), together with Prof. Daniela Koleva (University of Sofia), led a discussion on views of heritage in the post-socialist era. The discussion was moderated by Prof. Irena Lazar, head of the UNESCO Chair at UP FHŠ, who guided the debate with questions on what kind of critical heritage the speakers deal with in their research, what impact the rapidly changing world has on heritage, and what is role does heritage play in the modern world.