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Presentation of the Book “Aleksander Laslo: Zagreb – Architecture, Architects”

18.09.2026.

On 16 September 2026, the book “Aleksander Laslo: Zagreb – Architecture, Architects”, edited by Dr Tamara Bjažić Klarin and published by the Institute of Art History in 2025, was presented at the Zagreb Society of Architects.

City Networks in Europe and Beyond

09.09.2026.

Conference participation

Socialism and the Sea

09.09.2026.

Doctoral workshop participation Antun Dulibić, research assistant on the Housing.Yu project, presented the paper “Crossing the Sea: The Conference of Adriatic Cities of Yugoslavia and Italy”, devoted to the Conference of Adriatic Cities of Yugoslavia and Italy (1975–1988) as a form of inter-municipal cooperation across the Cold War divide, and also served on the workshop’s […]

Book presentation: “Aleksander Laslo: Zagreb – arhitektura, arhitekti”

08.09.2026.

The presentation of the book by Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 6 p.m., at the premises of the Zagreb Society of Architects.

Housing.Yu team on a study trip in London and Stockholm

30.07.2026.

Members of the research team of the ERC project Housing.Yu, visited London and Stockholm from July 5 to 15, 2026.

Dr Tamara Bjažić Klarin interviewed by Jutarnji list

29.07.2026.

Dr Tamara Bjažić Klarin, Principal Investigator of the ERC project Housing.Yu is featured in an interview published on the 18 July 2026 in an edition of Jutarnji list.

Art in Society

30.06.2026.

Conference participation Members of the research team Housing.Yu are participating in the international conference Art in Society.

Research Stay in Warsaw

18.06.2026.

Assistant Hana Bečeić visited Warsaw from 7 to 13 June 2026.

Research Stay in Belgrade

15.06.2026.

Frano Petar Zovko stayed in Belgrade from 31 May to 5 June 2026.

Housing.Yu week in Pula

10.06.2026.

A part of Housing.Yu team members stayed at the Centre for Cultural and Historical Research of Socialism in Pula from June 1 to 5, 2026.

Meeting and conversation with Duška Boban at Spot Gallery

27.05.2026.

Housing.Yu team members met with an artist Duška Boban on May 20, 2026.

Research Stay in Belgrade

26.05.2026.

Hana Bečeić and Saša Vejzagić stayed in Belgrade from 17 to 223 May 2026.

Cultural History of Collective Housing and Commercial Urbanism

19.05.2026.

Public lecture Lea Horvat and Ivana Mihaela Žimbrek will deliver public lectures on the cultural history of collective housing and commercial urbanism on Friday, 29 May 2026 at the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb.

Research Stay in Berlin

13.05.2026.

Prof. Igor Duda and research assistant Antun Dulibić held a presentation at the Institute of Historical Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin during their stay there.

“Radna skupina Varaždin” visits the Institute

11.05.2026.

As part of their study visit to Zagreb, "Radna skupina Varaždin” visits the Institute on May 8, 2026.

Housing.Yu Team on a Study Trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina

20.04.2026.

As part of their stay from April 9 to 14, 2026, the Housing.Yu team visited Sarajevo, Zenica, Mostar, and Banja Luka.

Laboratory of housing construction between East and West

08.04.2026.

Invited public lecture Dr. sc. Tamara Bjažić Klarin will hold a public lecture on 9 April 2026 at the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.

Right to Housing: Projects, Policies, and Knowledge Exchange after the Second World War

07.04.2026.

Call for papers for the conference "Right to Housing: Projects, Policies, and Knowledge Exchange after the Second World War".

Research Stay at Belgrade

03.03.2026.

A part of members of Housing.Yu team conducted fieldwork and archival research in Belgrade from 15 to 21 February 2026.

Research Stay in Ljubljana

17.02.2026.

Frano Petar Zovko stayed in Ljubljana from 10 to 12 February, 2026.

Research Stay in London

11.02.2026.

Frano Petar Zovko stayed in London from 25 to 31 January 2026.

Public lecture by Saša Vejzagić about large Production Enterprises in Yugoslavia

05.02.2026.

Saša Vejzagić delivered a lecture named "Large Production Enterprises in Yugoslavia: Business Systems, Development Strategies and Social Transformations" on 28 January 2026, at the Faculty of Humanities in Pula.

Research Stay in Stockholm

29.01.2026.

Hana Bečeić was in Stockholm from 18 to 25 January 2026 with a focus on reading and documenting Swedish professional periodicals.

Tamara Bjažić Klarin participated in a National Information Day of ERC

18.12.2025.

On 10 December 2025, Principal Investigator and head of the project Housing.Yu, Dr Tamara Bjažić Klarin participated on a panel of National Information Day of ERC.

The First Knowledge Transfer Workshop within the Housing.Yu Project

17.12.2025.

On 5 December 2025, a knowledge transfer workshop was on the topics of: “The Political History of Socialist Yugoslavia,” “The Economic History of Socialist Yugoslavia,” and “The Social History of Socialist Yugoslavia”.

National Information Day of the European Research Council

05.12.2025.

Dr Tamara Bjažić Klarin is participating in the National Information Day of the European Research Council, on December 10, 2025 at the National and University Library in Zagreb.

Interview with Professor Miles Glendinning

05.12.2025.

On December 9, 2025, Professor Miles Glendinning will participate in the show at the Third Program of Croatian Television “Art”.

A Modern Vernacular? Mass Housing as a Place-specific European Heritage

27.11.2025.

Public Lecture Prof. Miles Glendinning will give a public invited lecture on December 3, 2025 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb.

Housing.Yu Team Explores Modernist Residential Architecture of Slavonia and Dalmatia

27.11.2025.

From 13 to 18 November 2025, ERC project Housing.Yu undertook a study trip through undertook a study trip visiting Osijek, Borovo Naselje, Slavonski Brod, Lički Osik, Zadar, Šibenik, Split and Ogulin..

How Was Split Built During Socialism?

14.11.2025.

A public discussion will be held in FGAG Council Chamber on November 17, 2025 with architects and urbanists: Eduardo Katačić, Dinko Kovačić, and Tonko Mladina.

Surveilled Modernity: Images and Housing in Franco’s Spain (1939–1975)

03.11.2025.

Beatriz García Moreno gave a lecture at the Institute of Art History as the conclusion of a research study stay.

Housing.Yu Team on a Study Trip Through Slovenia

03.11.2025.

Members of the ERC research team visited relevant examples of Slovenian planned construction during the Yugoslav era as part of a five-day study tour.

Construction of Nove Fužine: A Conversation with Architect Vladimir Brezar

15.10.2025.

*Due to a participant's illness, the scheduled event did not take place. A new date will be announced at a later time.

Women Architects under State Socialism

14.10.2025.

Dr Lidija Butković Mićin participated with a presentation at the international online symposium “Women Architects under State Socialism”.

Beatriz García Moreno on a research study visit at the Institute

25.09.2025.

A predoctoral researcher at the National University of Distance Education, Beatriz García Moreno, will undertake a one month research stay at the Institute of Art History.

Housing.Yu Team in Pula, Rijeka, Labin, and Raša

24.09.2025.

Members of Housing.Yu participated in a n international conference, a digital humanities workshop, and field visits in Istria.

Introduction to Zotero for team members of the ERC project Housing.Yu

11.09.2025.

A workshop led by Irena Šimić and Dr. Danko Zelić introduced Zotero to members of the Housing.Yu team.

The Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture

03.09.2025.

Dr Tamara Bjažić Klarin and Dr Mejrema Zatrić Šahović, members of the Housing.Yu team, participated in writing "The Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture 1960–2020".

Systems of Governance

02.09.2025.

Antun Dulibić, a research assistant participated in doctoral workshop in Pula.

Research Stay at Pula

03.08.2025.

Antun Dulibić, a doctoral student and member of the research team of the ERC project Housing.Yu, spent five days on a research stay in Pula.

Workshop on VANIS for ERC Housing.Yu Project

20.06.2025.

The workshop "Introduction to VANIS - Visual Artists Network Information System" was held by Ph.D. Ljiljana Kolešnik for members of the research team of the ERC project Housing.Yu.

ERC Housing.Yu Project Team Visited Ljubljana

20.06.2025.

Part of members of the Housing.Yu team visited the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana on June 18, 2025.

Kick-off meeting of the ERC project Housing.Yu

18.06.2025.

The first meeting of the Housing.Yu project was held by the head of the Documentation Unit of the Institute of Art History, Irena Šimić.

Visit to the Center for Cultural and Historical Research of Socialism in Pula

13.06.2025.

On June 12, 2025, doctoral student Antun Dulibić visited the Center for Cultural and Historical Research of Socialism at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Juraj Dobrila University in Pula.

The New Look of Zagreb in the Second Half of the 20th Century on the Screen

11.06.2025.

Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin will hold a public lecture on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at the Croatian State Archives.

Field visit to the Croatian State Archives and Kockica

11.06.2025.

Members of the research team of the ERC project Housing.Yu joined parts of the fieldwork of students of the graduate study of history at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula led by Prof. Dr. Igor Duda.

Open House Days

30.04.2025.

Public program in Zagreb on May 6th and 7th, 2025 and Split on May 16th, 2025.

Right to Housing: the Production of Spaces of Everyday Life in Yugoslavia (1945-1991)

21.03.2025.

The research conducted under the project HOUSING.YU – Right to Housing: The Production of Spaces of Everyday Life in Yugoslavia (1945–1991) explores the production of everyday living spaces in Yugoslavia (1945–1991), which still constitutes about 60–70% of the current housing stock of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. The project employs a […]

Cooperation of the ERC project signed in Pula

12.02.2025.

The Centre for Cultural and Historical Research of Socialism (CKPIS) of the Juraj Dobrila University in Pula and the Institute for Art History signed a letter of intent on cooperation on 25 February 2025 in Pula.

A talk about the Housing.Yu project in the HRT show Art a la Carte

12.12.2024.

Dr. Sc. Tamara Bjažić Klarin is a guest on the HRT show Art a la Carte on Thursday, December 12, 2024.

Public Presentation of the ERC Project “Right to Housing: the Production of Everyday Living Spaces in Yugoslavia (1945–1991)”

10.12.2024.

The public presentation of the project Housing.Yu, led by Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin was held on the podium of the Institute of Art History on Monday, December 9, 2024.

Public presentation of the ERC project “Right to Housing: the Production of Spaces of Everyday Life in Yugoslavia (1945-1991)“

06.12.2024.

The public presentation of the project Housing.Yu led by Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin will be held on the podium of the Institute of Art History on Monday, December 9, 2024.

Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council awarded to Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin for research on housing in Yugoslavia

03.12.2024.

Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin, a scientific advisor at the Institute of Art History, is the recipient of the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for the project „Right to Housing: The Production of Spaces of Everyday Life in Yugoslavia (1945–1991)“.