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

11.06.2025.

Public lecture

Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin will hold a public lecture on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM at the Croatian State Archives as part of the film program The new look of Zagreb in the second half of the 20th century on the silver screen, organized by film archivist Juraj Kukoč from the Croatian Film Archive at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The program is being held on the occasion of the International Archives Week dedicated to the topic of Arhi(V)tektura.

The lecture by dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin is also the first public lecture realized as part of the project Housing.Yu – “The Right to a Flat”: The Production of Space for Everyday Living in Yugoslavia (1945-1991), which has been implemented at the Institute of Art History since June 1, 2025 with the support of the ERC Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council.

The Arhi(V)tekture program of the Croatian State Archives is available here.

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. Before a full audience, the introductory remarks were delivered by Dr Petar Prelog, Scientific Advisor and President of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Art History, on behalf of the Director of the Institute of Art History and Academician Dr Katarina Horvat-Levaj. The…

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City Networks in Europe and Beyond

09.09.2026.

Conference participation Lidija Butković Mićin, PhD, Igor Duda, PhD, Mejrema Zatrić Šahović, PhD, Hana Bečeić and Antun Dulibić, members of the research team of the ERC project Housing.Yu – “The Right to Housing: Production of Spaces of Everyday Life in Yugoslavia (1945–1991)”, participated with presentations at the 17th Conference of the European Association for Urban History (EAUH), “City Networks in Europe and Beyond”, held in Barcelona from 2 to 5 September 2026. More information and the conference programme are available…

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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 organising committee. The workshop was held from 26 to 29 August 2026 at the Faculty of Humanities of Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, organised by…

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

08.09.2026.

Public presenation Invitation to the book presentation Aleksander Laslo: Zagreb – architecture, architects INVITATION The Institute of Art History and the Zagreb Society of Architects invite you to the presentation of the book Aleksander Laslo: Zagreb – Architecture, Architects, published by the Institute of Art History in 2025 and edited by Tamara Bjažić Klarin, PhD. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 6 p.m., at the address Trg bana Josipa Jelačića 3/1, in Zagreb Society of…

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

30.07.2026.

As part of the study trip, members of the research team of the ERC project Housing.Yu – “The right to housing: the production of everyday living space in Yugoslavia (1945-1991)” visited London and Stockholm in the period from July 5 to 15, 2026. The program included guided thematic visits by prof. Ph.D. Miles Glendinning, Professor at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Scottish Center for Heritage Studies across the St. Pancras and Finsbury, author of the book Mass…

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