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 “Right to Housing: The Production of Space for Everyday Life in Yugoslavia (1945-1991)” led by Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin, which is supported by the European Research Council (ERC), will be held on Monday, 9 December 2024, starting at 1:00 p.m. on the podium of the Institute of Art History in the building of the Open University (Ulica grada Vukovara 68/3rd floor).

Introductory remarks will be given by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tamara Jurkić Sviben, President of the Governing Board of the Institute, and Dr. Katarina Horvat-Levaj, Director of the Institute. The presentation, moderated by Dr. Petar Prelog, will be attended by the project leader and researchers: Dr. Tamara Bjažić Klarin, Dr. Ljiljana Kolešnik and Irena Šimić (Institute of Art History), Dr. Lidija Butković Mićin (Department of Art History, University of Zadar), Prof. Dr. sc. Igor Duda (Centre for Cultural and Historical Research of Socialism, Juraj Dobrila University in Pula) and Dr. sc. Martina Malešič (Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana).

The ERC is one of the most competitive research project funding programmes within Horizon Europe, intended for experienced scientists. The Housing.Yu project is the first Croatian ERC recipient in the field of humanities to be implemented at the Croatian scientific institution, the Institute of Art History.

More information here.

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