On 23 September 2025, the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology hosted an international, interdisciplinary symposium titled “Težavna dediščina množičnih grobišč: izkušnje in primerjave / The Difficult Heritage of Mass Graves: Experiences and Comparisons”, organised by members of the DEAGENCY project as part of the Faculty of Arts’ Year of Heritage.
The symposium addressed the relationship between the existence, discovery and investigation of mass graves and the formation of “difficult heritage” in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and beyond. Specialists from various disciplines, through an interdisciplinary comparison of experiences across different countries, sought to broaden understanding of mass graves in diverse historical periods and to shape approaches to the formation of difficult heritage, alongside a critical reflection on its role in contemporary society.
The cooperation with Department of Archaeology, UL; Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz; and Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies, ZRC SAZU.
