Other Project Activities
In addition to conferences and lectures, the DEAGENCY team also organises various events, including symposia, round tables, workshops, and training sessions. Team members actively collaborate with and participate in a wide range of local and international activities.
ROUND TABLE: Dani pisane rijeći – Why read and write?
On 27-28 July 2026, our project researcher Petra Hamer presented her fielwork results at a round table Dani pisane rijeći (Why read and write?) in Debeli brijeg, Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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GUIDED TOUR of Žale Cemetery 2026
On 4 July 2026, participants of the third DEAGENCY international interdisciplinary conference attended a guided tour of Žale Cemetery, led by Miro Gracanin.
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CONFERENCE: IACESR 2026
On 1-3 July 2026 Michal Uhrin presented a paper titled Small Acts, Strong Bonds: Trust, Low-Cost Rituals, and Subtle Religious Signals in Rural Christianity in Slovakia at the 2026 IACESR Conference in Slovakia.
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CONFERENCE: ISFNR – Nature(s) in Narrative
On 14 and 15 June 2026, our project members participated in the ISFNR (International Society for Folk Narrative Research) Conference in Reykjavík, Iceland, titled Nature(s) in Narrative. They participated in the panel Between Worlds: Narratives of the Living and the Dead through Natural Environment and Spatiality, convened by our senior project researcher, Tatiana Bužeková, and…
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LECTURE: Folklore Studies Workshop
On 11 June 2026, our project researchers Emese Ilyefalvi and Ágnes Hesz gave a lecture titled The Living and the Dead in Contemporary Central European Societies at the Folklore Studies Workshop Institute of Ethnology (ELTE Research Centre for Humanities) about the DEAGENCY project and their own preliminary results.
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CONFERENCE: 4th Slovenian Folkloristic Conference: Current research and new challenges in Slovenian folkloristics
On 10 May 2026, our project researchers Mirjam Mencej, Simona K. Zupanc and Tomaž Simetinger presented papers at the 4th Slovenian Folkloristic Conference titled Current research and new challenges in Slovenian folkloristics.
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FIELDTRIP: Ljubljana Geographical Society
On 9 May 20256, our project researcher Simona lead a fieldtrip organised by the Ljubljana Geographical Society in Prekmurje, Slovenia. The fieldtrip was titled Deathscapes and Religious Diversity Along Slovenia’s Northeastern Border and was based on her research.
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PUBLIC TALK: Hospickafe
On 5 May 2026, our researcher Simona K. Zupanc presented anthropological approaches to the study of death, mourning, and the role of the dead in individuals’ lives in Maribor (Hospickafe).
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ERASMUS+ LECTURES: Universidad de Complutense Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología
On 28 and 29 April 2026 Jaka Repič delivered two lectures within framework of Erasmus+ TE at Universidad de Complutense Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología titled Violence, Exile and Homeland in Visual Arts in the Slovenian Diaspora in Argentina and Mass graves and exhumations in Slovenia: Agency of the dead, human remains and…
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WORKSHOP: Presentation of the DEAGENCY Project
On 24 April 2026, our project members presented the DEAGENCY project titled The Roles of the Agency of the Dead in the Lives of Individuals in Contemporary Society to students and staff at Comenius University in Bratislava.
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