The essay “Muzej norosti: Zapiski z zadnje postaje” in Slovenian language by Sonja Bezjak chronicles the transformation of the stigmatized castle Cmurek in Trate, Slovenia, into the Muzej norosti (Museum of Madness). Trate, historically marginalized and once home to a large psychiatric institution, bore the weight of societal stigma associated with mental illness. After the closure of the institution…
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On April 16 Martina Bofulin organized an online event hosted by the CHERN (China in Europe Network) Working Group on Migration and Labour. The event began with a short presentation of the book Chinese Espresso: Contested Race & Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy (Princeton University Press, 2024) by author Grazia Ting Deng, and was followed by a conversation between the author…
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The Riječki filološki dani Symposium has been held in Rijeka (Croatia) since 1994. This year, the 14th meeting in April 2025, Tjaša Jakop was also present. In the Transgression in Philology section, she presented a paper entitled Obravnava izbranih tabuiziranih pomenov v slovenskem jezikoslovju (Overview of selected taboo meanings in Slovenian linguistics), together with a…
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