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On Thursday, 24 October 2024, the Academic Reading Room of Aleš Debeljak hosted the second Fusnota – an event aimed at reviewing the results of the previous academic year and exploring the creative dimensions of cultural studies. This year's Fusnota was festive, as it was held in the context of the 30th anniversary of the Department of Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana.

The MEMPOP Loading: Regional Perspectives on Memory, Popular Culture and Cultural Studies two-day international workshop that took place on June 6-7, 2024 at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljanafeatured a selection of presentations on diverse current research and stressed the need for more interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary popular culture. The workshop concluded with an initiative to establish a regional network bringing together cultural studies scholars in and from Central and South-Eastern Europe.

Organized as part of the 30th anniversary of the Department of Cultural Studies, the two-day event offers a platform for popular culture and collective memory researchers from Central and Southeastern Europe to discuss their ongoing research on popular music, film, murals, and video games as mnemonic media embedded into complex configurations of people, technologies, policies, and markets.