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The Department of Cultural Studies and the Centre for Cultural and Religious Studies are pleased to announce that their member, Prof. Dr. Aleš Črnič, was elected Deputy General Secretary of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR). The election took place at the session of the 23rd IAHR Congress, held on August 26, 2025, in Kraków.

The three-day workshop MEMPOP Ri_loading, held from May 15 to 17, 2025, at various venues across Rijeka—including the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, ExLibris Bookstore, Galerija Filodrammatica, and Klub Palach—provided space for interdisciplinary dialogue on the intersections of history, popular culture, memory-making, digital humanities, and the evolving field of cultural studies. Organized as part of the MEMPOP research project, the event built upon the MEMPOP Loading workshop in Ljubljana, further advancing the initiative of regional academic and student cooperation.

At the end of March 2025, Jasmina Šepetavc, a researcher at the Centre for Cultural and ReligiousStudies, participated in a short-term Erasmus+ exchange at Kyungpook National University (KNU) in Daegu, South Korea. During her visit, she gave a lecture on Slovenian popular music, with a particular focus on folk-pop music and the Centre's recently completed project Slovenian​Folk-Pop as​Politics:​Perceptions,​Receptions,​an Identities. Jasmina presented the characteristics of this musical genre to students and faculty members, and discussed how music can reflect and shape national and regional identities.

In May 2025, the Department of Cultural Studies will host two interesting visiting lecturers, Dr. Francesca Della Puppo and Dr. Felix Schnitz, who will give two public lectures and a seminar. More detailed descriptions of the content and both lecturers' bios are below. We hope to see you in the lecture rooms!