Areas of research

The research of Darja Mihelič encompasses publishing and analysing Latin, Italian and German original documents relevant to the history of towns in Slovenian lands in the Middle Ages and the first few centuries of the early modern age. Her research deals with issues of topography and colonization, economic and social history of Slovenians, history of towns, history of everyday life, of the 15^th to 18^th century historiography on the Slovenian lands in the Middle Ages.

Collaboration in research programmes

• Basic Research in Slovene Cultural Past (head of programme).

 Collaboration in research projects

• Elenchus Fontium Historiae Slovenicae Urbanae. - Editions of Selected Sources for Slovenian Urban History.

Educational activity

• History of the Middle Ages, Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology, University of Ljubljana,
• Ascent and Decline of Cultural and Economic Centers of The Mediterranean, Faculty of Humanities Koper, Department of history, University of Primorska,
• General Medieval History, Faculty of Humanities Koper, Department of history, University of Primorska