Neva Makuc, PhD
- Research Associate
+386(0)53357324
neva.makuc@zrc-sazu.si
Research station ZRC SAZU Nova Gorica
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Research interests
N. Makuc studies the history of the early modern period with special emphasis on the historiography, the collective identities, the social and cultural history in general. She is particularly interested in the problematics concerned with the Slovenian-Italian border area in the historical perspective. She has complemented her basic research with applied research work performed in the area of conservation and valorisation of Central European cultural heritage.
Recognitions and awards
Ervin Dolenc Award, granted by the Historical Association of Slovenia, for her scientific book debut on the historiography and mentality in the early modern-period Friuli and County of Gorizia, titled Historiografija in mentaliteta v novoveški Furlaniji in Goriški (Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, Milko Kos Historical Institute, 2011) (2012).
SLORI Award, granted by the Slovenian Research Institute - SLORI (Trieste, Italy), for the PhD dissertation on Friulian historiography and Slovenian history, Furlanska historiografija in slovenska zgodovina (2012).
Selected publications
- Border Identities in the Early Modern Period : Venetian Friuli and the Habsburg County of Gorizia mirrored in contemporary historiography, Neva Makuc, 2021.
- Historična topografija Primorske (do leta 1500) : na podlagi gradiva Milka Kosa, Neva Makuc, 2022.
- Literature in the Provinces of Gorizia and Udine from the perspective of turbulent historical events = La letteratura slovena delle province di Gorizia e di Udine alla luce dei turbolenti eventi storici, Neva Makuc, 2022.
- Challenges facing research on the history of formerly unified historical territories in the light of Enlightenment historiography : a case from the corner of the Habsburg hereditary territories, Neva Makuc, 2022.
- Goriška deželna zavest in identitetne dinamike na habsburško-beneškem obmejnem prostoru v luči (samo)oznak šolajoče se mladine, Neva Makuc, 2020.
- Dante Alighieri e il suo supposto viaggio nel Friuli e nellʹalta Valle dellʹIsonzo, Neva Makuc, 2017.
- Revitalizacija stavb kulturne dediščine preko javno- zasebnega partnerstva : primer Občine Črnomelj, Neva Makuc, 2018.
- Istruzione scolastica e mobilità sociale nell’Austria Interna = Il contribût des scuelis a la mobilitât sociâl inte Austrie Interiôr, Neva Makuc, 2022.
- Novoveška družbena mobilnost v luči šolstva notranjeavstrijskih dežel, Neva Makuc, 2019.
- A furor de populo : upor v Furlaniji leta 1511 v luči sočasne historiografije. V: JERŠE, Sašo (ur.). Leukhup! : kmečko uporništvo v obdobju predmoderne : zgodovina, vzporednice, (re)prezentacije, Neva Makuc, 2017.
Selected projects
Basic research of Slovene cultural past 2022-2027 (research programme • January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2027)
Toponomastična dediščina Primorske (applied research project • July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021)
RESTAURA (INTERREG • July 1, 2016 - May 31, 2019)
Social and identity mobility in the Slovenian territory between the late Middle Ages and the disintegration of the Habsburg Monarchy (fundamental research project • January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2018)
THETRIS – THEmatic Transnational church Route development with the Involvement of local Society (international project • July 1, 2012 - December 31, 2014)
The leading humanists in the Slovenian territory between the 16th and mid-19th centuries and their social and cultural environment (fundamental research project • July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
Rebellious Survival Strategies in Slovenian Territory (16th to 19th Century) (applied research project • July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
Basic research of Slovene cultural past 2015-2020 (research programme • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2021)
Slovenian Place Names in Time and Space (Historical Topography of Slovenia from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century) (fundamental research project • July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
Toponomastična dediščina Primorske (applied research project • July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021)
RESTAURA (INTERREG • July 1, 2016 - May 31, 2019)
Social and identity mobility in the Slovenian territory between the late Middle Ages and the disintegration of the Habsburg Monarchy (fundamental research project • January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2018)
THETRIS – THEmatic Transnational church Route development with the Involvement of local Society (international project • July 1, 2012 - December 31, 2014)
The leading humanists in the Slovenian territory between the 16th and mid-19th centuries and their social and cultural environment (fundamental research project • July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
Rebellious Survival Strategies in Slovenian Territory (16th to 19th Century) (applied research project • July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
Basic research of Slovene cultural past 2015-2020 (research programme • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2021)
Slovenian Place Names in Time and Space (Historical Topography of Slovenia from the Middle Ages to the 19th Century) (fundamental research project • July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION:
- BA in Italian Language and Literature and BA in History after completing her two-discipline studies at the Department of History and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana, 2004;
- PhD in Historical Sciences, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana, 2011.
STUDY COURSES ABROAD:
- two training courses in archival sciences, Istituto di storia sociale e religiosa (Gorizia, Italy; 3 March‒3 April 2009; 26 January‒9 March 2010).
EMPLOYMENT:
- since 2004: Milko Kos Historical Institute of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU).
COLLABORATIONS:
- Collaboration with the University of Nova Gorica, School of Humanities
- Correspondent member of the institute Istituto Pio Paschini (Udine, Italy),
- Member of the association Istituto per gli Incontri Culturali Mitteleuropei (Gorizia, Italy)
Research areas
Modern history (up to circa 1800) H230
Keywords
border studies
historiography
collective identities
social history
cultural history
early modern period
cultural heritage