Vanja Kočevar, PhD
Research Associate
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vanja.kocevar@zrc-sazu.si
Research interests
Vanja Kočevar deals with the political history of the Slovenian ethnic territory in the early modern period, focusing on the Duchy of Carniola and studying the symbolic communication and political rituals using the example of the Carniolan provincial assemblies and inaugurations. He also explores the political aspects of the Counter-Reformation and the Catholic Revival at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as the development of collective identities in present-day Slovenia before the rise of national movements.
Recognitions and awards
Recognition of University of Ljubljana, Faculty of arts for best PhD in the humanities in the academic year 2016–2017.
Selected publications
- Kolektivne identitete skozi prizmo zgodovine dolgega trajanja. Slovenski pogledi, Vanja Kočevar, 2022.
- Generalni mandat cesarja Ferdinanda II. o verskih razmerah na Kranjskem iz leta 1631: (ne)prilagoditev kranjskih elit na protireformacijo in katoliško prenovo, Vanja Kočevar, 2022.
- Ljubljana kot prizorišče dedne poklonitve cesarju Karlu VI. leta 1728: raba javnih prostorov za vladarsko inscenacijo na primeru kranjske prestolnice, Vanja Kočevar, 2022.
- Patent cesarja Ferdinanda II. o spreobrnjenju ali izselitvi protestantskega plemstva notranjeavstrijskih dežel iz leta 1628: kritična objava in prevod, Vanja Kočevar, 2020.
- Vloga reformacije v slovenski etnogenezi: etnična kolektivna identiteta na premici zgodovine dolgega trajanja, Vanja Kočevar, 2021.
Selected projects
IMAGE – WORD – KNOWLEDGE. The Transmission and Transformation of Ideas on the Territory Between the Eastern Alps and the North Adriatic 1400-1800 (research programme • January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2027)
Slovenian Historic Towns Atlas (fundamental research project • July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2022)
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)
Ambicije, karierizem, pohlep, prevare: socialno-materialne strategije, prakse in komunikacija družbenih elit na Slovenskem v zgodnjem novem veku (fundamental research project • September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023)
Slovenian Historic Towns Atlas (fundamental research project • July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2022)
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)
Ambicije, karierizem, pohlep, prevare: socialno-materialne strategije, prakse in komunikacija družbenih elit na Slovenskem v zgodnjem novem veku (fundamental research project • September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023)
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- 2012 bachelor's degree, Department of history, Faculty of arts, University of Ljubljana.
- 2017 PhD, Department of history, Faculty of arts, University of Ljubljana.
Employment
- 2012–2016 young researcher at the Milko Kos historical institute ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana.
- 2017 assistant at the Milko Kos historical institute ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana.
Training
- Erasmus – Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany, March–July 2011). Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anton Schindling.
- Stipendien der Stipendienstiftung der Republik Österreich (Graz, Austria, September 2015). Project: Die steiermärkisch-krainischen ständischen Beziehungen und der Grazer Hof zur Regierungszeit des Erzherzogs und Kaisers Ferdinand II. (1595-1637). [Styrian-Carniolan estate relations and the Graz court during the reign of Archduke and Emperor Ferdinand II (1595-1637)]. Advisor: Ao.Univ.Prof.Dr. Harald Heppner.
- Ernst Mach-Stipendien, Ernst Mach weltweit (Dunaj, Avstrija, januar–september 2017). Project: Erbhuldigungen in den habsburgischen Erbldndern [Inaugurations in Habsburg hereditary lands]. Advisor: Ao.Univ.Prof.Dr. Marija Wakounig.
Skills
Vanja Kočevar is active in scolarly editions and translating of historical sources such as:
- The 1583 patent issued by Archduke Charles II concerning the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in Inner Austria,
- The 1599 patent issued by Archduke Ferdinand concerning the final banishment of protestant preachers and on the abolition of the protestant liturgy in Inner Austrian lands,
- The 1628 patent issued by Emperor Ferdinand II concerning the conversion or eviction of Protestant nobility of Inner Austrian lands,
- The 1631 general mandate by emperor Ferdinand II concerning the religious situation in Carniola.
Research areas
Keywords
seventeenth century
military history
political history
confessionalization
thirty years' war
absolutism