Dr. MIRJAM MILHARČIČ HLADNIK,ASSIST.PROF.
ZRC SAZU, NOVI TRG 2, 1000 LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIJA
TEL. (386) 1 470 6461• FAKS (386) 1 425 7802
HLADNIK@ZRC-SAZU.SI
PERSONAL DATA
Born: 8 October 1959, in Postojna
Citizenship: Slovenian
EMPLOYMENT
Senior research fellow, Slovenian Migration Institute, Scientific research
centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana.
EDUCATION
1994 PhD Sociology. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Department of Sociology of Culture.
Thesis: School as an Instrument of the Constitution of Citizenship and
Equality of Rights.
1989 MA Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Fine Arts,
Department of Sociology of Culture.
Thesis: Egalitarianism in the School Apparatus.
1984 BA Sociology. University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Sociology, Political
Science and Journalism.
Thesis: Social inequalities in education.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Slovenian (mother tongue), Croatian (proficient), English (proficient),
Italian (basic)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Sociology: school reform policies, citizenship education, human rights
and integration of migrants.
Gender studies: gender inequalities, historical cases of the erased
(socially and politically important) women in Slovenia, and women
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migrants.
Migration studies: interdisciplinary approaches and innovative
methodology, ranging from oral history to analyses of correspondence
and auto/biographic texts.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Conceptualisation of citizenship education as key subject on rights and
obligations of citizens (1994-1997, head).
Structural determinants of education in information society (1996-2001)
Identification of criteria for evaluating justice in education (2000-2002)
Justice in educational systems – A contrasting approach (2003-2006)
The role of women in preserving Slovenian cultural heritage among
emigrants (2001-2004)
The state of archive, museum and library materials of Slovenian
emigrants in Sweden and USA, and some returnees (2003-2005)
Perceptions of Slovenian integration policy (2002-2004)
Slovenian emigrants – creators. Promoters of Slovenian science and
culture in the new environment (2004-2007)
Learning migration. Learning about migration and intercultural relations
in school and teacher training (2005-2008)
Internet as medium in preserving national and cultural heritage among
Slovenians around the world (2007-2009)
The impact of ethnic and religious relations on peace and stability in the
Western Balkans (2007-2009)
Creation of memory and preservation of cultural identity among
Slovenian emigrants and their descendants (2009-2012, head)
Member of the programme team at the Slovenian Migration Institute
SRC SASA, National and cultural identity of Slovenian emigration
(2004-2011)
TEACHING
1992-1999
Assistant Prof. – Faculty of education, University of Ljubljana (Sociology
of education).
2004- ongoing
Assistant Prof. – University of Nova Gorica and University of Ljubljana.
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The role of women in Slovenian society and culture (Comparative study of ideas
and cultures, School of humanities, University of Nova Gorica)
Sociological perspectives on professional identity of teaching profession (Faculty of
education, University of Ljubljana)
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Migration and Small Nations: The Slovenian Case (joint MA Migration and
Intercultural Relations, University of Nova Gorica, University of
Stavanger, University of Oldenburg, Open University Lisbon, University
of South Bohemia, University of Zagreb)
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND TEACHING
31.1.1997 – 31.6.1997 sabbatical, American university in Kairo, Egypt
31.1.1998 – 31.6.1998 sabbatical, University of Jerusalem, Israel
21.5. - 27.5. 2002 Progressive Slovenian Women of America, Cleveland,
USA
11. – 17. 6. 2003 Slovenian Women's Union of America, Duluth, USA
1. – 15. 10. 2003 filming of documentary “100% Slovenian” in five cities
across USA
29. 10. – 7. 11. 2005 Slovenian Cultural Center, New York, USA
4. - 22. 10. 2006 Erasmus Intensive Phase, University of Oldenburg,
Germany
28.1. – 1. 2. 2006 Open University Lisbon, Portugal,
22. – 26. 4. 2006 University of Stavanger, Norway
18. – 21. 6. 2007 University of Stavanger, Norway
16. – 30. 6. 2008 Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, ZDA
11. – 28. 5. 2009 Erasmus Intensive Phase, University of Oldenburg,
Germany
INVITED LECTURES
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Life stories of immigrant women: a
Slovenian-American journey : [Slovenian Cultural Center, 5.XI.2005]. New York
City, 2005.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Slovenian emigrants' perceptions of America:
["Slovenia - past and present", School of International and Public Affairs,
16.IX.2005]. New York, 2005.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. History of Slovenian migrations : migration
in/and small nations, 1 : [ "Studying global migration in the 21st century - Joint
master in migration and intercultural relations", University of Oldenburg, 4.22.X.2006]. Oldenburg, 2006.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Seminar days for the second semester of the
Joint master in migration and cultural relations, Slovenian module : [University of
Stavanger, 18.-20.VI.2007]. Stavanger, 2007.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Migracijska samopodoba kot ogledalo
družbenega reda : [Enajsta akademija "Vprašanje družbenega reda", Cankarjev dom,
10.IV.2007]. Ljubljana, 2007.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. 100% Slovenian: the stories of Slovenian
women in America: [Euclid Public Library, 19.VI.2008]. Euclid (Ohio), 2008.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Medkulturni dialog in migracije :
["Knjižnica - središte znanja i zabave", "Knjižnica - kreatori hmeđukulturalnog
dialoga", Gradska knjižnica "Ivan Goran Kovačić", 10.-11.IX.2008]. Karlovac,
2008.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Metodologija zbiranja življenjskih zgodb
izseljencev in njihovih potomcev : [ Arhiv RS, 15.-19.IX.2008]. Ljubljana, 2008.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Joint master in migration and intercultural
relations : experiences and added value : [ "European Day Italy-Slovenia" "Student
mobility as an added value to the intercultural relations in EU", Univ. Nova Gorica,
24.IV.2009]. Nova Gorica, 2009.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. No victory day for Angela Vode (18921985) : a prisoner before, during and after the Second World War : [ "Do Women
Have Victory Day? Women's Traumatic Memory and Resistance Narratives",
Gliptoteka HAZU, 8.-9.V.2009]. Zagreb, 2009.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Comparison of European emigration and
European immigration from Slovenian perspective : ["Migration in Europe: New
Dimensions, Interdisciplinary Approaches, Plural Perspectives", Erasmus Intensive
Phase, Univ. of Oldenburg, 11.-28.V.2009]. Oldenburg, 2009.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
MILHARČIČ HLADNIK, Mirjam 2009. Representation and Selfrepresentation, in M. Lukšič Hacin and J. Mlekuz (eds.), Go Girls, When
Slovenian Women Left Home. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, 109-132.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam, MLEKUŽ, Jernej (eds.). Krila migracij :
po meri življenjskih zgodb (Dressed to Go). Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, 2009.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. From a dollar bill in an envelope to a
petition to the White house: the significance of Slovenian migrants for
back home, in: Ulf Brunnbauer (ed.). Transnational Societies, transterritorial
politics, Migrations in the (post) Yugoslav areas, Oldenburg: Oldenbourg, 2009,
193-212.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Historical and narrative perspective of
Slovenian women migrants' experiences: social networking, gender
priorities, and questions of identity. In: DRNOVŠEK, Marjan (ed.).
Historical and cultural perspectives on Slovenian migration, (Migracije, 14).
Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, 2007, 113-136.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Slovenian immigrants' perceptions of
"America". Slovene studies, 2005, vol. 27, no. 1/2, 93-107.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. All different - all equal : who defines
education for citizenship in a new Europe?. In: OSLER, Audrey (ed.),
RATHENOW, Hanns-Fred (ed.), STARKEY, Hugh (ed.). Teaching for
citizenship in Europe. London: Trentham Books, 1995, 35-39.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. How to become European if there is
no religious education in school: a post-communist dilemma. In: MEIER,
Artur (ed.), RABE-KLEBERG, Ursula (ed.), RODAX, Klaus (ed.).
Transformation und Tradition in Ost und West, (Jahrbuch Bildung und Arbeit,
1997). Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1997, [123]-137.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Education in transition : Slovenia. In:
COULBY, David (ed.), COWEN, Robert (ed.), JONES, Crispin (ed.).
Education in times of transition : edited by David Coulby, Robert Cowen and Crispin
Jones ; series editors: David Coulby and Crispin Jones, (World yearbook of
education, 2000). London: Kogan Page; Sterling, Va.: Stylus Pub., 2000,
159-169.
MILHARČIČ-HLADNIK, Mirjam. Educational innovation and the
panacea of school reform - the Slovenian case. In: SULTANA, Ronald G.
(ed.). Challenge and change in the Euro-Mediterranean region : case studies in
educational innovation. New York: Peter Lang, 2001, 453-466.