📋 Tender Overview
The Institute of Contemporary History (INZ) joins the Slovenian research institutions hosting European Research Council (ERC) projects. Researcher Dr. Agoston Berecz will continue his project, which was awarded in a call with a host institution in Hungary, in Slovenia.Dr. Agoston Berecz will continue his project BeNaSta (Becoming National against the State: Popular discontent and adherence to minority nationalisms in late nineteenth-century Eastern Europe), initially awarded through an ERC call in 2022 with a host institution in Hungary, at the Institute of Recent History. This is the first case of an ERC project being transferred from abroad to a Slovenian research organization, further confirming that Slovenia offers a stimulating research environment and effective support for the development of a scientific career. The BeNaSta project, worth almost 1.5 million euros, focuses on popular discontent and responses to minority nationalisms in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century, which transcended national borders, and on the rural population, which was marked by a feeling of exclusion from state structures. The project is scheduled for completion at the end of 2029. Dr. Berecz thus became the first ERC project holder at the Institute of Contemporary History and at the same time the first researcher in Slovenia in the field of history to receive an ERC project to start an independent research path. Previously, ERC projects in the field of history in Slovenia were only obtained within the framework of the ERC call for established researchers. The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation welcomes researcher Dr. Agoston Berecz on his arrival in Slovenia. According to him, Slovenia currently offers a unique supportive environment for academic research in the region and beyond, and the Institute of Contemporary History represents an excellent and favorable home for the BeNaSta project. We are convinced that his decision to continue his scientific path in our country is a valuable opportunity to strengthen the attractiveness of the Slovenian research area and develop international research excellence. List of all ERC projects in Slovenia to date
