Asst. Prof. Urška Strle

Curriculum vitae

Education:

2004 – university graduate historian; a thesis: Žena ostani žena! : žensko vprašanje in odnos do ženske v slovaškem in slovenskem ženskem časopisju do razpada monarhije [Woman Stay Woman! : Women's Issue and Attitude towards Women in Slovak and Slovenian Women's Newspapers until the Collapse of the Monarchy] (Mentor: prof. dr. Janez Cvirn)

2010 – PhD in the field of historiography; a dissertation: Slovenci v Kanadi : izseljevanje skozi prizmo življenjskih zgodb [Slovenes in Canada: Emigration through the Prism of Life Stories] (Mentor: prof. dr. Marta Verginella)

Employment:

2006–2010 – young research fellow at the Slovenian Migration Institute at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art (ZRC SAZU)

2010–2013 – assistant with PhD at the Slovenian Migration Institute at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art (ZRC SAZU)

2012–2017 – assistant with PhD at the Department of History at the Faculty of Arts UL

2018–2023 – assistant professor at the Department of History at the Faculty of Arts UL

Education abroad:

1999/2000 – a one-year study in Bratislava within the Socrates program

2006 (october) – a three-week intensive course for postgraduate students in migration studies at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, Germany

2011 (september) – a one-month scholarship to the University of Stavanger, Norway within the Mobility Program (Norwegian Financial Mechanism, EEA Grants)

2012 (april) – a one-month scholarship in Toronto (International Council for Canadian Studies)

Research projects:

1. 5. 2009–30. 4. 2012: Ustvarjanje spomina in ohranjanje kulturne identitete med slovenskimi izseljenci in njihovimi potomci [Creating memory and preserving cultural identity among Slovenian emigrants and their descendants], project leader: dr. Mirjam Milharčič Hladnik (participated as a researcher)

1. 1. 2010–31. 8. 2011: Strokovne podlage, strategije in teoretske tematizacije za izobraževanje za medkulturne odnose ter aktivno državljanstvo [Professional bases, strategies and theoretical thematizations for education for intercultural relations and active citizenship], project leader: dr. Oto Luthar (participated as a researcher)

31. 1. 2010–31. 12. 2010: Central Europe in Canada: CEACS Diaspora project, project leader: dr. Vesna Lopičić, Niš, Serbia (participated as a researcher and national coordinator)

1. 1. 2011–31. 12. 2012: Narodna in kulturna identiteta slovenskega izseljenstva [National and cultural identity of Slovenian emigration], project leader: dr. Marjan Drnovšek (participated as a researcher)

1.7.2011–30.06.2014: Italijanska fašistična taborišča v spominih Slovencev in Slovenk [Italian fascist camps in the memories of Slovenes], project leader: dr. Oto Luthar (participated as a researcher)

1.9.2013–31.8.2016: Multikulturna prijateljstva in narodne vezi na presečiščih slovenskega, italijanskega in nemškega sveta (1848-1941) [Multicultural friendships and national ties at the crossroads of the Slovenian, Italian and German worlds (1848-1941)], project leader: dr. Marta Verginella (participated as a researcher)

1.7.2014–30.6.2017: Ženske in prva svetovna vojna [Women and the First World War], project leader: dr. Marta Verginella (participated as a researcher)

1.12.2017–30.11.2022: EIRENE - Post-war transitions in gendered perspective: the case of the North-Eastern Adriatic region, project leader: dr. Marta Verginella (participating as a researcher)

 Award:

2012 – first prize for the best study work in the field of emigration (Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Slovenes Abroad)