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Slovenia is rich in diverse cultural heritage, which is an important part of our country's tourist offer. It is necessary to be aware of the protection of cultural heritage and its preservation for future generations. We can also do this successfully with its digitization, which enables its preservation and makes it accessible beyond the borders of Slovenia. Students of the Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor, prepared a scientific monography within the course Slovenian Cultural Heritage, on the basis of the project Castles of Posavje. Innovative tourist products for this castles were designed. After analyzing good practices, the students upgraded the current tourist offer of the castles. Slovenija je bogata z raznoliko kulturno dediščino, ki je pomemben del turistične ponudbe naše države. Zavedati se je potrebno varstva kulturne dediščine in njenega ohranjanja za naslednje generacije. To lahko uspešno storimo tudi z njeno digitalizacijo, ki omogoči ohranjanje le te ter, da postane dostopna tudi izven meja Slovenije. Študenti Fakultete za turizem, Univerze v Mariboru, so v okviru predmeta Slovenska kulturna dediščina pripravili znanstveno monografijo. Na podlagi projekta Gradovi Posavja so snovali inovativne turistične produkte teh gradov s pomočjo digitalizacije. Študentje so po analizi dobrih praks nadgradili trenutno turistično ponudbo obravnavanih gradov.

This contribution offers some thoughts on Valvasor and the future. Starting from some well-known biographical aspects, from available documents - especially his key work The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola - and what these reveal about Valvasor himself, the author seeks to make clear the natural historian and polymath's attitude towards his own future and that of his beloved homeland. The result is a personal portrait that - although profoundly interested in the past and spiritedly involved in the present - shows how all his personal choices, those concerning his private life and also those concerning his research and studies, were always informed by attention to the future. The contribution concludes with quotations from his work which can help provide ensuing generations with a starting point for reflection on our own future. Valvasorja lahko na več ravneh povežemo s pojmom "prihodnost". Izhodišče je nekaj znanih podatkov iz njegovega življenjepisa, nekaj listin, s katerimi razpolagamo, in seveda to, kar nam o sebi razkriva on sam, predvsem skozi svoje glavno delo Slavo vojvodine Kranjske. Na podlagi omenjenega skušam dojeti njegovo gledanje na svojo osebno prihodnost in na prihodnost ljubljene dežele Kranjske. Iz vsega, kar vemo o njem, se nam prikaže lik človeka, ki intenzivno proučuje preteklost in se živahno udeležuje sedanjosti, hkrati pa ima pri vseh svojih odločitvah - bodisi s področja zasebnega življenja bodisi v zvezi s svojim raziskovanjem - pogled uperjen v prihodnost. Prispevek se zaključi z nekaj citati iz njegovega opusa, ki nam lahko nudijo razmislek o naši lastni prihodnosti.

Zadnjega četrt stoletja se v slovenskem javnem diskurzu veliko govori o preteklosti, zlasti v povezavi z drugo svetovno vojno. Razprava je vroča in živa, argumenti udarni, pa - kot kaže - ne vedno najbolj prepričljivi. Saj če bi bili, bi pogled v preteklost zagotovo bil jasnejši, kakor je. Zdaj, sredi vroče razprave pa ni jasno niti, ali se je druga svetovna vojna v Sloveniji, denimo, sploh že končala ali pa so nepopustljivi borci novico o koncu vojne v žaru borbe kar preslišali. Vojna se je, seveda, že zdavnaj končala, zmagovalci so si razdelili odlikovanja, poraženci pa so zacelili rane. Nadaljuje pa se boj za interpretacijo. Zato spomini na preteklost predstavljajo mešanico fantazij, želja in zavestnih potvarjanj resničnosti. Vsaka stran skuša uveljaviti svoje videnje preteklosti, da bi z njegovo pomočjo legitimizirala svoje videnje sedanjosti in prihodnosti. Toda, če se ne zadovoljimo s tem, kar vidimo na prvi pogled, lahko odkrijemo, da so stvari potekale na ta način že dolgo tega. In the Slovene public discourse of the past quarter century there has been much talk of the past, particularly in connection with the Second World War. The debate is heated and lively, the arguments striking, but - it seems - not always sufficiently convincing. For if they were, then the view of the past would undoubtedly be clearer than it is. Now, in the midst of heated debate, it is not even clear, for example, whether the Second World War in Slovenia ever really finished, or whether some indomitable old fighters caught up in the struggle simply failed to hear the news about the war's end. Of course, the war was over long ago the victors distributed medals, the losers licked their wounds. But the battle for interpretation continues. And thus memories of the past are a mixture of fantasy, wishful thinking and conscious distortions of the truth. Each side tries to validate its view of the past, in order to use it to legitimise its vision of the present and the future. But, as long as we are not satisfied merely with what can be seen at first glance, it becomes clear that things have proceeded in this fashion for quite a substantial period of time.

Prispevek opisuje zgodovino revije Slovene Studies in predstavlja ideje za njeno prihodnost. Revija je strokovno glasilo Društva za slovenske študije (Society for Slovene Studies, SSS), ki ga je ustanovila skupina strokovnjakov leta 1973 v New Yorku.1 Revija je začela izhajati leta 1975 kot Papers in Slovene Studies in se je leta 1978 preimenovala v Slovene Studies, tako izhaja nepretrgoma že skoraj 40 let. Seminar slovenskega jezika, literature in kulture je v razvoju revije igral posredno, vendar pomembno vlogo. Kolegi na Filozofski fakulteti in organizatorji Seminarja so se v reviji pojavljali kot avtorji prispevkov ob prispevkih strokovnjakov na drugih fakultetah Univerze v Ljubljani in Mariboru, Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, Inštituta za novejšo zgodovino in drugih evropskih in ameriških akademskih ustanov. Na drugi strani pa se člani Društva za slovenske študije že desetletja udeležujejo Seminarja, med njimi tudi uredniki revije, in lahko bi trdili, da je sodelovanje na Seminarju vplivalo tudi na njihovo urednikovanje. This article describes the history of the journal Slovene Studies and presents ideas for its future. The journal is a scholarly publication of the Society for Slovene Studies, which was founded by a group of scholars in New York in 1973. The journal began to appear in 1975 as Papers in Slovene Studies and was renamed Slovene Studies in 1978. It is thus approaching its fortieth year of publication. The SSLLC played an indirect but key role in the journal's development. Colleagues at the Faculty of Arts and seminar organisers have been authors of articles in the journal, as have scholars from other parts of the University of Ljubljana, the University of Maribor, the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Institute of Contemporary History, and other European and North American academic institutions. Likewise, SSS members, including the journal%s editors, have been attending the SSLLC for decades. The latter can attest that participation in the SSLLC has influenced their work as editors.

This contribution looks at the exceptional historical phenomenon of Slovene emigration represented by the "Alexandrian women", presenting the main reasons why Slovene women and girls decided to relocate to Alexandria in Egypt and what work they did there. The focus then shifts to the influence of these women on their employers' families and the special qualities that led them to be much sought after in Egypt. The paper also presents the material cultural heritage that has a significant role in preserving and strengthening the memory of the Alexandrian women, as well as facilitating a unique insight into the lives of Slovene women in Egypt and in the Gorizia region. The aim is to present the Alexandrian women as an important fragment of Slovene history and at the same time to try to answer the question as to which country was these women's homeland. Prispevek se osredotoča na izjemen zgodovinski fenomen slovenskega izseljevanja, ki ga predstavlja pojav aleksandrinstva, in približa glavne vzroke, zakaj so se žene in dekleta odločile za odhod od doma ter za poklice, ki so jih opravljale v Egiptu. V nadaljevanju je pozornost usmerjena k vplivu aleksandrink na družino delodajalca in njihovim edinstvenim lastnostim, zaradi katerih so bile v Egiptu še posebej zaželene. Predstavljena je tudi materialna kulturna dediščina, ki ima pomembno vlogo pri ohranjanju in utrjevanju spominov na aleksandrinke in omogoča edinstven pogled v življenje slovenskih žena v Egiptu in na Goriškem. Cilj prispevka je predstaviti aleksandrinstvo kot pomemben košček slovenske zgodovine in hkrati poskusiti odgovoriti na vprašanje, kje je bila domovina aleksandrink.

This article considers the relationship between community and language as a possible constitutive element in the medieval and early modern age mind set. The example of the Slovenes shows how identities took shape on different levels and due to different factors. Language was always understood as a possible foundation of community, but this idea never prevailed absolutely - just as it does not today. There is no universal model for the forming of community because each history is different - just as visions and perceptions of what a particular community wishes to achieve are different. And these also represent constitutive elements. Prispevek tematizira razmerje med skupnostjo in jezikom kot njenim mogočim konstitutivom v srednjeveškem in zgodnjenovoveškem imaginariju. Pri tem na primeru Slovencev pokaže, kako so se identitete oblikovale na različnih ravneh in zaradi različnih dejavnikov. Jezik je zmerom bil razumljen kot možni temelj skupnosti, ni pa bilo takšno pojmovanje vedno in povsod uveljavljeno kot prevladujoče % kakor tudi danes ni. Univerzalni model oblikovanja skupnosti ne obstaja, ker je vsaka zgodovina unikatna. Takšne so tudi vizije in predstave o tem, kaj določena skupnost hoče doseči. Tudi te sodijo med njihove konstitutive.