Jerca Vodušek Starič, Slovene historian

Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

, * 1950

Graduated history on the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Ljubljana

University of Ljubljana

The University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. With 64,000 enrolled graduate and postgraduate students, it is among the largest universities in Europe.-Beginnings:...

, obtained a master's degree in 1979 and a PhD in 1991.

An investigator of Slovene and europe

Europe

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an history.

Her expertise lies in the governmental takeover by the communists in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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 after World War II

World War II

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. Currently is a professor modern history on the Faculty of Arts in Maribor

Maribor

Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....

. In the period 2005-2008, Dr. Vodušek Starič was a director of the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

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Publications

• Jerca Vodušek Starič, Začetki samoupravljanja v Sloveniji : 1949-1953. Maribor, 1983.
• Jerca Vodušek Starič, Prevzem oblasti 1944-1946. Ljubljana, 1992. ISBN 86-361-0805-5
• Jerca Vodušek Starič, "Dosje" Mačkovšek. Ljubljana, 1994. ISBN 961-6143-00-X
• Jerca Vodušek Starič, Slovenski špijoni in SOE : 1938-1942. Ljubljana, 2002. ISBN 961-236-341-2
• Jerca Vodušek Starič, Kako su komunisti osvojili vlast: 1944.-1946. Zagreb, 2006. ISBN 953-6308-64-9
• Jerca Vodušek Starič, The making of the communist regime in Slovenia and Yugoslavia in Crimes committed by totalitarian regimes : reports and proceedings of the 8 April European Public Hearing on Crimes Committed by Totalitarian Regimes. Ed: Peter Jambrek. Pg 25-35. Ljubljana, 2008. ISBN 978-961-238-977-2