PREDAVANJE | Žiga Smolič: Vzporedne zgodovine – Walid Raad in jugoslovansko-palestinski odnosi

Name: PREDAVANJE | Žiga Smolič: Vzporedne zgodovine – Walid Raad in jugoslovansko-palestinski odnosi
Start: 2026-04-02T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Moderna galerija (MG+)

Schedule

Thu, 02 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Moderna galerija (MG+) | Ljubljana, LB

𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐉𝐄 | 𝐙̌𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜̌: 𝐕𝐳𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞 𝐳𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐨𝐳𝐢 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐦𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐨-𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐡 𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐯
📆 𝐂̌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐤, 𝟐. 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝟏𝟖.𝟎𝟎
📍 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐚, 𝐌𝐆+
Ob aktualni razstavi 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 (𝒏𝒆)𝒉𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒛̌𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒊 vas vabimo na predavanje zgodovinarja 𝐙̌𝐢𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜̌, ki razstavo osvetljuje preko jugoslovanske podpore palestinski revoluciji v 70. in na začetku 80. let prejšnjega stoletja.
🟠 Raad v svojih delih preučuje dolgotrajne posledice vojn in političnih pretresov na Bližnjem vzhodu in načine, kako se nasilje vtisne v ljudi, prostore in kolektivni spomin. V njih problematizira samo oblikovanje zgodovine – razkriva njeno pogojenost z razmerji moči in namesto dopolnjevanja obstoječih pripovedi preoblikuje sam način »nastajanja« zgodovine. V aktualni razstavi se pri tem posredno dotakne tudi (post)jugoslovanskega prostora.
🟠 Predavanje bo razstavo postavilo v dialog z jugoslovansko politično prisotnostjo na Bližnjem vzhodu. V središču bo 𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐣𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐣𝐨 – zgodovinski stik, ki deluje kot dvojna interpretativna perspektiva. Po eni strani 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐤𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐣𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐳𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐬̌𝐜̌𝐞 𝐳𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞 𝐬̌𝐢𝐫𝐬̌𝐢𝐡 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐯 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐳̌𝐧𝐣𝐞𝐦 𝐯𝐳𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐮 v 70. in zgodnjih 80. letih, po drugi pa 𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐤𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐯𝐳𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐣𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐤𝐨𝐯 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐯, 𝐤𝐢 𝐣𝐢𝐡 𝐯 𝐬𝐯𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐜̌𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐚𝐝. Palestinsko vprašanje je obenem odmevalo tudi v jugoslovanskih univerzitetnih mestih, kjer so v 70. letih palestinski študenti predstavljali največjo narodno skupino tujih študentov in oblikovali aktivno intelektualno in politično skupnost, ki je bližnjevzhodne dogodke neposredno povezovala z družbenim življenjem Jugoslavije.
🟠 Pogosto spregledana in mestoma »poltajna« zgodovina jugoslovansko-palestinskih odnosov bo odprla razmislek o vzporednih zgodovinah – različnih perspektivah in interpretacijah istih dogodkov, ki jih bo predavanje prepletalo med Beogradom, Bejrutom in Ramalo.
𝐃𝐫. 𝐙̌𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜̌ je zgodovinar, specializiran za sodobno zgodovino Bližnjega vzhoda in zunanjo politiko Jugoslavije v času hladne vojne. Leta 2025 je doktoriral na Filozofski fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani z disertacijo z naslovom Jugoslavija in Bližnji vzhod, 1961–1980. Njegovo raziskovalno delo se osredotoča na politične, diplomatske in družbene povezave med Jugoslavijo in Bližnjim vzhodom, s posebnim poudarkom na palestinski revoluciji ter odnosih z Egiptom in Irakom. Trenutno je zaposlen kot raziskovalec na Filozofski fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani.
👉 Več: https://www.mg-lj.si/si/dogodki/4344/predavanje-ziga-smolic-vzporedne-zgodovine-walid-raad-skozi-prizmo-jugoslovansko-palestinskih-odnosov
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𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 | 𝐙̌𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜̌: 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯–𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
📆 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔, 𝟔 𝐩𝐦
📍 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐣𝐚
On the occasion of the current exhibition 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐚𝐝: 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇 (𝑰𝒏)𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆, you are invited to a lecture by the historian 𝐙̌𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜̌, which approaches the exhibition through the perspective of Yugoslav support for the Palestinian revolution in the 1970s and early 1980s.
🟠 In his works, Raad examines the long-term consequences of wars and political upheavals in the Middle East and the ways in which violence becomes inscribed in people, places, and collective memory. He also problematises the very formation of history – revealing how it is conditioned by relations of power and, rather than simply supplementing existing narratives, reshaping the very way history "comes into being". In the current exhibition, he also indirectly touches upon the (post-)Yugoslav space.
🟠 Based on archival research and interviews with former Palestinian and Yugoslav political representatives, the lecture will shed light on the often overlooked and at times "semi-secret" history of Yugoslav–Palestinian relations. At the same time, it opens a reflection on parallel histories – different perspectives and interpretations of the same events – which the lecture will weave together between Belgrade, Beirut and Ramallah.
𝐙̌𝐢𝐠𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜̌, 𝐏𝐡𝐃 is a historian specialising in the contemporary history of the Middle East and the foreign policy of Yugoslavia during the Cold War. In 2025 he received his PhD from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana with a dissertation titled Yugoslavia and the Middle East, 1961–1980. His research focuses on the political, diplomatic, and social connections between Yugoslavia and the Middle East, with particular emphasis on the Palestinian revolution and relations with Egypt and Iraq. He is currently employed as a researcher at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana.
👉 More: https://www.mg-lj.si/en/events/4344/lecture-ziga-smolic-parallel-histories-walid-raad-through-the-lens-of-yugoslav%E2%80%93palestinian-relations