29. January - 22. March 2009

MAY ‛68 IN PARIS AND
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT IN LJUBLJANA, 1968-1972

Posters, Film, and Photographs
The exhibition is on view from 29 January to 22 March 2009.
at International Center of Graphic Arts (MGLC)

Co-organizers:
Centre de la Gravure et de l‛Image imprimée,
The National and University Library

5. February - 5. March 2009

»SVET… SVET… SVETLANA« - ON THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF SVETLANA MAKAROVIČ

The Library will display a selection of books from the author‛s extensive lifework and the material from her personal archive (photographs, manuscripts, typescript), which she donated to the Manuscript Collection at NUK some years ago.
Marijan Rupert, the author of the exhibition, has written that Svetlana Makarovič has in fact become one of the more remarkable persons, and at the same time, one of those authors who has most successfully broken the stereotypes of inferiority of women‛s literature. Her poetry collections are famous but they are also a rarity, for which you will search vainly in the bookshops and antiques today, whereas her children‛s works, books, picture books etc., are being published in new editions again and again. She is one of the most popular children‛s literature authors in Slovenia. The literary criticism has also included her very soon in the national literature canon. Just a few years ago, a selection of her poetry was published in the collection Kondor, which is otherwise reserved for literary classics. She received numerous awards, also the Prešeren prize – the most prestigious award in Slovenia for cultural achievements. In spite of that, Svetlana is certainly one of the most eccentric personalities in the Slovenian literature. She is an all-round artist, who, in her own way, uncompromisingly follows her own life principles, and all the time, she fights against hypocrisy of the Slovenian society and culture openly and without constraints. Her socially engaged direction to life and world is best seen in her excellent works in journalism, in newspaper columns and interviews.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue, which is available at the NUK Reception Desk. The texts have been written by: Marijan Rupert, MA, the author of the exhibition, the Head, Manuscript Collection at NUK, Dr Irena Novak Popov, the Faculty of Arts, the Department of Slovene Languages and Literature, and Dr Milena Blažić, the Faculty of Education. The catalogue and exhibition have been designed by Vesna Vidmar.

Author: Marijan Rupert, MA (NUK)
Venue: NUK Exhibition Room
Entry is free.

18. March - 12. April 2009

‛TIBET‛

We kindly invite you to a photographic experience of Matjaž Krivic, a traveller and a photographer recognized worldwide, who has always fascinated us with his work. With the exhibition of his latest photographs, he joins in the presentation of Tibet in cooperation with the Charitable Society of Tibet.

Venue: Plečnik‛s Passage, NUK
Author: Matjaž Krivic in cooperation with the Charitable Society of Tibet
The Opening: 18 March, 2009 at 18.30

7. March - 21. March 2009

‛MANDALA‛

A modern man is in a search of a path of inner balance, harmony of life and subtle essences of inner worlds. The mandala can help you on this path of personal revelation, and by finding the harmony between the outer and inner worlds. Through the combination of geometrical forms, colours and symbols they connect you to the world and lead you back to yourself.

The essence of mandala is a circle which inherently conveys the principles of wholeness, completion and unity of the beginning and end at the same time. The origin of mandala is the centre which is actually the primary source of unconditional love. Different signs, symbols, shapes and patterns are radiating out from the centre and they supplement each other in colourful combinations. Mildness, grace, love and peace flow out of the centre. It originates in the past and through the present it extends towards the future. Thus, love has always flown out from the centre since the very beginning of our existence, however, we do not hear, see or feel this inner sound due to today‛s haste and superabundance of insignificant events and information.
This will be the ninth exhibition of mandala at NUK.

Authors: Gabrijela Železnik, Vanda Omejc
Venue: NUK Exhibition Room
Entry is free

 16. April - 17. May 2009

‛OTOKAR, PLEČNIK AND ŽOGICA MAROGICA‛
RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CZECHS AND SLOVENES

The exhibition on relations between the Czechs and Slovenes is being prepared on the initiative of the Embassy of the Czech Republic during the Czech presidency of the European Union. Different library materials, from postcards and manuscripts to translations of literary works, will present to visitors a review of the relations between the two nations from the late Middle Ages on, when the Czechs and Slovenes periodically lived in the same country, until today, when both states are members of the European Union. The exhibits will display an umbrella of contacts, from political and cultural to economic, and also entirely personal ones.

Invitation
Author:	Veselin Mišković (NUK)
Venue:	NUK Exhibition Room, the Main Entrance Hall, the Plečnik‛s Passage
Open:	Monday – Friday: 9.00 – 20.00 Saturday: 9.00 – 13.00
Entry is free
Sponsor:

 25. May - 16. August 2009

‛JOSEPH ROTH IN EXILE IN PARIS 1933-39‛

It is 70 years since the death of Joseph Roth, the Austrian writer and journalist of Jewish origin, who is considered as one of the most eminent Europeans of his time, just like Stefan Zweig. During the downfall of the old world order between the two world wars, he portrayed in his works the time and fragile destiny of human existence with nostalgia and unbelievable comprehension of the future. The writer is well known in Slovenia as well – quite a few novels have been translated into Slovenian. A particularly interesting fact is that Roth‛s main hero of his most popular novels The Radetzky March and The Emperor‛s Tomb is a Slovenian by birth. His name is von Trotta, and as a representative of the old Austrian generation, he only helplessly, and with resignation, observes the collapse of his country, which was once a powerful monarchy, and the controversial transition of the newly established Austrian society into the period of the rise of Nazism.
Last year, the exhibition was on display at Literaturhaus in Vienna. This is a documentation centre of the contemporary Austrian literature, which systematically collects the material and data on the Austrian authors at home and abroad. The exhibition has been designed and prepared by a distinguished Austrian literary historian and long-standing director of this centre Dr Heinz Lunzer. Together with his wife Victoria Lunzer – Talos, he is one of the greatest experts on Joseph Roth, and they have published many comprehensive scientific monographs on his life and work. The exhibition will present the documents from the writer‛s life and activities in exile in Paris, where Roth joined actively with his journalistic authority in speaking out against the Nazi regime in Germany and Austria. The material for the exhibition has been gathered by Dr Lunzer from personal and institutional archives and libraries around the world.
The exhibition is accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue (in German), in which Dr Lunzer presents Roth‛s life and creativity in Paris, where he was forced to withdraw in his »flight without end« from Nazism.

Photo by
 »Literaturhaus«, Vienna

 8. October - 1. November 2009

KOPERNIK IN SLOVENIA

Two original Kopernik‛s books will be on display accompanied by the presentation of Mr Andrej Perlach (1490-1551), a mathematician, astronomer and a medical doctor, and Mr Avguštin Hallerstein(1703-1774), the astronomer from Mengeš on the China Court.

Support for this exhibition has been provided by the National and University Library and the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. Some items have been lent by the Franciscan Library in Ljubljana and the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia.

Author: Boris Kham
Location: NUK Exhibition room
Opening Hours:
Monday – Friday 9.00 – 20.00
Saturday 9.00 – 14.00
Sunday Closed

Price: Free drop-in
Prices for Guided Tours, booking essential:
Adults: 1,5€, Students and retired persons: 1€
For more information or to book: 01 2001 209.

 December 3 - January 10, 2010

J. V. VALVASOR
SLOVENE BY BIRTH, EUROPEAN IN SPIRIT
Exposition of copies of Valvasor‛s correspondence with the London Royal Society Secretary (1685-1688)

The exposition is conceived as a comprehensive review of Valvasor‛s life and work, emphasising on his three year correspondence with Thomas Gale, the London Royal Society Secretary, and Valvasor’s election to the Royal Society on December 14 1687. The exposition marked Valvasor’s 320th anniversary acceptance to the Society established in 1660. Valvasor was the first scholar of the present Slovenian territory who became member of the oldest elite scientific society of the world.

The London Royal Society was the first that suitably evaluated and recognized Valvasor’s work. It was the only acknowledgment of his scientific work during his lifetime. Valvasor’s membership to the Society ensured him the admission to the intellectual elite of Europe of his time, thus the present Slovenian territory was put on a scientific map of the world.

Author: Martina Orehovec , MA ( Grad Bogenšperk)
Venue: NUK Exhibition Room
Opening: December 3, 2009 at 6pm
Opening hours: Monday-Friday: 9am – 8pm, Saturday 9am- 1pm

Entry is free.