On the footsteps of Alma Karlin in Celje and the region:
Research with the author and translator Jerneja Jezernik, – from Karlin’s birthplace in a direct line to the railway station where Karlin’s 8-year journey around the world began and ended, – to the exhibition in the regional museum with objects from the journey, – to the library with first editions of Karlin’s German-language works, – to Pečovnik to the house where she lived in the last years of her life, – and to the cemetery in Svetina, where Alma Karlin was laid to rest in accordance with her wishes.
Project “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, with the student journalists Julija Adamič, Viktoria Navodnik (Celje) and Ela Falež (Maribor); Patronage: Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje; Concept/Coordination: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB; Photos: Gerald Hühner

Why? Zakaj? On the wings of fantasy.
A Fire Magic meeting with children’s book author and illustrator Lila Prap and Dalibor Bori Zupančič in their gallery in Celje. About dinosaurs, mice, pines, chickens and lions; about the book fair in Frankfurt and the children’s book fair in Bologna; and about everything that has not yet been written and drawn in many languages.
A project within the framework of “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ; – with Julija Kunej, Dina Skamagkouli and Mija Šterk, supported by Maja Skakič (OŠ FRANA ROŠA) and under the auspices of Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje. Concept/Coordination and Photos (c): INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB; GeMo.

Jan Fonda: high school graduate, musician, model with prosthesis – motivator. A “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) interview for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ. With Vanesa Stanko, Zoja Iršič and Tjaša Pavc, Srednja šola za strojništvo, mehatroniko in medija, Celje. With the support of Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje; Coordination/Photo: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, GeMo

Slovenian-Croatian “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ: First planning meeting in the primary school Vidovec/Croatia. With the project student group, project teacher Lea Lesar and headmaster Predrag Mašić from Vidovec. And with Monica R. Hühner, INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, Videm pri Ptuju/Slowenien. Photos: Gerald & Monica Hühner  

With Špela Strašek in the Crafts Street of the Museum of Modern History, where host Sebastjan Weber welcomes the group of visitors. Špela Strašek presents on the history of hat design, her career, her work in Celje and internationally, and what Jackie Kennedy, Princess Kate and Ascot have to do with it. Afterwards, the student journalists Larisa Špur (Gimn. Celje Centre) and Loti Lajevec (OŠ Lava/Celje) interview the young fashion designer for a “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) report in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ. Coordination/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB/GeMo., with the support of Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje.

We spent a project day in Alma Karlin’s World with the writer and translator Jerneja Jezernik in Celje Regional Museum: Presentation for students of the secondary school for catering and tourism, ‘Alma Karlin’, and interview in the context of ‘Jugend schreibt’ (Youth writes) with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ. The interview is conducted by Julija Adamič, Viktoria Navodnik (Celje) and Ela Falež (Maribor); Thank you to Greta Jenček for the support! A project under the auspices of Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje, Coordination/Photos: Gerald and Monica Hühner

In conversation with Lenart Škof about philosophy in and from Slovenia, how philosophising began, about studying in Slovenia, scholarships in the USA and Germany, Antigone’s sisters, philosophy at school, Slovenia at the Frankfurt Book Fair and about who and what there is still to discover. An interview by student journalists Doroteja and Nuša Drevenšek, Jure Fekonja and Mateja Petek, as part of the project “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ in Slovenia. Coordination: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB; Photos: GeMo

Discover Haloze/Slovenia in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ, 5.2.2024: About the Haloze hills, people and wines, kingfishers, beavers and storks, traditions around the local museum in Tržec, the ‘Sleutsch’ language, and why a trip to the region is always worth it. Reportage as part of the project “Jugend schreibt” (Youth writes) with pupils from OŠ Videm pri Ptuju. Online: https://lnkd.in/dmZJ9kzv Coordination/Photos: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB, Dr. Gerald Hühner and Dr. Monica R. Hühner

RTV Slovenija – Radio Slovenia International/RSI – News, reports and features from Slovenia, also in German. Research in the Maribor studio for a report in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung/FAZ on 03.02.2024. The “Jugend schreibt”-journalists Doroteja Drevenšek, Ela Falež, Tin Šoškič (Maribor) and Ema Holešek (Celje) in an interview with the RSI editors Tatjana Dolanc, Ksenija Samardzija-Matul und Lidija Čučko. Coordination/Photos: Gerald u. Monica R. Hühner

Award ceremony at Vipava Episcopal Grammar School, 2 February 2024: The prizes from the Goethe-Institut Ljubljana, Hueber Verlag and Mladinska knjiga are handed over by Headmaster Vladimir Anžel, Mayor mag. Anton Lavrenčič and Brigita Kacjan, President of SDUNJ. The main prize from the German Embassy, 2 Lego Mindstorm robots, was handed over by Julia Neblich, Head of the Cultural Department, and Eva Grešak to the winning team ‘LINGOROBOS’, with students from OŠ Škofljica and Gymnasium Ledina/LJ. The teams Radovljica/Vegova, Ptuj, Vipava/Solkan and OŠ Ivana Cankarja Ljutomer were also honoured. Congratulations to all participating students and many thanks to the hosts in Vipava, also for the accompanying musical and culinary programme. The award ceremony marked the start of the IV. Slovenian Championship round. Concept/Coordination: INSTITUT DISCIMUS LAB; Gerald u. Monica R. Hühner.