As external members of the committee nominated by The Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Dr. Samo Štefanac and Dr. Stanko Kokole have as internationally recognized experts in Italian sculpture of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance substantially contributed to the successful completion (in 2009) of the complex restoration of the Romanesque Crucifix from the Church of St. Bassus in Koper, which Dr. Štefanac also discussed in a number of published promotional essays (see e.g. http://www.zvkds.si/media/news_articles/documents/zgibanka3_slo_small_.pdf).
B.06 Other
COBISS.SI-ID: 39224418Dr. Stanko Kokole, Dr. Samo Štefanac and Dr. Matej Klemenčič have in their respective roles of initiators, organizers, session chairs, respondents and referees substantially contributed to the undoubted success of the international scholarly symposium “Venetian Heritage on the Shores of the Adriatic Sea: Artistic Exchange between the Terraferma, Istria and Dalmatia in the Seventeenth- and Eighteenth Centuries”, which took place at Izola (Isola) and Piran (Pirano) in October 2009 (for the full program see http://www.zrs-kp.si/SL/Vabila_aktualno/program_zrs_2009_8.pdf ).
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 40820322On invitation of the Europäische Totentanz-Vereinigung, Dr. Tomislav Vignjević has in his paper »Der Totentanz in Hrastovlje (1490) des Johannes von Kastav« at the 15th annual meeting of this organization, which was hosted by the University of Heidelberg (Institut für Europäische Kunstgeschichte der Universität Heidelberg) in May 2009, presented his most recent findings regarding the iconographic sources of the Dance Macabre at Hrastovlje to the international scholarly audience.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 1587667At the discussion panel that took place in Izola in 2008 under the auspices of the Commune of Izola and the Science and Research Centre of Koper, their recent findings were publicly presented by the following members of the research team engaged in the project L6-9375: Dr. Alenka Vodnik (“Open Problems Regarding the Study of Medieval Mural Painting in the Diocese of Koper”), Dr. Matej Klemenčič (“Baroque Sculpture in Istria”), Dr. Samo Štefanac (“Building History of the Isolan Church of St. Maurus”), and Dr. Stanko Kokole (“Early Career of the Capodistrian Bishop Giacomo Vallaresso”).
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 1538515In the academic year 2007/2008 Dr. Stanko Kokole became the first Slovenian scholar ever to have been awarded the prestigious senior fellowship at the internationally renowned Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in Washington, D.C. (http://www.nga.gov/resources/casva.shtm). Apart from promoting Slovenian art historical scholarship among his distinguished colleagues in the U.S.A., he also secured a generous donation of scholarly books (valued at 21,500.00 USD) from the National Gallery of Art for the fledgling library of the University of Primorska.
B.05 Guest lecturer at an institute/university
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