In November 2011 dr. Miha Preinfalk organised a scientific conference »To Understand a Castle – the Role and Importance of Castles in Slovenian History«, on which besides him a number of other collaborators of the project participated (dr. Boris Golec, dr. Matjaž Bizjak, dr. Miha Kosi). The papers of symposium were published under the title From the History of Slovenian Castles as a thematic volume of review Kronika, časopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino, 60/3, 2012. As a part of the presentation of new publication a round table discussion with the title "Castles in Slovenia today and tomorrow – their destiny, plans for the future and perspectives" was organised on the 6th of November 2012. The participants presented the problematics of preservation and renovation of our castle heritage and the problems in searching for their new purpose (substance). Moderator of the event at which a number of eminent people from the sphere of culture took part, was dr. Preinfalk.
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Matjaž Bizjak, PhD, is a lecturer on Basic Historical Sciences at the University of Nova Gorica, Faculty of Humanities (Cultural History programme). The aforementioned course also covers historical topography, which allows students to learn in theory and practice about the genesis of the origin of toponyms, problems concerning their identification as well as relevant methods and tools for concrete identification of place names from various historical periods.
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