The State Archives in Pazin has held a series of public lectures since 2007. Lectures are usually organized once a month in the Great Hall of the Archives and are intended for the general public, researchers, students and all those interested in the history of Istria and archival material.
The aim of the cycle is to bring the work of archival institutions closer to the public and to highlight the value and significance of archival sources as a basis for historical, humanistic and social research. Archival material is presented not only as a source for scientific work, but also as a valuable support in researching local and family history.
The cycle involves scientists and experts from various fields dealing with topics related to Istria and its past. Each lecture is connected with archival material, at least one document or other original record, which further emphasizes the importance of archives as a place of preservation and research of historical sources.
The topics of the lectures cover different periods and areas of Istrian history, culture and society, and their presentation aims to stimulate public interest in archival material and the possibilities of its use.
The cycle of public lectures is accompanied by the eponymous publishing project. Lectures are published in writing so that their contents remain permanently available to the interested public and researchers. So far, four volumes have been published. the Public Lectures Collection.
2021. YEAR
- dr. sc. Elvis Orbanić and dr. sc. Milan Radošević: The role of the Holy See in the Gortanovci trial in 1929 (15.12.2021.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Renato Matić: Istria and the Century of Croatian Resistance to Fascism (25.11.2021.)
2020. YEAR
- David Orlovic: Return of Empires to Istria: the Ethiopian War of 1935 1936 - in the Istrian Province, based on the archives of the State Archives in Pazin (15.5.2020.)
- dr. sc. Ivan Jeličić: Establishment of the Italian government in the political district of Volosko-Opatija with special reference to the Municipality of Mošćenice (1918-1920) (30.9.2020.)
2019. YEAR
- Mr. Sc. Drago Kraljević: Hiding documents on Nazi-fascist crimes in Italy (18.9.2019.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Faithful Pavlaković Croatia and the Spanish Civil War: Views from the Archives (20.11.2019.)
2018. YEAR
- Assoc. prof. dr. sc. Jasenka Gudelj: Architecture of Labin in the light of archival sources (14.2.2018.)
- Doc. dr. sc. Tomislav Galović: It's ‘terra incognita’! – Branko Fučić and Istria (18.4.2018.)
- dr. sc. Jakša Raguž: Istria 1991 – public order and peace in the Pula Police Department in the atmosphere of the Homeland War (30.5.2018.)
- Doc. dr. sc. Josip Mihaljević: Dissidentism and cultural opposition in Comuntist Croatia: the European COURAGE Project (6.6.2018.)
- dr. sc. Elena Rudan: Glagoljica in the offer of cultural tourism in Croatia (12.12.2018.)
2017. YEAR
- Marino Manin: Caves: “modus operandi” for internal use or propaganda “bumerang” in the determination of the western borders of Yugoslavia (8.2.2017.)
- dr. sc. Tanja Perić-Polonijo: Archiving heritage: the value and importance of archival sources for ethnological and folkloristic research (22.3.2017.)
- Doc. dr. sc. John Paul Gortan-Carlin: Musical Istria in the tourist offer: Opportunities and perspectives (26.4.2017.)
- dr. sc. Olga Orlić: Personal documentation from the Pazin, Rijeka and Zadar archives as a source for anthropological analysis of Austro-Hungarian everyday life (31.5.2017.)
- Marko Jelenić: Demographic, agrarian and climatic conditions in Kanfanar in the second two decades of the 19th century (7.6.2017.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Miroslav Tuđman: Archives, archives and information warfare. Dr. Franjo Tuđman and Istria (18.10.2017.)
- Doc. dr. sc. Evelina Rudan: From the field to the archives to the book – all the lives of oral stories in Istria (15.11.2017.)
- dr. sc. Jerica Ziherl: Antun Motika Portrait of the artist in his youth: Pazin's Memories Art Scenario (6.12.2017.)
2016. YEAR
- dr. sc. Stipan Trogrlić: Archbishop of Zagreb Alojzije Stepinac and Yugoslav Communist Regime (3.2.2016.)
- Slavko Goldstein: The Five Ages of Tito (20.4.2016.)
- Jakov Jelinčić: About the archival service in Istria during the Homeland War from the point of view of one director (8.6.2016.)
- Mladen Blašković: Istria in the Homeland War 1990-91 and the role of the police: SJP Bak in the Preservation of Peace (15.6.2016.)
- dr. sc. Milena Joksimović: Apostolic Visitation of Bishop Augustine Valier to Dioceses in Istria (5.10.2016.)
2015. YEAR
- Mr. Sc. Drago Kraljević: Ezuli and Optants (1947-2014) (14.1.2015.)
- dr. sc. Mario Sošić: Geopolitical determination of Istrian affiliation: From World War I to the Homeland War (18.2.2015.)
- Mario Werhas: Development of the fortification system of the Pula War Port (25.3.2015.)
- dr. sc. Marica Čunčić: Glagolitic in Istria (22.4.2015.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Ivo Banac: Istria and Tito (13.5.2015.)
- dr. sc. Luka Ilić: Matija Vlačić Ilirik - Labinjan, exceptional student of Martin Luther (23.9.2015.)
2014. YEAR
- Doc. dr. sc. Ivan Milotić: Vrsar County, a thousand-year history of a country in Istria from an archival, legal and historical point of view (5.2.2014.)
- dr. sc. Maja Ćutić Gorup: Catholic Renewal and Habsburg Counter-Reformation in the Pazin Principality (26.3.2014.)
- dr. sc. Milan Radošević: Malaria in the Istrian Province 1918-1943: The final defeat of the centuries-old plague (30.4.2014.)
- Gaetano Benčić, prof.: On the arrival of Pope Pius VII at the mouth of Mirna on 13 and 14 June 1800 (14.5.2014.)
- Fr Ljudevit Anton Maračić: Chronological records of Istrian Franciscan conventuals in the 18th century (4.6.2014.)
- dr. sc. Iva Milovan Delić: Spanish flu pandemic 1918-1919 in Pula (24.9.2014.)
- Vicko Marelić: Renegades or revolutionaries? Cooperation and conflicts between Italians and Slavs in Istria in the 1940s (31.10.2014.)
- Doc. dr. sc. Damir Tulić: Marble altars and 18th century sculptures in central Istria (19.11.2014.)
- Doc. dr. sc. Filip Škiljan: Roma in Istria (10.12.2014.)
2013. YEAR
- Prof. dr. sc. Juraj Kolarić: The Edict of Milan (313) marks the beginning of a new era between the Church and the State. (20.2.2013.)
- Mr. Sc. Tatjana Tomaić: Croatian-Slovenian border dispute in Istria (20.3.2013.)
- Academician Franjo Šanjek: Contribution of Istrana to the development of science in the European West (12th-16th c.) (24.4.2013.)
- Mr. Sc. Jakov Jelinčić: Minutes of the sessions of the Council of the Labin Commune from the time of Venice (12.6.2013.)
- Doc. dr. sc. Igor Duda: Social Tourism and Socialism: the Fažana case (18.9.2013.)
2012. YEAR
- Mr. Sc. Boris Biletić: Croatian Literature of Istria Under Fascism (18.1.2012.)
- dr. sc. Valter Milovan: Traces of Vladimir Nazor (28.3.2012.)
- dr. sc. Hrvoje Petrić: Little Ice Age (with a review of Istria) (11.4.2012.)
- dr. sc. Dean Krmac: Archive and printed sources for monitoring the movements of the Istrian population in the Habsburg period (1815-1918) (30.5.2012.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Nina Kudiš: Art History and Archival Research (20.6.2012.)
- Mr. Sc. Darinko Munić: Parallel historical walk of the two westernmost Croatian nobility (Pazin and Kastav) (12.9.2012.)
- Doc. dr. sc. Andrea Matošević: Ethnography of the coma. From black everyday life to workers' aristocracy (17.10.2012.)
- Mr. Sc. Nikola Lovrinić: Moths and madrigals of the Istrian Seicenta – Gabriello Puliti: Early Baroque composer in Istria (21.11.2012.)
2011. YEAR
- Prof. dr. sc. Slaven Bertoša, …[et al.]: Kunfin and Evil: Border and boundary markings in Istria from the Middle Ages to our time (2.2.2011.)
- Doc. dr. sc. Sandra Tamaro: Romanisms from the manuscript Dictionary of Bologna Speeches by Ivan Francetić (30.3.2011.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Klara Buršić Matijašić: Archaeology and Archives (13.4.2011.)
- Doc. dr. sc. Željko Bartulović: Demarcation between the Kingdom of SHS and Italy 1918-1925. – inter-legal and political aspects (1.6.2011.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Ante Škrobonja: Medical elements in sacral art with special reference to Istria (21.9.2011.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Alojz Jembrih: Pastor of Pazin Stipan Konzul – promoter of the Glagolitic script and the Croatian book in Urach (1561-1565) (30.11.2011.)
2010. YEAR
- Mr. Sc. Alida Perkov: Institutional support for the economy of Istria from 1850 to 1918. (27.1.2010.)
- Mons. dr. sc. Juraj Batelj: Stepinac and Istria (24.2.2010.)
- Mr. Sc. Aleksa Ladavac: Chakavian Parliament – 40 years of activity (24.3.2010.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Josip Jurčević: Istria in the Croatian Homeland War (28.4.2010.)
- dr. sc. Maurizio Levak: Castration in Istria: the Medieval Landscape (26.5.2010.)
- dr. sc. Ante Nazor: Presentation of the work and publishing activities of the Croatian Memorial Documentation Centre of the Homeland War (16.6.2010.)
- dr. sc. Marija Mogorović Crljenko: Causae matrimoniales – matrimonial disputes in the area of the Diocese of Poreč in the first half of the 17th century (22.9.2010.)
- dr. sc. Ivica Šute: Once in Little Istria… (3.11.2010.)
- Academician Josip Bratulić: Glagolitic texts from Istria as a source for history (11.11.2010.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Joseph Grbac: Božo Milanović (15.12.2010.)
2009. YEAR
- dr. sc. Stipan Trogrlić: Relationship of the communist regime with the Catholic Church in Istria (1945-1952) or the ‘carrot and beating’ policy (11.3.2009.)
- Mr. Sc. Lidija Nikočević: Istria outside Istria (10.6.2009.)
- dr. sc. Davor Mandić: Istrian exoduses in the context of political, economic and other circumstances in the 19th and 20th centuries (23.9.2009.)
- Academician Petar Strčić: Petar Stanković, Pietro Stancovich, Peter Stancowich – Istrian polyhistor and canon (1771-1852) (28.10.2009.)
- dr. sc. Mario Sošić: Historical and social foundations of the contemporary paradigm of Istrian autonomy – autonomy (18.11.2009.)
- dr. sc. Marko Medved: Historiographers on the relation of the Holy See to fascism and Nazism: an ideological or methodological question? (9.12.2009.)
2008. YEAR
- Mr. Sc. Sandi Blagonić: How the State Border Creates New Borders: Language and ethnic identities in northern Istria (30.1.2008.)
- dr. sc. Mario Mikolić: Istrian fojbe as historical fact and political manipulation (14.4.2008.)
- Dr. Nevio Šetić: The first representatives of the people from Istria in the Croatian Parliament in 1947. (21.5.2008.)
- Prof. dr. sc. Darko Dukovski: Croatian Spring in Istria (19.11.2008.)
2007. YEAR
- Mr. Sc. Alojz Štoković: Brotherhoods – associations with a centuries-old tradition (28.11.2007.)