manca.grgic-renko@zrc-sazu.si, manca.renko@gmail.com
Trg francoske revolucije 7, 1000 Ljubljana
In 2017, Manca G. Renko earned her doctorate with a dissertation on Russia and the importance of Slavic reciprocity in the northern Adriatic between 1848 and 1914 at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Primorska. Joining the ERC EIRENE project at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana in 2019, she delved into researching women intellectuals in post-war transitions from a transnational perspective, covering Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, and Italy. In the fall of 2023, she became a member of the ERC HERESSEE research group at the University of Vienna, contributing to the history of feminist thought and political discourses in Central and Eastern Europe between 1929 and 2001. In the winter of 2023, she joined the research project History of Women's Work in the 19th and 20th Centuries in Slovenia at ZRC SAZU.
Beyond her academic and research roles, she is also active as an editor and essayist, focusing on literature, theory, and popular culture. She served as the artistic director of the international literary festival Fabula from 2016 to 2020. In 2022 she assumed the role of president of the Council of the Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia. Since 2021, she has held the position of editor-in-chief of the magazine Cukr, published by the Museum and Galleries of the City of Ljubljana (MGML).
Journal Articles
“Uninvited, History Entered Our Lives” The post-war transitions in autobiographical perspective. Dacoromania litteraria. 2023, 10, p. 18-42.
Razredni boj proti nacionalizmu: primer Trsta med 1888 in 1914. Acta Histriae. 2022, 30, 1, 161-184. /ENG: Class Struggle vs. Nationalism: the Case of Trieste between 1888 and 1914/The Woman Without Qualities? : The Case of Alice Schalek, Intellectual Labour and Women Intellectuals. Acta Histriae. 2021, 29, 4, 921-946.
Avtobiografska pričevanja tranzicije po drugi svetovni vojni. Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino. 2021, 61, 3, 190-212. /ENG: Autobiographical Testimonies of the Post-War Transitions/Odporniška književnost: prostor emancipacije? Analiza ženskih likov na primeru antifašistične književnosti Primorske. Acta Histriae. 2018, 26, 4, 1217-1234. / ENG: Resistance Literature: A Space of Emancipation?: Analysis of Female Characters on the Example of Anti-Fascist Literature of Primorska/.
Book Chapters
RENKO, Manca G. (et. al): Suffrage, democracy and citizenship. In: PAINTER, Corinne (eds.), SHARP, Ingrid (eds.), STIBBE, Matthew (eds.). Socialist women and the Great War, 1914-21: protest, revolution and commemoration. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. 99-132.
RENKO, Manca G. (et. al.): Life trajectories: Making Revolution and Breaking Boundaries. In: PAINTER, Corinne (eds.), SHARP, Ingrid (eds.), STIBBE, Matthew (eds.). Socialist women and the Great War, 1914-21. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, 133-167.
Vida Tomšič. In: Mateja Ratej (eds.). Osebnosti druge svetovne vojne. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, 2023. 279-290. /ENG: Vida Tomšič in: Personalities of the World War 2/
Angela Piskernik. In: Jovana Mihajlović Trbovc (eds.). Naše znanstvenice: kako so ženske soustvarjale znanost v Jugoslaviji, Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, 2023 /ENG: Angela Piskernik In: Our Scientists: How Women Co-Created Science in Yugoslavia/
Intellectual Labor: Gender, Emotions and Circumstances in the After-War Transitions. In: Marta Verginella (eds): Women and Work in Postwar Transitions. CEU Press, 2024. Publication Date: Winter 2024 - Forthcoming
Angela Vode. In: Zsófia Lóránd et. al. (eds). Texts and Contexts from the History of Feminism and Women’s Rights: East Central Europe, Second Half of the Twentieth Century CEU Press, 2024, Forthcoming
Vida Tomšič. In: Zsófia Lóránd et. al. (eds). Texts and Contexts from the History of Feminism and Women’s Rights: East Central Europe, Second Half of the Twentieth Century CEU Press, 2024, Forthcoming
Professional Experience
Academic Experience
1/10/2023 – 1/10/2027
Research Associate, ERC HERESEE, The History of Women’s Political Thought and Women’s Rights Discourses in East Central Europe 1929-2001, University of Vienna, Austria (PI: Dr Zsófia Lóránd)
1/12/2023 – 1/12/2026
Research Associate, ZRC SAZU, Research Centre of Slovenian Sciences and Arts, Research project History of Women’s Work in the 19th and 20th Century
2/4/2019 – 30/11/2023
Research Associate, ERC EIRENE, Post-war transitions in gendered perspective: the case of North-Eastern Adriatic Region, Department of History, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (PI: Dr Marta Verginella)
26/11/2012 – 30/4/2016
Early Stage Researcher, Pedagogical Assistant and PhD Candidate, Institute for Historical Studies, Science-Research Center Koper, Slovenia
Non-Academic Positions
2021 - Editor in Chief of CUKR, Arts Magazine published by Museum and Galleries of the City of Ljubljana
2022 - President of the Council of the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia
2022 - President of Expert book commission at the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
2016-2020 Artistic Director of Fabula International Literature Festival
2012-2019 Editor in Chief, AirBeletrina Literary Magazine
Education
2017 PhD History of Europe and the Mediterranean (28/9/2017) Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska
Dissertation title: The Role of Russia and the Influence of Slavic Reciprocity in the Northern Adriatic 1848-1914, Supervisors (Dr Borut Klabjan, Dr Jože Pirjevec)
2012 Professor of German Language and History (MA), (4/9/2012)
Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Language Skills: English (C2 speaking, C2 reading, C2 writing), German (C1 speaking, C2 reading, C1 writing), Serbo-Croatian (C1 speaking, C2 reading, C1 writing), Italian (B1 speaking, C1 reading, A2 writing), Russian (A1 speaking, A2 reading, A1 writing), Slovenian native
Fields of interest: intellectual history, cultural history, gender history, popular cultures, theory of history