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2nd Conference of Emerging professionals in Heritage Science HERI SCI
The 2nd International Conference of Emerging professionals in Heritage Science HERI SCI is organized under the auspices of HERI SCI – Emerging professionals Science Professionals of Slovenia, in co-organization with the MATRES project – Material Resilience in Times of Environmental [...]
Chemistry for Cultural Heritage 2026
The Chemistry for Cultural Heritage Working Party of the EuChemS (European Chemical Society) is delighted to announce the 8th Conference on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage to be held in Bled, Slovenia, from 8-11 June 2026! The ChemCH conference series has [...]
HSLL to Coordinate two New Research Projects and Invest into Major Cutting Edge Equipment
The Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana is excited to announce two new research projects funded by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS), ARISE and TraceInk, total amount €620k, as well as a major funding grant for new research equipment: Isotope [...]
Smell of Egyptian Mummified Bodies Prized as “the Most Excellent Research Achievement”
Every year, the University of Ljubljana selects ten most prominent research achievements among the proposals received from its faculties, based on aspects including impact, comprehensiveness, and applicability. This year, our research on ancient Egyptian mummified bodies: an interdisciplinary analysis of [...]
Are VOCs a Criterion for Archival Box Suitability?
Researchers at HSLL have recently published a new study titled “Quality Assessment of Box Materials for Long-Term Archival Storage: VOC Emissions Are Not a Significant Concern”. The lead author is Randa Deraz, PhD researcher exploring the principles of lifetime modelling [...]
Centre of Excellence in Green Heritage Science
The GreenHer Centre of Excellence is being established as the first Slovenian centre dedicated to interdisciplinary research in green heritage science within a collaborative European partnership. It is also the first Slovenian centre created under the EU’s highly competitive Teaming [...]
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Heritage Science Lab Unveils New Research on Islamic-African Talismans
We’re excited to share our latest publication in ChemPlusChem: “Multi-Analytical Study of Amuletic and Talismanic Islamic-African Paper Manuscripts in the Slovene Ethnographic Museum.” This study explores a fascinating collection of 50 Islamic-African paper talismanic and amuletic manuscripts, dating from the [...]
Large Interdisciplinary Project MATRES Approved for Funding by the University of Ljubljana
The Heritage Science Lab Ljubljana is excited to announce a new highly interdisciplinary project funded by the University of Ljubljana titled MATRES - Material Resilience in Times of Environmental and Social Change. In collaboration with teams at the Faculty of [...]
New Publication: “ The Impact of Technologies in Heritage Management: Non-Monetary Valuation”
The Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana is delighted to announce a new publication authored by Lana Nastja Anžur and prof. dr. Matija Strlič, titled “Učinek tehnologij pri upravljanju dediščine: nedenarno vrednotenje” (“The Impact of Technologies in Heritage Management: Non-Monetary Valuation”, published [...]
