Božo Repe je bil
rojen leta 1956 v Spodnjih Gorjah pri Bledu. Je redni profesor
za sodobno zgodovino na Filozofski fakulteti v Ljubljani. V
letih 1999-2000 je bil predstojnik Oddelka za zgodovino. Od leta
2009 vodi programsko skupino Slovenska zgodovina. Njegovo
raziskovalno področje so sodobna slovenska, južnoslovanska in
srednjeevropska zgodovina. Ukvarja se tudi z vprašanji pouka
zgodovine v šoli in je avtor ali soavtor enega osnovnošolskega
(tudi prilagojene različice za pouk v madžarščini), dveh
srednješolskih (vsi so bili večkrat ponatisnjeni) in enega
univerzitetnega učbenika ter več drugih učnih gradiv. Leta 1994
je bil kot predavatelj in aktivni udeleženec na štiritedenskem
seminarju o izobraževanju na UCLA ter eden od zunanjih
ocenjevalcev za nacionalne standarde pouka državljanske vzgoje
in podobnih predmetov v ZDA. V okviru nevladne organizacije
Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe že
leta aktivno sodeluje pri pripravi učnih gradiv in izobraževanju
učiteljev v Jugovzhodni Evropi. Doslej je bil mentor 412
diplomantom na starem programu, 16 na prvi bolonjski in enemu na
magistrskem bolonjskem študiju, 25 magistrantom in 15
doktorandom.
Raziskovalno se posveča predvsem naslednjim sklopom: položaj
Slovencev v različnih državnih tvorbah, pri čemer je nekaj
temeljnih del posvetil zlasti kraljevini Jugoslaviji in
socialistični Jugoslaviji; primerjava položaja slovenskega
naroda z drugimi; razpad Jugoslavije, demokratizacija in
osamosvojitev Slovenije (o čemer je prav tako napisal nekaj
temeljnih del); vprašanja demokracije, parlamentarizma in
civilne družbe; razmerje med konservativizmom in modernizmom,
vsakdanje življenje in kultura, biografije pomembnejših
političnih osebnosti, zgodovina diplomacije. Veliko pozornosti
namenja tudi vprašanjem zgodovinopisja, oblikovanju zgodovinske
zaveti in uporabi zgodovine v javnosti (na tem področju je tudi
sodelavec SJM). V zadnjem obdobju se intenzivno posveča
družbenim procesom v samostojni Sloveniji. Po Cobissu presega
1500 bibliografskih enot. Je avtor ali soavtor 17 znanstvenih in
6 strokovnih monografij 38 izvirnih in 16 preglednih znanstvenih
člankov, 39 samostojnih znanstvenih sestavkov ali poglavij v
monografski publikaciji in 128 v strokovnih monografijah; 34
znanstvenih prispevkov na konferenci (1.06 i n 1.08), 26
enciklopedičnih gesel (med njimi obsežno geslo o zadnjih
balkanskih vojnah za prestižno Encyclopedia of Human Rights;
Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2009); okrog 100
strokovnih in več kot 70 poljudnih člankov. Njegovi članki in
knjige so bili v različnih jezikih objavljeni v več kot
šestnajstih državah. Med odmevnejšimi deli so: Obračun s
Perspektivami (Ljubljana 1990); »Liberalizem« v Sloveniji
(Ljubljana 1992); The Repluralization of Slovenia in the 1980s
(soavtor, University of Washington, Seattle 2000); Slovenci v
osemdesetih letih (Ljubljana 2001); Jutri je nov dan. Slovenci
in razpad Jugoslavije (Ljubljana 2002); Viri o demokratizaciji
in osamosvojitvi Slovenije (tri knjige, Ljubljana 2002-2004);
Oris sodobne obče in slovenske zgodovine (soavtor, Ljubljana
2003); Rdeča Slovenija. Tokovi in obrazi socializma (Ljubljana
2003), Prelom. Svet in Slovenci 1914-1918 (soavtor, Ljubljana
2005, knjiga je leta 2012 izšla tudi v ruskem prevodu); Wieser
Geschichte, Europäischer Osten: Slowenien (soavtor,Celovec,
2006); Kriza. Svet in Slovenci od konca prve svetovne vojne do
srede tridesetih let (soavtor, Ljubljana 2008); Resistance,
Suffering, Hope. The Slovene Partisan Movement 1941-1945
(soavtor in sourednik, Ljubljana, Trst 2008); Pred časom.
Portret Staneta Kavčiča (soavtor, 2009), O feldmaršalu
Svetozarju Boroeviću de Bojni (soavtor, 2010): Between myths and
ideology: some views on Slovene contemporary historiography
(Ljubljana,2010).
Bil je gostujoči profesor na univerzi Vytatus Magnus v Kaunasu
(Litva), s predavanji pa je gostoval tudi na drugih univerzah in
inštitutih, med drugim na dunajski, bratislavski in graški
univerzi, na univerzi Karla Velikega v Pragi in na Norwegian
university of Science and Technology v Trondheimu. Študijsko je
večkrat raziskoval na Österreichische Ost-und
Südosteuropainstitut na Dunaju in na Institut d’histoire du
temps présent v Parizu. Bil je vodja slovenskega dela
slovensko-makedonske raziskovalne skupine, ki je izdala
dvojezičen zbornik Slovenci in Makedonci v Jugoslaviji (1999),
nekaj časa pa tudi vodja slovenskega dela slovensko-avstrijske
komisije, ki je izdala delo Slovensko-avstrijski odnosi v 20.
stoletju = Slowenisch-österreichische Beziehungen im 20.
Jahrhundert (2004). Trenutno sodeluje v več mendarodnih
projektih (Mauthausen Survivors Research Project",
Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für
Zeitgeschichte, Universität; The Joint History Project: History
of Southeast Europe since 1945, ki ga izvaja mednarodna nevladna
organizacija Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in
Southeast Europe s sedežem v Solunu; Varietes of Democracy, ki
ga izvajata Univeza v Gothenburgu, Švedska in Kellog Institute,
University of Notre Dame, ZDA). Kljub temu, da za humanistiko ni
celovitega načina ugotavljanja citiranja, na njegovo odmevnost
kažejo že delno dosegljivi citati: po »Google učenjak« je kot
avtor citirani vsaj 170 krat, po »Wos« bazi 27 krat in po
»Sistory« 60 krat. Med najbolj citirana dela po »Wos« sodita
knjiga Jutri je nov dan. Slovenci in razpad Jugoslavije in Rdeča
Slovenija ter članek Vloga slovenskega punka pri širjenju
svobode v samoupravnem socializmu sedemdesetih.
Je kolumnist revije Mladina, občasno pa objavlja prispevke tudi
v dnevnih časopisih in na medijskih spletnih straneh ter
sodeluje pri pripravi dokumentarnih oddaj in filmov. Za domače
in tuje medije je dal blizu devetdeset intervjujev.
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Božo Repe was born in 1956 in Spodnje Gorje near
Bled. He is a Full Professor of Contemporary History at the Faculty
of Arts in Ljubljana. Between 1999 and 2000, he was Head of the
Department of History. Since 2009, he has been the project manager
of the group Slovene History. His research area includes
contemporary Slovene, Southern Slavic and Central European history.
He also deals with the issues of history lessons in schools. He is
the author and co-author of one primary school textbook (also of the
adapted version for lessons in Hungarian), two secondary school
textbooks (all of which have been reprinted many times), one
university textbook and several other study books. In 1994, he took
part in a four-week seminar on education at the University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a lecturer, an active participant
and one of the external assessors of the national standards for the
subject of national education and similar subjects in the United
States of America (USA). In the framework of the non-governmental
organisation Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast
Europe, he has been actively helping with the preparation of study
material and teacher training in Southeast Europe for many years. So
far, he has mentored 412 Bachelors of the old study programme, 16
Bachelors of the Bologna first cycle programme and one Bachelor of
the Bologna second cycle programme, 25 Masters and 15 PhDs.
In his research, he has been focusing on the following issues: the
position of Slovenes in different state formations (he wrote some of
his fundamental works on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Socialist
Yugoslavia); the comparison of the position of the Slovene nation to
other nations; the disintegration of Yugoslavia, the democratisation
and independence of Slovenia (he also wrote some fundamental works
on these issues); the question of democracy, parliamentarianism and
civil society; the balance between conservatism and modernism;
everyday life and culture; biographies of important political
personalities; and history of diplomacy. He pays a lot of attention
to the questions of historiography, formation of historical
awareness and use of history in public (in this field, he is also a
member of staff in the project Slovensko javno mnenje (SJM) [Slovene
Public Opinion Survey]. Lately, he has been focusing intensely on
societal processes in independent Slovenia. In the COBISS
(Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services), his work
exceeds 1,500 bibliographic units. He is the author or co-author of
17 scientific and 6 professional monographs, 38 original scientific
and 16 overview articles, 39 independent scientific and 128
independent professional component parts or chapters in a monograph,
34 published scientific conference contributions (1.06 and 1.08), 26
encyclopaedia entries (among which an extensive entry on the last
Balkan wars for the prestigious Encyclopaedia of Human Rights;
Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), and around 100
professional and more than 70 popular articles. His articles and
books were published in different languages in more than 16
countries. Some of the most talked-about publications are: Obračun s
Perspektivami [Confronting Perspectives] (Ljubljana 1990);
»Liberalizem« v Sloveniji [“Liberalism” in Slovenia] (Ljubljana
1992); The Repluralization of Slovenia in the 1980s (co-author,
University of Washington, Seattle 2000); Slovenci v osemdesetih
letih [Slovenes in the Eighties] (Ljubljana 2001); Jutri je nov dan.
Slovenci in razpad Jugoslavije [Tomorrow Is a New Day. Slovenes and
the Disintegration of Yugoslavia] (Ljubljana 2002); Viri o
demokratizaciji in osamosvojitvi Slovenije [Sources on the
Democratisation and Attainment of Independence of Slovenia] (three
volumes, Ljubljana 2002-2004); Oris sodobne obče in slovenske
zgodovine [Outline of Contemporary General and Slovene History]
(co-author, Ljubljana 2003); Rdeča Slovenija. Tokovi in obrazi
socializma [Red Slovenia. The Currents and Faces of Socialism]
(Ljubljana 2003); Prelom. Svet in Slovenci 1914-1918 [A Break. The
World and the Slovenes 1914-1918] (co-author, Ljubljana 2005; the
book was also published in the Russian translation in 2012); Wieser
Geschichte, Europäischer Osten: Slowenien (co-author, Klagenfurt
2006); Kriza. Svet in Slovenci od konca prve svetovne vojne do srede
tridesetih let [A Crisis. The World and the Slovenes from the End of
World War I to the Middle of the Thirties] (co-author, Ljubljana
2008); Resistance, Suffering, Hope. The Slovene Partisan Movement
1941-1945 (co-author and co-editor, Ljubljana, Trieste 2008); Pred
časom. Portret Staneta Kavčiča [Ahead of His Time. A Portrait of
Stane Kavčič] (co-author, 2009); O feldmaršalu Svetozarju Boroeviću
de Bojni [On Field Marshal Svetozar Boroević de Bojna] (co-author,
2010); Between myths and ideology: some views on Slovene
contemporary historiography (Ljubljana 2010).
He was a visiting professor at Vytatus Magnus University in Kaunas,
Lithuania, and he delivered guest lectures at other universities and
institutes, such as the Universities of Vienna, Bratislava and Graz,
Charles University in Prague and the Norwegian University of Science
and Technology in Trondheim. He has often done research at the
institutes Österreichisches Ost- und Südosteuropa-Institut in
Vienna and Institut d’histoire du temps présent in Paris. He was the
leader of the Slovene part of the Slovene-Macedonian research group
which published the bilingual collection Slovenci in Makedonci v
Jugoslaviji [Slovenes and Macedonians in Yugoslavia] (1999). For a
while, he was also the leader of the Slovene part of the
Slovene-Austrian commission, which issued the book
Slovensko-avstrijski odnosi v 20. stoletju =
Slowenisch-österreichische Beziehungen im 20. Jahrhundert [The
Slovene-Austrian Relations in the 20th Century] (2004). He is
currently participating in several international projects
(Mauthausen Survivors Research Project,
Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Institut für
Zeitgeschichte, Universität Wien; The Joint History Project: History
of Southeast Europe since 1945, carried out by the
Thessaloniki-based international non-governmental organisation
Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe;
Varieties of Democracy, carried out by the University of Gothenburg,
Sweden, and the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame,
United States of America). Despite the fact that there is no
comprehensive citation index in the field of the humanities, his
distinguished position as a scholar can be demonstrated by partially
accessible quotes. According to the online services Google Scholar,
Web of Science (WoS) and Sistory, he has been quoted at least 170,
27 and 60 times respectively. According to WoS, his most quoted
publications are the books Jutri je nov dan. Slovenci in razpad
Jugoslavije [Tomorrow Is a New Day. Slovenes and the Disintegration
of Yugoslavia] and Rdeča Slovenija [Red Slovenia], and the article
Vloga slovenskega punka pri širjenju svobode v samoupravnem
socializmu sedemdesetih [The Role of Slovene Punk in Spreading
Freedom in the Self-Governing Socialism of the 1970s].
He is a columnist for the Mladina magazine. In addition, he
occasionally writes features for daily newspapers and media
websites, and helps to prepare documentary programmes and films. He
has done approximately 90 interviews for domestic and foreign media.
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