We are pleased to announce the publication of a new issue of the scholarly journal Retrospektive (Volume VII, Issue 2-3), featuring six original research articles and one review. This issue brings together studies on interwar Yugoslav political history, social movements, industrial transformation, wartime occupation, memory culture, and political thought, demonstrating the journal’s breadth across modern and contemporary Central and Southeastern European history.

Contents of the Issue:

Bojan Balkovec, Notes on Governments and Ministers in Interwar Yugoslavia
This article examines the composition and dynamics of government cabinets in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the interwar period, drawing on parliamentary and administrative sources.

Žan Grm, “Let Us Raise a Sober Generation for the Homeland!”
This article investigates the temperance movement in Slovenia and its intersection with national, religious, and social politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Aleksander Lorenčič, Slovenian Industry: From Pride to Collapse and Sell-Off
The author traces the trajectory of Slovenian industry from its socialist-era achievements through the turbulent process of privatisation and deindustrialisation following independence.

Lana Onič, The Impact of Occupation on Primary Education in Maribor and Its Surroundings during the Second World War
Based on school reports, this article analyses how the Nazi occupation transformed primary education in Maribor and the surrounding region between 1941 and 1945.

Ivan Smiljanić, Shattered Bronze, Battered Marble: What Remains of the Monuments to the Karađorđević Dynasty in Slovenia?
This article surveys the current condition of monuments erected to the Karađorđević royal dynasty across Slovenia, examining the politics of memory and the material traces of the interwar Yugoslav state.

Jernej Štimac, Two Sides of Alexis de Tocqueville
This article offers a critical reading of Tocqueville’s political thought, examining the tensions and contradictions in his analysis of democracy, aristocracy, and freedom.

The complete issue is freely available on the Retrospektive journal website.