Zgodovina za Vse

The new Slovene historical journal, Zgodovina za vse (History for Everyone), concentrates on historical anthropology and deals with topics within the history of everyday life, as well as with history from below or the history of ordinary people. Its special quality is the revival of narrative.

The journal has three parts. The first is comprised of a section for real life stories and articles which are in line with the general orientation of the journal. The criteria for contributions are an academic approach supported by a rich critical apparatus in a narrative style which is neither dull nor plain. The second part is comprised of discussions concerning the theory of history as well as various polemics, while the third offers reviews of books dealing with issues and topics related to the journal’s content.

Undoubtedly, the most distinctive characteristic of Zgodovina za vse is the revival of narrative. The articles are discernible by their detailed narratives or description (i.e. thick descriptions). This is so-called “modern narrative” which contemporary historians, influenced by the findings and results of anthropology, contrast with more traditional narrative characterized as “thin description”. Thorough and detailed case studies of various phenomena from the Slovene past from complex articles which, according to the methodology and technique they deploy, can be characterized as microhistory or micronarrative – the history of every-day life, the history of mentality, as well as the history of civilisation, habits and customs.