A couple of years ago, I tried to collect information about the ethnic policies in South-Eastern Europe for university teaching. Slovenian colleagues were very cooperative and supplied me with rich information about the social integration policies concerning Roma. This information was enough for resolving the tasks I had at that time. However, step by step, I learned more about the ethnic composition and interethnic relations in Slovenian society. I was struck by the fact that the ethnic picture there was much more complex and complicated than the single case of the Roma minority. In addition, I received a lot of information about Slovenian ethnic minorities in the neighboring countries.

A couple of years ago, I tried to collect information about the ethnic policies in South-Eastern Europe for university teaching. Slovenian colleagues were very cooperative and supplied me with rich information about the social integration policies concerning Roma. This information was enough for resolving the tasks I had at that time. However, step by step, I learned more about the ethnic composition and interethnic relations in Slovenian society. I was struck by the fact that the ethnic picture there was much more complex and complicated than the single case of the Roma minority. In addition, I received a lot of information about Slovenian ethnic minorities in the neighboring countries.

The essays gathered in the volume Emotional Landscapes: Love, Gender, and Migration, edited by Marcelo J. Borges, Sonia Cancian, and Linda Reeder, give a valuable insight into the multifaceted migration experience imbued with emotions. Attending to subtle and variable affective languages, the authors “painted” compelling “emotional landscapes,” historically contingent and shaped transnationally by love and an array of other emotions accompanying people on the move, such as loss, nostalgia, hope, and joy. Love, gender, and migration are interwoven in all the narratives. Love as a driving force of migration, its meaning, the main bond overcoming distance, and an affective underpinning of public discourse pursuing political interests. Changeable in time and space, the meanings of love entail various ways of emotional expression and reshape gender norms.

The essays gathered in the volume Emotional Landscapes: Love, Gender, and Migration, edited by Marcelo J. Borges, Sonia Cancian, and Linda Reeder, give a valuable insight into the multifaceted migration experience imbued with emotions. Attending to subtle and variable affective languages, the authors “painted” compelling “emotional landscapes,” historically contingent and shaped transnationally by love and an array of other emotions accompanying people on the move, such as loss, nostalgia, hope, and joy. Love, gender, and migration are interwoven in all the narratives. Love as a driving force of migration, its meaning, the main bond overcoming distance, and an affective underpinning of public discourse pursuing political interests. Changeable in time and space, the meanings of love entail various ways of emotional expression and reshape gender norms.

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The article deals with the intellectually elite first generation of Russian emigrants to Slovenia between the two world wars. Along with an outline of the broader historical and political background in then Slovenia and Yugoslavia, the article presents the destinies and activities of some prominent representatives who, among other things, also influenced the Slovenian cultural events at the time. It highlights E. V. Spektorski, A. Bubnov, and A. V. Issatchenko, who greatly enriched and expanded Slovenian cultural consciousness through their academic activity. This investigation also presents their works in more detail.
Keywords: first-generation Russian immigrants, Russian intelligentsia, University of Ljubljana, “Russian Matica”, Russian culture, Slovenia

The article deals with the intellectually elite first generation of Russian emigrants to Slovenia between the two world wars. Along with an outline of the broader historical and political background in then Slovenia and Yugoslavia, the article presents the destinies and activities of some prominent representatives who, among other things, also influenced the Slovenian cultural events at the time. It highlights E. V. Spektorski, A. Bubnov, and A. V. Issatchenko, who greatly enriched and expanded Slovenian cultural consciousness through their academic activity. This investigation also presents their works in more detail.
Keywords: first-generation Russian immigrants, Russian intelligentsia, University of Ljubljana, “Russian Matica”, Russian culture, Slovenia