MobiLab at the ICHT Meeting 2025 – Ljubljana

A MobiLab representative attended the annual meeting of the International Commission for History of Towns – ICHT, held in Ljubljana from 11 to 13 September 2025.

The conference gathered a wide international community of scholars to discuss current approaches to urban history, focusing on cities as dynamic spaces of interaction, transformation, and memory. This year’s conference theme, “Public History and Urban History Today: Visibility and Use of Urban History”, focused on how urban history can engage wider audiences, contribute to public understanding, and inform heritage and planning practices.

Among the different contributions, a preview of the Historic Atlas of Ljubljana was presented as a key addition to the series, representing a significant contribution to the comparative study of European urban development.

The conference also hosted a session sharing the latest updates from the Atlas Working Group (AWG), which coordinates the European Historic Towns Atlas project, and from the Data Standardisation Group, which works to harmonise digital data models and research methodologies across the different national atlas initiatives.

For the MobiLab, participation in the annual ICHT meeting was a valuable opportunity to follow the latest developments in the field, exchange ideas with colleagues, and strengthen connections within this major European network of urban historians.