Events
The Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the »Alexandrian Women« tries to present to the public the »Aleksandrinke« phenomenon and thus organizes exhibitions and other events. In collaboration with different institutions it also works on diverse projects.
Exhibition: "Almost Forgotten"
Since November 2010, an exhibition portraying the life of Alexandrian women has been put on display in the House in the Square in Prvačina ("Hiša na Placu" in Slovenian). The exhibition is entitled "Almost Forgotten"(Skoraj pozabljene). This exhibition presents individual stories of Alexandrian women. We get to know their destinies through numerous...
more...Conference on Alexandrian Women
The Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian Women organised a conference on Alexandrian women taking place on 2 December 2011 in Nova Gorica. The participants first gathered in the Pine Grove in Nova Gorica where a memorial plaque - "Tribute to Alexandrian Women" - was unveiled by the Society, together with the Nova Gorica...
more...Contributions by Daša Koprivec
Daša Koprivec, holding a PhD degree in ethnology and university degree in sociology of culture, is employed by the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. Since the establishment of the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian Women Prvačina in November 2005, she has cooperated as a Member of the Management Board.
In her...
more...Alexandrian Women - Full-Length Documentary
A documentary entitled "Alexandrian Women" started to be created in 2008 when Metod Pevec, a director and scriptwriter, and a researcher Barbara Brezavšček Stegeman made a contact with our Society. The film includes testimonies of the Alexandrian women, their descendants and protégées who are nowadays living in Slovenia and around the world. In...
more...21. Primorska Slovenian Days: Alexandrian Women - a motif of economic migration in literature and culture
On 8 and 9 April 2011, the 21st Primorska Slovenian Days took place in Bukovica, organised by the Nova Gorica Slavistic Society in cooperation with the Renče-Vogrsko Municipality, the Society for the Preservation of Alexandrian Women and the Joint Committee for the Preparation of the PSD of the following societies: Koper Slavistic Society,...
more...Chapel in Gradišče
The opening of a memorial chapel dedicated to the Alexandrian women took place on 10 October 2010 in Gradišče above Prvačina. A chapel, made of domestic material - marlstone and bricks - and covered with Primorska roofing tiles (called "korci" in the Primorska dialect), will be a sign to a passer-by that the subsistence of homesteads in this region...
more...Diploma by the Nova Gorica City Municipality
During the solemn session of the City Council of the Nova Gorica City Municipality, taking place on 11 September 2010, a Diploma by the Nova Gorica City Municipality was awarded to the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian Women. The Society was awarded this Diploma for its important work in the preservation of the...
more...A visit to the Slovene Ethnographic Museum
The Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian Women responded to the invitation by the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The Society organised a trip for its members on 19 June 2010. The group took a bus trip to Ljubljana to visit an exhibition under professional guidance. A permanent exhibition, opened in December 2009, is...
more...Egypt 2010 - Following Traces of Alexandrian Women
In March, the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian Women, together with the Kompas Tourist Agency, prepared a package trip for a visit to Egypt. A group of travellers took part in this trip, most of them the descendants of Alexandrian women and members of the Society.
We set of on 24 March 2010. The very next day,...
more...Personality of Primorska 2009
The selection of a Personality of Primorska 2009, an event produced by Radio Koper, Primorske novice and TV Koper Capodistria concluded with an event on 22 January 2010 in Portorož's Auditorium. The President of the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian Women, Dejana Baša, was selected the Personality of Primorska in...
more...I, We and Others
Some members responded to the invitation by Daša Koprivec, a custodian at the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, and visited the museum in Ljubljana when on 2 December 2009 a new permanent exhibition was opened, holding a meaningful title: "I, We and Others" (Jaz, mi in drugi). We had been waiting for this event for quite some time and our great wish to...
more...Event celebrating Murko's Deed
The Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian Women Prvačina, in cooperation with the Goriška Museum Kromberk-Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica City Municipality and Prvačina Local Community, organised a joint event, paying tribute to Alexandrian women. The event took place in the Centre of Culture in Prvačina on 22 November...
more...FILM ON THE »ALEKSANDRINKE«
The panels and the exhibits of the Exhibition on the »Alexandrian Women« in the house »Hiša na Placu« in Prvačina were recorded on film on 24th April 2009 by the Slovenian National Television - RTV Slovenija. The director and screenwriter was Metod Pevec, director's assistant and researcher was Barbara Brezavšček Stegeman. The editor of the...
more...Migrations of the children of the Alexandrian women from the 1930s to the 1960s
Daša Koprivec, Master of ethnology and Cultural sociologist and employee of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, has collaborated as member of the Management Committee with the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Alexandrian Women Prvačina since its foundation in November 2005. In her report she describes the migrations of the...
more...EXHIBITION – PRVAČINA 2009
Since March 2009 the Exhibition »In memory of the Alexandrian Women« is once again displayed in the house »Hiša na placu« in Prvačina. The visitors can get acquainted with the »Aleksandrinke« phenomenon through numerous photos, items and stories of single »Alexandrian Women«. Visits possible only upon previous arrangement in the Nova Gorica...
more...DISCOURSE – Recent Efforts and Researches for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the »Alexandrian Women«
Within the 53rd »In my homeland« gathering, organized by the Slovenian Emigrant Association (Slovenska izseljenska matica), on Saturday 4th July 2009 in the Great Hall of the Municipality of Nova Gorica the Discourse - Recent Efforts and Researches for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the »Alexandrian Women« - organized by the Society...
more...GORIŠKI LETNIK 32/2008 – Collection of scientific papers
In the Collection of scientific papers Goriški letnik published by the Regional Museum Goriški muzej in the number 32 of the year 2008 two scientific papers on the »Alexandrian Women« were published. The author of the first paper, a sort of introduction to the other report on the »Aleksandrinke«, is Inga Miklavčič – Brezigar M.A., ethnologist...
more...ON THE WINGS OF MIGRATION
The monograph On the Wings of Migration was published at the beginning of the year 2009 within the Institute for the Slovenian Emigration. The book, which consists of several migration stories, was written by seven female as well as male authors and helps us understand the migration phenomenon on Slovenian soil. Among the stories of numerous female...
more...EGYPTIAN CHILDREN AND THEIR NANNIES - THE »ALEKSANDRINKE«
Daša Koprivec, Master of ethnology and Cultural sociologist and employee of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum, has collaborated as member of the Management Committee with the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Alexandrian Women Prvačina since its foundation in November 2005. In her report, which was published in number 18...
more...LEŠANDRINKE – GORIZIA 2008
In Gorizia, from 27th October to 19th December 2008, a series of events in connection with the »Alexandrian women« was organized by the Province of Gorizia and in collaboration with the Association of Slovene Cultural Societies. The Province of Gorizia and the Association of Slovene Cultural Societies invited the Society for the Preservation of the...
more...FOLLOWING THE TRACKS OF ALEXANDRIA - LE ROTTE DI ALEXANDRIA
In December 2008, in Trieste, a series of lectures titled »Following the tracks of Alexandria – Le rotte di Alexandria« were held. The first day was dedicated to the contacts of the Trieste area with Egypt, above all in the sphere of migration, economy, literature and architecture, and the second day to the Alexandrian Women. Among the lecturers...
more...PRESENTATION OF THE HOME PAGE AND THE BOOK
On Saturday 22nd November 2008, in the Prvačina Cultural Centre two new essential elements for the recognizability of the »Alexandrian Women« were presented: the home page www.aleksandrinke.si and the book by Darinka Kozinc »They called them Alexandrian women / Pravili so jim Aleksandrinke«. This was a very pleasant cultural evening enriched by...
more...INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ETNOGRAPHIC MUSEUMS HELD IN ISRAEL
At the Conference of Ethnographic Museums from all over the world organized in Jerusalem (Israel) on Monday 17th November 2008, Daša Koprivec M.A., museum curator of the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana and member of the Management Committee of the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Alexandrian Women Prvačina, gave...
more...100th Anniversary of Arrival of School Sisters to Egypt
The celebration upon the 100th anniversary of school sisters to Egypt took place in the St. Catherine's Church in Alexandria on Friday, 21 September 2008. A letter by the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Danilo Türk, was read at the celebration, as well as a letter by the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian...
more...EXHIBITION – PRVAČINA 2008
Prvačina. The Exhibition »In memory of the Alexandrian Women / V spomin aleksandrinkam« was from June to November 2008 once again displayed in the house »Hiša na placu« in Prvačina.
EXHIBITION – NOVA GORICA 2008
In May 2008 already the fourth exhibition was set up by the Society. At its inauguration in the public library Goriška knjižnica Franceta Bevka in Nova Gorica also the leaflet »In memory of the Alexandrian women« was presented.
SEMINAR PAPER OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS – 2008
The Society collaborated with the students of the Biotechnology High School in Šempeter in the preparation of the seminar paper finalized in February 2008 and entitled »Between the Bora and the desert wind – influence of the Alexandrian Women on the nutritional habits of their relatives«.
EXHIBITION – GRADIŠČE 2007
The third exhibition, presenting photographs, items and stories of single families from Gradišče, was set up in Gradišče nad Prvačino by the Society and in collaboration with the local community. The exhibition was open for visitors in December 2007.
MEMORIAL PLAQUE ERECTED IN EGYPT IN 2007
The Society, since its foundation, has planned to erect a commemorative plaque in memory of the girls and women who left for Egypt to earn more money. In November 2007 this idea became finally reality. Almost one hundred people, among them members of the Society, descendants of the Alexandrian Women, representatives of the local authorities and other...
more...EXHIBITION – PRVAČINA 2007
The opening of the second exhibition set up by the Society took place in the Summer 2007 in the house »Hiša na placu« in Prvačina. The exhibition in the house encloses two rooms, the bigger one is dedicated to a permanent exhibition, the smaller one on the other hand, to the Alexandrian Women from the settlement Gradišče nad Prvačino.
ALEXANDRIAN WOMEN – LIFE IN EGYPT AND AT HOME
Daša Koprivec, Master of ethnology and Cultural sociologists, is employed in the Slovene Ethnographic Museum and has collaborated since the foundation of the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Alexandrian Women Prvačina in November 2005 as member of its Management Committee. In 2006 in number 16 of the scientific publication...
more...EXHIBITION – PRVAČINA 2006
The Society set up the first exhibition in the Summer 2006 in Prvačina in the house »Hiša na placu«. The heritage of the Alexandrian Women in form of photographs, items and heartbreaking stories, are presented in two rooms on the ground floor of the house. The exhibition was visited by numerous visitors even from far away places as well as from...
more...Murko's Deed 2009
After four years of voluntary work, for its contribution in the collection, preservation and presentation of the cultural heritage, the Society for the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Alexandrian Women was awarded a prestigious award from the field of ethnology in Slovenia, the Murko's Deed. The Slovene Ethnological Society which confers...
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