Traditionally, as every January 31, the anniversary of the founding of the Institute of Contemporary History was celebrated. After the formal session of the Scientific Council, jubilee awards and the "Ljubomir Ljuba Petrović" award were presented.
On January 25, 2023, in the Ceremonial Hall of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, the doctoral dissertation on "Eurocommunism and Yugoslavia 1968‒1980" was defended by Luka Filipović, an associate of the Institute.
The "Andrej Mitrović" award (Andrej-Mitrović-Preis) of the Michael Žikić Foundation (Michael-Zikic-Stiftung) is awarded every other year for excellent doctoral dissertations, which in the field of social sciences and humanities advance knowledge about Germany's relations with Serbia or Yugoslavia.
As part of the bilateral project of the Institute for Contemporary History with the Leibniz Institute for Eastern and Southeastern European Studies, research associate Dr. Rade Ristanović was on a research stay in Regensburg.
The Management Board of the Institute for Contemporary History announced a public selection procedure for the director of the Institute for a mandate period of four years.
Dr. Danilo Šarenac, senior research associate of the Institute for Contemporary History, held a lecture "Banditism, outlawry and brigandage in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia"
Prof. Dr. Biljana Šimunović-Bešlin, full professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, gave a lecture "Something is happening (in) digital history. Innovations in digital hermeneutics".
In 2016, the Institute of Contemporary History established the "Ljubomir Ljuba Petrović" award, which is awarded in memory of a colleague who passed away prematurely to a student for the best master's thesis in the field of general contemporary history and the history of Yugoslavia, defended in 2022.