Beyond Balkanism: The Scholarly Politics of Region Making By Diana Mishkova Routledge, 282 pp., £115,…
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Memory of Wounds: Refugee Reflections Two Decades Later
The life of a refugee is counted in moments. Never knowing what tomorrow will bring.…
Aleksandar Vučić, the Director of Serbia’s Political Theater of the Surreal
Regime-organized rallies, fake analysts and experts, fake PhDs, and a tabloid-mediated alternate reality: Welcome to…
From Tradition to Art: Albanian Dowry Practices Adapt to the 21st Century
Among Albanians, it is tradition that when a woman is to be married, she must…
Bosnian Higher Education is in the Jaws of Politicians
Last September, when the institutional accreditation for six Bosnian universities expired, few of us thought…
Bulgarian Habibi: How Orientalist Stereotypes in Chalga Music Recover Memories of the Balkans’ Ottoman Past
The tension inherent to chalga and turbofolk music – is it local or foreign? –…
Slovenia’s Election to Push Politics Further Right
Regardless of official outcome, today’s election in Slovenia promises more of the same, as the…