A profile of Nina Bunjevac, author of the graphic novel and New York Times best…
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The ‘Maksimir Myth’: 25 Years Since the ‘Symbolic Dissolution’ of Socialist Yugoslavia
Marking the 25th anniversary of the Maksmir riots, when socialist Yugoslavia symbolically fell apart in a…
Political Musical Theatre: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Croatian Patriotic Music and Narratives of National Regeneration
For both contenders in the run-off of the Croatian presidential elections, Ivo Josipović and Kolinda…
Murder in Tito’s Name: German Journalists Investigate Liquidations by Yugoslav Secret Police
Between 1946 and 1990, the Yugoslav State Security Administration (UDBA) carried out a series of…
The Democratic ‘Hooligan’? Radical Democracy and Social Protest Amongst Football Fans in Croatia
We are currently witnessing ‘football fan tribes’[1] all over Europe being under ever-increasing scrutiny for…
The Opposite of Memory is Not Forgetting
On this Thanksgiving holiday, Eric Gordy takes a look at collective memory and historical truth…
The Problem of the Poppy: How People and Institutions Wear Symbols of Remembrance
Since 1922, the Royal British Legion (the largest veterans’ organisation in the UK) has been…