The year 2014, in review. 2014 in its entirety, has given us at Balkanist, and…
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Queer as Turbofolk (Part IV): Beef Platter
Merry Christmas, Srećna Nova Godina and welcome back to Queer As Turbofolk, reloaded with extra…
Darkness Falls on the ‘Land of Fire’
The detention of a pioneering female journalist in Azerbaijan has exposed the increasingly repressive nature…
The Opposite of Memory is Not Forgetting
On this Thanksgiving holiday, Eric Gordy takes a look at collective memory and historical truth…
British Political Parties Face Uncertain Future
Once, the UK was supposed to be a model of “mature democracy” for emergent democracies…
The Story of Sevdalinke, Part III: The Music Today
When the shooting stopped in Bosnia, roughly 100,000 lay dead, many more were wounded, and…
Post-Soviet Frozen Conflicts and Quasi-States
Now that the newly elected rebel leaders of the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk Peoples’ Republics…