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POLITICS OF MEMORY

Source: projectonpeacebuilding By Ajla Henić We are all streams of one water [Patricio Guzmán, Chilenian filmmaker] Having been born in Prijedor (but grown up in Spain) I feel that—like my identity—the history of both countries overlaps. I can say with certainty that memory is a difficult term to be discussed and to deal with. As Existentialist philosophers stressed: it requires tension […]

Multiperspectivity – Sowing the seeds of reconciliation

An interview with Joanna Hanson and Shkelzen Gashi: After the presentation of the NGO New Perspektiva project “Multi-perspective History Teaching in Kosovo” in August 2017, we asked Joanna and Shkelzen some questions, as we wanted to know more about their research and the findings. B.P: Joanna and Shkelzen, in your project you have analysed how various events in Kosovo-Serbian history […]

History textbooks and dealing with the past in Serbia

Marijana Toma In armed conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, between 1991-2001, more than 130,000 persons lost their lives, several million became refugees or internally displaced persons, and we are still looking for approximately 10,000 missing persons. Tens of thousands of people suffered as victims of different war crimes committed in these conflicts: mass killings, enforced disappearances, systematic rape and other […]

Studies of cultural memory and oral history as a starting point to deal with the past

Dealing with the past is part of various programs at the University of Prishtina, although there could be much more done. Here are some insights and voices the university’s faculty, collected by Arbër Selmani October 1 this year marked the 20th anniversary of protests started in Prishtina by students who were fought by the macabre regime of that time. In […]

Multi-ethnic education is necessary from the earliest age

Children have the desire to learn in diversity, that is why we should support and strengthen multi-ethnic schools, not only in Macedonia but everywhere, argues Kristina Atovska. To create a responsible and peaceful multi-ethnic society, education as a socialization factor should be a priority in policy making. In a country like Macedonia, the need for an integrated education, which strengthens […]

When paranoia and propaganda lead education

The instrumentalisation of education to create stereotypes of Albanians as “dangerous” is not entirely unintentional. Paranoiacs need an alibi to justify discriminatory policies and to cleanse their consciences that has been soiled by propaganda that renders Macedonia dangerous. It is almost three decades now since Macedonia gained its independence, as a pluralist and democratic country. However, these years have not […]

Living to talk about it

Our author, Dardan Hoti, met a very strong woman, who turned her house into a museum to fight against oblivion. No voices are heard besides lady of the house, Ferdonije Qerkezi. Although it is not her profession, now she works as a guide. Often, the voice betrays her, inside her very home, which she has now officially named a museum. […]

A CHANCE TO DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING

Educational institutions have become places of intolerance in Bosnia and Herzegovina. That’s why initiatives like the “Education for Peace” project are very much needed, writes Aleksandra Letić, programme manager of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Although the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended 22 years ago, its consequences are still very visible in all segments of society. Painful war […]

Historija? Istorija? Povijest?

It’s not only when it comes to the subject of history that the ethnic fragmentation of schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina is evident. How to move on from there? Let teachers and students take the lead, suggests Melisa Forić. The answer to the question “how to teach history in Bosnia and Herzegovina?” is not easy to formulate, at least not […]

Balkan States ‘Expected to Sign Truth Commission Agreement’

A coalition campaigning for the establishment of the RECOM regional fact-finding commission on the 1990s wars said ex-Yugoslav states could sign an agreement committing their support in July. The Coalition for RECOM announced on Monday that five Western Balkan states – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – are likely to sign an agreement to establish the new […]

The socialist legacy

Author: Leon Runje It is widely considered that during the communist period corruption in the Western Balkans was widespread, but was, for the most part, petty. During this period administrative corruption was prevalent, meaning that it took the form of low level bureaucratic corruption of state and public institutions as opposed to the corruption of centralized government bodies and agencies […]

2018 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN COMPARATIVE CONFLICT STUDIES

2018 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL IN COMPARATIVE CONFLICT STUDIES June 24 to July 1, 2018Center for Comparative Conflict Studies (CFCCS) at the Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK),Singidunum University, Belgrade The Center for Comparative Conflict Studies (CFCCS) at the Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK), Singidunum University invites you to apply for the 9th International Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies. […]

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