Originally published in The Helsinki Notebooks: Global Dispatches against Fascism and the Far Right The People’s Liberation War (Narodnooslobodilački rat, NOR), as the Yugoslav Partisans’ antifascist struggle and parallel socialist revolution during World War II were officially termed, was the birthplace of Yugoslav state socialism. The communist-led and country-wide uprising of 1941 rapidly grew intoContinue reading “Erasing the Yugoslav Revolution: (Mis-)Remembering Antifascism in Serbia and the Post-Yugoslav Space”
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Conference “Antifascism(s) from 1989 to the present. Actors, Meanings, Practices and Circulation”
Eighty years after the Liberation, the conference aims to explore the transformations of antifascism over the past 35 years, both in Italy and on a global scale. Originally born to oppose historical fascism, antifascism has spanned the 20th century as a political, cultural, and symbolic project. After 1989, amid a crisis of memory, institutional changes,Continue reading “Conference “Antifascism(s) from 1989 to the present. Actors, Meanings, Practices and Circulation””
Keynote at the workshop “New Directions in Veteran History”
When: Wednesday, April 2, 2025 – 10:00 to 16:00 Where: Arts & Humanities Institute, First Floor of Iontas Building The COLVET project team are delighted to welcome you to attend this hybrid workshop on ‘New Directions in Veteran History’, in the Arts and Humanities Institute, First Floor of Iontas Building, Maynooth University on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025. This event brings together colleagues doingContinue reading “Keynote at the workshop “New Directions in Veteran History””
New publication: Wer ist Walter?
The book „Wer ist Walter? International Perspectives on Resistance in Europe during World War II” gathers 32 contributions and case studies on the history of resistance against Nazism, fascism, occupation and collaboration during World War II, as well as on its transmission after 1945, especially in Museums. The authors are historians, curators and other researchersContinue reading “New publication: Wer ist Walter?”
History on the Edge Lecture
As a part of the visiting fellowship at the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana, I had a chance to present my ongoing research about the role of war legacies in Yugoslav initiatives of anti-colonial solidarity. Yugoslavia and its institutions and mass organisations invested serious efforts in diplomatic, financial, military and humanitarian assistance to anti-colonialContinue reading “History on the Edge Lecture”
“Yugoslavia and Guinea-Bissau – A Connected History”: Lecture in Bissau
On 9 April 2024, I presented my research project at the National Research and Study Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa, INEP) in Bissau. In the talk, I focused on the relationship between Yugoslavia and the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in the broader context of Yugoslav assistance to anti-colonialContinue reading ““Yugoslavia and Guinea-Bissau – A Connected History”: Lecture in Bissau”
Conference: International Friendship within and beyond the Iron Curtain
This workshop aims to explore relations among countries both within and beyond the Iron Curtain through the lens of international friendship. In diplomatic and political history, as well as in public discourse, the term ‘friendship’ is often employed casually to describe various types of interstate relations, ranging from partnerships lacking close bonds to special relationshipsContinue reading “Conference: International Friendship within and beyond the Iron Curtain”
RECET Podcast: Sea, Sex and Tourism in Socialist Yugoslavia
Who were the Yugoslav Casanovas of mass tourism? What are the practices of othering and meanings behind romantic and sexual encounters of local young men and foreign female tourists in the Yugoslav Adriatic? In this episode, I talked to Anita Buhin about so-called galebovi (seagulls) in socialist Yugoslavia and various economic, cultural and social aspects of thisContinue reading “RECET Podcast: Sea, Sex and Tourism in Socialist Yugoslavia”
New publication on war veterans and transnational cultures of memory and solidarity between Yugoslavia and Algeria
The article examines the role of memory in Yugoslav exchanges with the postcolonial world, focusing on the agency of Yugoslav war veterans and their involvement with Algeria. During decolonization, Yugoslav institutions and associations stood in solidarity with anti-colonial liberation movements. Former Partisans were critical agents of Yugoslav internationalism, and the memory of the People’s LiberationContinue reading “New publication on war veterans and transnational cultures of memory and solidarity between Yugoslavia and Algeria”
Keynote lecture at “Europa en cuarentena. Estrategias de reconstrucción de las identidades nacionales tras la II GM”
Programa Al término de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la mayoría de Estados nación europeos implementaron diferentes estrategias para evitar lidiar con los episodios complejos de su propio pasado, omitiéndolos de sus respectivas memorias colectivas. Dos tuvieron una gran acogida y recorrido: la creación de construcciones positivas y mitos en torno a sus movimientos de resistenciaContinue reading “Keynote lecture at “Europa en cuarentena. Estrategias de reconstrucción de las identidades nacionales tras la II GM””
Jelena Đureinović 