ANNOUNCEMENT: Online Discussion: “The 1990s Wars in History Education”

ANNOUNCEMENT: Online Discussion: “The 1990s Wars in History Education”

Ratovi-1990-ih-u-nastavi-istorije-thumbMore than two decades have passed since the end of the armed conflicts on the territory of the former Yugoslavia which took more than 130,000 lives. In today’s Serbia, the official memory politics on this period is characterised by historical revisionism, which sees the wars of the 1990s through a binary ethnocentric narrative about Serbian heroes and victims. Convicted war criminals enjoy public and institutional support, and many are even politically active. At the same time, in the memory politics and public discourses, the facts established before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and in numerous research projects are ignored or denied.


Share

The English episode of Memory Cultures in Dialogue podcast is out

The English episode of Memory Cultures in Dialogue podcast is out

KS-logoHow and why does wartime violence against civilians occur in the communities that have lived together in peace for a long time? Why does this happen in some local-level communities and not in others? How does memory of the past waves of violence matter in this context? In our first episode in English, we are discussing these questions on the examples of armed conflicts in Croatia, Uganda and Guatemala. Our guest is Mila Dragojević, Associate Professor in Politics at the University of South, Sewanee and the author of Amoral Communities: Collective Crimes in Time of War.

The episode is available on the podcast website: https://www.kulturesecanja.org/en/podcast/episode-3-amoral-communities/

The new blog post summarises our conversation with Mila Dragojević and the key points of her recent book:  https://www.kulturesecanja.org/en/blog/amoral-communities/ ‎

Follow Memory Cultures in Dialogue Facebook page for regular updates: https://www.facebook.com/kulturesecanja

Project Memory Cultures in Dialogue is supported by NIWANO Peace Foundation from Japan.

Share

Humanitarian Law Center is starting an audio podcast and blog Memory Cultures in Dialogue

Humanitarian Law Center is starting an audio podcast and blog Memory Cultures in Dialogue

Kulture_secanja_logo_icon

The first episode of “Memory Cultures in Dialogue”, an podcast of the Humanitarian Law Center, has been released.

What are memory cultures? What is the purpose of politics of memory? What do young people today learn and know about the recent history? In the introductory podcast episode, we are discussing memory cultures and politics. Our guests are historian Olga Manojlović Pintar from the Institute for Recent History of Serbia and sociologist Tamara Pavasović Trošt from the University of Ljubljana.

Share

War Crimes Trials – Still at The Beginning

War Crimes Trials – Still at The Beginning

hlck

Within the regular activities of the “Monitoring Conflict Related Crime Trials in Kosovo and the Inclusion of the Youth in the Justice Sector” project, in the second half of February 2020, the Humanitarian Law Center in Kosovo (HLCK) finished drafting its planned yearly report on the most significant trials monitored during past year, titled “War Crimes Trials – Still at The Beginning”.

Share