CFP: The Micropolitics of Small Town Life in Eastern Europe
LECTURE: Robert Jenkins
Whatever Happened to Sarajevo? A Look at Postwar Developments in the Former Yugoslavia.
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Mar 20, 2012 from 03:00 PM to 05:00 PM |
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Summary: Throughout the Cold War, Yugoslavia remained proudly independent in a bipolar world. Beneath the surface, however, nationalist tensions were mounting. While the rest of the world celebrated the 1989 collapse of totalitarian regimes across Europe and the wave of democratization that accompanied it, Yugoslavia devolved into war, ethnic cleansing, and atrocities unseen in Europe since World War II.
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Bio: Robert Jenkins, Carolina’s resident expert on these events, will review what transpired in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, and Kosovo over the 1990s, explain their significance, and look at the current state of the region.
Location: Flyleaf Books
Sponsors: UNC General Alumni Association; UNC Program in the Humanities & Human Values