Please join us for a roundtable that will explore how the Western Balkans and especially North Macedonia fit in with broader trends of political change in post-communist Europe. Recent political changes in Macedonia give hope: the highly corrupt, authoritarian regime of … Read more
Ellen Elias-Bursac translates fiction and non-fiction from Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian. Her translation of David Albahari's novel Götz and Meyer received the 2006 ALTA National Translation Award. Her book Translating Evidence and Interpreting Testimony at a War Crimes Tribunal: Working … Read more
Fiume, a major Adriatic port city controlled by Habsburg Hungary until 1918 and thereafter left rogue until 1921, presents a fascinating case of how post-Habsburg states could and did employ prior imperial models to navigate the trials and opportunities of … Read more
Join us for a special screening and discussion of the award-winning Croatian drama "Zvizdan" (eng. The High Sun). Featuring a superb cast of young actors and masterfully directed by Dalibor Matanić, one of Croatia's most prolific directors working today, the … Read more
Join us for a special screening and discussion of Mila Turajlić's award-winning documentary “Druga Strana Svega” (eng. The Other Side of Everything). A locked door inside a Belgrade apartment has kept one family separated from their past for over 70 … Read more
Join us for a special screening of the 2022 LUX Audience Award-winning film, “Quo Vadis, Aida?” by Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić. The film focuses on Aida, a translator for the United Nations, during the Srebrenica genocide in the summer of … Read more
Social movements are shaking and shaping the world in the last century. Ranging from movements against authoritarian regimes in countries such as Serbia, Egypt, Venezuela, Burma, and Iran, struggles against racial and gender inequality and gun violence, to recent global … Read more
This presentation explores the cultural and linguistic ramifications of the ongoing war in Ukraine arguing that the Russian invasion has accelerated processes of Ukrainianization especially among the country’s Russian speakers. These processes have arisen in direct defiance of Vladimir Putin’s … Read more
It has been 27 years since the end of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the history of the conflict, its consequences, and long-term implications for the politics and lives of its citizens has remained a source of interest … Read more
Please join us for a student-led Balkan cooking class. Participants will prepare traditional Balkan dishes, such as gibanica, ćevapi, and palačinke. This event is open to UNC students only. Space is limited and email registration is required ahead of the … Read more
