(Post-)Yugoslav History

(Post-)Yugoslav History, Society and Culture

(Post-)Yugoslav History, Society and Culture

Workshop for Networking and Exchange

This one-day workshop brought together scholars from various disciplines and institutions who are based in Vienna and research different aspects of Yugoslav or (Post-)Yugoslav contemporary history, society and culture.

The program started out with an opening session including inputs from Elissa Helms (Central European University), Miranda Jakiša (University of Vienna) and Ljiljana Radonić (Austrian Academy of Sciences) and a discussion on their remarks.

Over the course of the workshop participants had the chance to briefly present their own research and learn about other ongoing projects through presentations and discussions in smaller groups and to explore potential for future cooperation.

There was much enthusiasm throughout the entire workshop to stay in touch and strengthen the initiated network. It was therefore decided to organize a follow-up event in spring 2023.

If you are interested to participate in an event like this in the future, you can subscribe to the networks mailing list or get in touch with the workshop organizers directly.

Date and Venue

30.09.2022, 9:30-16:00, University of Vienna, Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Wien, Seminar room 17

Program

9:30-11:00 Opening Inputs and Discussion

Elissa Helms (Central European University): Reflections from Anthropology: Gatekeeping Concepts, Positionality, and Global Inequalities in Studies of the Yugoslav Space Since the 1990s

Miranda Jakiša (University of Vienna): South Slavic Vienna: Visibility and Presence of the South Slavic in Present Day Vienna

Ljiljana Radonić (Austrian Academy of Sciences): Memorial Museums in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina: Confronting World War II and the 1990s Wars

Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Session 1: Group work ― Introductions

Lunch Break

13:30-14:30 Session 2: Group work ― Identifying commonalities

Coffee Break

15:00-16:00 Plenary session: Closing Discussion and Outlook

Target group

The workshop aimed to primarily connect Vienna-based scholars of all career levels from different universities and other academic or research institutions in the city, who focus their research on Yugoslav or (Post-)Yugoslav history, society and culture. However, scholars who are not currently based in Vienna were also invited to participate and took part in the workshop.

Organization

Julia Anna Schranz (Faculty Center for Transdisciplinary Historical and Cultural Studies): julia.anna.schranz@univie.ac.at

Ivan Nikolovski (Yugo-Region Research Group, Central European University)