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John Lampe & Constantin Iordachi, Battling over the Balkans Historiographical Questions and Controversies, Budapest, Central European University Press , 2020 (341 p., 85€)

The tumultuous history of the Balkans has been subject to a plethora of conflicting interpretations, both local and external. In an attempt to help overcome the stereotypes that still pervade Balkan history, Battling over the Balkans concentrates on a set of five principal controversies from the precommunist period with which the region’s history and historiography must contend: (1) the pre-1914 Ottoman and Eastern Christian Orthodox legacies; (2) the post-1918 struggles for state-building; (3) the range of European economic and cultural influence across the interwar period, as opposed to diplomatic or political intervention; (4) the role of violence and paramilitary forces in challenging the interwar political regimes in the region; and (5) the fate of ethnic minorities into and after World War II, particularly Jews, Muslims and Roma.

In an attempt to give a voice to eminent local authors, the chapters provide samples of new regional scholarship exploring these contested issues—most of them translated into English for the first time—and are prefaced with historiographical overviews addressing the state of the debate on these specific controversies. These translations help bridge the language barriers that often separate scholarly traditions within Southeast Europe, as well as scholars in Southeast Europe and English-speaking academia. It is hoped that the volume will enable readers to identify common patterns and influences that characterize the writing of history in the region, and will stimulate new transnational and comparative approaches to the history of the Balkans. 

THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BALKAN CINEMA. THE GREAT WAR(S): OUR STORY (MAY 8-10, 2018, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA)

Deadline for abstract submissions: March 10th, 2018.

Following on the second International Conference on Balkan Cinema that took place in Belgrade in 2017, The Great War(s): Our Story aims to explore the cinematic narratives of the Great War and of the other conflicts in the area. The 3rd International Conference on Balkan cinema will focus on exploring the cinematic heritage of the Balkans and the one made about the Balkans by foreign film makers; as well as the ways these highlight the connections between different war narratives that coalesce into “our story”. The ambivalence of the term “our” refers to our/Balkan stories; our as belonging to one of the Balkan states. It also includes our other defined identities as of victims or perpetrators; civilians or soldiers; women and children in devastated cities and in the wasteland of the countryside’s or men on the front; the generations of participants or to the post generations. The war narratives speaking from any involved parties eventually challenge the history or work with it; or bring together diverse often confronting and competing national histories… However, a lot of other stories are relevant for the Balkans although not connected directly with war.      

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