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When discussing the Balkans
When discussing the Balkans, scholars usually describe the warring parties in ethno-national terms (i.e. Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Kosovar Albanians, Kosovar Serbs, etc.) They fail to address the problem, however, that on the local level of conflict, actors do not always think of themselves in these paradigms. In this talk, the speaker will argue that during the Second World War, Sarajevo's Muslims, Catholics, and Orthodox (or in national terms, Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs) rejected national ideologies in favor of local brands of identity and politics. The speaker will explore the implications of this "anational" approach both during and after the war and reflect briefly on what this case reveals about the construction of civic and cultural identities in wartime societies.
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