Deciding Not to Kill: Local-level Processes of Ethnic Cleansing in World War II Bosnia

Open to the Public

When is it disadvantageous for members of a local elite to participate in a state-sponsored genocide?

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Date: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 Time: 12:15pm - 02:00pm Location: Taubman Building - Nye B, 5th Floor

Donja Gradina Memorial (Bosnia): Donja Gradina was the biggest mass execution site within the Jasenovac concentration camp complex during WWII.

When is it disadvantageous for members of a local elite to participate in a state-sponsored genocide? How do states react when towns or regions disregard national orders to ethnically cleanse certain segments of the population? How can victim groups take advantage of the disjunction between national and local agendas in order to survive? This seminar explores these questions by examining the interplay between local identity politics and state policies of genocide and nation-building in Bosnia during the Second World War.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.