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100th anniversary of the Institute for Ethnic Studies

In 2025, the Institute for Ethnic Studies (INV) celebrated its centenary – a century of scientific research into ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity and the promotion of understanding between communities.…

December 26, 2025 11:15 am·

“Tea Party” with Branimir Janković: Collective identity does not tolerate an equality of memories

Does the war of memories and remembrances in the former Yugoslavia can come to an end and how, was the central question of the lecture “ The (Im)possibility of Speaking…

December 30, 2024 10:51 am·

“Tea party” with Milivoj Bešlin: Yugoslavia as an alternative to nationalism

Guided by the anti-fascist struggle and the socialist revolution, Yugoslavia had become an important geopolitical subject and had offered the so far only substantial alternative to the historically dominant nationalism…

December 2, 2024 2:46 pm·

“Tea party” with Mitja Velikonja: What walls tell about Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia is being reconstructed in street art, thirty-three years after its end, and how, where and why Yugoslavia is (de)constructed, praised and (or) rejected in this specific urban subculture was…

November 6, 2024 1:12 pm·

“Tea party” with Francesca Rolandi: Italy and Yugoslavia from conflict to close cooperation

In her lecture ”Going East, Going West. Cultural relations and solidarity ties between Italy and Yugoslavia during the Cold War”, Italian historian Francesca Rolandi showed how the continuous improvement of…

October 30, 2024 12:22 pm·

“Tea party” with Ivo Goldstein: The need to depoliticize the history of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia cannot be understood, nor should we try to do so starting from the question whether it was beneficial or harmful for any of the nations who lived in it,…

October 2, 2024 1:05 pm·

“Tea Party” with Ildikó Erdei: The role of design in socialist Yugoslavia

When it comes to the mass production of aesthetically designed objects of utility and the concept of democratic design, Yugoslavia not only followed the dominant world trends of the time,…

July 5, 2024 3:04 pm·

“Tea party” with Edvin Pezo: On solidarity in socialist Yugoslavia

Starting from the concept of solidarity of the German sociologist Heinz Bude, who traces back the challenges and role of solidarity in contemporary Western countries, Edvin Pezo’s lecture “The decline…

July 4, 2024 1:24 pm·

“Tea party” with Irena Ristić: Three waves of interpretations about the end of Yugoslavia

Although already during its existence Yugoslavia, especially the socialist one, had attracted a significant attention of social sciences, it was its end that has placed it in the centre of…

June 6, 2024 2:59 pm·

“Tea Party” with Tanja Petrović: Yugoslav People’s army as a mirror of Yugoslav society

In her lecture “Utopia in uniform? Understanding Yugoslavia through the JNA lens” Tanja Petrović talked about the specific experiences in the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) and how they can be…

April 30, 2024 12:30 pm·