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People of the Mountain |
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Seminars and Colloquia |
Ivan VejvodaKapka Kassabova |
Stories from a Balkan Ecosystem
Series: Seminars and Colloquia
For millennia, the people of the Mesta Valley have lived in an intimate relationship with their environment. Kapka Kassabova's enquiry is into the nature of this relationship as it survives today, after a succession of mass traumas in the 20th century have made their mark. They include political persecution during Communism, economic upheaval in the wake of the collapse of the planned economy, environmental degradation during and after Communism, migration, endemic state corruption, climate change, and a generational shift from a traditional, agricultural way of life towards a globalised, digitalised, uprooted way of life. His focus is on the Pomak (indigenous Muslim) and mixed villages here. An interesting phenomenon can be observed: permanent emigration is rare. These communities are held together by invisible factors that cannot be accounted for by pure economics.
The villages of the Mesta Valley are remarkable for several things: their exceptionally rich biosphere where some of Europe’s cleanest foods, animals, and medicinal herbs thrive; their rich tradition of cultural syncretism; their existential endurance in the face of trauma, and the fact that they export the greatest amount of cheap seasonal labour to Western Europe – the fruit pickers, planters, and builders on whom the wealthier European economies depend.
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Stories from a Balkan Ecosystem
Series: Seminars and Colloquia
For millennia, the people of the Mesta Valley have lived in an intimate relationship with their environment. Kapka Kassabova's enquiry is into the nature of this relationship as it survives today, after a succession of mass traumas in the 20th century have made their mark. They include political persecution during Communism, economic upheaval in the wake of the collapse of the planned economy, environmental degradation during and after Communism, migration, endemic state corruption, climate change, and a generational shift from a traditional, agricultural way of life towards a globalised, digitalised, uprooted way of life. His focus is on the Pomak (indigenous Muslim) and mixed villages here. An interesting phenomenon can be observed: permanent emigration is rare. These communities are held together by invisible factors that cannot be accounted for by pure economics.
The villages of the Mesta Valley are remarkable for several things: their exceptionally rich biosphere where some of Europe’s cleanest foods, animals, and medicinal herbs thrive; their rich tradition of cultural syncretism; their existential endurance in the face of trauma, and the fact that they export the greatest amount of cheap seasonal labour to Western Europe – the fruit pickers, planters, and builders on whom the wealthier European economies depend.
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Homo Itinerans |
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Lecture |
Alessandro MonsuttiAyşe ÇağlarShalini Randeria |
Towards a Global Ethnography of Afghanistan
Series: Lecture
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Towards a Global Ethnography of Afghanistan
Series: Lecture
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Learning From the Prespa Agreement |
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Seminars and Colloquia |
Ioannis ArmakolasIvan Vejvoda |
Is There a ‘Southeast European Way’ of Settling Disputes or Should There Be One? Lessons for the European Union
Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Is There a ‘Southeast European Way’ of Settling Disputes or Should There Be One? Lessons for the European Union
Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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US Elections 2020 |
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Panels and Discussions |
Ivan Vejvoda |
A Fateful Decision for the US, Europe and the World?
Series: Panels and Discussions
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A Fateful Decision for the US, Europe and the World?
Series: Panels and Discussions
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US Elections 2020 |
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Panels and Discussions |
Ivan VejvodaSteven Erlanger, Eva Nowotny, Raimund Löw |
A Fateful Decision for the US, Europe and the World?
Speakers: Ivan VejvodaSteven Erlanger, Eva Nowotny, Raimund Löw
Series: Panels and Discussions
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A Fateful Decision for the US, Europe and the World?
Speakers: Ivan VejvodaSteven Erlanger, Eva Nowotny, Raimund Löw
Series: Panels and Discussions
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Who is Telling Us What? Why? And How? |
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Seminars and Colloquia |
Alison SmaleIvan Vejvoda |
The Media in Central and Eastern Europe in 2020
Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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The Media in Central and Eastern Europe in 2020
Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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The Problem of Religious Art in Modernity |
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Conferences and Workshops |
Oleg TarasovTatiana LevinaMaria Taroutina, petra carlsson, George Pattison, Lilia Sokolova, Nikita Balagurov, Viktoria Lavriniuk, Thomas Nemeth |
Uses and Abuses of the Icon in Russia
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Speakers: Oleg TarasovTatiana LevinaMaria Taroutina, petra carlsson, George Pattison, Lilia Sokolova, Nikita Balagurov, Viktoria Lavriniuk, Thomas Nemeth
Series: Conferences and Workshops
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Uses and Abuses of the Icon in Russia
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Speakers: Oleg TarasovTatiana LevinaMaria Taroutina, petra carlsson, George Pattison, Lilia Sokolova, Nikita Balagurov, Viktoria Lavriniuk, Thomas Nemeth
Series: Conferences and Workshops
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Beach Encounters |
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Lecture |
Amade M'charekMieke VerlooShalini Randeria |
Migrant Death, Colonial Currents and the Art of Paying Attention
Series: Lecture
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Migrant Death, Colonial Currents and the Art of Paying Attention
Series: Lecture
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Hagia Sophia as Symbol and Hostage of Actual Politics |
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Seminars and Colloquia |
Alexey LidovAyşe ÇağlarClemena Antonova |
Series: Seminars and Colloquia
On 10 July 2020, by a decree of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the basilica of Hagia Sophia – the central monument of the Byzantine Empire and the entire Orthodox world – was turned from a museum into a mosque. The conversion attracted worldwide attention and the leaders of the US, the EU and Russia, as well as most international institutions, appealed to Erdoğan not to go ahead with the plan. However, all the warnings were ignored and the first festive Muslim service was held on 24 July, with the country’s leadership in attendance. In this talk, various aspects of the conversion of Hagia Sophia, including political, religious, cultural and art-historical issues of this most significant event, were discussed.
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Series: Seminars and Colloquia
On 10 July 2020, by a decree of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the basilica of Hagia Sophia – the central monument of the Byzantine Empire and the entire Orthodox world – was turned from a museum into a mosque. The conversion attracted worldwide attention and the leaders of the US, the EU and Russia, as well as most international institutions, appealed to Erdoğan not to go ahead with the plan. However, all the warnings were ignored and the first festive Muslim service was held on 24 July, with the country’s leadership in attendance. In this talk, various aspects of the conversion of Hagia Sophia, including political, religious, cultural and art-historical issues of this most significant event, were discussed.
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Eroding Trust |
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Seminars and Colloquia |
Ivan VejvodaSrdjan Cvijic |
Serbian Democracy from 5 October 2000 to COVID-19
Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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Serbian Democracy from 5 October 2000 to COVID-19
Series: Seminars and Colloquia
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