Žili sme v socializme II. Helena: Biografický prístup v etnológii každodennosti

Author(s): Zuzana Profantová / Language(s): Slovak

Problematike naratívnej každodennosti socializmu sme sa začali venovať v grantovom tíme pri príležitosti 15. výročia Nežnej revolúcie. V roku 2004 zorganizoval Ústav etnológie SAV v spolupráci s Ústavom pamäti národa medzinárodnú interdisciplinárnu konferenciu Malé dejiny veľkých udalostí v Česko(a) Slovensku po roku 1948, 1968, 1989, kde sme sa zamerali na aktuálne a mnohé dovtedy tabuizované témy vedeckého výskumu spoločnosti v období totality (dávam prednosť slovu socializmus). Výstupom konferencie bola publikácia s rovnakým názvom Malé dejiny veľkých udalostí v Česko(a) Slovensku po roku 1948, 1968, 1989. L, 11. (Profantová, ed. 2004), a tiež anglicky dopracovaná verzia Small History of Great Events in Czechoslovakia after 1948, 1968 and 1989 (Profantová, ed. 2006). V publikácii sme prevažne metódou oral history a ďalšími kvalitatívnymi metódami poukázali na mnohé problémy minulosti, ale aj transformujúcej sa spoločnosti.

20 godina od razbijanja SFRJ

Author(s): / Language(s): Russian,Serbian

Tropy konfliktu. Retoryka pamięci kulturowej we współczesnej powieści północnoirlandzkiej

Author(s): Leszek Drong / Language(s): Polish

“Troping the Troubles” shows how recent Northern Irish fiction remembers the past. The focus of this work is on recent history and contested narratives of the past; it seeks to illustrate the significance of cultural representations of the Troubles in shaping collective memory. Northern Ireland provides a particularly interesting set of historical, social and political circumstances to inspire literary productions, which Drong calls, following Birgit Neumann, fictions of memory. Novels connected with the Troubles, featuring characters preoccupied with the past – with remembering or forgetting the conflict – are explored at length here, particular heed being paid to how they affect models of mnemonic performance. Inspired by recent research into memory studies, and cultural memory studies in particular, Drong identifies distinctive aspects of memory culture in Northern Ireland. In consequence, Troubles fiction proves to be a uniquely adequate illustration of performative memorealism, a discourse that is responsible for a cultural normativization of the past due to its potential to create the illusion of history’s stability and identity in the characters’ or/and narrators’ memories. Chapter 1 is concerned with the historical and political background that underpins most of the novels interpreted in Chapters 3-6. Its main purpose is to explain the circumstances that had led to the establishment of Northern Ireland in 1921 and then to the eruption of violence there in 1969. A detailed discussion of the Troubles is offered to explain and/or refute common misconceptions connected with the conflict, including the allegedly religious motivations of the two major communities in Northern Ireland. The current situation in the province is also explored at some length to explain why Brexit may threaten the peace process. Chapter 2, in turn, focuses mostly on memory studies and its relevance to Northern Irish fiction. Recent developments concerning cultural memory studies are placed in political and historical contexts relevant to Irish studies to produce a rhetorical perspective that is particularly sensitive to how Irish fictions of memory perform, i.e., what role they play within Irish memory culture. The argument offered in this chapter is premised on the assumption that literary works are both representational and performative: their performance in culture depends upon the illusion of reference (hence the significant role of memory in fiction). Chapter 2 also raises the issue of Northern Irish literature as a distinct category and its usefulness for further analysis. The chapters concerned with Northern Irish novels focus on „Reading in the Dark” by Seamus Deane, „Ripley Bogle” by Robert McLiam Wilson, „One by One in the Darkness” by Deirdre Madden and „The Truth Commissioner” by David Park. Those four works of fiction are discussed in light of the concerns raised in Chapter 2 but also much attention is given in those readings to their specific historical and geographical circumstances, the linguistic minutiae, all those apparently trivial, idiosyncratic details suppressed by mainstream history but intriguing and captivating as aspects of minority narratives, counter-narratives, postnational/transnational memory cultures, etc. The concluding chapter introduces the concept of restorative memory, which is not so much concerned with truth recovery per se but instead envisages either individual or communal redemption or restitution if those may lead to reconciliation within Northern Irish society.

Put u varvarstvo

Author(s): Srđa Popović / Language(s): Serbian

Srđa Popović's analysis in détail of Serbia's way into the wars and conflicts of the 1990s

Srpska krhka vertikala

Author(s): Marko Nikezić,Latinka Perović / Language(s): Serbian

Description of structural Problems of the Serbian political System by Marko Nikezić, former member of the Yugoslav Central Committee of the League of Communists.With a detailed introductory chapter by Latinka Perović

POSLEDNJA INSTANCA – KNJIGA II

Author(s): Srđa Popović / Language(s): Serbian

Human Rights and Collective Identity - Serbia 2004 -

Author(s): / Language(s): English

Republika Berlińska. Ewolucja niemieckiej polityki pamięci a niemiecki patriotyzm

Author(s): Krzysztof Marcin Zalewski / Language(s): English,Polish

The object of this paper is to evaluate German memory in the year of the double anniversary of 1949 and 1989 and analyse its influence on the collective identity of the German people. It would not be legitimate to simply say that the memory of Nazism has been replaced by a sense of success stemming from the achievements of the Federal Republic of Germany. The essential characteristic of German memory today is that responsibility for the shameful chapters of history and the recognition that Germans were also victims of the war (discussed in part one of the text) coexist with the ‘new patriotism’ derived from the pride of the German democracy founded on constitutional values (discussed in part two of this paper). This second component seems to have become more preeminent recently, and for this reason 1949, the year in which the Federal Republic of Germany was established and its constitution was enacted, is increasingly perceived as almost marking the beginning of Germany’s contemporary history.

Między „sensus catholicus" a „uchrześcijanionym nacjonalizmem”. Sztuka Kościoła rzymskokatolickiego na Górnym Śląsku wobec dyskursów narodowych

Author(s): Jerzy Gorzelik / Language(s): Polish

The book addresses the much-neglected topic of permeating of nationalist ideas into spaces of Catholic worship and of Catholic-nationalist discourses being monumentalised by means of church art. The field of research is Upper Silesia - an area of competition between supporters of various identity programs. The author shows how from the beginning of the 20th century to modern times the elites of the Church, supported by artists and public authorities, used art to build nations and other imagined communities. Moreover, he analyzes iconographic programs and narratives, associating themes and motifs with myths, symbols and historiosophical constructs. The book gives an image of the dilemmas faced by Catholics in the era of intensive nation-building processes.

Historijski revizionizam, govor mržnje i nasilje prema Srbima u 2019.

Author(s): Saša Milošević / Language(s): English,Croatian

U maju 2019. godine odvijala se kampanja za izbore za Europski parlament na kojima je sudjelovala i Samostalna demokratska srpska stranka (SDSS), vodeća stranka Srba u Hrvatskoj, koja ima tri saborska zastupnika u aktualnom sazivu Hrvatskog sabora. SDSS je odlučio izaći na izbore u uvjetima u kojima je cijela zemlja jedna izborna jedinica te na kojima valja osvojiti minimalno 5% glasova kako bi se dobio mandat u Europskom parlamentu. Iskorak je to kojim je jedna manjinska stranka ušla u arenu borbe za svog predstavnika u Europskoj uniji pod nekoliko velikih slogana u kojima se dovitljivo kombinirala ćirilica i latinica, odašiljajući poruku da je i Srbima mjesto u Europi, ali i da proširenje Europske unije na zapadni Balkan mora biti jedan od prioriteta europske politike. Središnja poruka SDSS-a u toj je kampanji bila “Znate li kako je biti Srbin u Hrvatskoj?”, što je odzvanjalo s mnogobrojnih SDSS-ovih plakata, a odgovor na pitanje iz poruke nametnuo se sâm od sebe, i to u vidu samih činova koji su tema ovog Biltena — razina huškačkih, prijetećih i mrzilačkih poruka koje su se ubrzo našle na tim plakatima, u količini kao ni na jednim drugima, učinila je kampanju SDSS-a uspješnom, a politički cilj ostvarenim. Bez obzira na to što SDSS nije dobio dovoljno glasova da bi dobio predstavnika u Europskom parlamentu, doista je odgovoreno na, na prvi pogled, retoričko pitanje: “Znate li kako je biti Srbin u Hrvatskoj?”. [...]

Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanist Moment. A Eurasianist Odyssey

Author(s): Cengiz Çandar / Language(s): English

Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanist Moment, A Eurasianist Odyssey, is the most comprehensive account to date of the transformation of Turkey’s foreign policy related to its regime change. With first-hand knowledge, Cengiz Çandar tells the story of the emergence of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s revisionist Turkey in global affairs. References from almost 90 different names from around 20 countries, he also reflects how the international expertise on Turkey viewed Turkey.

Prilozi o historiografiji Bosne i Hercegovine (2001–2017) II

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian,English,Croatian,Serbian

This essay will provide an introductory discussion of the historiography of the Bosnian genocide of 1992–1995 in the works of foreign scholars. The historiography is too large for this discussion to be exhaustive. We have attempted here to provide the principal categories of relevant works while citing the most important examples of them, before discussing the historiographical deficiencies and the tasks awaiting future scholars of the genocide. The reason for the dearth of monographs on the Bosnian genocide is that the subject is highly controversial, and any scholar who seriously studies it and expresses an opinion is likely to create enemies for themselves. There is a tendency of scholars to see the war in postmodernist terms, in terms of Serb, Croat and Bosniak “narratives”; as opposed to objective truth, which discourages taking the subject intellectually seriously. Furthermore, the prevailing ideology and discourse stemming from the international administration is one of reconciliation and putting the past behind us. So there is a disincentive to study the genocide in depth; a preference for studying more liberal feel-good themes related to reconciliation, memory, transitional justice and post-war reconstruction. The Bosnian genocide therefore awaits a new generation of foreign scholars to take it seriously as a subject and explore it in detail.

Historijski revizionizam, govor mržnje i nasilje prema Srbima u 2020.

Author(s): Tihomir Ponoš / Language(s): English,Croatian

The parliamentary general election took place on the first Sunday of July. The Independent Democratic Serb Party stood candidates for the election, drawing the public's attention with its campaign, conducted under the slogan “be what you are, respect what you're not” — more specifically, with the three videos it released as part of the campaign. In the first video, waiters are setting up a restaurant terrace to host a wedding; a female waitress posts a sign at the entrance, kindly asking the arrivals not to sing Ustasha songs, as there are Serbs among the invitees. The second video, called “Pupi's to blame for everything” drew most public attention. IDSP president Milorad Pupovac is the protagonist in the self-ironic and witty video, which lays blame for absolutely everything at his feet: from the Nineties war, all the way to planning on micro-chipping the population with Bill Gates and setting up the second wave of coronavirus infections in Croatia. The third video depicts the construction of a small wooden bridge in the Banija region, which made life easier for a Serb family. The video was filmed at the location where a bridge used to exist. The motto of the video is “bridges connect people, fools destroy them — don't be a fool”.

Historijski revizionizam, govor mržnje i nasilje prema Srbima u 2021.

Author(s): Tihomir Ponoš,Nikola Vukobratović / Language(s): English,Croatian

The Bulletin before you gives an overview of events in 2021 that were motivated by prejudice, intolerance and hatred of Serbs in Croatia. It goes beyond the framework of official statistics, making use of a series of more or less familiar events to show how society breathes, thus bearing witness to an atmosphere that is very much present, yet is not always visible in numbers, nor publicly recognised and acknowledged as problematic. In fact, things need to be told like they are — in Croatia, even today, deep into the 21st century, Serb ethnic origin is still subject to intolerance and hate. The reactions elicited by the messages, sentences, drawings and other expressions of hatred towards Serbs, that is, most often their absence, or indeed denial of the problem, are no more than burying our collective heads in the sand and downplaying the significance of such expressions. This way, the moment when new generations will be able to grow up without having to learn not to accept the other merely due to their ethnic origin, is in increasing abeyance. This is why the exceptional value of this overview lies precisely in its power to raise awareness of the problems faced by people around Croatia merely because they or their family members are, or are even just assumed to be, Serbs. Likewise, this Bulletin can serve as a kind of traffic-light warning for all those tasked with bringing about positive changes, including by all means the relevant ministries — of the Interior, Justice or Education, as well as the State Attorney's Office and judges, not omitting politicians at all levels — with clear indicators of the deviations that in a democratic society should not have the status of acceptable patterns of behaviour.

Historie 2015/2016: Sborník prací z celostátní studentské vědecké konference. Brno 21.–22. dubna 2016

Author(s): / Language(s): Slovak,Czech

This volume contains best students works, bachelor or master educational program in history, which were created at universities in the Czech Republic in 2015.

20 godina poslije: Novinari o ratu u Bosni i Hercegovini

Author(s): Jusuf Hafizović,Edvin Kanka Ćudić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian

20 years later: Journalists on the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was the first book published by UDIK. This publication documents the stories of local and foreign journalists and photo-journalists during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who present their experiences and impressions of the war events of the nineties. How did information get out into the world from a city that was under siege for 44 months? What was crucial for the sleeping world to finally wake up? Irena Antić, Roy Gutman, Florence Hartmann, Ron Haviv, Morten Hvaal, Paulina Janusz, Robert King, Rémy Ourdan, Teofil Pančić, Tarik Samarah, Jasminka Šipka, Imre Szabó and Vanesa Vasić-Janeković speak about these and other topics.

20 godina poslije: Političari o ratu u Bosni i Hercegovini

Author(s): Jusuf Hafizović,Edvin Kanka Ćudić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian

20 years after: Politicians on the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the title of the second book from the „20 years after“ edition, which aims to document the opinion, understanding and perception of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina by eminent intellectuals who are direct witnesses of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and many of them are still in public life and creating the political situation in our country. The publication represents the contribution of UDIK on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the end of the war and the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. Through the standard journalistic interview, as the most popular way of communication in journalism, an effort is made to show what politicians and intellectuals think about the Bosnian War. The book contains nine interviews with Mladen Bosić, Živko Budimir, Dragan Čavić, Nerzuk Ćurak, Dušanka Majkić, Stjepan Mesić, Zekerijah Osmić, Nebojša Radmanović and Dubravka Stojanović.

Neizliječena trauma: rad na ozdravljenju i izgradnji mira

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian

Tokom konferencije održane u Sarajevu, ljeta 2016, pod nazivom “Trauma, pamćenje i ozdravljenje na Balkanu i šire” i šetnje sa sinom uskim ulicama starog grada, bilo mi je teško pomiriti tihu ljepotu i nježnu prirodu okruženja sa svakodnevnim kopanjem po bolu, gubitku i traumi od prije dvije decenije. Prebirući po sjećanjima na eksploziju meteža i nasilja koja je odjeknula ovim područjem tokom devedesetih godina i to iz nečega što je ličilo skrivenom skladištu toksične energije, osjetio sam da i u sadašnjosti postoji opipljiv nemir koji odjekuje uobičajenom ljudskom dilemom koja nije nova niti svojstvena isključivo ovoj regiji.

AGRESIJA NA REPUBLIKU BOSNU I HERCEGOVINU: OPSADA I ODBRANA SARAJEVA – TRI DECENIJE POSLIJE –

Author(s): / Language(s): Bosnian

Prošlo je trideset godina od početka opsade i odbrane Sarajeva. Sarajevo je, shodno velikosrpskom strategijskom planu, bio epicentar i glavni cilj agresije. Agresija JNA i srpskih oružanih jedinica iz Bosne i Hercegovine i Srbije i Crne Gore na međunarodno priznatu državu Bosnu i Hercegovinu, po svim meritornim analizama, imala je široke razmjere i karakter Blitzkrieg, odnosno karakter brzo izvedene okupacije i opsade, prije svega, velikih gradova kao centara ekonomske, političke, kulturne moći i tradicijskog značaja, te posebice blokade vitalnih komunikacija (cestovnog, željezničkog, vazdušnog, pa i riječnog saobraćaja), a sve s ciljem pripajanja cijele teritorije Bosne i Hercegovine Saveznoj Republici Jugoslaviji, a u kontekstu dogovora između Tuđmana i Miloševića, znatan dio Bosne i Hercegovine bio je namijenjen projekciji „Velike Hrvatske”. Sarajevo je do 6. aprila 1992. godine već bilo potpuno odsječeno. Komunikacijski presječeno. Jedinice JNA i srpske paravojne (četničke) jedinice već su bile na svim bitnim strateškim punktovima u Sarajevu i oko Sarajeva i šire regije; gledano sa striktno vojnog stajališta, planom blokade, opsade i osvajanje Sarajeva bilo je veoma dobro zamišljeno; zaposjednute su sve vitalne tačke: Trebević, Zlatište, Brus, Osmice, Žuč, Hum, Mrkovići, Borije, Špicasta stijena, itd., a koncentrirana vatrena moć je, po izjavama Karadžića, Mladića i Vojislava Šešelja, bila takva da je bila dovoljna po zamišljenim prognozama artiljerijski da napadne Italiju. Pet bivših korpusa JNA, od Riječkog, Zagrebačkog, Užičko-valjevskog i Titogradskog, itd. bilo je koncentrirano i raspoređeno u Bosni i Hercegovini, a od toga glavnina vatrene moći oko Sarajeva. Iza svake od tih strateških zajedničkih tačaka, koje su Sarajevo imale kao na dlanu i koje su ga tako bezočno uništavale i razarale, iza sebe su imale stručno napravljene komunikacijske i fortifikacijske linije, kompletne saobraćajnice, s pozadinskom logistikom, doturom municije, nafte, hrane i svega onoga što je bilo potrebno za uništavanje jednog velikog grada.

Historiografija/povijest u suvremenom društvu. Zbornik radova s okruglog stola održanog 11. i 12. listopada 2011. u Zagrebu

Author(s): / Language(s): Croatian

The proceedings before you brings together the collected works based on a smaller part of the presentations at the round table "Historiography/History in Contemporary Society". The meeting was held on October 11 and 12, 2011 as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the scientific work of the Croatian Institute of History. The aim of the meeting was to determine historiographical trends over the past half century and to question the diverse research perspectives and methods of using and processing information about historical heritage, to examine different historiographical discourses and the interaction of these discourses with political and educational discourses and to consider their relationship to the phenomenon of memory. Our desire was also to assess the contribution of the Croatian Institute of History and the scientific work of its employees to historical research.