Yugoslavia’s Implosion

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

This is a courageous book, in which the author indicts a large portion of her society, and most especially politicians, for aggressive nationalism. This, she argues, has been the main reason both for the wars of 1991–99 and for the continued volatility which characterizes Serbian political life. This is also a work of passion, reflecting simultaneously a deep sadness about the decisions and actions taken by Serbian political figures over a period of more than a century, and a determination on her part to work for a better future for Serbia. Biserko has many admirers but, inevitably, she also has foes, and has been attacked at times in the local nationalist press.

Zsidókérdés Magyarországon 1944 után

Author(s): István Bibó,Ferenc Fehér / Language(s): Hungarian

In 1948 in his seminal study “The Jewish Question in Hungary After 1944” István Bibó did draw attention to the role of Hungarian society at large in the implementation of the logic of the Holocaust. Bibó bravely suggested “that the anti-Jewish legislative measures were supported, if not by a clearly visible majority, then at least by a force more massive than their opponents.” What Bibó saw to be a “slippage” from the 1930s onwards resulted in the events of 1944, which Bibó interpreted as evidence of “the moral decline of Hungarian society.” Bibó claims that the opportunities for upward mobility that ‘non-Jews’ seized in 1944 Hungary provided “an appalling picture of insatiable avarice, a hypocritical lack of scruples, or at best cold opportunism in a sizeable segment of this society that was profoundly shocking not only to the Jews involved, but also all decent Hungarians.” This question of postwar remembrance of the Holocaust is of continuing relevance. History is a subject of interest not simply to historians; it has contemporary implications. Whether the Holocaust in Hungary is remembered as a part of or apart from Hungarian history has important implications for the kind of past Hungary remembers. (Tim Cole in Hungary and the Holocaust/Confrontation with the Past/Symposium Proceedings/Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies/United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2001)

From Cotton and Smoke: Łódź – Industrial City and Discourses of Asynchronous Modernity 1897-1994

Author(s): Agata Zysiak,Kamil Śmiechowski,Kamil Piskała,Wiktor Marzec,Kaja Kaźmierska,Jacek Burski / Language(s): English

This book envisions Łódź, a city in present-day central Poland, the region’s textile industrial hub, to have been the capital of the Polish 19th century. Its history is a tale of struggle with modern change in Eastern Europe. The authors boldly challenge the romantic and noble-based Polish cultural imaginary, offering instead a revolutionary path to understanding confrontation with modernity in the region. The book examines local press debates during four pivotal periods, each of which stimulated self-reflection on the idea of the modern city: – Rapid industrial growth in the tsarist borderlands; – State crafting after WWI; – Socialist restructuring after 1945; – Transition and deindustrialization after 1989. Together these insights constitute a multi-faced portrait of 20th century urban experience beyond the metropolis, in different historical contexts. This innovative, interdisciplinary work deftly integrates urban and cultural history, historical sociology and discourse research. It will be of great value to Polish and Jewish studies’ specialists, as well as those in the field of Eastern European and Slavic studies. The book also addresses core intellectual debates within urban studies, modernity studies and historical discourse analysis worldwide.

POSLEDNJA INSTANCA – KNJIGA I

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

POSLEDNJA INSTANCA – KNJIGA III

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

Srbija zalutala u tranziciji

Author(s): Sonja Biserko / Language(s): Serbian

Činjenice i tumačenja. Dva razgovora sa Latinkom Perović

Author(s): Olivera Milosavljević,Latinka Perović / Language(s): Serbian

Rat u brojkama. Demografski gubici u ratovima na teritoriji bivše Jugoslavije od 1991. do 1999. Glavni izveštaji demografskih veštaka predstavljeni od strane tužilaštva na suđenjima u Međunarodnom krivičnom sudu za bivšu Jugoslaviju

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

Military Secret Part I

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

If history teaches us what life is all about, and this is true, then books are testimonies assisting history to show to the next generations where we are and why we have made mistakes instructing us not to stumble twice upon the same obstacle. "Military Secret" is a testimony which came to existence by a concurrence of peculiar circumstances and thanks to my own aspiration to expose entirely and at any cost the position and the role of the top military brass in preservation of an insane regime, alien to both the Serbs and the Montenegrins, at the beginning of the 21st century. Having been drawn into the games of big security services, dragged out of anonymity and motivated by my personal hardships and suffering, but also thanks to good people from the military and the police, I was in a position, amongst other things, owing to kindness of other people, to influence, perhaps, certain currents of history in, judging by everything, now former Yugoslavia. I am aware of the fact that the state is grateful to an individual only while it needs him/her.

Kosovo: Realnost i mit

Author(s): Ilija Đukić / Language(s): Serbian

Međnarodni položaj Srbije i SR Jugoslavije i dalje je izuzetno složen i nepovoljan. Karakteriše ga: – Ukupno i veliko zaostajanje za promenama do kojih je došlo u svetu i posebno u Evropi, pa čak i pružanje otpora oficijalne i srpske politike (ali ne samo nje) tim promenama. Propuštene su godine i vreme, u kojima je trebalo da se izvrši usklađivanje kako spoljne politike i međunarodnih odnosa Srbije i SRJ, tako i njihovog unutrašnjeg razvoja sa dalekosežnim i temeljnim promenama u Evropi i svetu. – Produženo odsustvo stvarne i pune normalizacije odnosa sa glavnim centrima moći u međunarodnim odnosima. Postojeći kontakti se svode i dalje na razgovore i pregovore u funkciji primene mirovnog paketa sporazuma iz Dejtona. Uz to, ovi kontakti su po pravilu inicirani od strane međunarodne zajednice, odnosno nosioca njenih obaveza proizašlih u Dejtonu, a ne na inicijativu Srbije i SRJ, pa i ne idu dalje od iznuđene "kooperativnosti" srpskojugoslovenske strane.

Nezavršeni proces - Šta je ostalo nedorečeno tokom suđenja atentatorima na premijera Zorana Đinđića

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

Proces atentatorima na predsednika prve demokratski izabrane vlade posle Miloševića, tokom četiri godine svog trajanja, u našoj javnosti uporno je pogrešno nazivan „suđenjem za ubistvo Đinđića“. Krivično delo koje je optuženima stavljeno na teret, međutim, nije bilo krivično delo ubistva. Optuženima se sudilo za dva krivična dela: „udruživanje radi neprijateljske delatnosti“ (Član 136. OKZ) i „ubistvo predstavnika najviših državnih organa“ (Član 122. OKZ). Dakle, optuženima se uopšte nije sudilo za krivično delo ubistva. Ubistvo je delo koje za zaštitni objekt ima „život i telo“, sistemski se nalazi u drugom poglavlju Krivičnog zakona, a u doba savezne države bilo je čak inkriminisano i drugim zakonom (republičkim). Dela koja se optuženima stavljaju na teret optužnicom jesu dela koja imaju za zaštitni objekt „ustavni poredak i bezbednost zemlje“. Ubistvo se kod jednog od ova dva dela pojavljuje samo kao specifično sredstvo izvršenja toga dela, čija je suština napad na ustavni poredak i bezbednost. Najprostije rečeno, ubistvo je delo kojim se napada - život, dela koja se stavljaju optuženima na teret jesu dela kojima se napada - država.

Christen und Türken. Ein Skizzenbuch, von der Save bis zum Eisernen Thor. ERSTER THEIL

Author(s): Siegfried (Isaac Salomon) Kapper / Language(s): German

[PRINTED IN GERMAN FRACTURA SCRIPT] — // — A first-hand account report, based on the notes of a traveller and medical doctor Isaac Salomon Kapper from Prague, describes Slavic nations and Ottoman Empire on their political border. — // — A book in two volumes, written by a traveller and medical doctor Isaac Salomon Kapper from Prague, describe habits, songs and daily life of the Slavic and Turkic nations on the border of Austria, Hungary and the Ottoman Empire, along the river Sava, what is today Croatia and Bosnia, to the Iran Gates, a gorge between Serbia and Romania. — // — Siegfried Kapper (Isaac Salomon Kapper, 1820 - 1879) was a Czech-German writer of Jewish background. Born in Prague he studied philosophy in his home town between 1836-1839 and later medicine in Vienna. After the studies he got employment of a medicine doctor in Karlovac, Croatia, at the time on the border of Austria and Ottoman Empire. Fascinated by the region and the language he later often travelled to the Slavic regions of the Ottoman Empire and to Hungary. In his later years he worked as a medicine doctor in Prague.

Lidové milice 1948-1969: nelegální armáda Komunistické strany Československa

Author(s): Jiří Bašta / Language(s): Czech

Přestože od zániku komunistického režimu a s ním nedílně spjatých Lidových milicí uplynulo více než dvacet let, nebyla dosud problematika LM podrobně a objektivně zpracována. Přitom tato ozbrojená složka vládnoucí Komunistické strany Československa tvořená na dobrovolnickém principu prověřenými členy strany patřila mezi významné preventivně-represivní a současně ideologické opory komunistického aparátu. Od svého zrodu v roce 1948 po celé čtyři desítky let nesvobody patřily milice ke konzervativním mocenským nástrojům totalitního režimu, přestože nebyly navzdory svému významu nikdy pevně legislativně ukotveny. De facto se jednalo o mimozákonnou „stranickou armádu“. Jednotky miličního typu vznikaly i v dalších komunistických režimech, i když důvod jejich existence se lišil stát od státu. Impulz k založení miličních jednotek zpravidla přicházel v období zásadních vnitropolitických krizí. K předchůdcům Lidových milicí v Československu patřily v roce 1945 ustavené dobrovolnické jednotky Závodních milicí (Závodní stráže). Postupem času se začaly tyto sbory, původně určené na ochranu továrních objektů, de facto přetvářet v ozbrojené složky KSČ. To bylo umožněno jednak početným zastoupením komunistů v těchto sborech a jednak vlivem podnikových odborů. Na tuto nebezpečnou situaci reagovaly nekomunistické strany interpelacemi a snahou zastavit nepřirozený nárůst členů Závodních milicí, kteří navzdory přijatým zásadám trávili většinu pracovní doby ve strážní službě. Tento nekoncepční stav se udržel až do osudného roku 1948.

Dějiny v troskách

Author(s): Lenka Hrabalová / Language(s): Czech

This publication deals with various factors which influence destructions and reconstructions of cultural heritage in the Middle East and North Africa. The destruction of cultural property in the Middle East and North Africa cannot be characterized as purely religious but must be seen in the context of a number of reasons, which may be related to propaganda, strategic and military reasons, or political and ethnic issues. At the same time, it must be borne in mind that jihadist groups are not the only ones that kill cultural and historical objects worth. Book is divided into three main parts. The first is a general introduction to the relevant legislation and its implementation. The second part examines the reasons for destruction and main ideas in reconstructions. It presents two types of destructions present in the region: those motivated by the religion and secular ones, explaining its existence in the Muslim society from historical, sociological, and religious perspectives. The third part is the central part of the dissertation. It consists of five case studies of five countries of the Muslim World: Syria, Iraq, Mali, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. These studies are based on previous findings and aim to present a foundation for further comparison in the conclusion of the publication.

Поглед към котленската хумористична народна песен

Author(s): Sofiya Ruseva / Language(s): Bulgarian

The book "Looking at Kotlen's Humorous Folk Song" is a monographic study that traces the characteristics of Kotlen's humorous folk songs - an understudied category of songs, largely spread only in Kotlensko. The song material, the object of the present study, amounts to a total of 58 songs and is the result of various sources - field materials recorded in the period 2001-2010, audio and video recordings, as well as the collections "From the source song flows /authentic Kotlen folk songs/ ", Part I (1993), "Folk Songs from Thrace" (2013) and "Bulgarians - 672 Unpublished Folk Songs from the Kosta Kolev Archive" (2018). The subject of research in the main part of the exhibition are the peculiarities of humorous chants in relation to their functional, metrorhythmic, poetic, form-forming, structural and ladomelodic specificities. The goal is an attempt to clarify the overall appearance of the chants and, if possible, to bring out common features characteristic of humorous song samples. To achieve the objectives of the study, the following research methods were used: observation, interview, description, analysis, synthesis and comparison.

Politické organizace a programové dokumenty českého živnostenského hnutí na přelomu 19. a 20. století

Author(s): Pavel Marek / Language(s): Czech

The book has two parts: the first describes non-political organisations and political parties founded by tradesmen and merchants, the second is a selection of programme documents of the non-political and political movement. The passages devoted to organizational development are in the nature of an outline, which is deepened in the passages devoted to the Czechoslovak Trader's Party in Moravia as the unit that adapted with the greatest success in the political system. In the second section of the documents, we have included the programmes of the state political parties and trade satellites of the civic and socialist political parties. This study is a probe into the beginnings of the politicization of the Czech trade movement in Bohemia and Moravia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Czech historiography shows certain deficits in the sphere of interest in the topic of political organization of the social class of traders, craftsmen and merchants at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. At the same time, it is a part of the middle class important for the stability of civil society.

Tam za tím mořem piva aneb Naše Amerika, jak ji málokdo zná. Příspěvek k historii české a slovenské emigrace do Ameriky

Author(s): Miloslav, ml. Rechcígl / Language(s): Czech

The present publication deals with America as few people know it and as Voskovec and Werich sang about it in their popular sessions, and it is based on the author's lifelong ant research. It focuses on the history of emigrants from the historic Czech lands and Czechoslovakia and covers the period from the discovery of the New World to the present day. It includes not only the United States, but also Canada and Latin America. Individual sections deal with the pioneers, the arrival and settlement of immigrants in various states and regions of the Americas and the establishment of Czech centers and communities, the public and social activities of the settlers, and the various types of immigrants and their contributions to the Americas. Although they were not numerous in number compared to other ethnic groups, their contribution to America was phenomenal.

3. Türkiye Sosyal Bilimler Sempozyumu Bildiri Özetleri Kitabı

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

Türkiye Sosyal Bilimler Sempozyumu, Sosyal Bilimler alanında profesyoneller ile lisansüstü öğrencileri bir araya getirerek tecrübe aktarımına imkân sağlamak, disiplinler arası iletişimi ve çalışmaları güçlendirmek ve akademik üretime katkı sağlamak amacıyla Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi ile Oku Okut Derneği iş birliğinde düzenlenen ulusal bilimsel bir etkinliktir. 3. Türkiye Sosyal Bilimler Sempozyumu, 26-31 Ağustos 2023 tarihlerinde çevrim içi olarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sempozyumda; Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi, Edebiyat, Eğitim, Felsefe, Hukuk, İlahiyat, Psikoloji, Sosyoloji ve Tarih alanlarında hazırlanan bildiriler sunulmuştur. Bu kitap sempozyumda sunulan bildirilerin Türkçe ve İngilizce özetlerini içermektedir.

Perspektivwechsel. Aus Forschungserfahrungen am DHI Warschau

Author(s): / Language(s): German

This anniversary volume offers personal accounts from 12 scholars from Germany, Poland as well as the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania, employed at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw in various times over the period of the Institute’s 30 years of operation. The authors are unanimous: changing the point of view in the course of the research projects realized at the Institute was an enriching experience. They write about dialogical thinking, sharpening their intercultural competences, and new research contexts. Future involvements have often shown the Warsaw point of view to be both valid and fruitful.

Uroczystości, stroje i insygnia w ceremoniale Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego 1816–1939

Author(s): Adam Tyszkiewicz / Language(s): Polish

The book is devoted to the customs of the University of Warsaw from its establishment in 1816 until the 20th century. It is the first monograph of this type concerning celebrations and ceremonial paraphernalia of the University. The author shows the role that academic rites played in many spheres of functioning of the University. He supplements his work with reproductions of archival photographs and documents, and numerous colour illustrations presenting the rich world of the university ceremonial. The starting point for the author’s considerations were the traditions of European research centres, such as Bologna, Paris, London and Berlin, as well as the oldest Polish universities in Cracow, Vilnius and Lviv.