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Critical and popular response in three former Yugoslav successor states to Ahmed Imamović's Go West (Bosnia, 2005), In Dragan Marinković's Take a Deep Breath (Serbia, 2004), and Dalibor Matanić's Fine Dead Girls (Croatia, 2002)

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Kevin Moss, of Middlebury College, was a 2007-08 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow

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Three Gay Films from Former Yugoslavia (88KB.pdf)

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My research explores social recovery, survival, and international intervention in the aftermath of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

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The Politics of Trauma: Memory, Mourning, and Reconciliation in the Former Yugoslavia (120KB.pdf)

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This research focuses on the works of contemporary Montenegrin women and men writers and filmmakers and on the question of their different representation of female characters in the light of Montenegro’s recently declared independence.

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Unpacking Independence: The Question of Women’s Cultural and Social Independence in the Recently Declared Independent Montenegro

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My research examines the influence of increasing Romanian global integration on political identity and notions of citizenship of a range of working and professional people, as expressed in their political activism and consumption practices.

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David A Kideckel, of Central Connecticut State University, was a 2007-08 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow

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Activism, Citizenship, and Belonging in Globalizing Romania (69KB.pdf)

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My research traces the influence of religious literacy on the development of ethnic identity among the Tatars, the largest Muslim minority in Europe, before the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 up to the present. It examines the production and reception of Islamic textbooks, from popular medieval Sufi books to the writings of modernist Muslims.

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Islamic Education, Religious Revival, and the Contest over Tatar Identity, 1800 to the Present (46KB.pdf)

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This project examines how Jews and non-Jews both understood and attempted to assert their varying notions of “belonging” in several important and potentially contentious spaces in Ukraine during the mid-1940s: the neighborhood, the workplace, academic and cultural institutions, and the arena of wartime justice.

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“Ukraine without Jews”? Contesting Belonging in Soviet Ukraine, 1943-1948 (36KB.pdf)

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This dissertation project explores some of the ways in which Muslim women of Bosnia and Herzegovina negotiate and renegotiate their space and sense of belonging within post-war secular state.

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Muslim Women’s Identities in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina (70KB.pdf)

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My project aims to evaluate the decisions made by municipal leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina and especially the factors that influence those choices.

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Building Limited States: Peace-building and the Rule of Law in at the Local Level in Bosnia and Herzegovina (43KB.pdf)

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Using information gathered from NGOs, government officials and academics in working on domestic violence, trafficking in persons, reproductive health, political empowerment and economic empowerment, this report makes observations on current gaps in advocacy and service provision within each of the five topic areas.

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Ukrainian Women’s Movement and Transnational Activism: A Civil Society Perspective (293KB.pdf)

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A television host asks his sociologist guest about the uncertain future. The expert retorts: “Ah, the future. We can foresee that with total accuracy. It’s the past that we have trouble predicting.”

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Sarah Jane Dixon, of Georgetown University, was a 2007-08 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) fellow

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Kosova Immemorial: Monumental Representations of History and Identity in Kosovo (110KB)

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