The Belgrade and Sarajevo offices of the Heinrich B\u00f6ll Foundation, together with our editor Milo\u0161 \u0106iri\u0107, have invited relevant voices to reflect on what was achieved over the past decades in the fields of documentation, memorialization, and processing of recent history. We wanted to learn which actors and factors determine the cultural context, who could deconstruct the hate narratives, how nationalism affects the culture of remembrance in the respective societies, and why the most brutal of experiences did not lead to a better understanding of common history in the region. In this volume, the role of the external actors is also critically questioned: what were Western donors able to achieve? Why has dealing with history never become mainstream despite the efforts of many brave, consistent and professional individuals? Is there even a need for a moratorium on dealing with the past so that new spaces for peaceful coexistence can emerge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Date of Publication: 24.05.2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Publisher: Heinrich B\u00f6ll Stiftung Sarajevo, Heinrich B\u00f6ll Stiftung Belgrade<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Number of Pages: 78<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Language of publication: English<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Table of contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 unclosed chapters of the past PDF:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/ba.boell.org\/en\/2023\/05\/24\/perspectives-past-now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Neopopulismus: Revisionismus und Meta-Katastrophe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Perspectives Southeastern Europe<\/a><\/strong> is a publication series of the Southeastern Europe offices of the Heinrich B\u00f6ll Stiftung<\/a>. The focus is on Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the foundation has established offices. The new volume titeld The Past is now \u2013 Politics of Denial and Dealing with the Past in the Western Balkans<\/a><\/strong> was just published today and is now online available. I had the opportunity to contribute with an essay On populism and historical revisionism \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0at once a (very) brief evaluation of the Public History project Histoire pour la libert\u00e9<\/strong> from 2021, coordinated by KROKODIL Belgrade<\/a>, in partnership with Kliofest Zagreb<\/a>, UMHIS Sarajevo<\/a> (History Fest Sarajevo<\/a>), Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin<\/a>, and others.” (Thomas Schad)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nino Lejava
3 facing the past in the post-Yugoslav space
Tamara \u0160midling
9 the past is still someone\u2019s present
Vildana Selimbegovi\u0107
14 why the facts matter
Bekim Blakaj
17 Serbia: nationalism without alternative and politics of memory without self-reflection
Milivoj Be\u0161lin
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina: three decades of facing the past
Lejla Ga\u010danica
23 Croatia: facts about the past in the shadow of victorious narratives
Branka Vierda
26 Kosovo: wartime memories challenged by the courts
Una Hajdari
29 Montenegro: is there anything to remember at all?
Milo\u0161 Vukanovi\u0107
33 North Macedonia: amnesty and silence around the 2001 insurgency
Prof. dr Irena Stefoska
36 towards politics of hope: an interview with Orli Fridman
Milo\u0161 \u0106iri\u0107
40 the case of Prijedor: struggle for victims\u2019 recognition
Edin Ramuli\u0107
43 decades of women-led initiatives for peace
Marijana Stoj\u010di\u0107
46 the media: from tools of war to vehicles of denial
Dinko Gruhonji\u0107
50 efforts to deconstruct the hateful narratives
Aleksandra Bosni\u0107 \u0110uri\u0107
53 the war in the classrooms
Sr\u0111an Milo\u0161evi\u0107, Aleksandar R. Mileti\u0107
56 imposition of legal standards and their sustainability
Selma Korjeni\u0107, Ajna Mahmi\u0107
59 a critique of western-funded memorialization initiatives in the Balkans
Jasmin Mujanovi\u0107
62 the clash of the myths
Mirko Medenica
66 on populism and historical revisionism
Thomas Schad
70 the future without remembrance
Dragan Markovina<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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