New Seminar Series:
The Balkan Circle is a weekly seminar where lectures, presentations, exhibits, or open interactive dialogues will focus on any (and all) aspects of historical, political, economic, social and cultural phenomena in the (so-called) Balkans. The seminar is free and open to the public and will be held every Friday from 12.00 pm to 1.30 pm in BUR 231, starting from the second week of the fall semester.
Our seminar schedule covers a wide spectrum of intriguing topics, which range from the paranormal, as a cultural, historical and political phenomenon to archeology, anthropology and identity along the Danube.
September 13
Dr. Mary Neuburger
Opening of the seminar series: Vanga and Liudmila: Power and the Paranormal in Socialist Bulgaria
September 20
Dr. Kiril Avramov
Conspiracies in Action: Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Conspiratorial Cascades on Pro-Russian Vigilante Militias in Bulgaria and Serbia
September 27
Keith Wagner
Subject Positions in Martha Bibescu's Multilingual Epistolarity
October 4
Aleksej Demjanski
European Discourse on Press Freedom: Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, & Italy
October 11
Dr. Vladislav Beronja
Archive and Outrage: The Holocaust Fictions of Daša Drndić
October 18
Dr. Chelsi West Ohueri
Collective Shame and the Tension of "Race Talk" in Albania
October 25
Deirdre Smith
“The conditions of work were very difficult...”: The Yugoslav Art World as a Frame for Studying Self-Management
November 1
Dr. Adam Rabinowitz
The Histria Multiscalar Archaeological Project: Archaeology, Physical Anthropology, and Identity along the Danube
November 8
Dr. Amy Liu
Incorporating the Chinese in the Balkans: Migrant Networks in Comparative Perspective
November 15
Frane Karabatic
Language and Culture: Developing Open Access Online Materials for Teaching Elementary Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian Through Performance-Based Culture-Centered Instruction
November 22
Mehmet Celik
Muslim Conversion to Bulgarian Orthodoxy in Early Post-Ottoman Bulgaria
December 6
Mirta Baselovic
EU failures in the Western Balkans
We'll be back in the spring with a whole new lineup!
