Creation, Evolution, Dissolution: New Research on Yugoslavia, 1918-2008
One day conference
To mark the 90th anniversary of the creation of Yugoslavia, this conference brings together leading scholars in the field (for the first time at Goldsmiths). All papers are based on their latest research and offer fresh perspectives on the origins, evolution, and the violent disintegration of former Yugoslavia. The conference is convened by Dr Dejan Djokic (History, Goldsmiths) and Dr James Ker-Lindsay (Kingston University) and is supported by Departments of History and Politics, Goldsmiths, The Vane Ivanovic Library, Kingston, and Centre for South East
European Studies, SSEES, University College, London. The event is open to
public.
Date: 9 May 2008
Venue: SCR, Richard Hoggart Building, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London SE14 6NW
Programme
2.15-2.30 Welcome and introduction
Prof. Sally Alexander (Goldsmiths)
Dr Dejan Djokic (Goldsmiths)
2.30-4.00 Panel I
Chair and discussant: Dr Bojan Aleksov (UCL SSEES)
Prof. Mark Cornwall (Southampton) , ‘War Sacrifice and State Legitimacy in the South Slav Lands, 1914-1918’
Dr Dejan Djokic (Goldsmiths) , ‘Was (Interwar) Yugoslavia Possible?’
Prof. Stevan K. Pavlowitch (Southampton) , ‘Yugoslavia during the Second World War’
4.00-4.30 Coffee break
4.30-6.00 Panel II
Chair and discussant: Dr Eric Gordy (UCL SSEES)
Dr Dejan Jovic (Stirling), ‘Croatia in Socialist Yugoslavia: A Reassessment’
Dr Jasna Dragovic-Soso (Goldsmiths) , ‘New Perspectives on Yugoslavia’s Disintegration’
Dr James Ker-Lindsay (Kingston), ‘Kosovo: The Final End of Yugoslavia or the Start of a New International Order?’
6.00 Wine reception
For more information contact Dejan Djokic (d.djokic@gold. ac.uk) or James Ker-Lindsay (james.lindsay@ kingston. ac.uk).
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