Researching Balkans

From Independent Study Project to Senior Undergraduate Thesis: Second Generation Bosnians in St. Louis, Missouri

From an Independent Study Project (ISP) to a Senior Undergraduate Thesis: Second Generation Bosnians in St. Louis, Missouri

by Alfredo Jahn SIT Spring 2018 Washington University in St. Louis During my time as a student on the SIT Balkans program (in spring semester 2018), I had the opportunity to conduct research in Sarajevo as part of the month-long independent study project (ISP). At the time, I was interested in how Bosnian returnees understood …

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Collaborative Performing? The Contested Nature of Theater in Belgrade

by Sarah Edwards SIT Spring 2016 Whitman College During my interviews and conversations with people in the theater community, I found this unexpected tension between alternative and institutional forms of theater and the accompanying forms of collaboration. This tension expressed itself in numerous ways, but it was best highlighted by certain controversies surrounding “Romeo and …

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Out and About in Sarajevo

by Matthew Zarenkiewicz SIT Spring 2016 Villanova University “The more time you spend in Sarajevo,” a local Sarajevan friend said to me one bright Sunday morning, “The quicker you’ll realize that it is a lie.” It was the second week of my research project on queer activism in Sarajevo since 2008, and he asked me …

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A Rose in a City Square

by Conner Gordon SIT Spring 2015 DePauw University This article was originally published on The Prindle Post, a global forum for ethical reflection hosted by the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. It was Sarajevo that originally brought me to the Western Balkans. A novel about the Bosnian city, of all things. In high …

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An Answer for Srebrenica

by Conner Gordon SIT Spring 2015 DePauw University This article was originally published on The Prindle Post, a global forum for ethical reflection hosted by the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. It was rainy and cold in eastern Bosnia, much colder than the previous days spent in Sarajevo. After being bundled into a …

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In Wake of the Tomahawk

by Conner Gordon SIT Spring 2015 DePauw University This article was originally published on The Prindle Post, a global forum for ethical reflection hosted by the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. It was a chilly afternoon in Belgrade, and my group and I had already seen a lot. For the past few hours …

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Seeking Out Schrodinger’s Cat

by Conner Gordon SIT Spring 2015 DePauw University This article was originally published on The Prindle Post, a global forum for ethical reflection hosted by the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. The weather app on my phone isn’t working, though maybe working incorrectly is the best way to put it. By most indications, everything is perfectly normal; backgrounded …

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