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 …
by Carina Louise Julig SIT Fall 2018 University of Colorado Boulder In the fall of 2018, I decided to immerse myself in a completely new experience and go study abroad in the Balkans. The program ended up being a couple of the best months of my life: I made incredible friendships, I learned more in …
by Zachary Fletcher SIT Fall 2018 University of Puget Sound I was recently messaging with a friend back home to see how things were going in the US. I shared that I had just returned to Belgrade after an excursion to Bosnia – a trip that included two different cities, dozens of incredible meals, and …
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by Alexis Traussi SIT Spring 2016 Skidmore College For all intents and purposes, I was completely unprepared for my entire study abroad semester with SIT Balkans, let alone the ISPJ (Independent Study Project in Journalism). To put this in perspective, I did not know that I would be living with a homestay until I had …
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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
