Researching Balkans
Researching Balkans
The Balkans changes perceptions
Researching Balkans
Boarding the Plane to Belgrade: Change of Perspective
Researching Balkans
Unprepared: My Journey Through an Unexpected Month
About Us
Researching Balkans is the work of students from the SIT Balkans Peace
and Conflict Studies program. Our students cover the scenes, people and
issues of this challenging region throughout their semester in Belgrade.
Researching Balkans collects the best of their work with the aim of
becoming a repository of insightful and thoughtful research on the
Balkans.

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Published Stories
Belgrade Insight | An Anglican Home in the Heart of Orthodox Belgrade
This story was first published in Belgrade Insight print edition on November 8, 2018, and Balkan Insight. by Carina Julig SIT Fall 2018 University of Colorado at Boulder …
Belgrade Insight | ‘Repat Serbia’: Many Leave, a Few Are Lured Back
This article was published in BIRN’s bi-weekly newspaper Belgrade Insight on July 13, 2018, and in Balkan Insight. by Patrick Howard SIT Spring 2018 University of Colorado at …
Good | The War Childhood Museum Shares Stories Of Kids Growing Up Under Seige
This story was first published in Good on May 29, 2018. by Christina Noto SIT Fall 2017 Gettysburg College WHITE BALLET SLIPPERS SYMBOLIZE CHILDHOOD FOR …
Gallery
Man carting vegetables on a weekday through Prizren, Kosovo. Photo: Meredith Howe / SIT Balkans
Man carting vegetables on a weekday through Prizren, Kosovo. Photo: Meredith Howe / SIT Balkans
Lone prayer beads among the thousands of gravestones of boys and men in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the memorial for the Srebrenica Genocide which occurred in July 1995. Photo: Meredith Howe / SIT Balkans
Lone prayer beads among the thousands of gravestones of boys and men in Potocari, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the memorial for the Srebrenica Genocide which occurred in July 1995. Photo: Meredith Howe / SIT Balkans
“And who do you love?” - Spotted outside KC Grad in Belgrade, Serbia. Photo: Meredith Howe / SIT Balkans
“And who do you love?” - Spotted outside KC Grad in Belgrade, Serbia. Photo: Meredith Howe / SIT Balkans
During the Siege of Sarajevo, mortar explosions left craters in the concrete, such as this one next to the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart. Those painted red signify that it caused a loss of life. These red patterns are referred to as the “Red Roses of Sarajevo” for both their pattern and as a morbid acknowledgment of the violence of the siege. Photo: Emma Woods / SIT Balkans
During the Siege of Sarajevo, mortar explosions left craters in the concrete, such as this one next to the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart. Those painted red signify that it caused a loss of life. These red patterns are referred to as the “Red Roses of Sarajevo” for both their pattern and as a morbid acknowledgment of the violence of the siege. Photo: Emma Woods / SIT Balkans