Conference Publlic History April 2026: NIOD hosted CISI collaborators for a debate about genocide denialOn April 22, Vladimir Petrovic, Professors Ungor Umit Ungor and Martijn Eickhoff, director of NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, hosted a debate under the title Confronting Genocide…
Publlic History Research April 2026: dr Rade Ristanovic’s research findings disputed by the minister of cultureAs a guest of a talk show, minister of culture made several vulgar references about Serbian historiography and its institutes. Furthermore, he specifically targeted our talented associate dr Rade Ristaniovic,…
Digital history Publlic History April 2026: CISI’s Alternative history game featured at BarBalkansBarBalkans, an English/Italian project powered by The New Union Post, covers Western Balkans with a special emphasis on the Yugoslav Wars. Recently it featured an interview with Vladimir Petrovic in…
History March 2026: Vladimir Petrovic takes part in a BBC Serbia feature on Slobodan MilosevicBBC News Serbia produced a short docu-feature Dve decenije od smrti Slobodana Miloševića: Nasleđe u srpskoj politici thematizing the legacy of his reign and its impact on Serbia and its youth…
Conference February 2026: CISI associates took part in a closing conference on responsible tackling of sensitive pastAlongside with the Belgrade Open School and Belgrade International Lae Cricle, CISI was engaged in developing a project “Overcoming Points of Contention: Transgenerational Confrontation with the Legacy of the Armed…
Teaching February 2026: Vladimir Petrovic opened a course on mass violence at University of AmsterdamIn this semester, Innovation Center Head Vladimir Petrovic is teaching a course Persecution, mass murder and genocide in comparative perspective at University of Amsterdam, with a focus on modes and…
History February 2026: CISI associate Srdjan Cvetkovic has established cooperation with Victims of Communism Memorial FoundationOur associate Srdjan Cvetkovic has visited Washington D.C. in order to foster cooperation with Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, where he had several meetings aimed at establishing a Balkan department…
Teaching January 2026: CISI associates started a new online course on wartime memory politics in ex-YugoslaviaWithin the Balkan track of the Invisible University for Ukraine, Dr Vladimir Petrovic, Jelena Jovanovic and Novak Vuco opened a new course entitled War After War at the Post-Yugoslav space.…
Publication Research January 2026: New report on Serbia on the Horizon Re:Engage projectSerbian team on the project Re-engaging with neighbours in a state of war and geopolitical tensions has just published a new report on Trust, social cohesion and EU democracy promotion in…
Publlic History December 2026: Dr Rade Ristanovic at the Counterhistory PodcastOur associate Dr Rade Ristanovic was hosted by Professor Hrvoje Klasic at his Counterhistory podcast. Ristanovic spoke about the Second World War, and especially about myths and historical reality of…
Lecture Publlic History December 2025: Katarina Besirevic presented the experiences from her study trip in the USOur Center’s associate, Katarina Besirevic, has presented the experiences from her study trip in the US. In the pitch-full Student’s Hall of Belgrade’s College of Philosophy, alongside with Vukasin Zoric,…
Lecture December 2025: Vladimir Petrovic held a lecture on the Yugoslav wars at the Faculty of Political ScienceOn December 1st, the day of creation of the first state of Southern Slavs, Vladimir Petrovic was a guest lecturer on the seminar of Dr Aleksandar Pavlovic at the Faculty…
