Papers and essays in language, literature and cultural studies

The following article aims at presenting a significant case of intercultural relations between Germany and Serbia that took place during the first half of the 19th Century thanks to the epistolary correspondence between Jacob Grimm and Vuk Karadžić.

With regard to the historic perspective of Vojvodina, we have distinguished several periods of time limited to historical events of higher importance, assuming, at the same time, that continuity in the interaction with newly established circumstances was subject to both changes and preservation of certain values. The first period deals with the establishment of Vojvodina  and its political life in the Habsburg/Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. In this time the recognition of Vojvodina identity was linked to the Serb national movement that oscillated within political amplitude from national romanticism to rigid national politics of the monarchy with frequent turns to the principality/Kingdom of Serbia. The second period in the history of defining Vojvodina...

The paper deals with the chaotic situation in which the language formerly known as Serbo-Croatian finds itself in at the turn of the centuries.

The new political situation in Europe displays a growing hostility toward Jews, immi­grants and asylum seekers, Roma/Gypsies, and other minorities. Stereotypes are being dragged out and internal boundaries erected against foreigners. Both Western and Eastern Europe have witnessed episodes of ethnic conflict and 'ethnic cleansing.' Deteriorating economic conditions and weakening social cohesion arouse a fear of the future, and....

This paper is part of the 'Europe and the Balkans' Occasional Papers Series, published by the Istituto per l'Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica of the University of Bologna.