Transcending Fratricide: Political Mythologies, Reconciliations, and the Uncertain Future in the former Yugoslavia

Venue: Alberta (Canada)
Period: October 1-2, 2010

The aim of the conference is to analyze the post-conflict resolution in the former Yugoslavia. A group of international scholars and non-governmental activists will discuss various topics within three thematic clusters: political mythologies, reconciliations, and future integration processes.

In particular the attention will be focused on reconciliation and post-conflict resolution. Such focus is shaped by the understanding that the success of future recovery and integrative processes (regional, European, global) will depend on the ability and willingness of both the elites and the communities to initiate and complete the reconciliation. In order to better understand these issues they need to be related to political culture and in particular, political myths, on the one hand, and institutions of international justice and governance on the other.
Since the phenomena are multi-dimensional, this conference will offer a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and the phenomena under consideration will be discussed both at the general and more concrete levels, and both in their historical trajectories and present dynamics.
 
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For information about how to participate to the conference, contact the organizers Srdja Pavlovic at: pavlovic@ualberta.ca and Marko Zivkovic at: zivkovic@ualberta.ca.

Faculty of Arts
University of Alberta
Srdja Pavlovic and Marko Zivkovic
address: 2-28 Henry Marshall Tory Building
Edmonton AB T6G 2H4, Canada
tel.: 001.780.492.3270
fax: 001.780.492.9125
e-mail: pavlovic@ualberta.ca or zivkovic@ualberta.ca
website: http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/historyandclassics/index.cfm