On November 27th 2012, the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES) hosted another inspiring lecture, entitled «Kosovo, The Current Phase: The Conflict over Status and Ethnopolitical Implications». The speaker, Leonas Tolvaišis, recently defended his PhD at the Vytautas Magnus University of Kaunas, Lithuania. Former tutor and experienced MIREES public lecturer, Tolvaišis delivered a lecture which fully reflects his research interests, namely ethnopolitics in the Balkans and Eastern Europe at large. 
During his presentation, the speaker displayed the abundant photographic material he collected in several years of field research in the area and selflessly shared his personal experience with the audience. The lecture was largely devoted to the socio-economic situation and humanitarian security in the so-called ghettos or enclaves populated by Kosovo Serbs. Tolvaišis extensively described the conditions in the ghettos south of the Ibar river, dominated by insecurity, fear and different limitations to the freedom of movement, telecommunications, electricity and water supplies.
 
Dora Komnenović
MA MIREES academic tutor