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Echoes of Grief, Whispers of Responsibility: Three Decades After Srebrenica

by Nikola Gajić

Thirty years after the Srebrenica genocide, denial and glorification of war criminals remain dominant in Serbia and Republika Srpska. In his blog post, Nikola Gajić explores how shifting from discussions of guilt to shared moral responsibility could break through nationalist narratives and foster genuine reconciliation.

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Serbia’s Protests as a Cultural Explosion: Symbols, Memory, and the Struggle for Meaning

by Katarina Damčević

The protests in Serbia are not only political demonstrations; they are also fueling a ‘cultural explosion’. Symbols of protest, such as ‘Pumpaj!’ and ‘Ćaci’, have evolved from being peripheral phenomena to becoming central political symbols that challenge state narratives. These creative forms of resistance shape the collective memory and, consequently, the political landscape.

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Can Memory Europeanize Us? The EU Memory Framework and Contested Memories of the Yugoslav Wars in Contemporary Serbia

By Nikola Gajić

The EU memory framework is designed as a tool for integrating new member states. However, the discrepancy between the Serbian official memory politics and the EU commemorative practices regarding the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s– in particular the Srebrenica genocide–remains high. This endangers the regional reconciliation process and the country’s Europeanization process.