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SNAKLAB Regensburg Southeastern Europe Research Seminars
2026-03-17 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | IOS, Landshuter Str. 4, R 109, Landshuter Str. 4, Regensburg, Germany, 93047
Dr. Tanja Petrović (ZRC SAZU, IOS visiting fellow) will give a talk on…
Mining, Violence, and Moral Economy of Care and Debt: Mining Accidents in Former Yugoslavia in the Long 20th Century
Time: 2-4 pm
Venue: IOS, R 109, Landshuter Straße 4, 93047 Regensburg
Abstract:
The lecture reconsiders the relationship between mining and violence and discusses violence as historically constitutive of mining as a profession, and generative of mining communities’ social life. Violence is inscribed in the very nature of mining labor, and the history of mining is defined by accidents, disasters, and exposure of bodies and environments to health risks and deterioration.
Based on the analysis of archival and media texts on mining accidents and disasters in Slovenia and other parts of former Yugoslavia during the long 20th century, the lecture argues that the violence that encompasses mining should be understood as part of the social contract between miners and mining communities, on the one hand, and broader society and the state, on the other, and discusses ambiguous moral economy that governs their relationship.
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SNAKLAB Regensburg Southeastern Europe Research Seminars
2026-04-16 16:00 - 18:00 | IOS, Landshuter Str. 4, R 017
Dr Dragana Prvulović (University of Ottawa, seeFField visiting fellow) will give a talk on…
“The Women of Krajina: Gender, Political Agency, and Everyday Survival in Wartime Croatia”
Time: 4-6 pm
Venue: IOS, R 017, Landshuter Straße 4, 93047 Regensburg
Abstract:
This lecture presents an ongoing postdoctoral research project on women’s everyday lives in the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a wartime statelet that existed during the 1991–1995 conflict in Croatia and remains marginal in both scholarship and public discourse. The lecture outlines the central questions guiding the project: how was everyday life organized under conditions of violence, economic hardship, and uncertainty, and in what ways did women—across Serb, Croat, and other minority communities—exercise political agency through practices of care, survival, and social negotiation?
The project seeks to move beyond dominant military and nationalist narratives by centering on multiethnic interactions and social relations between women in a highly militarized and ethnically stratified environment. The lecture situates the project within feminist scholarship on war and peace and conflict studies, and considers how it may broaden understandings of everyday life and gendered political agency in secessionist and wartime settings.
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Journalist Talks: Energiepolitik auf dem Balkan
2026-05-19 18:30 - 20:30 | VHS, Thon-Dittmer-Palais, Haidplatz 8, R. 121
Die US-Administration unter Donald Trump setzt zur Zeit eine Strategie der Energiedominanz auf dem Balkan um. Dabei geht es einerseits darum, den russichen Einfluss- bei Gaslieferungen, Energie-Infrastruktur, Raffinerien-zurückzudrängen und andererseits amerikanisches Flüssiggas zu verkaufen und US-Firmen Verträge zu verschaffen. Diese Strategie widerspricht teils den europäischen Interessen und EU-Projekten auf dem Balkan. Ende April unterzeichneten etwa Bosnien und Herzegowina und Kroatien ein Abkommen über eine südliche Gasverbindung. An der Zeremonie in Dubrovnik nahm auch US-Energieminister Chris Wright teil. Das US-amerikanische Unternehmen AAFS Infrastructure and Energy wird die Gaspipeline betreiben.Einer der Chefs des Unternehmens ist Joseph Flynn, der Bruder des ehemaligen Sicherheitsberaters von Trump, Michael Flynn. Der andere ist Jesse Binnall, er vertrat Trump als Rechtsanwalt. Der Landesteil Föderation von Bosnien und Herzegowina verabschiedete ein Sondergesetz. Die EU erhob Einspruch. Denn die Vergabe wurde ohne Ausschreibung beschlossen. Die Gaspipeline ist nur eines von vielen US-Vorhaben auf dem Balkan. Ende Februar vereinbarten zwölf Länder Mittel-und Osteuropas mit den USA eine Partnerschaft zur LNG-Lieferung.

Adelheid Wölfl, Jahrgang 1972 hat einen Master in vergleichenden Sozialwissenschaften und ihre Ausbildung zur Journalistin bei dem Wochenmagazin profil und an der Universität Wien gemacht. Ab 2004 arbeitete sie zunächst als Redakteurin im Ressort Außenpolitik in Wien, wo sie sich für den Raum Südosteuropa spezialisierte. Sie ist seit 2012 Korrespondentin für den Standard und für viele andere Zeitungen und lebt in Sarajevo, von wo sie aus die gesamte Region bereist.

Journalist Talks Series is a part of the seeFField project of the University Regensburg in cooperation with the Volkshochschule Regensburg.

SNAKLAB Regensburg Southeastern Europe Research Seminars
2026-05-21 16:00 - 18:00 | IOS, Landshuter Str. 4, R 017
Dr Danica Trifunjagić (Institute of History, TU Darmstadt) will give a talk on…
“Beograd je (opet) svet: Protests in 1996/1997 and 2024/2026 between Students’ Claims and Media Frames”
Time: 4-6 pm
Venue: IOS, R 017, Landshuter Straße 4, 93047 Regensburg
Abstract:
This talk looks at how Serbian media covered student protests in two different moments—1996/1997 and 2024/2026—and how that coverage shaped public perception and political discourse. In 1996/1997, student protests were an expression of discontent against the authoritarian regime of Slobodan Milošević, following the annulment of local elections results. Fast-forward to 2024/2026: student protests have emerged in response to the collapse of the canopy at the newly renovated train station in Novi Sad. The media’s portrayal of the protests in both periods is complex, with state-controlled outlets often framing student movements as subversive, while independent newspapers presented them as a legitimate democratic force. The analysis provides insights into how media narratives shape the public’s understanding of student activism, revealing the continuities and shifts in how student protests are portrayed across different periods.
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SNAKLAB Regensburg Southeastern Europe Research Seminars
2026-06-25 16:00 - 18:00 | IOS, Landshuter Str. 4, R 017
Dr. Karin Roginer Hofmeister (Charles University, Prague) will give a talk on…
“Towards Postsecular Memory Studies: The Serbian Orthodox Church and Hybrid Spaces of Remembrance“
Time: 4-6 pm
Venue: IOS, R 017, Landshuter Straße 4, 93047 Regensburg
Abstract:
This talk examines how the Serbian Orthodox Church has navigated the contested terrain of collective memory in Serbian communities, where political transition, social fragmentation, and the reconfiguration of national identity have defined the decades since the collapse of Yugoslavia. Drawing on the monograph Remembering Suffering and Resistance: Memory Politics and the Serbian Orthodox Churchalongside new findings from Negotiating ‘Serbhood’: Layers of Memories Among the Serbs in the Post-Yugoslav and Post-War Space, it explores the Church’s central role in shaping narratives of Serbian heroic victimhood.
The analysis highlights how the Church has employed both liturgical and non-liturgical practices of remembrance, blending sacred and secular elements to produce a hybrid commemorative landscape. In doing so, it has strategically mobilized its symbolic, ritual, and institutional resources to reassert authority and public relevance during times of instability.
The talk argues that in contexts of political upheaval and moral uncertainty, the quest for collective memory becomes especially urgent, and religious institutions such as the Serbian Orthodox Church emerge as influential actors in both memory-making and identity formation within the evolving post-socialist, post-conflict, and post-secular public sphere.
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SNAKLAB Regensburg Southeastern Europe Research Seminars
2026-07-15 16:00 - 18:00 | IOS, Landshuter Str. 4, R 017
Assoc. Prof. Nataša Simeunović Bajić (University of Niš, seeFField visiting fellow) will give a talk on…
“Regimes of Representation: Knowing Roma, Constructing Roma“
Time: 4-6 pm
Venue: IOS, R 017, Landshuter Straße 4, 93047 Regensburg
Abstract:
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