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Vladan Desnica

Zimsko ljetovanje

The Winter Summer Vacation

Presented by:Marina Protrka Štimec

Wars

Racism

Balkanism

Class Hegemony

Second World War

Yugoslavia

Michel Houellebecq

Soumission

Submission

Presented by:Aurore Peyroles

Dystopic Europes

Authoritarianism

Fear

Islam

Reactionism

Political Elections

Ismail Kadare

Nënpunësi i pallatit të ëndrrave

The Palace of Dreams

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Authoritarianism

Ottoman Empire

People's Socialist Republic of Albania

Political Dictatorship

Political Corruption

Andrzej Szczypiorski

Msza za miasto Arras

A Mass for Arras

Presented by:Gerard Ronge

Antisemitism

Censorship

Scapegoating

Moral Panic

Sarah Waterfeld

Sex mit Gysi

Sex with Gysi

Presented by:Ivana Perica

Careerism

Political Disenchantment

Left-Wing Parliamentarism

Female Politicians

Political Elections

F. E. Sillanpää

Hurskas Kurjuus: Päättynyt Suomalainen Elämäkerta

Meek Heritage

Presented by:Eric Bergman

Mathias Énard

Zone

Presented by:Filip Kučeković

Wars

Espionage

Civil War

Hugo Claus

Het verdriet van België

The sorrow of Belgium

Presented by:Yoana Ganowski

History

Second World War

Nazism

Bildungsroman

Christa Wolf

Nachdenken über Christa T.

Reflections on Christa T.

Presented by:Renate Flagmeier

László Krasznahorkai

Herscht 07769

Presented by:Richárd Vincze

Pajtim Statovci

Kissani Jugoslavia

My Cat Yugoslavia

Presented by:Eric Bergman

Exile

Identity

Yugoslavia

Norman Manea

Plicul negru

The Black Envelope

Presented by: Brînduşa Nicolaescu

Authoritarianism

Totalitarianism

Antisemitism

Fear

Materials

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Working Paper

CAPONEU Policy Indications - Interim report, February 2025

By: Autonomy Institute

Video

Conference: What is the Political Novel: Defining the Genre - day 1

By: Zrinka Božić, Mark Devenney, Zvonimir Glavaš, Tomasz Mizerkiewicz

Video

Migration in the Age of Anthropocene - Interview with Mark Devenney

By: Dawid Borucki, Mark Devenney

Audio

Podcast: Periphery and banishment

By: Ivana Perica, Aurore Peyroles, Jospeh Ponthus, Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Video

Workshop: Thinking the Political (part 1)

By: Vedrana Veličković, Oliver Marchart

Verónica Paula Gómez: Beyond the Idea of Nation: The Political Domicile of Digital Literature in the Interzone

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Banishment

Identity

Organised action

Censorship

Antisemitism

Cancer