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DESCRIPTION:In the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars\, the successor states ha
 ve witnessed an unprecedented rise in historical revisionism and nationali
 st mythmaking. Once imagined as part of a “globalized” Europe striving
  toward integration and reconciliation\, the region is increasingly shaped
  by politics of exclusion and competing national memories. This paper expl
 ores how post-Yugoslav societies\, caught between global interconnectednes
 s and local retrenchment\, mobilize history as a political weapon in the s
 truggle for identity and legitimacy.\nDrawing on examples from Serbia\, Bo
 snia and Herzegovina\, and Croatia\, the paper traces how global narrative
 s of human rights\, transitional justice\, and Europeanization have been r
 einterpreted—or outright rejected—through nationalist lenses. Revision
 ist discourse reframes the wars of the 1990s not as aggression or genocide
  but as defensive struggles\, restoring pre-globalization notions of sover
 eignty and ethno-religious unity. Such processes mirror earlier historical
  precedents: imperial mythologies\, Cold War alignments\, and the selectiv
 e remembrance of the Ottoman and Habsburg pasts.\nBy situating these dynam
 ics within broader debates on globalization’s retreat\, the paper argues
  that the post-Yugoslav experience exemplifies a world that is connected
 —through media\, migration\, and transnational memory politics—yet not
  genuinely globalized. The persistence of competing historical imaginaries
  challenges the idea of a universal narrative of progress and integration.
  Ultimately\, examining the interplay between revisionism and nationalism 
 in the Balkans reveals how closed borders do not merely separate\, but als
 o reshape\, our collective understanding of the past and its place in worl
 d history.
DTSTAMP:20260412T140532Z
LOCATION:Room 302 (Seats 48)
SUMMARY:Rewriting the Past Behind Closed Borders: Historical Revisionism an
 d the Collapse of Globalist Narratives in the Post-Yugoslav Space - Alek B
 arović
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/K99LRM/
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