Nostalgia in Flux
Some ex-Yugoslavs switch between different kinds of nostalgia, depending on context. The fluctuations of yugonostalgia highlight Yugoslavia as an enduring social and moral category.
Essay, Newsletter
Paris, Bosnia
The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris have begun and one week into the quadrennial event story lines abound. In the former Yugoslavia, Paris 2024 harkens back to Sarajevo 1984.
Feature
The Twists and Turns at Trebević: Renovation of the Sarajevo Olympic Bobsled Track
Built for the 1984 Olympic Winter Games, used as a makeshift military installation during the Siege of Sarajevo, and left to decay in the decades hence, the skeleton of the bobsled and luge track at Mt. Trebević is now a tourist attraction for war trippers and ruin porn addicts.
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Podcast
Sarajevo, USA
One in three Bosnians live outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina, most of whom are dispersed around Europe. Though only about 10% live in the U.S., the country is home to the biggest Bosnian city abroad.
Essay
Rockin’ Sarajevo
When the season’s first snow falls in Sarajevo, locals of a certain age recall the Olympics in 1984, when after a dry winter they worried whether the Games would even take place…
Podcast
The Jews of Sarajevo*
Jews have been part of Sarajevo’s human tapestry since the 16th century, only to be “discovered” by the rest of the world during the Bosnian War. This is their story.
Podcast
Diaspora Voices 4: Third Culture Kids*
Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad.
Podcast
Remembering Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics
The Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics AKA XIV Olympic Winter Games AKA Sarajevo 1984 were Yugoslavia’s proudest moment in the final years of its existence.