Remembering Yugoslavia

Zastava was first and foremost a weapons manufacturer. It was the flagship of Yugoslavia’s and is of Serbia’s defense industry. The history of its M70 automatic rifle tells the story of the country itself. With Vladimir Onokoy ( From Balkans to Babylon: Zastava AKs of Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Iraq ). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an extended, ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members...

From reform to embargo, or the remembrance of cakes past. With Milena Jokanović (University of Belgrade) and Ivana Bajić-Hajduković (Syracuse University). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an extended, ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by P...

Anti-government protesters in Serbia carry banners that reference Yugoslav and American pop culture. Two of their peers set out to find out why. With Milena Dragićević Šešić and Tatjana Nikolić (University of Arts, Belgrade). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a coun...

Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad. With Vedrana Govorčin (Vienna/Mostar). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and transc...

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. With Jelena Golubović (Northeastern University, Boston). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the mem...

Yugoslavia, not France, was the world's first country to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution. Socialist Yugoslavia wielded reproductive regulation as a state and nation-building instrument to construct a unique communist project. With Branka Bogdan ( New Yugoslav Woman: Reproductive Regulation in Socialist Yugoslavia , 2025). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free ep...

Slavenka Drakulić has died. In remembrance, a remastered interview with the great Yugoslav-Croatian journalist and author from 2022. A redux of Episode 56, "Slavenka Drakulić: A European Person." * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer e...

All around the world, there are people with zero Yugoslavia links and tons of Yugoslavia love. Today, we meet a yugophile in England. With Toby Kinder (England). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Pete...

Yugonostalgia as a collective emotion is a sentimental longing for a positively remembered past of the former country and life in it. Why and how does it arise? What are its positive and negative effects? And what are its implications? A redux of Episode 80 and the second in the "Nostalgia" series. With Anouk Smeekes and Borja Martinović (Utrecht University). * * * On Remembering Yugosla...

What is Yugonostalgia and why does it exist? How does it manifest and how do different people experience it? And where is it headed?  A redux of Episode 71 and the first in the new "Nostalgia" series.  With Milica Popović (Austrian Academy of Sciences).  * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok...

The last generation of Yugoslavs remembers Yugoslavia fondly but critically. A new oral history book recounts how their youth in the lost country made a lasting impact on their lives. With Jovana Babović (SUNY Geneseo). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country th...

Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad. With David Rodich (Chicago). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and transcript: Yugo...

Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad. With Dijana Savić-Jambert (Chicago / Paris). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and...

The Yugoslav Red Cross promoted a version of humanitarianism that served its geopolitical goals. After the fall of socialism, nonaligned humanitarianism vanished and was replaced by liberal humanitarianism, with real consequences on the ground in Montenegro and elsewhere. With Čarna Brković (University of Mainz). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok mem...

Architecture in the former Yugoslavia is also a learning tool. Study trips from a prominent architecture school explore Yugoslav architecture to teach important lessons, from authenticity to nostalgia to sustainability, for designing the built environment. With David Di Duca and Tetsuro Nagata (Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an a...

Yugoslavia was important for China's identity-building, development, and world-making. The post-Yugoslav-Chinese relations are very much shaped by Yugoslavia. A new book spotlights the history and the present of China's involvement with (ex)Yugoslavia. With Anastas Vangeli (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Dragan Pavlićević (Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University, Suzhou, China...

In both socialist Yugoslavia and postwar Croatia some music reflected on and critiqued the present and envisaged a better tomorrow. Today such socially engaged music also rebuilds cultural ties across post-Yugoslav borders.  With Ana Marković ( The Socio-political Significance of Socially Engaged Music in Post-Yugoslav Space ). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive f...

Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad. With Amina Horozić (Sarajevo / Detroit / Stockholm). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show no...

Yugoslavia cultivated extensive literary connections with its nonaligned friends. Writers from Yugoslavia traveled to nonaligned countries and brought back accounts of their observations and experiences, published in the press and as book-length travelogues; and many authors and culture workers fostered literary networks with fellow nonaligned countries. Part 2 of 2. With Nataša Kovačević (Univers...

Yugoslavia cultivated extensive literary connections with its nonaligned friends. Writers from Yugoslavia (journalists, diplomats, culture workers, artists, scholars) traveled to nonaligned countries and brought back accounts of their observations and experiences, published in the press and as book-length travelogues. Part 1 of 2. With Iva Kosmos and Nebojša Djordjević. * * * On Remembering Yugosl...

A new online exhibition about self-management. With Vladimir Unkovski Korica and Anja Ilić. * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and transcript: Yugoblok.com/Factories-to-Worke...

The history and the present of an international movement.  With Vjekoslav Perica. * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an extended, ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and transcript: Yugoblok.com/Antifascism/   Ins...

An amateur photographer's quest to preserve the history of an iconic building. With Nik Maierle. * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and transcript: Yugoblok.com/Saving-M...

A memoir through the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav media. With Lara Ranković ( Mediji i ja ). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and transcript: Yugoblok.com/Media-Me/ Instagram...

A documentary film about Sarajevo’s Olympic bobsled and luge track and the people who ride it. With Ryan Sidhoo ( The Track ). * * * On Remembering Yugoslavia PLUS : an ad-free episode; exclusive for Yugoblok members . * * *  Remembering Yugoslavia is a Yugoblok podcast exploring the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. Show notes and transcri...