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Pop-Up Event: Ethnic Divides, Authoritarianism, and Violence around the World since 1989

Pop-Up Event: Ethnic Divides, Authoritarianism, and Violence around the World since 1989
Sponsored by the Forum for the Academy and the Public

This Pop-Up event marks the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Jasmina Tesanovic's war diaries from her time in Belgrade, Diary of a Political Idiot. In light of this anniversary, this Pop-Up Panel brings together Jasmina Tesanovic, Darren Byler, and Misha Glenny in a discussion reflecting on what has and has not changed regarding violence linked to ethnic divides in the Balkans and around the world. Authoritarianism and ethnicity have seemingly become only more entangled and volatile after 1989. The notion that the post-1989 world would be a calm "End of History" has been shown to be very wrong indeed, due partly to issues associated with ethnic tensions and fears. Please join us February 21 from 11:30 am to 1 pm in  for a wide-ranging discussion about the persistence of ethnic passions and its ability to spawn radicalism and violence in our world. Free and open to the public. Moderated by James Robertson.

Participants: Jasmina Tesanovic, Darren Byler, and Misha Glenny
Moderator: James Robertson (UCI History)

Jasmina Tesanovic is an author, activist and multimedia artist. She does not have a mother language or a homeland:  she writes in three languages and lives between Turin, Belgrade Austin and Ibiza.

Misha Glenny was the BBC's Central Europe Correspondent during the revolutions of Eastern Europe in 1989 and during the wars in the former Yugoslavia. He has written three books on those events, including The Fall of Yugoslavia, and The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-2012. More recently his book, McMafia: Journey through the Global Underworld has been turned into a TV Drama by the BBC and AMC. He is currently a fellow at the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles.

Time: February 21 from 11:30 am to 1 pm
Where: HG 1010