Much of my research centres on pluralising representations of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE)/diaspora communities and cultures, particularly from the Balkans and Yugoslavia, and more constructive, contemporary histories of non-alignment.
I am pursuing a practice-based PhD with Gray’s School of Art (2025-2028), curating exhibitions with Balkan and Yugoslavian/diasporic artists in British art collections.
I presented an episode of BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought (September 2020) on Yugoslav diasporic identity.
Telford, Little Yugoslavia – BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought – 02-09-2020
Telford, Little Yugoslavia was later selected for BBC Radio 4’s Pick of the Week. I was interviewed about the episode for Remembering Yugoslavia, BBC Radio Shropshire, the Shropshire Star, and Britić.
The Cool Seat – Mid-morning on BBC Radio Shropshire with Jim Hawkins – 24-09-2020
During my undergraduate studies in Politics, I pursued interdisciplinary courses and ‘alternative’ sources, including art and testimonies, to illuminate twentieth-century cultural histories from new perspectives. My first dissertation explored Tito’s socialist Yugoslavia through political satire. It was published by the Political Studies Association, and shared via Britić and Lockdown Lectures.
In November 2021, I presented an episode of The Bunker with Una Hajdari and Professor James Ker-Lindsay about the changing political dynamics in Bosnia and the Balkans, from Dayton to Dodik, ethnic tensions in Republika Srpska, Russia, and the EU. The episode received critical acclaim in Politico and Britić.
Are the Balkans on the brink of war? – The Bunker – 25-11-2021
I presented a follow up episode in August 2022 with Una Hajdari about what number plates reveal about ongoing conflicts between Serbians and Albanians in Kosovo.
Inside Europe’s Next Flashpoint – The Bunker – 17-08-2022
I was interviewed about my work covering Eastern European and South Slavic identities and immigration on the podcast Media Storm, from The Guilty Feminist.
Bonus episode – White (Other): Anti-Eastern European prejudice – Media Storm – 04-11-2022
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