International Workshop

Europeanisation and LGBT Activism in the Post-Yugoslav Space

1
st
Session
10:00-13:00


Welcome Address
Stefano Bianchini, University of Bologna, Forl Campus


Opening Remarks
Bojan Bili, University of Bologna, Forl Campus


ACADEMIC PANELS

Serbia and Croatia

Pride and Europeanisation in Serbia and Croatia:
An Ultras Perspective
Andrew Hodges, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research,
Zagreb
Professionalization in Sexual Politics and
Activism in Croatia in the 2000s
Nicole Butterfield, University of Szeged
Discussant
Bojan Bili, University of Bologna, Forl Campus

Discussion

Coffee Break

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Film screening: Queer Sarajevo Festival 2008

LGBT Activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Between the Local and the European
Adelita Selmi, University of Sarajevo/University of Bologna

Discussant
arna Brkovi, CEU Institute for Advanced Study,
Budapest

Discussion



2
nd
Session
15:00-19:00


Slovenia

The First European Festival of Lesbian and Gay Film
was Yugoslav: Dismantling the Geotemporality of
Europeanization
Sanja Kajini, Central European University, Budapest
Discussant
Irene Dioli, University of Bologna

Discussion

Kosovo

EU-Washing: Queers, Islam and the Politics of
European Enlargement in the Balkans
Piro Rexhepi, New York University (VIDEO PRESENTATION)

Discussant
Fabio Giomi, CETOBaC-EHESS, Paris

Discussion (WITH THE AUTHOR VIA SKYPE)

Coffee Break

ACTIVIST PANEL

The Main Challenges of LGBT Activism in the
Post-Yugoslav Space

Lepa Mlaenovi, lesbian feminist activist, Belgrade
Jovana Ananievska, LezFem, LGBTI Support Centre, Skopje
Duan Maljkovi, Centre for Queer Studies, Belgrade

Franko Dota, University of Zagreb/Zagreb Pride
Danijel Kalezi, Queer Montenegro, Podgorica

Discussion

Concluding Remarks
Paul Stubbs, Institute of Economics, Zagreb



University Residential Centre of Bertinoro Sala Chiesa San Silvestro 5 September 2014

ORGANISATION
Stefano Bianchini, Bojan Bili, Luciana Moretti, Sara Severi