Maja Davidović
@majadav.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Cardiff University. Transitional justice, historical revisionism, epistemic violence, politics of memory. Author of 'Governing the Past'. Dog mom.
I've finally read the entire 1914 report of the Carnegie Int'l Commission on the Balkan Wars (reprinted btw in 1993 under the title 'The Other Balkan Wars'). Here are my top racist tropes about Balkan people: 1) ‘The burning of villages and the exodus of the defeated population is a normal and
My new article, “The iron road home: Ukrainian Railways, resilience and ontological security under Russia’s terror,” is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social It’s about how #Ukrzaliznytsia infrastructural resilience helps people stay ontologically secure during war 🇺🇦🚆 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We have a new article out: ”Theorising the violence-resistance-nexus in the context of Gaza: towards a situated research perspective“, co-authored with Jannis Grimm and @hfranzki.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Open access!
Theorising the violence-resistance-nexus in the context of Gaza: towards a situated research perspective
Divergent, often implicit, concepts of violence shape judgements about what counts as legitimate resistance or illegitimate harm, and about which actors and grievances become visible. Against this ...
tandfonline.com
In her new EJIR article, @majadav.bsky.social examines how state–society relations and susceptibility to external recognition shape historical revisionist tactics by small states like Serbia. Read the full article here: t1p.de/2favq
I started a project on genocide denial three years ago, puzzled by why Serbian government was increasingly more aggressive in its denial of Srebrenica genocide (and other atrocities) at great reputational and material cost. 1) Out in EJIR now, on that question: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
What makes or breaks revisionist states? Ontological security and historical revisionism in Serbia - Maja Davidović, 2026
While state revisionism is well studied in International Relations, historical revisionism as a form of state revisionism has received significantly less attent...
journals.sagepub.com
What an exciting time to be living in Wales 🏴🌼. So proud of my constituency which voted 3 seats for Plaid and one seat for the Greens! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
Wales election results 2026: Plaid Cymru becomes largest party as Labour vote collapses
All seats have been declared, with Plaid leader Rhun ap Iorwerth saying it is “ready to serve
bbc.co.uk
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
My postdoc at @durham.ac.uk is now open for applications! Three years research, open field. Happy to answer any questions/chat/give feedback on applications. NB: You *must* be nominated by a department - check with the department for the internal procedure/deadline. www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
addison-wheeler-fellowship - Durham University
durham.ac.uk
Two things holding my very fragile sanity together in this mad world are my family and this ⬇️⬇️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform
Nigel Farage’s party was on the charge in Wales – but after the seismic Caerphilly byelection, progressives now believe they can come out on top in May
theguardian.com
Slowly emerging out of my six-month sabbatical and remembering I am teaching International Security this semester. Yelp.
Caerphilly apparently. I honestly, honestly despise this stuff. They have nothing to offer, nothing to say, nothing to hope for, nothing to aspire to, no solutions, nothing. Just hate and lies.
'Earn right to settlement' by 'volunteering in the community' basically means that the government wants migrants to do free labour providing much needed services that the same government fails to provide to British citizens. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK - BBC News
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.
bbc.co.uk
'Earn right to settlement' by 'volunteering in the community' basically means that the government wants migrants to do free labour providing much needed services that the same government fails to provide to British citizens. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK - BBC News
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.
bbc.co.uk
If anyone is in Roskilde/Copenhagen, I will be giving a book talk on Monday 6 October. events.ruc.dk/booktalkwith...
Book Talk with Dr. Maja Davidović: Governing the Past: ‘Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project
events.ruc.dk
Farage: "most migrants rely on benefits" Reality: migrants without a settled status do not have recourse to public funds, which means no access to benefits; not even access to refuge for some migrant victims of domestic abuse. If I lose my job, I've 60 days to find a new sponsorship or I'm out
After an elaborate process of assigning everyone who reposted a number based on the order in which reposted and asking my husband for his favourite number within the range, I'm delighted to say that the free copy will go to @malgault.bsky.social! 🎉
Maja Davidović@majadav.bsky.social · 11mo agoI am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
🚨🚨🚨my bestest best friend’s book is available to pre-order in the uk & you should absolutely drop everything you’re doing and go order it rn. it’s brilliant & got a ton of awards in ex-yu countries before being translated into English🚨🚨🚨 www.waterstones.com/book/say-fir...
Say Fire by Selma Asotic | Waterstones
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I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
A list of questions from Palestinian children in Gaza, compiled by the staff of the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza:
'One can believe that Elvis Presley is alive and well and living in Moscow. However ... one’s conviction doesn't make it a legitimate opinion or ‘other side’ of a debate ... we must not succumb to the silly view that every idea is of equal validity and worth.' D. Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust
Noah Samsen@nsamsen.bsky.social · last yr.This is from TODAY. Utter lunacy
Serbia has steadily been "killing" the truth about the Srebrenica genocide and many other atrocities of the 1990s. This is state-sponsored violence. Youth Initiative for Human Rights and I trace the trajectories of denial and revisionism in Serbia since 2004 1/2 yihr.rs/en/killing-t...
Killing the truth - genocide denial and historical revisionism in Serbia as state-sponsored violence: trajectories, challenges and opportunities - YIHR.rs
This paper explores historical revisionism in Serbia, which includes denial of individual war crimes, denial of the genocide in Srebrenica, and glorification of a number of convicted war criminals who...
yihr.rs
Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
Being a Balkan person in the West = a constant mismatch btw lived experiences back home v media discourse here For example When the Western media speaks of 'potential conflict resurgence' in Bosnia, we know it's just Dodik's empty threats But when we say Vučić is finished, nobody believes us
Vučić's regime has never been so weak. The protestors are now calling for civil disobedience across the country. Watch this space. www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.alja...
Thousands set up street blockades in Serbia after crackdown on protesters
President Aleksandar Vucic had earlier vowed many more protesters would be arrested, as 38 remain in custody.
www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org
