{"id":17543,"date":"2023-09-06T11:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idese.community\/?p=17543"},"modified":"2025-02-24T20:41:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T18:41:34","slug":"regional-call-for-fellowship-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idese.community\/index.php\/regional-call-for-fellowship-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Call for Fellowship Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Inspired by the cooperation of generations of Early Career Researchers at the Center for Advanced Studies Southeast Europe, University of Rijeka and the creation of long-term academic synergies within Southeast Europe declared at the 2023 Rectors\u2019 Forum of Southeast Europe and Western Balkans, we are pleased to announce the<\/p>\n

CALL FOR FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

AT THE REGIONAL NETWORK OF CENTERS FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE (RECAS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The upcoming\u00a0Regional Fellowship\u00a0<\/strong>will stimulate fellows to undertake and present their research in regional centers of Southeast Europe, contributing to growing network of academics engaging in Southeast Europe. Fellows will benefit from the provided host support at\u00a0Universities of Rijeka<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Belgrade<\/a>, with co-hosts at\u00a0Universities of Skopje<\/a>,\u00a0Sarajevo<\/a>,\u00a0Ljubljana<\/a>,\u00a0Pristine<\/a>,\u00a0Tirana<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Podgorica<\/a>\u00a0by their choice. Each fellow will have the opportunity to spend up to four weeks working on their research project at a partner university and connect with other scholars and research communities within their field, perform data gathering, and\/or get experience with a particular research method.<\/p>\n

2024 FELLOWSHIP THEME: TOWARDS A CULTURE OF SHARED FUTURE IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every society needs a vision for the future. Societies in Southeast Europe seem to be caught in the vicious circle of the permanent present built on the remnants of nationalist and exclusive accounts of the past \u2013 with a progressive vision missing. Zygmunt Bauman\u2019s notion of \u201cretrotopia\u201d translated into regional politics would equal an inspiration of old-fashioned type of politics focused not on a future-to-be-created, but on an abandoned and undead past made of the residual heat of the exclusive nation-state idea, utterly authoritarian vision of the society, hierarchical decision-making processes led by a strong man, a clientelist economy, with total neglect of progressive, ecological, gender-sensitive and just visions of society to boot.<\/p>\n

The focus on confronting the past through legal processes, while essential to personal and criminal responsibility for war crimes, has had little effect on broader public attitudes, and the cathartic impact has been largely absent. Instead of fostering solidarity, regional friendship and unity, governments fuel divisions based on the ethnic principle and a sort of self-imposed political segregation of ethnic groups. As a result, any \u201cnon-nationalist\u201d politics look like na\u00efve idealism. Progressive actors, struggling to make inroads in confronting the past, find themselves losing hard-won ground. Revitalization of a positive European vision is crucial. The region desperately needs visions and policies that advocate for civic, democratic, multi-ethnic, multi-confessional, open, plural, and inclusive societies within the region.<\/p>\n

To confront the past, looking back is not enough. Cultivating a culture based on facts, mindful of the past and allowing productive oblivion is indispensable. Yet, equally important is to formulate and foster a\u00a0\u201cculture of a\u00a0shared\u00a0<\/em>future\u201d in the region \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>bringing forward narratives, evidence, and politics to replace a culture of hostility with a common vision of a joint future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With this call, we aim to produce substantial new knowledge that will help us:<\/strong><\/p>\n