This webinar explores research-based strategies to help students retain key social studies content and build background knowledge through inclusive, literacy-focused instruction.
Join us for a talk that explores the Yugoslav Wars through a microhistorical lens, drawing on oral histories, local archives, and court records to reveal how communities navigated violence and survival. By centering on everyday experiences, the discussion will challenge established nationalist narratives of victimhood and perpetration while offering a more nuanced understanding of the conflict.
Panelists will revisit Dayton’s wartime and diplomatic origins and examine how its decentralized, consociational design—with layered institutions, ethnic vetoes, and international oversight—shaped postwar governance and democracy, fragmented the country’s society, and hindered effective decision-making while also ensuring relative stability. Looking ahead, speakers will discuss pathways for constitutional and institutional reform and consider the roles that domestic and international actors play in supporting or undermining reform efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Professor of the Practice of International Relations, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University; Director of the Center for the Study of Europe
The lecture and exhibition examine the life and legacy of Mikhail Georgievich Kalashnikov, highlighting his role as an architect, scholar, and artist dedicated to documenting and preserving Georgia’s medieval churches and monasteries amid profound political and cultural change.
