Conferences, Seminars & Workshops

2023  

Grand-Standing Instead of Policy-Making: Legislators, Parliamentary Questions and Transitional Justice in the Croatian Parliament  

Date: 18 May 2023
City: New York
Organiser: Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova and Lanabi La Lova


Grand-Standing Instead of Policy-Making: Legislators, Parliamentary Questions and Transitional Justice in the Croatian Parliament  

Date: 12 May 2023
City: Glasgow
Organiser: COMTEXT 2023
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova and Lanabi La Lova


When Victims/Survivors Break Silence: Wartime Sexual Violence and Social Recognition in Kosovo and Croatia 

Date: 16 March 2023
City: Montreal, Canada
Organiser: International Studies Association Annual Convention (ISA)
Speaker: Venera Cocaj  


Grand-Standing Instead of Policy-Making: Legislators, Parliamentary Questions and Transitional Justice in the Croatian Parliament  

Date: 15 March 2023
City: Montreal, Canada
Organiser: International Studies Association Annual Convention (ISA)
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova and Lanabi La Lova


Social media, stereotypes and war legacy 

Date: 15 March 2023
City: Montreal, Canada
Organiser: International Studies Association Annual Convention (ISA)
Speaker: Sanja Vico


Global South Caucus (GSCIS) Author Symposium: Building a Stronger Collaborative Relationship Between Author and Editor 

Date: 14 March 2023
City: Montreal, Canada
Organiser: International Studies Association Annual Convention (ISA)
Speaker: Venera Cocaj 


Deliberative dealing with the past: Is it possible and how can it be established?   

Date: 23 February 2023 
City: Belgrade 
Organiser: Institute for Social Theory, University of Belgrade
Speakers: Denisa Kostovicova and Ivor Sokolić 

Previous Conferences, Seminars and Workshops

2022

Interactions with an Impact? Social Media, Fake News, and the Legacy of War  

Date: 8 December 2022
City: Online
Organiser: Department of Politics, University of Exeter 
Speaker: Sanja Vico


Parliamentary Discourse About Transitional Justice: Is Speaking Behaviour in the Croatian Sabor Gendered?  

Date: 4 November 2022 
City: Faculty of Political Science, Zagreb 
Organiser: Croatian Political Studies Association Annual Conference; Autocracies and Democracies: War and Peace 
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova (presenting), Tolga Sinmazdemir, Lanabi La Lova and Vesna Popovski  


My Kind of Justice: How Self-Interest Can Benefit Transitional Justice?  

Date: 4 November 2022 
City: Faculty of Political Science, Zagreb 
Organiser: Croatian Political Studies Association Annual Conference; Autocracies and Democracies: War and Peace 
Speaker: Ivor Sokolic (presenting) and Venera Cocaj 


Social media, stereotyping and war legacy  

Date: 3 November 2022 
City: Dublin, Ireland
Organiser: Association of Internet Researchers
Speaker: Sanja Vico


Social media, stereotyping, and war legacy 

Date: 25 September 2022 
City: Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade  
Organiser: Serbian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2022; Social Justice in Post-Communist Societies  
Speakers: Sanja Vico


How women ask parliamentary questions about transitional justice: Evidence from Croatia 

Date: 25 September 2022 
City: Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
Organiser: Serbian Political Studies Association Annual Conference 2022; Social Justice in Post-Communist Societies
Speakers: Denisa Kostovicova (presenting) and Vesna Popovski


Are domestic war crimes trials biased?  

Date: 7 September 2022  
City: Belfast, Northern Ireland (on-line)
Organiser: Conflict Research Society (CRS) Annual Conference
Speakers: Ivor Sokolić (presenting), Denisa Kostovicova, Lanabi La Lova (presenting) and Sanja Vico  


Panel: Deliberation, Justice Interactions and Pathways to Peace after Conflict  

Date: 23 August 2022  
City: University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck  
Organiser: European Consortium of Political Research Annual Conference (ECPR); ECPR Standing Group on Human Rights and Transitional Justice 
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova (Panel convenor)  


Nomen Est Omen: Social Media, Stereotyping, and War Legacy 

Date: 23 August 2022
City: University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 
Organiser: European Consortium of Political Research Annual Conference (ECPR); ECPR Standing Group on Human Rights and Transitional Justice 
Speaker: Sanja Vico


When victims break silence: Wartime sexual violence and social recognition in Kosovo and Croatia  

Date: 23 August 2022  
City: University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 
Organiser: European Consortium of Political Research Annual Conference (ECPR); ECPR Standing Group on Human Rights and Transitional Justice 
Speaker: Venera Cocaj


Women’s discursive agency: How women ask parliamentary questions about transitional justice?  

Date: 23 August 2022  
City: University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 
Organiser: European Consortium of Political Research Annual Conference (ECPR); ECPR Standing Group on Human Rights and Transitional Justice 
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova (presenting) and Vesna Popovski


Are domestic war crimes trials biased?  

Date: 23 August 2022
City: University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 
Organiser: European Consortium of Political Research Annual Conference (ECPR); ECPR Standing Group on Human Rights and Transitional Justice 

Speakers: Ivor Sokolić, Denisa Kostovicova, Lanabi La Lova (presenting) and Sanja Vico  


Nomen Est Omen: Social Media, Stereotyping, and War Legacy 

Date: 6 July 2022
City: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Organiser: UAL Peace and Conflict Network, The Why Remember conference
Speaker: Sanja Vico


Panel - Images, Voices and Silences: New Empirical Vision in Transitional Justice

Date: 16 June 2022
City: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Organiser: British International Studies Association (BISA) Annual Conference: Can the World Survive? 
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova


Nomen Est Omen: Social Media, Stereotyping, and War Legacy 

Date: 16 June 2022
City: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Organiser: British International Studies Association (BISA) Annual Conference: Can the World Survive? 
Speaker: Sanja Vico


When victims break silence: Wartime sexual violence and social recognition in Kosovo and Croatia  

Date: 16 June 2022
City: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Organiser: British International Studies Association (BISA) Annual Conference: Can the World Survive? 
Speaker: Venera Cocaj  


Women’s discursive agency: How women ask parliamentary questions about transitional justice?   

Date: 16 June 2022
City: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Organiser: British International Studies Association (BISA) Annual Conference: Can the World Survive? 
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova and Vesna Popovski (presenting) 


Panel - Addressing Wrongdoing through Justice Interactions: Comparative Evaluation of Transitional Justice Effects

Date: 10 June 2022 
City: Amsterdam
Organiser: Beyond Nuremberg: The Global Search for Accountability; 9th Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice & Memory Network
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova 


Nomen est omen: stereotyping and war legacy  

Date: 10 June 2022 
City: Amsterdam
Organiser: Beyond Nuremberg: The Global Search for Accountability; 9th Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice & Memory Network
Speaker: Sanja Vico


When victims break silence: Wartime sexual violence and social recognition in Kosovo and Croatia  

Date: 10 June 2022 
City: Amsterdam
Organiser: Beyond Nuremberg: The Global Search for Accountability; 9th Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice & Memory Network
Speaker: Venera Cocaj


Women’s discursive agency: How women ask parliamentary questions about transitional justice? 

Date: 10 June 2022 
City: Amsterdam
Organiser: Beyond Nuremberg: The Global Search for Accountability; 9th Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice & Memory Network
Speaker: Vesna Popovski (presenting) and Denisa Kostovicova


Are Domestic War Crimes Trials Biased?

Date: 10 June 2022 
City: Amsterdam
Organiser: Beyond Nuremberg: The Global Search for Accountability; 9th Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice & Memory Network
Speaker: Ivor Sokolić (presenting); Denisa Kostovicova, Lanabi la Lova (presenting), Sanja Vico


 It Depends on Who Is Asking and Who Is Being Asked: Gendering Speaking Behavior in Parliamentary Interactions

Date: 5 May 2022
City: Dublin
Organiser: COMTEXT 2022, University College Dublin
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova; Tolga Sinmazdemir; Lanabi la Lova; Vesna Popovski


Social Media, Stereotyping, and War Legacy

Date: 05 May 2022 
City: Online
Organiser: Association for the Study of Nationalities, 26th Annual World Convention, 2022
Speaker: Sanja Vico


Are Domestic War Crimes Trials Biased?

Date: 05 May 2022 
City: Online
Organiser: Association for the Study of Nationalities, 26th Annual World Convention, 2022
Speaker: Ivor Sokolić (presenting); Denisa Kostovicova, Lanabi la Lova, Sanja Vico


Are Domestic War Crimes Trials Biased?

Date: 01 April 2022
City: Nashville 
Organiser: International Studies Association,  ‘A Wider Discipline For A Smaller World’, Annual Convention 2022
Speaker: Ivor Sokolić (presenting); Denisa Kostovicova, Lanabi la Lova, Sanja Vico

2021

XIV Forum on Transitional Justice: What promotes attitude change towards war crimes and acknowledgement among 'ordinary' people? 

Date: 17 December 2021City: Belgrade, SerbiaOrganiser: RECOM Reconciliation NetworkSpeaker: Sanja Vico


Drivers, Barriers and Best Practice for Open Science in the Social Sciences 

Date: 27 October 2021 
City: online 
Organiser: Open Science, the Social Sciences and the CIVICA Alliance: A Roundtable Discussion, CIVICA The European University of Social Sciences  
Speaker: Denisa Kostovicova 


Meaningful Acknowledgement: Types and Triggers in Transitional Justice Interactions 

Date: 21 October 2021 
City: online 
Organiser: The Centre for Advanced Studies in Language & Communication (CASLC), University of York 
Speaker: Ivor Sokolić 


Dramatic Interactions for Justice and Peace 

Date: 13 October 2021
City: online
Organiser: LSE IDEAS, Ratiu Forum and JUSTINT 
Speakers: Fin Kennedy, Ulpiana Maloku, Agnesa Mehanolli, Dr Ivor Sokolić, Dr Denisa Kostovicova 


Talking about Justice and Building Peace After Mass Atrocity 

Date: 6 October 2021
City: London
Organiser: LSE Research Showcase 
Speakers: Dr Denisa Kostovicova, Dr Sanja Vico and Lana Bilalova


Conference Panel: Justice Interactions and Pathways to Peace in Post-Conflict Societies

Date: 10 September 2021
City: online
Organiser: Conflict Research Society, ‘Beyond Polarization? Healing Divides and Seizing Opportunities in Conflict Research and Practice’, Annual Virtual Conference, 2021 
Speaker: Dr Denisa Kostovicova (Panel convenor)


Claims to Ignorance as a Form of Participation in Transitional Justice

Date: 10 September 2021
City: online
Organiser: Conflict Research Society, ‘Beyond Polarization? Healing Divides and Seizing Opportunities in Conflict Research and Practice’, Annual Virtual Conference, 2021
Speaker: Dr Ivor Sokolić


Public Interactions and War Time Rape: Mechanisms of Silencing the Victims of Sexual Violence

Date: 10 September 2021
City: online
Organiser: Conflict Research Society, ‘Beyond Polarization? Healing Divides and Seizing Opportunities in Conflict Research and Practice’, Annual Virtual Conference, 2021 
Speaker: Venera Cocaj


Women’s Discursive Agency in Transitional Justice: Gendering Parliamentary Questions in the Croatian Parliament

Date: 10 September 2021
City: online
Organiser: Conflict Research Society, ‘Beyond Polarization? Healing Divides and Seizing Opportunities in Conflict Research and Practice’, Annual Virtual Conference, 2021 
Speaker: Dr Denisa Kostovicova and Dr Vesna Popovski


Cognitive Dissonance on Social Media and in Face-to-Face Interactions in Relation to the Legacy of War: Factors of Social Change

Date: 10 September 2021
City: online
Organiser: Conflict Research Society, ‘Beyond Polarization? Healing Divides and Seizing Opportunities in Conflict Research and Practice’, Annual Virtual Conference, 2021 
Speaker: Dr Sanja Vico


Quantitative Study of Discourse: The Last Methodological Gap in Transitional Justice Research? 

Date: 7 July 2021
City: Barcelona 
Organiser: Working Group: Transitional Justice: theories, methods and practices; XV Congress of the Spanish Association of Political Science (Asociación Espaňola de Ciencia Política y de la Administración)
Speaker: Dr Denisa Kostovicova


Remembering Yugoslavia’s Wars: Reflections on the RECOM Network 

Date: 28 June 2021
City: Regensburg
Organiser: Leibniz Institute for East and South East Europe Research (Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung), South East Europe Association (Südosteuropa Gesellschaft) and Graduate Programme for East and South East Europe Research (Graduiertenschule für Ost- und Südosteuropastudien) 
Speaker: Dr Denisa Kostovicova 


Europe at LSE seminar series: Cognitive dissonance in social media and face-to-face interactions in relation to the legacy of war

Date: 11 May 2021
City: London, UK
Organiser: European Institute, LSE
Speaker: Sanja Vico


Women’s Discursive Agency in Transitional Justice: Gendering Parliamentary Questions in the Croatian Parliament

Date:  6 May 2021
City: New York
Organiser: Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention 
Speaker: Dr Denisa Kostovicova and Dr Vesna Popovski


Conference Panel: Assessing Effects of Transitional Justice Interactions in the Balkans: Deliberation, Emotions and Politics 

Date:  5 May 2021
City: New York
Organiser: Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention
Speaker: Dr Denisa Kostovicova


Reciprocity in justice interactions: How to classify it and what triggers it?

Date:  5 May 2021
City: New York
Organiser: Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention 
Speaker: Dr Ivor Sokolić


The Role of Mediated and Face-to-Face Interactions in Shaping Discourses about the Yugoslav Wars

Date:  5 May 2021
City: New York
Organiser: Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention 
Speaker: Dr Sanja Vico


Public Sphere and War Time Rape: Silence breaking and social recognition 

Date:  5 May 2021
City: New York
Organiser: Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) World Convention
Speaker: Venera Cocaj


Gendering Parliamentary Questions: National Consensus and Transitional Justice in Croatia 

Date: 6 April 2021
City: London 
Organiser: The XXXth Annual Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) Conference  
Speakers: Dr Denisa Kostovicova and Dr Vesna Popovski

 

2020

The Politics of Memory and Remembrance Practices in Southeast Europe

Date: 22 October 2020
Organiser: Humanitarian Law centre Kosovo - Coalition for RECOM
Speakers: Venera Cocaj


Workshop on Empathy and Reconciliation

Date: 17-18 February 2020
City: London, Ontario 
Organiser: Western University 
Speakers: Dr Ivor Sokolić ('Inter-ethnic Reciprocity in Transitional Justice Deliberation')


Silence Breakers and Wartime Sexual Violence: Affiliation and Disaffiliation in the Public Sphere in Kosovo 

Date: 8 January 2020 
City: London
Organiser: LSE Mannheim Doctoral Working Group 
Speaker: Venera Cocaj 

2019

My kind of justice: The role of self-interest in transitional justice deliberationAnnual International Conference of the Serbian Political Science Association

Date: 28 September 2019
City: Belgrade
Organiser: Annual International Conference of the Serbian Political Science Association
Speakers: Dr Ivor Sokolić 


Young people and knowledge about the past

Date: 19-20 September 2019
City: Vukovar
Organiser: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Speakers: Dr Ivor Sokolić 


Knowledge Claims in Transitional Justice Research: New Data and Methods (Conference Panel)

Date: 17 June 2019
City: Belgrade
Organiser: Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA)-International Studies Association (ISA) 2019 Joint International Conference
Speakers: Dr Denisa Kostovicova


Public Interactions and War Time Rape: Mechanisms of Silencing the Victims of Sexual Violence

Date: 17 June 2019
City: Belgrade
Organiser: Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA)-International Studies Association (ISA) 2019 Joint International Conference
Speakers: Venera Cocaj


Does the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Change Its Defendants? A Text Analysis Approach to Remorse, Guilt, and Reconciliation

Date: 17 June 2019
City: Belgrade
Organiser: Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA)-International Studies Association (ISA) 2019 Joint International Conference
Speakers: Sarah Jewett

2018

Right to Truth: Victims and Regional Cooperation

Date: 3-4 October 2018
City: Sarajevo
Organiser: Balkan Inverstigative Reporting Network (BIRN) Conference - After the ICTY: Regional Cooperation, Accountability, Truth and Justice in the Former Yugoslavia
Speaker: Dr Ivor Sokolić 


Addressing War Legacy in a Divided Region: Transitional Justice Evaluations and Interactions

Date: 21 September 2018
City: Prishtina
Organiser: Revisiting Dealing with the Past and Transitional Justice in the Balkans Conference
Speaker: Dr Denisa Kostovicova