Our 2019 CMSCH-IASH Fellows Dr Ljubica Spaskovska and Dr Claudia Stern collaborated to create a workshop on the ‘Histories of Solidarity, Youth and Transnationalism in the 20th Century’ with the Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History on 27 May. Together they arranged two panels and a film screening tackling prominent issues in transnational solidarity research.
Ljubica’s paper on “Non-Aligned Punk – Youth Cultures and Politics Between the Blocs” presented part of her first monograph on “the last Yugoslav generation” and used the citizenship lens to analyse youth negotiation and contestation, as well as the framing of transgressive cultural and political acts in the context of the 1980s.
The workshop on transnational solidarities ended with the screening of the documentary "Nae Pasaran!", directed by Felipe Bustos. The screening was followed by a Q&A moderated by Fraser Raeburn, with the participation of Martín Farias and Claudia Stern, that centred on the Chilean recent history, the political background of Salvador Allende’s government, the Coup on September 11, 1973, and the subsequent dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
You can find out more about their workshop and those involved in their blog.
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