I’ve been writing a lot about railroads in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) lately. Despite abysmal rail passenger numbers, I’ve been fascinated by the unique scenery of Bosnia’s railways and the…

A nationalistic bent has accompanied a revival of the markings, along with apocryphal tales that they kept Catholic maidens safe from Ottoman overlords

A nationalistic bent has accompanied a revival of the markings, along with apocryphal tales that they kept Catholic maidens safe from Ottoman overlords

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A three-year investigation unravels the rumors and controversy that have long swirled around the award-winning images of a war crime

There was no magic in figuring out I was a lesbian.

Interior Minister Davor Božinović announced Friday that Croatia is officially free of landmines. Thirty-one years after the end of the Homeland War, all known minefields have been cleared — a major mi...

In my more-or-less adulthood, I sometimes have coffee with my mum, often by the sea. We talk quite a bit now. To my surprise, I am not sure that words lead to a better understanding.

When rights in a society are determined by what group one is considered part of, aggressive attempts to police the boundaries of who “really counts” are almost inevitable. It is not enough to just be ...

A small, cold weight lodged in the body. I have held it there, contained, neither mastered nor erased. It rises only rarely, most often when I cross a state border.

Numerous tests are being conducted on its centenarians without providing persuasive answers on why Ikaria is on the list of what the world called Blue Zones: is it the diet, the air, the sea, genetic...

Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.

Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

I finally found a thread that leads from the land she came from to the bristled leaves that sprouted from it, to the grazing flocks of sheep that my grandmother tended and whose wool she shore, from t...

Scopri la memoria storica dell'Adriatico orientale attraverso testimonianze orali, mappe interattive e dati storici.

Blaming yourself for not selling books is like blaming yourself for aging.

Ottoman and Habsburg coins turned into jewelry; the remnants of successive empires worn on the women’s chests. In some cases, the đerdans are so elaborate that they almost entirely occlude their weare...

Bosanski muslimani su shvatili svoje stanje i tražili načine da ostanu relevantni u dešavanjima koja se odnose na budućnost Bosne i svoje mjesto u njoj, ukazuje historičarka Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular.

Ottoman and Habsburg coins turned into jewelry; the remnants of successive empires worn on the women’s chests. In some cases, the đerdans are so elaborate that they almost entirely occlude their weare...