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Maja Davidović

@majadav.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Cardiff University. Transitional justice, historical revisionism, epistemic violence, politics of memory. Author of 'Governing the Past'. Dog mom.

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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I've finally read the entire 1914 report of the Carnegie Int'l Commission on the Balkan Wars (reprinted btw in 1993 under the title 'The Other Balkan Wars'). Here are my top racist tropes about Balkan people: 1) ‘The burning of villages and the exodus of the defeated population is a normal and
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Dr Bohdana Kurylo @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My new article, “The iron road home: Ukrainian Railways, resilience and ontological security under Russia’s terror,” is out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social It’s about how #Ukrzaliznytsia infrastructural resilience helps people stay ontologically secure during war 🇺🇦🚆 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Mariam Salehi @mariamsalehi.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
We have a new article out: ”Theorising the violence-resistance-nexus in the context of Gaza: towards a situated research perspective“, co-authored with Jannis Grimm and @hfranzki.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Open access!
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Theorising the violence-resistance-nexus in the context of Gaza: towards a situated research perspective
Divergent, often implicit, concepts of violence shape judgements about what counts as legitimate resistance or illegitimate harm, and about which actors and grievances become visible. Against this ...
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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
In her new EJIR article, @majadav.bsky.social examines how state–society relations and susceptibility to external recognition shape historical revisionist tactics by small states like Serbia. Read the full article here: t1p.de/2favq
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I started a project on genocide denial three years ago, puzzled by why Serbian government was increasingly more aggressive in its denial of Srebrenica genocide (and other atrocities) at great reputational and material cost. 1) Out in EJIR now, on that question: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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What makes or breaks revisionist states? Ontological security and historical revisionism in Serbia - Maja Davidović, 2026
While state revisionism is well studied in International Relations, historical revisionism as a form of state revisionism has received significantly less attent...
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What an exciting time to be living in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌼. So proud of my constituency which voted 3 seats for Plaid and one seat for the Greens! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
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Wales election results 2026: Plaid Cymru becomes largest party as Labour vote collapses
All seats have been declared, with Plaid leader Rhun ap Iorwerth saying it is “ready to serve
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
#DogsAtPollingStations We voted bright and early in Roath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
#DogsAtPollingStations We voted bright and early in Roath 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
More like Freudian slip 🤡 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Welsh Labour leader Morgan says 'vote Plaid Cymru' in speech slip-up
Eluned Morgan told reporters
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Steven Nelson @snelsonus.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
My postdoc at @durham.ac.uk is now open for applications! Three years research, open field. Happy to answer any questions/chat/give feedback on applications. NB: You *must* be nominated by a department - check with the department for the internal procedure/deadline. www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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addison-wheeler-fellowship - Durham University
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Two things holding my very fragile sanity together in this mad world are my family and this ⬇️⬇️ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform
Nigel Farage’s party was on the charge in Wales – but after the seismic Caerphilly byelection, progressives now believe they can come out on top in May
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Slowly emerging out of my six-month sabbatical and remembering I am teaching International Security this semester. Yelp.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Caerphilly apparently. I honestly, honestly despise this stuff. They have nothing to offer, nothing to say, nothing to hope for, nothing to aspire to, no solutions, nothing. Just hate and lies.
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
'Earn right to settlement' by 'volunteering in the community' basically means that the government wants migrants to do free labour providing much needed services that the same government fails to provide to British citizens. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK - BBC News
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
'Earn right to settlement' by 'volunteering in the community' basically means that the government wants migrants to do free labour providing much needed services that the same government fails to provide to British citizens. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK - BBC News
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
If anyone is in Roskilde/Copenhagen, I will be giving a book talk on Monday 6 October. events.ruc.dk/booktalkwith...
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Book Talk with Dr. Maja Davidović: Governing the Past: ‘Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Farage: "most migrants rely on benefits" Reality: migrants without a settled status do not have recourse to public funds, which means no access to benefits; not even access to refuge for some migrant victims of domestic abuse. If I lose my job, I've 60 days to find a new sponsorship or I'm out
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
After an elaborate process of assigning everyone who reposted a number based on the order in which reposted and asking my husband for his favourite number within the range, I'm delighted to say that the free copy will go to @malgault.bsky.social! 🎉
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Marina Veličković @marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🚨🚨🚨my bestest best friend’s book is available to pre-order in the uk & you should absolutely drop everything you’re doing and go order it rn. it’s brilliant & got a ton of awards in ex-yu countries before being translated into English🚨🚨🚨 www.waterstones.com/book/say-fir...
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Say Fire by Selma Asotic | Waterstones
Buy Say Fire by Selma Asotic from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Go, tell your libraries, quickly! www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
A list of questions from Palestinian children in Gaza, compiled by the staff of the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza:
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
'One can believe that Elvis Presley is alive and well and living in Moscow. However ... one’s conviction doesn't make it a legitimate opinion or ‘other side’ of a debate ... we must not succumb to the silly view that every idea is of equal validity and worth.' D. Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Serbia has steadily been "killing" the truth about the Srebrenica genocide and many other atrocities of the 1990s. This is state-sponsored violence. Youth Initiative for Human Rights and I trace the trajectories of denial and revisionism in Serbia since 2004 1/2 yihr.rs/en/killing-t...
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Killing the truth - genocide denial and historical revisionism in Serbia as state-sponsored violence: trajectories, challenges and opportunities - YIHR.rs
This paper explores historical revisionism in Serbia, which includes denial of individual war crimes, denial of the genocide in Srebrenica, and glorification of a number of convicted war criminals who...
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Andrey X @theandreyx.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Being a Balkan person in the West = a constant mismatch btw lived experiences back home v media discourse here For example When the Western media speaks of 'potential conflict resurgence' in Bosnia, we know it's just Dodik's empty threats But when we say Vučić is finished, nobody believes us
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Vučić's regime has never been so weak. The protestors are now calling for civil disobedience across the country. Watch this space. www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.alja...
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Thousands set up street blockades in Serbia after crackdown on protesters
President Aleksandar Vucic had earlier vowed many more protesters would be arrested, as 38 remain in custody.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Now in English: "IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present."
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VidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸 @vidyakumar.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📢 Want to work with me at SOAS Law School? There are 2 permanent positions (SL/L) and 4+ two-year full-time fixed term positions (Associate Lecturerships) including one in International Law! Come check out these roles: 👇🏾 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/123535 (Not advertised on jobsacuk)
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Jelena Brankovic @jelena3121.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
If you wondered why the EU is ignoring protests in #Serbia, look no further. The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic. This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.
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Selected strategic projects under CRMA
Selected strategic projects under CRMA
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
IUD insertion is the most painful experience I've ever had (and I've had quite a few). Once I was told to take Ibuprofen, the second time no pain relief at all. If I hear another medical/cosmetic professional compliment my pain threshold or say 'beauty is pain' ...
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
And regarding Starmer's speech: Immigration is already *a privilege* not a right as the NHS surcharge alone costs skilled workers more than £1,000 per year per person + visa fees. Permanent residence is already not automatically granted after 5 years. E.g., if you studied in the UK 1/
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The "island of strangers" comment hurt me deeply. It makes it clear how this government wants to present us migrants: as exploitative leeches who do not integrate while reaping the benefits of the system. This is such a far right speak. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs, Starmer says
PM unveils policies to ‘significantly’ drive down net migration including English tests and degree requirements
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Recently I saw a disabled neighbour lying on the street with a head injury, bleeding. The ambulance took 4+ hours to arrive. Neighbours, nurses, passers-by came and went but the only person who stood by him the whole time, in scorching sun, was his Nigerian carer. This is such a harmful decision.
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This Air France magazine is not giving me much confidence is their knowledge of maps 🫠
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Why end-of-term student evaluation surveys are not a measure of anything and should be abolished exhibit 976 - a student's comment addresses my male colleague as Dr. First Name Last Name and me as 'Maja'. Classic.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 16/04/2025
The law determines what is legal. It does not determine what is true; what is just; what is morally and ethically sound and defensible. The history of law is the history of the legal system being wrong on these grounds. Trans women are women.
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Emil Archambault @emilarchambault.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
New publication in the Journal of Strategic Studies (part of a special issue on "Reimagining COIN after Afghanistan): What lies over the Horizon? In this, I question the meaning of "over-the-horizon" counterterrorism, and what kinds of futures it points towards. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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What lies over the horizon? Remoteness and the evolution of American global counterterrorism
This article examines the War on Terror’s shift to ‘over-the-horizon counterterrorism’ after the 2021 American withdrawal from Afghanistan. I argue that the concept of the ‘horizon’ provides tempor...
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Una Bergmane @unabergmane.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Correction: April 4!
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Richard Wyn Jones @richardwynjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
As hundreds of my university colleagues across Wales lose their jobs, I wrote this for @nation.cymru - do please share nation.cymru/opinion/yes-...
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Yes, there is a way out of the crisis currently enveloping Welsh universities!
Richard Wyn Jones Remarkably enough, the recent announcements by various Welsh universities that they intend to cut jobs – and even close entire departments – seem to have come as a shock to many poli...
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The EU lost popular support in Serbia a while ago and some commentators blamed the regime's pro-Russian rhetoric for this. But it takes two to tango. If the EU had any hope to regain support, its silence on student-led protests has killed it. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...
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Why has the EU kept silent on Serbia’s massive protest movement?
As hundreds of thousands of Serbians take to the streets of Belgrade to protest what they describe as rampant corruption and cronyism in President Aleksandar Vučić’s government, the European Union is…
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Eric Gordy @ericgordy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
If you are an academic wanting to support academics under attack in Serbia, this is the place to sign. forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Microsoft Forms
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Tareq @teraqerat.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article... That would be one out of 20 Serbians
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Serbia's largest-ever rally sees 325,000 protest against government
The collapse of a station canopy that killed 15 people has galvanised anger towards the government.
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Filip Ejdus @filipejdus.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The largest rally in Serbia’s history is currently taking place in Belgrade. People are demanding the rule of law, democracy, and government accountability. The authoritarian regime of Aleksandar Vučić cannot provide this. It must go!
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Maja Davidović @majadav.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
All eyes on Belgrade today. If you want to learn more about how to fight for democracy and dignity, pay attention to Serbia today for might as well be the biggest and most important protest in Vučić's reign. www.euronews.com/2025/03/14/t...
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Thousands of Serbian students converge on Belgrade for major rally
The Serbian capital was on edge ahead of Saturday's anti-government rally, with the authorities stepping up efforts to dissuade people from attending.
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Leighton Andrews @leightonandrews.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Six weeks ago today I and 1806 other academics @cardiffuni were told our jobs were at risk of redundancy. Six weeks on, and the University has failed to give us information promised in the consultation document which is crucial to the submission of critiques by Friday. nation.cymru/news/cardiff...
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Cardiff University releases breakdown of academics 'in scope' for redundancy
Martin Shipton Cardiff University has released to Nation.Cymru the breakdown by School of the 1,807 academics who have been told their jobs are “in scope” to be cut. The university announced in Januar...
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