Igor Štiks
Biographic Data
| ID | 235212 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Igor Štiks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Igor |
| FAMILY NAME | Štiks |
| SIGNATURE | ŠTIKS I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9216-7569 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
How we (used to) remember the Partisans. Culture of memory and art form during and after Yugoslavia
This paper contends that, under certain socio-political circumstances and in given historical periods, some art forms become particularly powerful means of expressing collective ideas about a shared past. Might artistic forms themselves tell us something about the social function of collective memory, as well as about the society that “addresses” its past through them? In an attempt to answer this question, the paper will look at the distinctive …
Why together, why apart? An epistolary discussion about Yugoslavia and its remnants
In this unusual contribution, three prominent younger scholars of the post-Yugoslav region discuss through a series of letters what was socialist Yugoslavia as political community and what came to replace it. Igor Štiks claims that every political community, past and present, is based on the citizenship argument that imposes itself as hegemonic. He explains why we are together as community in the first place, who belongs, and who is excluded. Šti…
La guerre en Ukraine vue des Balkans occidentaux
Cet article propose d’étudier les conséquences de la guerre en Ukraine sur la situation géopolitique dans les Balkans occidentaux. Contrairement au reste de l’Europe, les réactions des États et des sociétés des Balkans vis-à-vis de l’Ukraine et de la Russie sont divisées pour plusieurs raisons. Tout d’abord, du fait des rivalités géopolitiques internes à la région – que ce soit au Kosovo, en Serbie, au Monténégro ou en Bosnie-Herzégovine – qui ex…
The constitutionalisation of cities and the future of global society
The constitutionalisation of cities is analysed as a process through which urban residents operate as constitutionalising forces within their cities through lived experiences, practices and engagement, and cities try to impose themselves as constitutionalising forces within a rapidly transforming global society. This article explores the tensions generated by the constitutionalisation of cities. It focuses on identifying their character, assessin…
Activist Aesthetics in the Post-Socialist Balkans
I examine cases of activist aesthetics in the artistic acts, practices, and works related to contemporary political and social activism of progressive and left-wing movements and groups in the post-Yugoslav region. In order to understand the variety of activist aesthetics, including contemporary art, performance, choir recitals, theatre, poetry, mural painting, cinema, and protest art, as well as the specific influence of socialist heritage, I bu…
Citizenship Rights
Nations and Citizens in Yugoslavia and the Post-Yugoslav States
Between 1914 and the present day the political makeup of the Balkans has relentlessly changed, following unpredictable shifts of international and internal borders. Between and across these borders various political communities were formed, co-existed and (dis)integrated. By analysing one hundred years of modern citizenship in Yugoslavia and post-Yugoslav states, Igor Štiks shows that the concept and practice of citizenship is necessary to unders…
New Left” in the Post-Yugoslav Space
Since 2008, the ‘new left’ forces have definitely stepped onto the political and social stage of the post-Yugoslav societies. They experienced some successes, the first one being the very existence of a new internationally connected and modern left ready to struggle against the post-socialist predicament. Although largely politically unsuccessful, the plenums formed and functioned at the universities and in the Bosnian cities, movements strugglin…
Welcome to the desert of post-socialism
History of a Flood
Citizenship after Yugoslavia
This book is the first comprehensive examination of the citizenship regimes of the new states that emerged out of the break up of Yugoslavia. It covers both the states that emerged out of the initial disintegration across 1991 and 1992 (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Macedonia), as well as those that have been formed recently through subsequent partitions (Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo). While citize…
Welcome to the Desert of Transition
The world's attention has been on the political transformations in the Middle East, the wave of protests from Tel Aviv to Madrid to Wall Street, and the ongoing Greek crisis. But in the shadow of this unrest, the post-socialist Balkans have been boiling. Protests displaying for the most part social demands broke out throughout 2011 in Romania, Albania, Serbia, Macedonia and, most notably, Croatia. Post-socialist citizens today feel largely exclud…
Citizenship in the new states of South Eastern Europe
This special issue of Citizenship Studies comes out of the first phase of research conducted under the aegis of the CITSEE project (The Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the former Yugoslavia), during which the research team concentrated on in-depth country case analyses. This introduction briefly presents the CITSEE project, locating it within the broader frame of current trends in citizenship studies, and defines the not…
The Berlin Wall Crumbled Down upon Our Heads!”
This contribution deals with the violence, conflicts and wars that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in the former socialist multinational federations. The question of why these federations disintegrated so soon after the collapse of the communist regimes is followed by more puzzles. Why did violence occur in some places and not in others? Where, under what circumstances, and when was violence most likely to happen? Finally, why was the disint…
The Citizenship Conundrum in Post-Communist Europe
The recent history of Croatia can be seen as a succession of politically clearly marked decades and every decade can be associated with deep political transformations for the country. A nationalist
Nationality and Citizenship in the Former Yugoslavia
In this article the author examines the multiple changes in the nationality and citizenship status of the former citizens of Yugoslavia in three distinct phases between 1991 and 2006. After Yugoslavia’s break‐up, almost all successor states used their citizenship laws as an effective tool of nation‐building and ethnic engineering. The recent democratization of the region under EU influence resulted also in significant improvements in the national…
New Left” in the Post-Yugoslav Space
Since 2008, the ‘new left’ forces have definitely stepped onto the political and social stage of the post-Yugoslav societies. They experienced some successes, the first one being the very existence of a new internationally connected and modern left ready to struggle against the post-socialist predicament. Although largely politically unsuccessful, the plenums formed and functioned at the universities and in the Bosnian cities, movements strugglin…
The Citizenship Conundrum in Post-Communist Europe
The recent history of Croatia can be seen as a succession of politically clearly marked decades and every decade can be associated with deep political transformations for the country. A nationalist
Citizenship in the new states of South Eastern Europe
This special issue of Citizenship Studies comes out of the first phase of research conducted under the aegis of the CITSEE project (The Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the former Yugoslavia), during which the research team concentrated on in-depth country case analyses. This introduction briefly presents the CITSEE project, locating it within the broader frame of current trends in citizenship studies, and defines the not…
Activist Aesthetics in the Post-Socialist Balkans
I examine cases of activist aesthetics in the artistic acts, practices, and works related to contemporary political and social activism of progressive and left-wing movements and groups in the post-Yugoslav region. In order to understand the variety of activist aesthetics, including contemporary art, performance, choir recitals, theatre, poetry, mural painting, cinema, and protest art, as well as the specific influence of socialist heritage, I bu…
Welcome to the Desert of Transition
The world's attention has been on the political transformations in the Middle East, the wave of protests from Tel Aviv to Madrid to Wall Street, and the ongoing Greek crisis. But in the shadow of this unrest, the post-socialist Balkans have been boiling. Protests displaying for the most part social demands broke out throughout 2011 in Romania, Albania, Serbia, Macedonia and, most notably, Croatia. Post-socialist citizens today feel largely exclud…
Nationality and Citizenship in the Former Yugoslavia
In this article the author examines the multiple changes in the nationality and citizenship status of the former citizens of Yugoslavia in three distinct phases between 1991 and 2006. After Yugoslavia’s break‐up, almost all successor states used their citizenship laws as an effective tool of nation‐building and ethnic engineering. The recent democratization of the region under EU influence resulted also in significant improvements in the national…
The Berlin Wall Crumbled Down upon Our Heads!”
This contribution deals with the violence, conflicts and wars that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in the former socialist multinational federations. The question of why these federations disintegrated so soon after the collapse of the communist regimes is followed by more puzzles. Why did violence occur in some places and not in others? Where, under what circumstances, and when was violence most likely to happen? Finally, why was the disint…
The Citizenship Conundrum in Post-Communist Europe
The recent history of Croatia can be seen as a succession of politically clearly marked decades and every decade can be associated with deep political transformations for the country. A nationalist
Welcome to the Desert of Transition
The world's attention has been on the political transformations in the Middle East, the wave of protests from Tel Aviv to Madrid to Wall Street, and the ongoing Greek crisis. But in the shadow of this unrest, the post-socialist Balkans have been boiling. Protests displaying for the most part social demands broke out throughout 2011 in Romania, Albania, Serbia, Macedonia and, most notably, Croatia. Post-socialist citizens today feel largely exclud…
Citizenship in the new states of South Eastern Europe
This special issue of Citizenship Studies comes out of the first phase of research conducted under the aegis of the CITSEE project (The Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the former Yugoslavia), during which the research team concentrated on in-depth country case analyses. This introduction briefly presents the CITSEE project, locating it within the broader frame of current trends in citizenship studies, and defines the not…
Citizenship after Yugoslavia
This book is the first comprehensive examination of the citizenship regimes of the new states that emerged out of the break up of Yugoslavia. It covers both the states that emerged out of the initial disintegration across 1991 and 1992 (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Macedonia), as well as those that have been formed recently through subsequent partitions (Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo). While citize…
History of a Flood
Nations and Citizens in Yugoslavia and the Post-Yugoslav States
Between 1914 and the present day the political makeup of the Balkans has relentlessly changed, following unpredictable shifts of international and internal borders. Between and across these borders various political communities were formed, co-existed and (dis)integrated. By analysing one hundred years of modern citizenship in Yugoslavia and post-Yugoslav states, Igor Štiks shows that the concept and practice of citizenship is necessary to unders…
New Left” in the Post-Yugoslav Space
Since 2008, the ‘new left’ forces have definitely stepped onto the political and social stage of the post-Yugoslav societies. They experienced some successes, the first one being the very existence of a new internationally connected and modern left ready to struggle against the post-socialist predicament. Although largely politically unsuccessful, the plenums formed and functioned at the universities and in the Bosnian cities, movements strugglin…
Welcome to the desert of post-socialism
Citizenship Rights
Activist Aesthetics in the Post-Socialist Balkans
I examine cases of activist aesthetics in the artistic acts, practices, and works related to contemporary political and social activism of progressive and left-wing movements and groups in the post-Yugoslav region. In order to understand the variety of activist aesthetics, including contemporary art, performance, choir recitals, theatre, poetry, mural painting, cinema, and protest art, as well as the specific influence of socialist heritage, I bu…
La guerre en Ukraine vue des Balkans occidentaux
Cet article propose d’étudier les conséquences de la guerre en Ukraine sur la situation géopolitique dans les Balkans occidentaux. Contrairement au reste de l’Europe, les réactions des États et des sociétés des Balkans vis-à-vis de l’Ukraine et de la Russie sont divisées pour plusieurs raisons. Tout d’abord, du fait des rivalités géopolitiques internes à la région – que ce soit au Kosovo, en Serbie, au Monténégro ou en Bosnie-Herzégovine – qui ex…
The constitutionalisation of cities and the future of global society
The constitutionalisation of cities is analysed as a process through which urban residents operate as constitutionalising forces within their cities through lived experiences, practices and engagement, and cities try to impose themselves as constitutionalising forces within a rapidly transforming global society. This article explores the tensions generated by the constitutionalisation of cities. It focuses on identifying their character, assessin…
How we (used to) remember the Partisans. Culture of memory and art form during and after Yugoslavia
This paper contends that, under certain socio-political circumstances and in given historical periods, some art forms become particularly powerful means of expressing collective ideas about a shared past. Might artistic forms themselves tell us something about the social function of collective memory, as well as about the society that “addresses” its past through them? In an attempt to answer this question, the paper will look at the distinctive …
Why together, why apart? An epistolary discussion about Yugoslavia and its remnants
In this unusual contribution, three prominent younger scholars of the post-Yugoslav region discuss through a series of letters what was socialist Yugoslavia as political community and what came to replace it. Igor Štiks claims that every political community, past and present, is based on the citizenship argument that imposes itself as hegemonic. He explains why we are together as community in the first place, who belongs, and who is excluded. Šti…
Political science (14 works) · Law (10 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (9 works) · Citizenship (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Eastern European Communism and Reforms (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · History (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · History (4 works)