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was to go to France. As one of the best students in my generation at the University of Belgrade I decided to apply for a highly selective scholarship at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. I was not only the Basileus grant holder for the Master’s degree at the University of Nice but also one of the grant holders of the Fund for Young Talents of the Republic of Serbia, which is the most prestigious and competitive scholarship in Serbia today. I started living my dream in sunny Nice. This was when I met the Dean of the University of Nice, Doctor of Philosophy, respectful erudite and a remarkable person, who spent hours with me discussing French modern literature. He generously offered me the novels written by Annie Ernaux and Louis Nucéra, which I read on places where they were written – on the shingle beaches of the Baie des Anges in Nice. It was a magical experience, without any exaggeration. Although I was enrolled in a Master’s degree in Translation (English, French and Italian), I was a frequent interloper at the lectures in French literature of the 20th century. Today, I am looking forward to returning to the greatest passion of mine – literature. I have a strong interest in the 20th century French literature, especially novel, which was marked by the philosophy of existentialism and by experimentation with new means of narration. As an undergraduate at the University of Belgrade my research projects included papers on the modernist conception of identity in…

There is an old expression about the sophisticated construction of Yugoslavia: “Yugoslavia consists of six republics, five nationalities, four languages, three religions, two alphabets, one political party, and only one “true” Yugoslav – the Josip Broz Tito”. He managed to unite the country and to free it from the foreign invaders, hereinafter becoming a leader of the Communist Party and a statesman, in whose hands all political power was concentrated. Therefore, the thesis of this paper is…

Mark Biondich is a professor of the Balkans at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. His book, The Balkans, looks at the region following the decline of the Ottoman Empire. More specifically, he discusses how the contrasting forces of nationalism and foreign intervention have caused the mass violence which are unfortunately synonymous with Balkan history. Balkan nationalist movements followed a similar path beginning with cultural revival and ending with political agitation for national…

Body:MILO Milošević was “the former president of Serbia and Yugoslavia”, “he was responsible for the politics that resulted in more than two hundred thousand dead.” It is hard for all of us to believe that a man so evil became president but it is not hard to realize why he was in that position in the first place. Milošević had legal-rational authority, that is what made him so powerful at the time. To me, the way Milošević obtained his authority characterizes him as a calculated oppurtunist who…

the first, How Soccer Explains The Gangster’s Paradise. Soccer in Serbia during the tensions of Yugoslavia were incredibly violent and a prime example of Hooliganism. Soccer in Serbia was heavily controlled by gangs and dictated around violence and committing violent acts against rival soccer team’s fans. The soccer games seemed to be more about beating the life out of the other team’s fans than actually watching the game. Comparing The Jewish Question to The Gangster’s Paradise, without a doubt…

Suleiman was also known as the lawgiver and the laws he created worked successfully to better rule his empire. Suleiman worked on new ideas that strengthened his government and military, but also addressed taxation and the treatment of peasants. Suleiman changed laws so that people were paid for their services, established a simpler taxation policy, and established new rules regarding crime and punishment. Because of his fair systems of laws, Suleiman was known as a great legislator, who made…

won numerous awards, and 1990 Pulitzer Prize, the MacArthur Foundation "genius grant," the Griffin International Poetry Prize, and the Wallace Stevens Award and appointment as US Poet Laureate. Charles Simic was born on May 9, 1938, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, where he had a traumatic childhood during World War II. His family was forced to evacuate their home several times to escape bombing, as he has put it, "My travel agents were Hitler and Stalin". Simic's father left the country for work…

On 04-01-2016 at approximately 1330 hours I, Officer Hildebrand met with Kayla Osborne at the station to speak to her about a Partner Family Member Assault (PFMA) that occurred the night previous. Kayla stated that the night previous her boyfriend Derand Frink had abused her. Kayla stated that Derand had grabbed her legs and shoved her against the wall. Derand grabbed Kayla by the throat and shoved her into the wall. Kayla stated that her throat was still hurting and left marks on her neck.…

Ottoman empires military, political and economic success, furthermore, did these triggering elements of the Ottoman empire have deleterious affects on the European international structure in the mid 14th and 15th century? The Ottoman army ruled the shipping lanes of the eastern Mediterranean between 1520 and 1565. Suleiman the Magnificent reign began in 1520 and lasted until his death in 1566. Suleiman the Magnificent seized Belgrade from the Kingdom of Hungary in 1521 and, upon capturing…

change all the documents testifying to the previous association with Eastasia.” (Varricchio 1). In this quotation, the literary critic Mario Varricchio highlights the main function of cinema in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Media is being used in contemporary society to perpetuate political propaganda, however in North America its being used by news organizations and other media outlets more than the government. An example of this is how the media covered up the real story behind the 1999 Chinese…