Eric in the media
This is just a list of media appearances (starting in 2023, because I never bothered to keep track before). It won’t be interesting to anyone but every once in a while my employer wants to know if I did media appearances, so I can stash the list here.
2023
12 February, on a number of regional themes, Danas (Serbia): https://www.danas.rs/svet/region/intervju-erik-gordi-vucic-i-kurti-svesni-da-moraju-da-naprave-kompromis/
13 February, on a proposed Kosovo-Serbia peace settlement, Kosov@ Online (Kosovo): https://www.kosovo-online.com/analize/novosti-moze-li-se-kosovo-vratiti-na-ist-river-13-2-2023
14 February, on the need for a resolution between Serbia and Kosovo to have democratic legitimacy, RTV Vojvodina (Serbia): https://www.rtv.rs/sr_lat/politika/erik-gordi-neumesno-je-da-bilo-ko-sa-strane-namece-resenje-odozgo-za-kim_1417914.html
14 February, on a proposed peace settlement involving Kosovo and Serbia, Bota Sot (Kosovo): https://www.botasot.info/aktuale-lajme/1947660/eric-gordy-jane-lenduar-raportet-mes-kosoves-dhe-shba-se/
30 March, a theatre performance on Peter Handke and kitsch, Visit Tirana (Albania): http://www.visit-tirana.com/things-to-do/events/show-event/2433/the-handke-project
30 March, on a staged arrest in Kosovo, Al Jazeera (regional): https://www.periskopi.com/al-jazeera-kush-qendron-pas-arrestimit-te-marko-gjuriq/
18 April, a report on media and revisionism in Serbia, Humanitarian Law Centre (Serbia): https://hlc-rdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Revizionizam_eng[46094].pdf
16 May, on gun violence and protest in Serbia, The Atlantic (US): https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/05/serbia-mass-shootings-aftermath-gun-legislation/674067/
17 May, in which regime media in Serbia try to falsify the article in the preceding item, Raskrinkavanje (Serbia): https://www.raskrikavanje.rs/page.php?id=Americki-magazin-kritikovao-kulturu-nasilja-i-vlast-u-Srbiji-tabloidi-Hvale-Vucica-na-sva-usta-1177
24 May, on regime efforts to fabricate a „counter-protest,“ Kolubarske (Serbia): https://www.kolubarske.rs/sr/vesti/valjevo/12901/
1 June, on violence in Serbia and an unexpected bit about tennis, CBC Radio (Canada): https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/thursday-june-1-2023-episode-transcript-1.6863059
22 June, an interview on a tutti quanti of themes, Monitor (Montenegro): https://www.monitor.co.me/dr-erik-gordi-sociolog-univerzitetski-koledz-u-londonu-zapad-ovdje-demokratiju-ne-moze-da-zamisli-drugacije-sem-kao-neki-vid-desnog-populizma/
22 July, on Russian-sponsored thugs in Serbia, BBC (UK): https://www.bbc.com/hausa/articles/c3gzd079xw5o
25 June, on young people participating protests, BBC (UK): https://www.bbc.com/serbian/lat/srbija-66011370
8 August, on misrepresentation of imnages in (post)war propaganda, Vijesti (Montenegro): https://en.vijesti.me/BBC/668780/storm-exiles-wrong-photos-consequences-and-examples-from-the-past
22 August, on protest and social change in Serbia, Christan Science Monitor (US): https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2023/0822/After-shootings-Serbia-looks-for-peace
11 October, an assessment of the accomplishments of post-conflict justice processes, Peščanik (Serbia): https://pescanik.net/reconciliation-by-stealth/
12 October, on violent conflicts in the north of Kosovo, Bota Sot (Kosovo): https://www.botasot.info/aktuale-lajme/2065977/profesori-britanik-sherbimet-e-sigurise-serbe-ishin-ne-dijeni-per-aksionin-ne-veri/
14 October, on links between armed paramilitaries in Kosovo and the regime in Serbia, Sot (Albania): https://sot.com.al/rajoni/beogradi-kyc-gojen-per-sulmin-ne-banjske-profesori-britanik-i-bindur-sher-i617028
15 October, assessing the contribution made by RECOM in Southeast Europe, Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Hercegovina), https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/dosjei/teme/rekom-je-uradio-veoma-znacajan-posao-u-regionu-899114
20 October, I’ve met this writer. I can’t say we know each other well, but I always thought he was okay. If he wanted an interview all he had to do was call. Instead the dude goes misrepresenting my work. Svašta bre. Bilten (Croatia): https://www.bilten.org/?p=45737
2 November: “Državni gambit,” a documentary on the misspent life and dubious career of Aleksandar Vučić. N1 television (Serbia): https://n1info.rs/video/ja-aleksandar-drzavni-gambit-video/
4 November, Vučić is outraged by the documentary in the above listing, says “they didn’t even have trials like this in 1945 and 1946.” So he is comparing himself to a Nazi collaborator? Okay, you do you, Alek. Jutarnji list (Croatia): https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/svijet/ovo-je-dokumentarac-koji-je-razbjesnio-vucica-rezimski-mediji-u-histeriji-nevideni-progon-15390970
8 December, cited in a discussion of debates over the definition of genocide inspired by the violence in Gaza. Politika (Serbia): https://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/588059/Pogledi/Genocid-i-rat-u-Gazi
25 December, will EU intervention resolve the dispute over election fraud in Serbia? (hint: it won’t). BBC: https://www.danas.rs/bbc-news-serbian/izbori-2023-da-li-je-srbiji-potreban-novi-felipe-gonzales-da-resi-postizbornu-krizu/
2024
21 February, on factors influencing the likelihood that Bosnia and Herzegovina will advance in its efforts to join the EU. Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Herzegovina): https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/ohrabrujuce-poruke-za-bih-evropska-unija-treba-napredak-na-balkanu-932344
6 March, on the probability of accession negotiations beginning between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Herzegovina): www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/pregovori-nasi-nasusni-sta-znace-dodikove-besmislene-izjave-935933
15 March, this is a short part of a longer interview, they want you to buy the magazine to read the whole thing. Monitor (Montenegro): https://www.monitor.co.me/dr-erik-gordi-profesor-kulturne-i-politicke-sociologije-univerzitetski-koledz-u-londonu-mir-moze-doci-kad-obje-strane-prestanu-da-misle-da-ce-dobiti-nesto-ratom/
25 March, on the 25th anniversary of the NATO bombing campaign against Serbia, the Serbian regime looks like a restoration of the regime that brought the country into conflict with the world. Slobodna Evropa (Češka), https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/nato-bombardovanje-srbija-jugoslavija/32874649.html
3 April, in advocating a compromise solution to the currency dispute in the northern part of Kosovo, Eric becomes the first academic to quote Olivia Newton John in Kosovo media. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/gordy-mbron-pak-kurtin-per-dinarin-mesazh-nderkombetareve-a-nuk-e-keni-lene-kurre-dike-tjeter-te-jete-i-forte/
4 April, addressing efforts on the part of Western powers to weaken Dodik. They are not going to hurt Dodik, quite the contrary. Want to make people like Dodik weaker? Help the public instead. Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/gradane-rs-a-milorad-dodik-drzi-u-mraku-sta-ce-lideru-snsd-a-zapravo-nastetiti-943540
5 April, the strange case of Albin Kurti, the candidate of the egalitarian left who cultivates support from the nationalist right. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/profesori-britanik-per-gazetablic-albin-kurti-ka-armiq-nderkombetar/
14 April, just one of the people quoted in a general overview of the history of Kosovo since 1912. Fjala e Lirë (Albania), https://fjala.info/nato-dhe-kosova/
16 April, the Council of Europe is demanding a compromise between Serbia and Kosovo. Vučić is going to try an old trick to resist it, but it probably won’t work this time. Voice of America (USA), https://www.glasamerike.net/a/balkan-srbija-kosovo-pregovaracki-okvir-evropska-unija-eu-ohridski-sporazum-obaveze/7571831.html
17 April, as the UN considers a resolution on Srebrenica, legal definitions of genocide may be getting broader. BBC (UK), https://www.bbc.com/serbian/lat/balkan-68824289
21 April, an appeal from international scholars on neofascist attempts to intimidate the University of Novi Sad. Autonomija (Serbia), https://autonomija.info/velika-podrska-medjunarodne-akademske-zajednice-filozofskom-fakultetu-u-novom-sadu/
25 April, remembering the passage of Security Council Resolution 1199 in 1998. Vijesti (Montenegro), https://www.vijesti.me/kolumne/704224/nato-i-kosovo