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

30 April, Europe is promoting Serbia’s interpretation of the 2013 Brussels Agreement, why? Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/eric-gordy-zbatimi-i-asociacionit-kushti-i-be-se-per-anetaresimin-e-kosoves-ne-kie/

30 April, in which a Serbian-language publication takes the Albanian-language quotation from the previous item, but uses less than half of it, making it appear that I said the opposite of what I did say. Kosovo Online (Kosovo), https://www.kosovo-online.com/vesti/politika/gordi-eu-ce-kao-uslov-traziti-formiranje-zso-za-clanstvo-u-savetu-evrope-29-4-2024

30 April, How do you solve a problem like Dodik? Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/dosjei/teme/ko-ce-zaustaviti-dodika-gradani-su-uznemireni-rusija-voli-probleme-a-srbija-950170

2 May, who is going to respond to Dodik? The citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, not someone else. O Kanal (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://okanal.oslobodjenje.ba/okanal/vijesti/brana-za-dodika-je-u-bih-uz-medunarodnu-pomoc-950866

4 May, Vučić appointed a government of frauds, fascists, SRS retreads, and professional negators of historical truth, observers are delighted. N1 (Serbia), https://n1info.rs/vesti/nastavak-poznate-politike-sedenja-izmedju-dve-stolice-sta-kazu-analiticari-o-sastavu-nove-vlade/

23 May, the UN General Assembly votes on a resolution commemorating the genocide in Srebrenica. BBC (UK), https://www.danas.rs/bbc-news-serbian/rat-u-bosni-i-hercegovini-i-un-rezolucija-o-genocidu-u-srebrenici-pred-ujedinjenim-nacijama/

3 June, who were the winners and losers in local elections in Serbia? BBC (UK), https://www.bbc.com/serbian/lat/srbija-69086907

6 June, why relations between Kosovo and Serbia, and Europe’s relations with both of them, are not likely to change soon. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/masat-ndeshkuese-eric-gordy-komenton-qendrimin-e-kurtit-vuciqit-dhe-borrellit-veshtire-qe-situata-do-te-ndryshoje/

10 June, they called the ‘all-Serbian congress’ but it wasn’t all Serbs, just two political parties and the Orthodox church. What they had in common was complicity in genocide. Slobodna Evropa (Cz.), https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/deklaracija-srbija-republika-srpska/32986873.html

28 June, the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia failed to meet, holding everyone else hostage to their narcissism. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/profesori-britanik-fajeson-borrellin-eshte-normale-qe-kurti-ka-paraqit-kushte-vuciq-po-i-frikesohet-mbeshtetjes-se-tij-ne-beograd/

17 July, what to expect from Kaja Kallas as head of EU diplomacy. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/gordy-kallas-do-te-jete-e-barabarte-ne-dialog-por-do-te-perballet-me-nje-pengese-nga-gjermania/

23 July, Kamala Harris might have some different foreign policy ideas, but they won’t become apparent very quickly. Danas (Serbia), https://www.danas.rs/svet/profesor-erik-gordi-o-kamali-haris/

28 July, missing persons were the theme of this year’s REKOM-KOMRA conference in Prishtina. Dispatches in Serbo-Croatian (https://gradski.me/rekom-forum-dostojanstvo-za-nestale/) and in English (https://cgo-cce.org/en/2024/07/28/recom-forum-dignity-for-the-missing/)

16 August, this is a satirical (yet somehow not amusing?) article. Supposedly it is about Radoje Domanović, who was a great satirical writer, but it hasn’t got a lot to do with him, and where the guy finds me, bog će znati. Eh. Tabloid (Serbia), https://www.magazin-tabloid.com/casopis/index.php?id=06&br=578&cl=25

28 August, lithium mining will create a cartel whose monopoly is defended by an authoritarian regime, just like in every other state that is dependent on resource extraction. N1 (Serbia), https://n1info.rs/vesti/kako-zapad-gleda-na-kopanje-litijuma-i-protivljenje-velikog-broja-gradjana-srbije/

28 August, “Project 2025” imagines an ideological state where the right wing social gospel forms a core principle of foreign assistance. Danas (Serbia), https://www.danas.rs/svet/erik-gordi-tramp-projekat-2025/

6 September, an interview with Monitor on UK, European, US politics and drž ne daj. Monitor (Montenegro), https://www.monitor.co.me/dr-erik-gordi-profesor-politicke-i-kulturne-sociologije-londonski-univerzitetski-koledz-uk-pokazuje-da-moze-odbiti-da-slijedi-americku-politiku-kada-su-osnovni-principi-u-pitanju/

10 September, There is controversy over opening the bridge in Mitrovica because politicians are trying to make decisions without involving the people who are affected. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/profesori-britanik-kurti-do-te-vazhdoje-te-mos-koordinohet-me-askend-kjo-e-rrit-popullaritetin-e-tij/

13 September, why is Dodik cozying up to Orbán? He hasn’t got other choices. What’s in it for Orbán? Not much. Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/region/983288-983288

10 October, lifting sanctions on consumer goods is a gesture of deescalation, so that’s good, but what everyone is waiting for is a deal on energy and water. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/eksperti-britanik-per-gazetablic-disa-politikane-ne-uashingon-e-shohin-kurtin-si-pengese-per-arritjen-e-marreveshjes-me-serbine/

14 October, the EU would rather have lithium than peace. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/eksperti-britanik-shpreh-skepticizem-per-anetaresimin-e-kosoves-ne-organizata-nderkombetare/

6 November, with Trump returning to office, expect tolerance for authoritarianism, revenge against disobedient governments, and an explosion of money laundering projects. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/eksperti-britanik-grenell-mund-te-perdore-postin-e-sekretarit-te-shtetit-per-te-shfaqur-urrejtjen-ndaj-kurtit/

6 November, some more pessimistic predictions about what the Balkans can expect from that %$#(“% who was elected president in the USA. Danas (Serbia), https://www.danas.rs/svet/erik-gordi-balkan-nakon-trampove-pobede/

6 November, is the naming of a new EU commissioner for enlargement good news for the region? Maybe, but don’t count on it. Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://okanal.oslobodjenje.ba/okanal/vijesti/marta-kos-treba-biti-oprezan-sa-pretjeranim-optimizmom-996904

25 November, what can we expect to happen in the world in the near future? Bad stuff mostly. Danas (Serbia), https://www.danas.rs/svet/intervju-erik-gordi/

12 December, a bunch of us came together to have a discussion on Genocide Prevention Day. The topic was “have the lessons been learned?” and, well, you can guess. University of Westminster (UK), https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/westminster-and-charity-remembering-srebrenica-come-together-to-mark-genocide-prevention-day-2024

2025

9 January, remembering the legendary photographer Goranka Matić as a woitness to hope, also to the destruction of hope. Novosti (Croatia), https://www.portalnovosti.com/svedokinja-nade

10 January, an interview on Starmer, Tr*mp, Ukraine, Palestine, tutti quanti. Monitor (Montenegro), https://www.monitor.co.me/dr-erik-gordi-profesor-politicke-i-kulturne-sociologije-univerzitetski-koledz-london-nova-vlada-sad-nece-rijesiti-ni-globalne-sukobe-ni-sukobe-unutar-sopstvene-stranke/

11 January, why would Vučić and Kurti try to reach an agreement when they both benefit from being in conflict? Zëri (Kosovo), https://zeri.info/aktuale/562642/profesori-britanik-kurti-dhe-vuciq-po-perfitojne-nga-tensionet/. Also with video. Tëvë1 (Kosovo), https://teve1.info/profesori-britanik-kurti-dhe-vuciq-po-perfitojne-nga-tensionet/

9 March, Hungary is the last supporter of Dodik in the EU, can the EU respond? Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/madarska-i-dalje-glavobolja-za-eu-dodik-je-preostala-slamka-spasa-za-orbana-1026119/

27 March, maybe Europe is fond of democracy, but maybe it is more fond of lithium. N1 (Serbia), https://n1info.rs/vesti/gordi-sad-vidimo-da-je-evropi-mozda-draga-demokratija-ali-da-joj-je-litijum-mozda-jos-drazi/. It also appeared in Danas (https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/profesor-politicke-sociologije-na-univerzitetu-u-londonu-evropi-mozda-draga-demokratija-ali-mozda-joj-je-jos-drazi-litijum/) and Direktno (https://direktno.rs/vesti/drustvo-i-ekonomija/596999/gordi-litijum-evropa.html)

27 March, that same text also appeared in NSFM (Mordor), but they didn’t ask permission and neither did their fascist mamas, http://www.nspm.rs/hronika/erik-gordi-sad-vidimo-da-je-evropi-mozda-draga-demokratija-ali-da-joj-je-litijum-mozda-jos-drazi.html

28 March, the techniques that Milošević used to control media are still in operation. Boom 93 (Serbia), https://boom93.rs/article/44272/podseca-na-doba-milosevica-dok-se-profesionalni-mediji-pitaju-moze-li-gore-evropski-zvanicnici-cute

1 April, Dodik’s mistake was to imagine the he was more valuable to other people than he was. Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/vijesti/bih/niko-nije-spreman-zrtvovati-se-za-dobrobit-dodika-1032473/

8 April, Džoni saw my little thingie on teevee and remembered how we met. Velike priče (Serbia), https://velikeprice.com/drustvo/kako-nas-je-upoznao-erik-gordi/

11 April, A conference commemorating 30 years since the genocide in Srebrenica. Ilijaš (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://ilijas.net/2025/04/obiljezavanje-30-godina-od-genocida-u-srebrenici-dan-snazne-refleksije-i-dijaloga-u-bosanskoj-kuci-u-birmingham/

5 May, why do people not protest? For the same reasons they do. They know what kind of society they are living in. Oslobođenje (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://www.pressreader.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina/oslobodjenje/20250505/281711210526824?srsltid=AfmBOorPfeq5UjXrkr0vrGKqN0VTuuNMGO-ZS5RC3NQPOOz7Pm07yGYD

7 May, why is Vučić going to Russia? Partly it’s a populist gesture, partly he is just frustrated. Agence France-Presse (France), https://www.euractiv.fr/section/politique/news/le-president-serbe-a-moscou-entre-fraternite-russe-et-defiance-vis-a-vis-de-bruxelles/

7 May, a long-form interview with Rina Limoni on how a youth misspent hanging out in Seattle led to a dotage misspent hanging out in the Balkans. Diasporas speaking (UK), https://linktr.ee/diasporaspeaking

13 May, a discussion for students on protests in Serbia. Mašina (Serbia), https://www.masina.rs/iz-srbije-s-otporom-panel-diskusija-u-londonu-o-studentskim-protestima/

23 May, Germany and France are suggesting Europe could start trying to do things in Bosnia and Herzegovina again, Radio Slobodna Evropa (Češka), https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/erik-gordi-srbija-mora-da-se-odredi-prema-non-paper-dokumentu-o-bih/33422405.html

1 June, possible resolutions for Kosovo’s parliamentary deadlock. Bota Sot (Kosovo), https://www.botasot.info/aktuale-lajme/2347014/profesori-britanik-e-shoh-te-mundshem-nje-koalicion-mes-vv-se-dhe-ldk-se/

20 June, an interview: we talk about protests in Serbia, Gaza, Ukraine, and that racist assemblage of excreta Tr*mp. Monitor (Montenegro), https://www.monitor.co.me/dr-erik-gordi-profesor-kulturne-i-politicke-sociologije-na-londonskom-univerzitetskom-koledzu-sad-vode-ljudi-kompletno-liseni-iskustva-znanja-i-ljudskih-kvaliteta/

20 June, what is a “countermeeting” and what is its purpose? Istinomer (Serbia), https://www.istinomer.rs/izjava/nikada-nismo-organizovali-kontramitinge-ne-zelimo-sukobe/

30 June, on protests in Belgrade, concerts in Zagreb, and some other things. N1 (Bosnia and Herzegovina), https://n1info.ba/svijet/vucic-je-svjestan-da-je-izgubio-podrsku-naroda/

30 June, yes, Kosovo needs to hold new elections, and yes, Kurti could lose, which would not be the end of the world. Even for him. Gazeta Blic (Kosovo), https://gazetablic.com/gordy-per-bllokaden-ne-kuvend-kurti-mund-te-kaloje-ne-opozite-por-kjo-nuk-eshte-nje-katastrofe-sepse-ne-shtetet-demokratike-ndodhe-dicka-e-tille/, and on Kosovo Online (Kosovo), https://www.kosovo-online.com/vesti/politika/gordi-o-blokadi-u-skupstini-kurti-moze-da-ode-u-opoziciju-tako-nesto-se-desava-u

30 June, the Vidovdan protest was a fetid muck of “national” detritus, support them anyway. Danas (Serbia), https://www.danas.rs/svet/erik-gordi-protest-vidovdan/

4 July, commemorating the 20th anniversary of BIRN. Balkan Insight (regional), https://balkaninsight.com/2025/07/04/seekers-of-truth-birns-supporters-pay-tribute-on-20th-anniversary/