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New book by Summer School scholars

Check out the latest publication by several of our Summer School scholars:

This edited volume was inspired by lectures, discussions and workshops held over the past few years on the island of Cres and helps to critically re-conceptualize the way we perceive and interpret the field of transitional justice based on new, innovative case studies.

Since the 1980s, transitional justice mechanisms have been increasingly applied to account for mass atrocities and grave human rights violations throughout the world. Over time, post-conflict justice practices have expanded across continents and state borders and have fueled the creation of new ideas that go beyond traditional notions of amnesty, retribution, and reconciliation. Gathering work from contributors in international law, political science, sociology, and history, New Critical Spaces in Transitional Justice addresses issues of space and time in transitional justice studies. It explains new trends in responses to post-conflict and post-authoritarian nations and offers original empirical research to help define the field for the future.

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Summer School Kickoff

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2016 Cres Summer School cohort.

The 2016 Cres Summer School on Transitional Justice and the Politics of Memory was kicked off by the city’s Vice Mayor, Jadranka Blatt, the Frane Petrić School Principal, Josip Pope and the program’s organizers, welcoming almost two dozens of international students hailing from across Europe, the United States and Eastern Europe. The Summer School’s themes are timely and crucial, echoing many of the current political issues in today’s world, including the political reshuffling in Croatia with upcoming elections later this fall and a relentless stream of migrants who flee violence and destruction in their home countries, such as Syria and Iraq. For almost two weeks, the Summer School will offer participants an opportunity to address and discuss themes ranging from human rights, war crimes trials, cultural memory and social movements, against the backdrop of contemporary case studies and high-caliber international scholars, practitioners and experts. In its fourth year, the Summer School is off to a great start providing an enriching educational experience in a conducive learning environment.