South Slavic Cultural Society at Columbia University

07/29/2020

Fill out this google form if you are interested in Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian conversation hours, hosted by the Harvard South Slavic Society!

Dobrodošli! This is a short form to figure out how to organize the South Slavic conversation hour over Zoom for the remainder of the summer and for the coming fall semester. The hope is that this serves as a way for Harvard students the ability to practice/maintain their Serbo-Croatian and also get...

06/10/2020

I know as July approaches, Srebrenica is on a lot of people’s minds.

Consider supporting this Sarajevo-based NGO and joining into virtual conversations starting TOMORROW!

ŠTO TE NEMA is a participatory public monument to the 8,372 Bosnian Muslim men and boys killed during 1995 Srebrenica Genocide. For the past 15 years, this annual nomadic monument has been presented through an ongoing partnership between the artist Aida Šehović and Bosnian diaspora communities in various public squares around the world aiming to create collective sites of remembrance. Today, through ongoing efforts and growing global networks of Bosnians living abroad, the monument has collected 7,714 cups, one for almost each of the victims.

This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide. In honor of this event and in cooperation with the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC) and the Srebrenica Memorial Center, ŠTO TE NEMA will be presented in Srebrenica within the Memorial Complex and Cemetery on July 10.

Join us on June 10, 11 and 12, 2020 for a 3 - day virtual event as we talk about the evolution of this monument and how it has helped to spread a culture of remembrance in Bosnia and Herzegovina and abroad. This series of discussions will include survivors, activists, and scholars from all around the world. We invite you to join the conversations on ŠTO TE NEMA, grassroots art activism, and genocide prevention.

To confirm your participation, please follow this link: bit.ly/stotenema2020conversations

11/22/2019

Thank you to everybody who came to our UN Discussion Panel! It was great to learn what it takes to live and work abroad 🌎

11/22/2019

International Education Week Friday Feature: Columbia’s own Mihajlo Pupin 🦁
In honor of International Education week, each day, we will be featuring a South Slavic person who made an educational impact on the world. 🌎
Mihajlo Pupin, in full Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Anglicized as Michael Idvorsky Pupin, (born October 9 [September 27, Old Style], 1854? [see Researcher’s Note], Idvor, Military Frontier of Austria [now in Serbia]—died March 12, 1935, New York, New York, U.S.), Serbian American physicist who devised a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance telephone communication by placing loading coils (of wire) at predetermined intervals along the transmitting wire. Pupin’s family was of Serbian origin, and his parents, who were illiterate, encouraged his education. He immigrated to the United States in 1874 and held a series of odd jobs before attending Columbia College (now Columbia University), where he earned a B.A. in 1883; that year he also became a U.S. citizen. Pupin subsequently studied at the University of Cambridge and the University of Berlin (Ph.D., 1889). In 1889 he began teaching mathematical physics at Columbia, becoming professor emeritus in 1931.

11/22/2019

International Education Week Thursday Feature: Mileva Marić-Einstein 🧠
In honor of International Education week, each day, we will be featuring a South Slavic person who made an educational impact on the world. 🌎
Mileva Marić was born in Titel, Serbia. She met her husband, Albert Einstein, at Zurich Polytechnic, where she was the only female studying physics in her class. He considered her his intellectual equal and their letters often combine sweet nothings with scientific theory. They married in 1903 and had two sons, Hans Albert and Eduard. It is rumored that Mileva is behind and/or shared many great works that Einstein took credit for.

11/20/2019

International Education Week Wednesday Feature: Ivo Andrić 📖
In honor of International Education week, each day, we will be featuring a South Slavic person who made an educational impact on the world. 🌎
Ivo Andrić (1892–1975) was a great writer of the twentieth century. His work reflected the historical turmoil of his Yugoslav homeland and emphasized the humanity of the people caught in the political unrest. Andrić began his public career as a diplomat and by the time he retired from the Yugoslav diplomatic service he was already a well-respected author. In the years following the Second World War, Andrić published his masterpiece and his reputation spread throughout the world. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.

11/19/2019

International Education Week Tuesday Feature: Dubravka Ugrešić 📚
In honor of International Education week, each day, we will be featuring a South Slavic person who made an educational impact on the world. 🌎
Dubravka Ugrešić was born and raised in what used to be Yugoslavia. She studied Comparative literature and Russian literature at the University of Zagreb. She worked for twenty years at the Institute for Theory of Literature (Faculty of Arts, Zagreb University). She left Croatia in 1993 for political reasons, and has taught on various occasions at American and European universities. She has been awarded several international prizes for her writing: the Swiss “Charles Veillon” European Essay Prize, the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, the Dutch “Resistance” Prize, and the German SudWest Funk Prize.

11/18/2019

International Education Week Monday Feature: Nikola Tesla 🧠
In honor of International Education week, each day, we will be featuring a South Slavic person who made an educational impact on the world. 🌎
Nikola Tesla, (born July 9/10, 1856, Smiljan, Austrian Empire [now in Croatia]—died January 7, 1943, New York, New York, U.S.), was a Serbian American inventor and engineer who discovered and patented the rotating magnetic field, the basis of most alternating-current machinery. He also developed the three-phase system of electric power transmission. He immigrated to the United States in 1884 and sold the patent rights to his system of alternating-current dynamos, transformers, and motors to George Westinghouse. In 1891 he invented the Tesla coil, an induction coil widely used in radio technology.

11/18/2019

Come join us this Thursday for a UN Discussion panel in honor of education week! 👩‍🎓
The event is open to everyone and will take place on Thursday, November 21st from 7-9pm in room 1201 on the 12th floor of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, which is at 420 W 118th St.
Come to hear personal stories about how professionals adjusted their lives to living and working abroad and see if you have what it takes! Come prepared with questions for our speakers.
Snacks will be provided. Hope to see you all there!

11/01/2019

Join us this Thursday, November 7th for a movie screening of “Otac na Službenom Putu” (Father Away on Business)! 🎥
Everyone is welcome, but non-CUID members, please RSVP for this event! It will be held in room 6C of the Kraft Center from 8:30-10:45pm. Popcorn will be provided! 🍿