Roland Kostić
@rokos031.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Uppsala Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Uppsala University.
Research interests: transitional justice, reconciliation, social memory, and knowledge production in interventions.
Research interests: transitional justice, reconciliation, social memory, and knowledge production in interventions.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Hugo Valentin Lecture!
We are grateful to Professor Hinton for sharing his expertise, to our partners at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) for the fruitful cooperation, and to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussions.
We are grateful to Professor Hinton for sharing his expertise, to our partners at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) for the fruitful cooperation, and to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussions.
September 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Hugo Valentin Lecture!
We are grateful to Professor Hinton for sharing his expertise, to our partners at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) for the fruitful cooperation, and to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussions.
We are grateful to Professor Hinton for sharing his expertise, to our partners at Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) for the fruitful cooperation, and to everyone who attended and contributed to the discussions.
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Our researcher Tadek Markiewicz recently took part in the British International Studies Association’s 50th Anniversary Conference in Belfast. He presented on “Global Vulnerabilities and Challenges to Orders” and convened two panels: “The Many Faces of Security” and “Cultures of Representation.”
July 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Our researcher Tadek Markiewicz recently took part in the British International Studies Association’s 50th Anniversary Conference in Belfast. He presented on “Global Vulnerabilities and Challenges to Orders” and convened two panels: “The Many Faces of Security” and “Cultures of Representation.”
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In recent years, several PhD dissertations have explored the Holocaust and its aftermath in Sweden. One standout: "Afterlives" by Victoria Van Orden Martínez (Linköping Univ, 2023).
It has now been reviewed by our PhD student:
Read the review: lnkd.in/d8HJ8vsw
Access the thesis: lnkd.in/dN5n7FUB
It has now been reviewed by our PhD student:
Read the review: lnkd.in/d8HJ8vsw
Access the thesis: lnkd.in/dN5n7FUB
July 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In recent years, several PhD dissertations have explored the Holocaust and its aftermath in Sweden. One standout: "Afterlives" by Victoria Van Orden Martínez (Linköping Univ, 2023).
It has now been reviewed by our PhD student:
Read the review: lnkd.in/d8HJ8vsw
Access the thesis: lnkd.in/dN5n7FUB
It has now been reviewed by our PhD student:
Read the review: lnkd.in/d8HJ8vsw
Access the thesis: lnkd.in/dN5n7FUB
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The 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association is underway in Prague!
Theme: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability - a timely reflection on memory in times of crisis.
Proud to see UHGS colleagues Ivo Plšek, Santiago López Rodríguez & Matylda Jonas-Kowalik contributing! #MSA2025
Theme: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability - a timely reflection on memory in times of crisis.
Proud to see UHGS colleagues Ivo Plšek, Santiago López Rodríguez & Matylda Jonas-Kowalik contributing! #MSA2025
July 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association is underway in Prague!
Theme: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability - a timely reflection on memory in times of crisis.
Proud to see UHGS colleagues Ivo Plšek, Santiago López Rodríguez & Matylda Jonas-Kowalik contributing! #MSA2025
Theme: Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability - a timely reflection on memory in times of crisis.
Proud to see UHGS colleagues Ivo Plšek, Santiago López Rodríguez & Matylda Jonas-Kowalik contributing! #MSA2025
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The 9th Memory Studies Association meeting wraps up today in Prague. Insightful days exploring memory and transformation.
Three of our colleagues presented their papers: Santiago López Rodríguez, Matylda Jonas-Kowalik & Ivo Plšek.
Looking ahead to more meaningful exchanges at MSA!
#MSA2025 #MSA
Three of our colleagues presented their papers: Santiago López Rodríguez, Matylda Jonas-Kowalik & Ivo Plšek.
Looking ahead to more meaningful exchanges at MSA!
#MSA2025 #MSA
July 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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A new academic year is starting at Uppsala University — we can’t wait to welcome our incoming students! At the same time, we celebrate the June 2025 graduates whose legacy will inspire the next class.
Here’s to new beginnings, continued growth, and another successful year at #UppsalaUniversity!
Here’s to new beginnings, continued growth, and another successful year at #UppsalaUniversity!
August 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
A new academic year is starting at Uppsala University — we can’t wait to welcome our incoming students! At the same time, we celebrate the June 2025 graduates whose legacy will inspire the next class.
Here’s to new beginnings, continued growth, and another successful year at #UppsalaUniversity!
Here’s to new beginnings, continued growth, and another successful year at #UppsalaUniversity!
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The semester begins on Monday, but we are already back and ready for the new academic year. Yesterday, we had the pleasure of spending the day with colleagues from the History Department in the beautiful village of Ekeby — an excellent start to the year ahead.
August 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The semester begins on Monday, but we are already back and ready for the new academic year. Yesterday, we had the pleasure of spending the day with colleagues from the History Department in the beautiful village of Ekeby — an excellent start to the year ahead.
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We were honoured to host Dr. Hiroshi Maruyama, founder of Centre for Environmental and Indigenous Policy Studies & Professor Emeritus, Muroran Institute of Technology. Yesterday, Dr. Maruyama shared powerful insights on Indigenous rights, decolonization & the role of research in advancing justice.
September 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We were honoured to host Dr. Hiroshi Maruyama, founder of Centre for Environmental and Indigenous Policy Studies & Professor Emeritus, Muroran Institute of Technology. Yesterday, Dr. Maruyama shared powerful insights on Indigenous rights, decolonization & the role of research in advancing justice.
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Reconciliation after civil war and mass violence takes many forms, and recognizing these everyday practices can help to uncover overlooked pathways for sustaining peace.
Read the full article here 🔓: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Read the full article here 🔓: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Everyday Reconciliation: Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of Relational Repair in the Aftermath of Violence
Abstract. Reconciling across the social and relational divisions which persist in everyday life is a vital component of building sustained peace after arme
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August 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reconciliation after civil war and mass violence takes many forms, and recognizing these everyday practices can help to uncover overlooked pathways for sustaining peace.
Read the full article here 🔓: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Read the full article here 🔓: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
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I develop the concept of everyday reconciliation—ordinary practices that help repair relationships across the legacies of past violence.
The framework identifies three types:
1️⃣ elite everyday reconciliation
2️⃣ grassroots everyday reconciliation
3️⃣ vertical everyday reconciliation
The framework identifies three types:
1️⃣ elite everyday reconciliation
2️⃣ grassroots everyday reconciliation
3️⃣ vertical everyday reconciliation
August 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I develop the concept of everyday reconciliation—ordinary practices that help repair relationships across the legacies of past violence.
The framework identifies three types:
1️⃣ elite everyday reconciliation
2️⃣ grassroots everyday reconciliation
3️⃣ vertical everyday reconciliation
The framework identifies three types:
1️⃣ elite everyday reconciliation
2️⃣ grassroots everyday reconciliation
3️⃣ vertical everyday reconciliation
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🎙️In this episode, Karen Brounéus, one of our professors and clinical psychologist, takes us on a journey there and back again. Her research helps us think more deeply about the intrinsic link between #MentalHealth and #ConflictReduction.
Listen:
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Listen:
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August 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🎙️In this episode, Karen Brounéus, one of our professors and clinical psychologist, takes us on a journey there and back again. Her research helps us think more deeply about the intrinsic link between #MentalHealth and #ConflictReduction.
Listen:
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i2jm6-...
Listen:
🎧 Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-i2jm6-...
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🆕 📣 Making my BlueSky debut to share some exciting news: the first solo-authored publication from my PhD dissertation, published last week 🔓 open access in @gsqjournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
August 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🆕 📣 Making my BlueSky debut to share some exciting news: the first solo-authored publication from my PhD dissertation, published last week 🔓 open access in @gsqjournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
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Last week, the UHGS took part in #Almedalsveckan in Visby, as part of Uppsala University's program. Prof. Tomislav Dulić spoke on "The Gaza Genocide Case: Between International Law and Politics."
Grateful to all who joined the discussion and made this important forum possible!
photo: Bene Riobó
Grateful to all who joined the discussion and made this important forum possible!
photo: Bene Riobó
July 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Last week, the UHGS took part in #Almedalsveckan in Visby, as part of Uppsala University's program. Prof. Tomislav Dulić spoke on "The Gaza Genocide Case: Between International Law and Politics."
Grateful to all who joined the discussion and made this important forum possible!
photo: Bene Riobó
Grateful to all who joined the discussion and made this important forum possible!
photo: Bene Riobó
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🚨 We're hiring!
In autumn 2026 we start with our international Bachelor's program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. To support this, we're hiring a new Senior Lecturer to join our team at the centre.
Applications open: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
In autumn 2026 we start with our international Bachelor's program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. To support this, we're hiring a new Senior Lecturer to join our team at the centre.
Applications open: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Senior Lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Senior Lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Uppsala University is a research university with a strong international position. Our mission is to conduct research and education of the highest qual
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May 14, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🚨 We're hiring!
In autumn 2026 we start with our international Bachelor's program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. To support this, we're hiring a new Senior Lecturer to join our team at the centre.
Applications open: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
In autumn 2026 we start with our international Bachelor's program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. To support this, we're hiring a new Senior Lecturer to join our team at the centre.
Applications open: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Just a few weeks left to apply - our call for a Senior Lecturer is open until 17 June. Don’t miss this exciting chance to be part of our team.
🚨 We're hiring!
In autumn 2026 we start with our international Bachelor's program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. To support this, we're hiring a new Senior Lecturer to join our team at the centre.
Applications open: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
In autumn 2026 we start with our international Bachelor's program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. To support this, we're hiring a new Senior Lecturer to join our team at the centre.
Applications open: uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Senior Lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Senior Lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies Uppsala University is a research university with a strong international position. Our mission is to conduct research and education of the highest qual
uu.varbi.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Just a few weeks left to apply - our call for a Senior Lecturer is open until 17 June. Don’t miss this exciting chance to be part of our team.
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Yesterday, a few of us attended a fascinating seminar at the Swedish Holocaust Museum, where historian Wendy Lower spoke about her book "The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed."
Great to connect with new and catch up with old colleagues in our field.
Great to connect with new and catch up with old colleagues in our field.
May 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Yesterday, a few of us attended a fascinating seminar at the Swedish Holocaust Museum, where historian Wendy Lower spoke about her book "The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed."
Great to connect with new and catch up with old colleagues in our field.
Great to connect with new and catch up with old colleagues in our field.
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At yesterday's department conference we had our own Kate Lonergan present her postdoctoral project titled "From Extraordinary Moments to Everyday Reconciliation". We are looking forward to the research results from this highly relevant and timely project, and to many more presentations like this.
May 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
At yesterday's department conference we had our own Kate Lonergan present her postdoctoral project titled "From Extraordinary Moments to Everyday Reconciliation". We are looking forward to the research results from this highly relevant and timely project, and to many more presentations like this.
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Last Thursday, Kate Lonergan participated in the panel on women’s rights in South Asia at Lund University, which we previously announced. The discussion explored challenges and opportunities across the region, with Kate sharing insights from her research on everyday reconciliation in Sri Lanka.
March 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Last Thursday, Kate Lonergan participated in the panel on women’s rights in South Asia at Lund University, which we previously announced. The discussion explored challenges and opportunities across the region, with Kate sharing insights from her research on everyday reconciliation in Sri Lanka.
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Last Thursday one of our postdoctoral researchers, Ivo Plsek, had the pleasure of giving a public lecture at the Technical Lyceum Stranice in his home country, the Czech Republic. His talk "Three Stories from Lidice" explored his ongoing research on this profound and tragic chapter of history.
April 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Last Thursday one of our postdoctoral researchers, Ivo Plsek, had the pleasure of giving a public lecture at the Technical Lyceum Stranice in his home country, the Czech Republic. His talk "Three Stories from Lidice" explored his ongoing research on this profound and tragic chapter of history.
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Big announcement!
This year's Hugo Valentin Lecture will be given by Professor Alex Hinton of Rutgers University on 24 September. His lecture, titled "Perpetrators: Why do they kill?", will focus on why perpetrators commit their acts of genocidal violence. Follow us for more information!
This year's Hugo Valentin Lecture will be given by Professor Alex Hinton of Rutgers University on 24 September. His lecture, titled "Perpetrators: Why do they kill?", will focus on why perpetrators commit their acts of genocidal violence. Follow us for more information!
March 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Big announcement!
This year's Hugo Valentin Lecture will be given by Professor Alex Hinton of Rutgers University on 24 September. His lecture, titled "Perpetrators: Why do they kill?", will focus on why perpetrators commit their acts of genocidal violence. Follow us for more information!
This year's Hugo Valentin Lecture will be given by Professor Alex Hinton of Rutgers University on 24 September. His lecture, titled "Perpetrators: Why do they kill?", will focus on why perpetrators commit their acts of genocidal violence. Follow us for more information!
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It was a pleasure for two of our colleagues @rokos031.bsky.social and Goran Miljan to be part of this important discussion on Transitional Justice. Thank you to the organizers for this opportunity.
March 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It was a pleasure for two of our colleagues @rokos031.bsky.social and Goran Miljan to be part of this important discussion on Transitional Justice. Thank you to the organizers for this opportunity.
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On Wednesday, our Senior lecturer @rokos031.bsky.social served as an external reviewer at Hamdja Begović's final PhD seminar at the department of sociology at Södertörn University. A great opportunity to connect with colleagues and engage in a vibrant discussion.
February 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
On Wednesday, our Senior lecturer @rokos031.bsky.social served as an external reviewer at Hamdja Begović's final PhD seminar at the department of sociology at Södertörn University. A great opportunity to connect with colleagues and engage in a vibrant discussion.
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Yesterday our postdoctoral researcher Santiago López Rodríguez was interviewed on the spanish broadcast laSexta. The segment is called "Franco was never the ‘saviour of the Jews’: how Spain collaborated with the Holocaust".
Read the (Spanish) article here: www.lasexta.com/programas/la...
Read the (Spanish) article here: www.lasexta.com/programas/la...
Franco nunca fue el "salvador de los judíos": así colaboró España con el Holocausto
Los detalles El dictador presumió durante décadas de haber colaborado a salvar a los judíos del exterminio nazi, pero en realidad permitió que miles de ellos acabasen en los campos de concentración.
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January 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Yesterday our postdoctoral researcher Santiago López Rodríguez was interviewed on the spanish broadcast laSexta. The segment is called "Franco was never the ‘saviour of the Jews’: how Spain collaborated with the Holocaust".
Read the (Spanish) article here: www.lasexta.com/programas/la...
Read the (Spanish) article here: www.lasexta.com/programas/la...
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Upcoming on 27 January, Holocaust Memorial Day: Our researcher Carl Henrik Carlsson will give a lecture at Trondheim Synagogue titled "Attempts to Save Norwegian Jews from Annihilation by Granting Swedish Citizenship". A meaningful opportunity for remembrance and reflection.
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Den internasjonale Holocaustdagen er en årlig minnedag som markeres hvert år den 27. januar for å ikke glemme ofrene for Holocaust - nazistenes folkemord på seks millioner jøder, samt millioner av and...
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January 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Upcoming on 27 January, Holocaust Memorial Day: Our researcher Carl Henrik Carlsson will give a lecture at Trondheim Synagogue titled "Attempts to Save Norwegian Jews from Annihilation by Granting Swedish Citizenship". A meaningful opportunity for remembrance and reflection.
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On Friday, our postdoctoral researcher Santiago López Rodríguez held a workshop for PhD students in History on how to transform your PhD dissertation into an idea for postdoctoral project!
January 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
On Friday, our postdoctoral researcher Santiago López Rodríguez held a workshop for PhD students in History on how to transform your PhD dissertation into an idea for postdoctoral project!