Maja Davidović
@majadav.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Cardiff University. Transitional justice, epistemic justice, human rights norms, politics of memory. Dog mom.
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Caerphilly apparently. I honestly, honestly despise this stuff. They have nothing to offer, nothing to say, nothing to hope for, nothing to aspire to, no solutions, nothing. Just hate and lies.
October 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Caerphilly apparently. I honestly, honestly despise this stuff. They have nothing to offer, nothing to say, nothing to hope for, nothing to aspire to, no solutions, nothing. Just hate and lies.
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'Earn right to settlement' by 'volunteering in the community' basically means that the government wants migrants to do free labour providing much needed services that the same government fails to provide to British citizens.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK - BBC News
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
'Earn right to settlement' by 'volunteering in the community' basically means that the government wants migrants to do free labour providing much needed services that the same government fails to provide to British citizens.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Earn right to settlement' by 'volunteering in the community' basically means that the government wants migrants to do free labour providing much needed services that the same government fails to provide to British citizens.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK - BBC News
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
'Earn right to settlement' by 'volunteering in the community' basically means that the government wants migrants to do free labour providing much needed services that the same government fails to provide to British citizens.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If anyone is in Roskilde/Copenhagen, I will be giving a book talk on Monday 6 October.
events.ruc.dk/booktalkwith...
events.ruc.dk/booktalkwith...
Book Talk with Dr. Maja Davidović: Governing the Past: ‘Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project
events.ruc.dk
September 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
If anyone is in Roskilde/Copenhagen, I will be giving a book talk on Monday 6 October.
events.ruc.dk/booktalkwith...
events.ruc.dk/booktalkwith...
Farage: "most migrants rely on benefits"
Reality: migrants without a settled status do not have recourse to public funds, which means no access to benefits; not even access to refuge for some migrant victims of domestic abuse. If I lose my job, I've 60 days to find a new sponsorship or I'm out
Reality: migrants without a settled status do not have recourse to public funds, which means no access to benefits; not even access to refuge for some migrant victims of domestic abuse. If I lose my job, I've 60 days to find a new sponsorship or I'm out
September 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Farage: "most migrants rely on benefits"
Reality: migrants without a settled status do not have recourse to public funds, which means no access to benefits; not even access to refuge for some migrant victims of domestic abuse. If I lose my job, I've 60 days to find a new sponsorship or I'm out
Reality: migrants without a settled status do not have recourse to public funds, which means no access to benefits; not even access to refuge for some migrant victims of domestic abuse. If I lose my job, I've 60 days to find a new sponsorship or I'm out
After an elaborate process of assigning everyone who reposted a number based on the order in which reposted and asking my husband for his favourite number within the range, I'm delighted to say that the free copy will go to @malgault.bsky.social! 🎉
I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
September 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
After an elaborate process of assigning everyone who reposted a number based on the order in which reposted and asking my husband for his favourite number within the range, I'm delighted to say that the free copy will go to @malgault.bsky.social! 🎉
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🚨🚨🚨my bestest best friend’s book is available to pre-order in the uk & you should absolutely drop everything you’re doing and go order it rn. it’s brilliant & got a ton of awards in ex-yu countries before being translated into English🚨🚨🚨
www.waterstones.com/book/say-fir...
www.waterstones.com/book/say-fir...
Say Fire by Selma Asotic | Waterstones
Buy Say Fire by Selma Asotic from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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September 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🚨🚨🚨my bestest best friend’s book is available to pre-order in the uk & you should absolutely drop everything you’re doing and go order it rn. it’s brilliant & got a ton of awards in ex-yu countries before being translated into English🚨🚨🚨
www.waterstones.com/book/say-fir...
www.waterstones.com/book/say-fir...
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"Girlhood At War" made it home!
Unlike anything I’ve written before, this book is a personal story about growing up during Serbia's war against Kosovo and about finding myself, at 14, translating for US NATO troops in its aftermath. (Yes, the young girl in these pictures is me.)
Unlike anything I’ve written before, this book is a personal story about growing up during Serbia's war against Kosovo and about finding myself, at 14, translating for US NATO troops in its aftermath. (Yes, the young girl in these pictures is me.)
September 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"Girlhood At War" made it home!
Unlike anything I’ve written before, this book is a personal story about growing up during Serbia's war against Kosovo and about finding myself, at 14, translating for US NATO troops in its aftermath. (Yes, the young girl in these pictures is me.)
Unlike anything I’ve written before, this book is a personal story about growing up during Serbia's war against Kosovo and about finding myself, at 14, translating for US NATO troops in its aftermath. (Yes, the young girl in these pictures is me.)
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I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
August 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
August 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I am giving away one *free copy* of my new book "Governing the Past: 'Never Again' and the Transitional Justice Project". Simply repost to enter the draw. I will randomly select the lucky reader on Friday 5 September. The book can be shipped within the UK or internationally!
Go, tell your libraries, quickly! www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
August 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Go, tell your libraries, quickly! www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
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A list of questions from Palestinian children in Gaza, compiled by the staff of the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza:
July 17, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A list of questions from Palestinian children in Gaza, compiled by the staff of the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza:
'One can believe that Elvis Presley is alive and well and living in Moscow. However ... one’s conviction doesn't make it a legitimate opinion or ‘other side’ of a debate ... we
must not succumb to the silly view that every idea is of equal validity and worth.'
D. Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust
must not succumb to the silly view that every idea is of equal validity and worth.'
D. Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust
July 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
'One can believe that Elvis Presley is alive and well and living in Moscow. However ... one’s conviction doesn't make it a legitimate opinion or ‘other side’ of a debate ... we
must not succumb to the silly view that every idea is of equal validity and worth.'
D. Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust
must not succumb to the silly view that every idea is of equal validity and worth.'
D. Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust
Serbia has steadily been "killing" the truth about the Srebrenica genocide and many other atrocities of the 1990s. This is state-sponsored violence.
Youth Initiative for Human Rights and I trace the trajectories of denial and revisionism in Serbia since 2004 1/2
yihr.rs/en/killing-t...
Youth Initiative for Human Rights and I trace the trajectories of denial and revisionism in Serbia since 2004 1/2
yihr.rs/en/killing-t...
Killing the truth - genocide denial and historical revisionism in Serbia as state-sponsored violence: trajectories, challenges and opportunities - YIHR.rs
This paper explores historical revisionism in Serbia, which includes denial of individual war crimes, denial of the genocide in Srebrenica, and glorification of a number of convicted war criminals who...
yihr.rs
July 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Serbia has steadily been "killing" the truth about the Srebrenica genocide and many other atrocities of the 1990s. This is state-sponsored violence.
Youth Initiative for Human Rights and I trace the trajectories of denial and revisionism in Serbia since 2004 1/2
yihr.rs/en/killing-t...
Youth Initiative for Human Rights and I trace the trajectories of denial and revisionism in Serbia since 2004 1/2
yihr.rs/en/killing-t...
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Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
July 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Young refuseniks burn their IOF draft papers in the middle of Tel Aviv
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
They refuse to serve in the Israeli Occupation Forces, and are willing to go to military jail for their position. The new generation of refuseniks is supported by the older, many of them spent months in jail already
Being a Balkan person in the West = a constant mismatch btw lived experiences back home v media discourse here
For example
When the Western media speaks of 'potential conflict resurgence' in Bosnia, we know it's just Dodik's empty threats
But when we say Vučić is finished, nobody believes us
For example
When the Western media speaks of 'potential conflict resurgence' in Bosnia, we know it's just Dodik's empty threats
But when we say Vučić is finished, nobody believes us
July 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Being a Balkan person in the West = a constant mismatch btw lived experiences back home v media discourse here
For example
When the Western media speaks of 'potential conflict resurgence' in Bosnia, we know it's just Dodik's empty threats
But when we say Vučić is finished, nobody believes us
For example
When the Western media speaks of 'potential conflict resurgence' in Bosnia, we know it's just Dodik's empty threats
But when we say Vučić is finished, nobody believes us
Vučić's regime has never been so weak. The protestors are now calling for civil disobedience across the country. Watch this space.
www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.alja...
www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.alja...
Thousands set up street blockades in Serbia after crackdown on protesters
President Aleksandar Vucic had earlier vowed many more protesters would be arrested, as 38 remain in custody.
www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org
June 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Vučić's regime has never been so weak. The protestors are now calling for civil disobedience across the country. Watch this space.
www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.alja...
www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.alja...
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Now in English:
"IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present."
"IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present."
June 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Now in English:
"IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present."
"IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present."
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📢 Want to work with me at SOAS Law School? There are 2 permanent positions (SL/L) and 4+ two-year full-time fixed term positions (Associate Lecturerships) including one in International Law!
Come check out these roles: 👇🏾 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/123535
(Not advertised on jobsacuk)
Come check out these roles: 👇🏾 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/123535
(Not advertised on jobsacuk)
June 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
📢 Want to work with me at SOAS Law School? There are 2 permanent positions (SL/L) and 4+ two-year full-time fixed term positions (Associate Lecturerships) including one in International Law!
Come check out these roles: 👇🏾 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/123535
(Not advertised on jobsacuk)
Come check out these roles: 👇🏾 vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/123535
(Not advertised on jobsacuk)
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If you wondered why the EU is ignoring protests in #Serbia, look no further.
The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic.
This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.
The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic.
This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.
Selected strategic projects under CRMA
Selected strategic projects under CRMA
single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu
June 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If you wondered why the EU is ignoring protests in #Serbia, look no further.
The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic.
This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.
The EU (ofc in agreement with Serbia's corrupt regime, how else) has declared the Jadar mining project strategic.
This is bound to devastate an entire region, in the name of "green transition," which is anything but.
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The book proofs have arrived—along with all the excitement and trepidation of sharing this deeply personal work with the world.
Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo — coming soon from Rowman & Littlefield.
Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo — coming soon from Rowman & Littlefield.
May 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The book proofs have arrived—along with all the excitement and trepidation of sharing this deeply personal work with the world.
Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo — coming soon from Rowman & Littlefield.
Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo — coming soon from Rowman & Littlefield.
IUD insertion is the most painful experience I've ever had (and I've had quite a few). Once I was told to take Ibuprofen, the second time no pain relief at all.
If I hear another medical/cosmetic professional compliment my pain threshold or say 'beauty is pain' ...
If I hear another medical/cosmetic professional compliment my pain threshold or say 'beauty is pain' ...
A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated.
Doctors urged to treat pain for IUD insertion and other procedures
A major medical group now recommends pain-blocking treatments for IUD insertion and other procedures amid a growing recognition that women's pain should be treated.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
IUD insertion is the most painful experience I've ever had (and I've had quite a few). Once I was told to take Ibuprofen, the second time no pain relief at all.
If I hear another medical/cosmetic professional compliment my pain threshold or say 'beauty is pain' ...
If I hear another medical/cosmetic professional compliment my pain threshold or say 'beauty is pain' ...
And regarding Starmer's speech:
Immigration is already *a privilege* not a right as the NHS surcharge alone costs skilled workers more than £1,000 per year per person + visa fees.
Permanent residence is already not automatically granted after 5 years. E.g., if you studied in the UK 1/
Immigration is already *a privilege* not a right as the NHS surcharge alone costs skilled workers more than £1,000 per year per person + visa fees.
Permanent residence is already not automatically granted after 5 years. E.g., if you studied in the UK 1/
May 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
And regarding Starmer's speech:
Immigration is already *a privilege* not a right as the NHS surcharge alone costs skilled workers more than £1,000 per year per person + visa fees.
Permanent residence is already not automatically granted after 5 years. E.g., if you studied in the UK 1/
Immigration is already *a privilege* not a right as the NHS surcharge alone costs skilled workers more than £1,000 per year per person + visa fees.
Permanent residence is already not automatically granted after 5 years. E.g., if you studied in the UK 1/
The "island of strangers" comment hurt me deeply. It makes it clear how this government wants to present us migrants: as exploitative leeches who do not integrate while reaping the benefits of the system. This is such a far right speak.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs, Starmer says
PM unveils policies to ‘significantly’ drive down net migration including English tests and degree requirements
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The "island of strangers" comment hurt me deeply. It makes it clear how this government wants to present us migrants: as exploitative leeches who do not integrate while reaping the benefits of the system. This is such a far right speak.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Recently I saw a disabled neighbour lying on the street with a head injury, bleeding. The ambulance took 4+ hours to arrive. Neighbours, nurses, passers-by came and went but the only person who stood by him the whole time, in scorching sun, was his Nigerian carer.
This is such a harmful decision.
This is such a harmful decision.
BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
May 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Recently I saw a disabled neighbour lying on the street with a head injury, bleeding. The ambulance took 4+ hours to arrive. Neighbours, nurses, passers-by came and went but the only person who stood by him the whole time, in scorching sun, was his Nigerian carer.
This is such a harmful decision.
This is such a harmful decision.