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Young Women, Hope, and the State a Decade After Kosovo’s Independence

Event Type: Lecture
Sponsor: Russian, East European and Eurasian Center
Location: 108 English Building
Date: Oct 11, 2024 12:00 pm
Speaker: Rozafa Berisha
Contact: Danielle Sekel
E-Mail: dsekel2@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: Campus Humanities Calendar; Join visiting Fulbright researcher Rozafa Berisha for a talk exploring how young women from low-income backgrounds navigate hope and disappointment in a deindustrializing town in north Kosovo. Berisha's ethnography examines the disconnect between aspirations and lived realities, rethinking the politics of hope under global capitalism within a state project that struggles to fulfill its promises.