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Miloš Bulatović, Featured
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Miloš Bulatović, Featured

Serbia’s students led the movement behind a pivotal election. Here’s what they’re trying to end.

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All Eyes on Serbia: How a Collapsed Canopy Became a Nation's Reckoning
Miloš Bulatović, Featured
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Miloš Bulatović, Featured

Serbia’s students led the movement behind a pivotal election. Here’s what they’re trying to end.

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A prophetic critique of a university drifting from its mission, and whether renewal is still possible.


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What the 1988 uproar over Heldenplatz reveals about the double edge of free speech.


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Today’s students answer their predecessors’ worries about CEU’s five-year plan: how far it has come, and how far it has to go.

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Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza – A Meditation
Anonymous

The genocide in Gaza has shattered Jewish identity; what shall be done with the pieces?

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Go Great or Go Home
Andrey Sapozhnikov

The writing market is oversaturated with comforting mediocrity. Time to break the mould

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A questionaire for you to select your perfect book - despite university reading fatigue.

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A Guide to Vienna: My First Month
Teodora Risteska Daskalovski

The author details her discovery of Vienna’s cafes, bars and parks in the first month of move to our city - plus what one does on a ‘scary’ Austrian Sunday.

by Teodora Risteska Daskalovski

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