OPINION.
All Eyes on Serbia: How a Collapsed Canopy Became a Nation's Reckoning
On October 25, Serbian citizens will go to the polls in what may be the most consequential election since Slobodan Milošević was toppled in 2000. For the first time in the Serbian Progressive Party’s (SNS) fourteen years in power, a genuine, broad-based political movement, born of the student protests that followed the collapse of the Novi Sad railway station canopy in November 2024, has a real chance of bringing its rule to an end.
To understand why this election matters so much, one first has to understand what the movement’s core, Serbia’s university students, are trying to end.
Central Babylonian University
A prophetic critique of a university drifting from its mission, confronting leadership, complacency, and the question of whether renewal is still possible.
by The Fishermen
Can We Listen?
The release and reactions to the play Heldenplatz in 1988, critical of Austrian society and its inadequate denazification, prompts us consider the double-sided nature of freedom of speech.
by Lili Androsch
A Response to CEU2025
Current BA, MA and PhD student’s respond to their predecessors concerns about CEU’s 5 year plan, showing us how far the university has come and how far it still needs to go.
by Elina Silver
Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza – A Meditation
The genocide in Gaza has shattered Jewish identity; what shall be done with the pieces?
by Anonymous
Go Great or Go Home
The writing market is oversaturated with comforting mediocrity. Time to break the mould
by Andrey Sapozhnikov
Will the free word survive?
A personal reflection on the importance of the free word, and what it means to defend it in a world where journalists are increasingly silenced.
by Mariam Komakhidze
Its Time to Give Your Old iPod a Second Life
A take on the liberation and loss of music streaming platforms - and the irrational happiness the author’s return to physical media gave him.
by Andrey Sapozhnikov
Should CEU go 100% Plant-Based?
Why CEU should join the Europe-wide Plant-Based University initiative and why you should take part.
by Johanna Öövel and Carolina Gabler
‘Imaginary Marxism’ and The Appropriate Domain of Political Ideologies
Is KSV-KJÖ truly communist or merely choreographic?
by Guido Ugo Sitzia