Description

CRG Book Launches 22:Girlhood at War: Interpreting War and Liberation in Kosovo  by Vjosa Musliu

Pieter Troch (UGent, GCSEES) in conversation with Vjosa Musliu (VUB)

Date:12 May 2026 (Tuesday)

Time:  16:00–17:30 CET

Venue: Room 301 John Vincke (Third Floor), Technicum 1, UFO Campus, Ghent University, Belgium.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

This book tells the true story of a young girl growing up during the Kosovo war and its immediate aftermath following Kosovo's liberation by NATO troops in 1999. Through her embodied experiences, the book exposes the tangible and everyday acts and events of the war, providing brutal insight into the impact of war and the politics of subjugation. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Dr. Vjosa Musliu is associate professor of international relations at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). Her work focuses on international intervention and statebuilding in the Balkans and the post-Soviet space. She is author of four books and a dozen of journal articles and book chapters. She is also a member of the Yugoslawomen+ Collective, a feminist collective of six academics from the former Yugoslav space.