More than a generation after Tito’s death, biographies of the Yugoslav statesman keep appearing apace. Why is that? What else is there to say about Tito, his life, and his legacy? And how do all these books on the same subject of historical record differ?

Three authors of biographies of Josip Broz Tito published since 2000—Ivo Goldstein, Jože Pirjevec, and Geoffrey Swain—discuss their motivations for writing, how their books are distinct, and, of course Tito himself.

Featuring 11 versions of the song "Uz Maršala Tita" (With Marshal Tito, 1943).

Josif Dzhugashvili, Vladimir Dedijer, and Phyllis Auty also make an appearance.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to four times per month.

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Historian Jelena Djureinović parses the trajectory and the many facets of historical revisionism in Serbia. 

Assorted presidents, collaborators, and royals also make an appearance.


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Travel writing about former Yugoslavia exploded in the 1990s as the country disintegrated in violence. The lessons the author of the first such account, Brian Hall, learned when he traveled through then-Yugoslavia in 1991 resonate today more than ever. Marija Krivokapić from the University of Montenegro helps place Brian’s book and those about Montenegro in the context of travel writing as a genre. And a story of a rare breed of travel writer: a former Yugoslav. 

The New York Times editors, an Irish cyclist, and a legendary sportscaster also make an appearance.


The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to four times per month.

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Two photographers born in former Yugoslavia and living abroad, Olja Triaška Stefanović (Novi Sad, Serbia / Bratislava, Slovakia) and Dragana Jurišić (Slavonski Brod, Croatia / Dublin, Ireland) have (re)claimed the memory of their disappeared homeland through their art. Their photographs speak of searching, deep loss, fragmentary memory, and, in a way, closure. 

Bogdan Bogdanović, Rebecca West, and little Eskimos also make an appearance.

The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to four times per month.

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...or New Yugoslavism in Contemporary Popular Music in Former Yugoslavia

Parallel to Yugonostalgic enjoyment of Yugoslav-era music across the region, another related musical phenomenon emerged in the 1990s: original music glorifying Yugoslavia.

In this episode of Remembering Yugoslavia: the music of New Yugoslavism.

Thanks to the generosity of their creators, performers, and record labels, the episode features 12 songs:

• Zaklonišče Prepeva - "Jugoslavija Blues" (1998)
• Zabranjeno Pušenje - "Jugo 45" (1999)
• Tijana Dapčević - "Sve je isto samo njega nema" (2005)
• Magnifico - "Land of Champions" (2007)
• HZA - "Dragi Tito" (2007)
• Mirko - "Druže stari" (2011)
• Gužva u Bajt (GUB) - "Jugoslavija" (2009)
• Roy de Roy - "Titovka" (2011)
• Priki - "Yustalgija" (2012)
• Dubioza Kolektiv - "Walter" (2013)
• Željko Vasić & Ana Bebić - "Jugoslavija" (2015)
• Amadeus - "Jugoslavija" (2015)

The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created, produced, and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to three times per month.

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... or A Field Report from the Days of AVNOJ

Every last Saturday in November, several thousand people from all across former Yugoslavia gather in Jajce for Days of AVNOJ, an official celebration of Yugoslavia's founding at the Second Session of the Antifašističko vijeće narodnog oslobođenja Jugoslavije (Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia) which took place there on November 29, 1943. Political anthropologist Larisa Kurtović helps make sense of this event in this town in this day and age. Three thousand comrades, a third-term mayor, and a General Major of Tito’s Guard also make an appearance.

The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to four times per month.

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...or 25 Years of the Dayton Peace Accords

What has Dayton wrought and where do we go from here? Bosnian policy analysts and activists Gorana Mlinarević and Nela Porobić Isaković bring a feminist perspective to discuss the reality and legacy of the Dayton Peace Accords after a quarter century of implementation. Milan Lajčák, Miss Bosnia, and JFK also make an appearance.

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A Serbian and a North Macedonian graphic designer discuss Yugoslavian design as an inspiration for their work.

A legendary Yugoslav designer, Donald Niebyl, and Alexander the Great also make an appearance.

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Two members of the Serbian diaspora share their experiences leaving former Yugoslavia, making a new life in South Africa and the United Kingdom, and staying connected with their disappeared homeland. Plus a listener's letter from Australia.

Nelson Mandela, Patreon members, and assorted Yugoslav sports stars also make an appearance.

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Donald Niebyl discusses the origin story and notoriety of his creation, Spomenik Database, and the fetishization of Yugoslav-era World War II monuments.

Jan Kempenaers, Balkan bureaucrats, and warm and fuzzy feelings also make an appearance.

The Remembering Yugoslavia podcast explores the memory of a country that no longer exists. Created and hosted by Peter Korchnak. New episodes two to four times per month.

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