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The '''Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies''' was co-founded in 1994 by the late [[Alfred Sherman]] as 'a non-partisan research center devoted to studying the Balkan Peninsula in all its aspects'. <ref name="disclaimer"> Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies, [http://www.balkanstudies.org/about-us-disclaimer About us & disclaimer],  organisational website, accessed 16 June 2015 </ref>
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The '''Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies''' was co-founded in 1994 by the late [[Alfred Sherman]] and [[Serge Trifkovic]] as 'a non-partisan research center devoted to studying the Balkan Peninsula in all its aspects'. <ref name="disclaimer"> Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies, [http://www.balkanstudies.org/about-us-disclaimer About us & disclaimer],  organisational website, accessed 16 June 2015 </ref> <ref> [http://www.trifkovic.mysite.com/ Srdja (Serge) Trifkovic], personal website, accessed 16 June 2015 </ref>  Sherman was a journalist and neoliberal activist best known for co-founding the [[Centre for Policy Studies]] with [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[Keith Joseph]].
  
Its research and activities are purportedly 'designed to correct the current trend of public commentary, which tends, systematically, not to understand events but to construct a version of Southeast European rivalries that fits daily political requirements'.
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The foundation 'is named after a great Western poet who gave his life in the fight to free Balkan Christians from Islamic rule'.<ref name="disclaimer"/>
  
The Foundation 'is named after a great Western poet who gave his life in the fight to free Balkan Christians from Islamic rule'.<ref name="disclaimer"/>  
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The foundation's research and activities are purportedly 'designed to correct the current trend of public commentary, which tends, systematically, not to understand events but to construct a version of Southeast European rivalries that fits daily political requirements'.<ref name="disclaimer"/>  
  
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==Counterjihad-related activities==
 
*Sponsored talk by [[Bat Ye'or]].
 
*Sponsored talk by [[Bat Ye'or]].
*Published book by [[Srđa Trifković]] ''The Krajina Chronicle: A History of Serbs in Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia'', The Lord Byron Foundation, (2010)
 
  
 
==Authors published on its website==
 
==Authors published on its website==
 
Include:
 
Include:
 
[[Srdja Trifkovic]] | [[Andrew Bostom]] | [[Jaclyn Ryan]] | [[Nebojsa Malic]] |Ambassador [[James Bissett]] |  [[Thomas Fleming]] | [[James Jatras]] | [[Diana Johnstone]] | Ambassador [[Charles Crawford]] | [[Anna Filimonova]] | [[Robert Spencer]] | [[Julia Gorin]] | [[Steven E. Meyer]]
 
[[Srdja Trifkovic]] | [[Andrew Bostom]] | [[Jaclyn Ryan]] | [[Nebojsa Malic]] |Ambassador [[James Bissett]] |  [[Thomas Fleming]] | [[James Jatras]] | [[Diana Johnstone]] | Ambassador [[Charles Crawford]] | [[Anna Filimonova]] | [[Robert Spencer]] | [[Julia Gorin]] | [[Steven E. Meyer]]
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*Published book by [[Srđa Trifković]] ''The Krajina Chronicle: A History of Serbs in Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia'', The Lord Byron Foundation, (2010)
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
*[[Edward Spalton]] - former candidated for the [[UKIP]] and [[Veritas]] political parties in the UK, now honorary secretary, [[Campaign for an Independent Britain]]
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*[[Edward Spalton]] - former candidate for the [[UKIP]] and [[Veritas]] political parties in the UK, now honorary secretary, [[Campaign for an Independent Britain]]
  
 
==Contact details==
 
==Contact details==

Latest revision as of 13:39, 18 December 2015

The Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies was co-founded in 1994 by the late Alfred Sherman and Serge Trifkovic as 'a non-partisan research center devoted to studying the Balkan Peninsula in all its aspects'. [1] [2] Sherman was a journalist and neoliberal activist best known for co-founding the Centre for Policy Studies with Margaret Thatcher and Keith Joseph.

The foundation 'is named after a great Western poet who gave his life in the fight to free Balkan Christians from Islamic rule'.[1]

The foundation's research and activities are purportedly 'designed to correct the current trend of public commentary, which tends, systematically, not to understand events but to construct a version of Southeast European rivalries that fits daily political requirements'.[1]

Counterjihad-related activities

Authors published on its website

Include: Srdja Trifkovic | Andrew Bostom | Jaclyn Ryan | Nebojsa Malic |Ambassador James Bissett | Thomas Fleming | James Jatras | Diana Johnstone | Ambassador Charles Crawford | Anna Filimonova | Robert Spencer | Julia Gorin | Steven E. Meyer

  • Published book by Srđa Trifković The Krajina Chronicle: A History of Serbs in Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia, The Lord Byron Foundation, (2010)

Affiliations

Contact details

Website: www.balkanstudies.org/

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies, About us & disclaimer, organisational website, accessed 16 June 2015
  2. Srdja (Serge) Trifkovic, personal website, accessed 16 June 2015