Difference between revisions of "Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies"
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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> [http://www.balkanstudies.org/about-us-disclaimer About us & disclaimer], | + | 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> |
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'. | 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"/> | ||
*Sponsored talk by [[Bat Ye'or]]. | *Sponsored talk by [[Bat Ye'or]]. | ||
Revision as of 03:36, 16 June 2015
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'. [1]
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'.
The Foundation 'is named after a great Western poet who gave his life in the fight to free Balkan Christians from Islamic rule'.[1]
- 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
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
Contact details
Website: www.balkanstudies.org/
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lord Byron Foundation for Balkan Studies, About us & disclaimer, organisational website, accessed 16 June 2015
