Ivan Djordjevic

Ivan Djordjevic is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. He is currently an associate researcher at the Institute of Ethnography SASA in Belgrade.

Football and ethnic violence in the Balkans

How can one flag cause so much trouble? A contextual analysis of the now notorious, abandoned football match between Serbia and Albania on 14 October 2014.

By Ivan Djordjevic

/ 22 Oct 2014

Football and ethnic violence in the Balkans

How can one flag cause so much trouble? A contextual analysis of the now notorious, abandoned football match between Serbia and Albania on 14 October 2014.

By Ivan Djordjevic

/ 22 Oct 2014

"Red Star Serbia, never Yugoslavia!" Football, politics and national identity in Serbia

In the years before the war football fans from the former Yugoslavia had a sort of premilitary training in the stadia. Soon they would exchange the flags and banners for rifles and bombs.

By Ivan Djordjevic

/ 16 Jul 2013

"Red Star Serbia, never Yugoslavia!" Football, politics and national identity in Serbia

In the years before the war football fans from the former Yugoslavia had a sort of premilitary training in the stadia. Soon they would exchange the flags and banners for rifles and bombs.

By Ivan Djordjevic

/ 16 Jul 2013