Jerry Zaslove's guest appearances

Jerry Zaslove

VISR Vancouver Institute of Social Research

Below the Radar

Hilda Fernandez

Geoff Mann

Nermin Gogalic

Clint Burnham

Samir Gandesha

Joleen Mitton

Kanahus Manuel

Charles Demers

Christine Boyle

Hannah McGregor

Amitav Ghosh

Astra Taylor

Paul Rogers

Asad Haider

Madeleine Shaw

OwlTail

What are the similarities and differences between Nationalism and Patriotism? Simon Fraser University professor Jerry Zaslove and graduate student Nermin Gogalic discuss this question through the lens of personal identity and political transformation as seen in the former state of Yugoslavia. This in depth and easygoing conversation between our guests and host Am Johal explores the topic from a number of different academic thinker’s perspectives, digging deep to identify the core components of each ideology. Jerry and Nermin also had a public conversation at the Vancouver Institute for Social Research in Spring 2019 entitled “Transition and Identity in the Post-Yugoslav Environment”, which you can listen to here: https://player.fm/series/visr-vancouver-institute-of-social-research/nermin-gogalic-in-conversation-with-jerry-zaslove-transition-and-identity-in-the-post-yugoslav-environment

What are the similarities and differences between Nationalism and Patriotism? Simon Fraser University professor Jerry Zaslove and graduate student Nermin Gogalic discuss this question through the lens of personal identity and political transformation as seen in the former state of Yugoslavia. This in depth and easygoing conversation between our guests and host Am Johal explores the topic from a number of different academic thinker’s perspectives, digging deep to identify the core components of each ideology. Jerry and Nermin also had a public conversation at the Vancouver Institute for Social Research in Spring 2019 entitled “Transition and Identity in the Post-Yugoslav Environment”, which you can listen to here: <a href="https://player.fm/series/visr-vancouver-institute-of-social-research/nermin-gogalic-in-conversation-with-jerry-zaslove-transition-and-identity-in-the-post-yugoslav-environment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://player.fm/series/visr-vancouver-institute-of-social-research/nermin-gogalic-in-conversation-with-jerry-zaslove-transition-and-identity-in-the-post-yugoslav-environment</a>

On Patriotism and Nationalism — with Jerry Zaslove and Nermin Gogalic

Nermin Gogalic in conversation with Jerry Zaslove: Transition and Identity in the Post-Yugoslav EnvironmentMarch 18, 2019What was then seen as "The End of History” by Francis Fukuyama was actually the beginning of a long lasting catastrophe for many of us living in the former Yugoslavia. The turmoil of political transition, which in our case coincided with a civil war, brought upon a state of unrest and confusion. What happened with identity in the midst of such radical changes? What strategies and techniques were employed to dismantle the pre-existing identity once it was deemed inadequate by those in the position of power, and what was offered instead?This conversation will attempt to create a narrative that will inspect these questions within a specific geo-political period. It will attempt to show what happens to both common and individual identity, as well as that of the city. In doing so we will rely mostly on intimate personal recollection and reflections provided with the privilege of both geographical and temporal distance. Nermin Gogalic is a Vancouver based writer from Rijeka (Croatia) with a special interest in identity politics and the city. He is currently a student in Graduate Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University.SFU Professor Emeritus Jerry Zaslove is a teacher and writer who studied Comparative Literature at Western Reserve University and the University of Washington. Since 1965 at Simon Fraser University he has taught Literature and Humanities, influenced but not limited by the traditions of the relationship of social radicalisms and the arts, the worlds of psychoanalysis and aesthetics. He is the Founding Director of the Institute for the Humanities and has published numerous essays and monographs on the subjects he loves and teaches. Currently Simons Fellow in Graduate Liberal Studies.  A volume of his collected essays Untimely Passages: Dossiers from the Other Shore, 1965–2015 is in preparation. 

Nermin Gogalic in conversation with Jerry Zaslove: Transition and Identity in the Post-Yugoslav EnvironmentMarch 18, 2019What was then seen as "The End of History” by Francis Fukuyama was actually the beginning of a long lasting catastrophe for many of us living in the former Yugoslavia. The turmoil of political transition, which in our case coincided with a civil war, brought upon a state of unrest and confusion. What happened with identity in the midst of such radical changes? What strategies and techniques were employed to dismantle the pre-existing identity once it was deemed inadequate by those in the position of power, and what was offered instead? This conversation will attempt to create a narrative that will inspect these questions within a specific geo-political period. It will attempt to show what happens to both common and individual identity, as well as that of the city. In doing so we will rely mostly on intimate personal recollection and reflections provided with the privilege of both geographical and temporal distance. Nermin Gogalic is a Vancouver based writer from Rijeka (Croatia) with a special interest in identity politics and the city. He is currently a student in Graduate Liberal Studies at Simon Fraser University. SFU Professor Emeritus Jerry Zaslove is a teacher and writer who studied Comparative Literature at Western Reserve University and the University of Washington. Since 1965 at Simon Fraser University he has taught Literature and Humanities, influenced but not limited by the traditions of the relationship of social radicalisms and the arts, the worlds of psychoanalysis and aesthetics. He is the Founding Director of the Institute for the Humanities and has published numerous essays and monographs on the subjects he loves and teaches. Currently Simons Fellow in Graduate Liberal Studies. A volume of his collected essays Untimely Passages: Dossiers from the Other Shore, 1965–2015 is in preparation.

Nermin Gogalic in conversation with Jerry Zaslove -  Transition and Identity in the Post-Yugoslav Environment