Sociobord member Professor John Paul Newman (Maynooth University) will share his research findings on the patterns of assistance in the Yugoslavian borderlands as part of the ongoing Sociobord lecture series, December 13, 2021, 10 am

For our third public talk in the Sociobord lecture series we welcome Professors Karolina Lendák-Kabók, Hanna Lindberg and John Paul Newman. Together, this multidisciplinary trio will discuss a forthcoming special issue of the European Review of History on which all three are collaborating. Co-edited by Profs Lendàk and Lindberg, this special issue explores past and present patterns of welfare provision in the European border regions of Finland and Yugoslavia, with a special focus on ethnic and social minorities.