Title:Pragmatic Conversions: Mixed marriage and flexibility of Shari'a in interwar Yugoslavia
Author(s):BURIC, FedjaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The paper discusses the cases of pragmatic conversions to, and out of, Islam in interwar Yugoslavia. It analyzes these cases in the context of Sharia law, which, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (Kingdom of ...
Title:The Effect of Language at School on Identity and Political Outlooks
Author(s):ASPACHS-BRACONS, Oriol; CLOTS-FIGUERAS, Irma; MASELLA, PaoloDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The process of individual identity formation is still an enigma, as it is the capacity of public bodies to intervene in it. In 1983 the Catalan education system became bilingual, and Catalan, together with Spanish, was ...
Title:Literature in the Construction of ‘Cuban Identity’, 1823-1845
Author(s):AGUILERA-MANZANO, José MaríaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The main aim of this article is to discuss some of the characteristics of the identity project constructed by the Cuban liberal autonomists’ group during the transition from the Ancien Régime to liberalism. This faction ...