The University of Birmingham will be hosting a workshop entitled Conceptualising Balkan Space: Late Medieval & Early Modern Approaches & Interpretations. The date: Friday, September 28, 2007. The papers: 'Shifting centres, the Tree of Jesse and rival attractions: dynamics of power and wealth in southeast Europe after 1204'; 'Ottoman views of the Balkan peninsula and its peoples'; 'Representations of self and other in early modern travel writing'; 'What is Balkan history? Observations on recent work'.

A new event, a new location: Starting from this monday, Prizren is hosting the "Dokufest", an international festival for documentary and short films. Some 60 films will be shown in 2 open air cinemas. Read a fairly ridiculous invitation by the organizers here. Sabine Ballata from the ImagineSEE weblog has more information: "The Dokufest team also launched a petition campaign for a new cinema to be built after the destruction of the old cinema Lumëbardhi (close to the river, in front of the Shadervan and the old mosque). The destruction of the old cinema was decided in June 2007 by the Municipal Assembly of Prizren. Dokufest argues that the new cinema should be build on the same location." See also today's SETimes article Prizren citizens hope for better future.