Orli Fridman

Professor

Belgrade, Serbia

About

I am a teacher and a scholar of Peace and Conflict Studies & Memory Studies. I am interested in comparative conflict studies, memory politics, memory activism and memory in protest. My current project looks at alternative commemorative events and alternative calendars. I study those in Serbia, Israel-Palestine and other places, tracing joint political action. I have extensive field work experience in Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Israel, Palestine.

Experience

  • Professor at SIT Graduate Institute
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Associate Professor at Faculty of Media and Communications
    2010 - Present · 16 yrs 7 mos

  • Director at Center for Comparative Conflict Studies (CFCCS)
    2007 - Present · 19 yrs 7 mos

    The Center for Comparative Conflict Studies (CFCCS) is a research and educational center. Our aim is to offer a space in which scholars, students, educators, practitioners and activists can engage in the study of the dynamics of conflicts in a comparative framework. While most scholars tend to exceptionalize the conflicts they study, our aim is to work within a comparative framework that highlights broader dynamics of societies in conflict. Our interest and projects are focused on the conflicts in the successor states of the former Yugoslavia and on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as other conflicts worldwide. http://cfccs.org

  • Academic Director at School for International Training
    2007 - 2025 · 18 yrs