Ruritania in Brussels: Balkan stereotypes in the Age of Austerity

Vesna Goldsworthy, Professor in English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston University and accomplished author, has been LSEE’s first guest speaker in the academic year 2013/14, presenting on “Ruritania in Brussels, Evzones in the Eurozone: Balkan Stereotypes in the Age of Austerity. Her book “Inventing Ruritania: the Imperialism of the Imagination” is an in-depth account of how the Balkans, the “Wild-East” of Europe, have provided material for the literature and entertainment industries in Western Europe and America.