Marko Attila Hoare

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Marko Attila Hoare
Born1972 (age 51–52)
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUK
Education Robinson College, Cambridge
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA 1994; later MA),
Yale University (MPhil 1997, PhD 2000)
Known forattribution to the study of the history of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina; war crimes investigation
Parent(s) Quintin Hoare and Branka Magaš
Awards2010 CNAB Award
Scientific career
FieldsHistory, journalism
Institutions University of Cambridge,
Kingston University,
Sarajevo School of Science and Technology

Marko Attila Hoare (born 1972) is a British historian of the former Yugoslavia who also writes about current affairs, especially Southeast Europe, including Turkey and the Caucasus. [1] Hoare is Associate Professor of History at the University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, in Sarajevo. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Hoare is the son of the British translator Quintin Hoare and the Croatian journalist and historian Branka Magaš. [4]

Hoare has been studying the history of the former Yugoslavia since 1993. [5] In the summer of 1995, he acted as translator for the humanitarian aid convoy to the Bosnian town of Tuzla, organised by Workers' Aid for Bosnia, a movement of solidarity in support of the Bosnian people. [6] His degrees in History are a BA (1994; later converted to an MA) from the University of Cambridge and a MPhil (1997) and PhD from Yale University (2000). [7]

Between 1997 and 1998 Hoare lived and worked in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and from 1998 to 2001, he lived and worked in Belgrade, Serbia.

Career

He was resident in Serbia during the Kosovo War of 1999. He later worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, [8] where he participated in the drafting of the indictment against Slobodan Milošević. [6] Hoare was a research assistant at the Bosnian Institute in London (founded by his father Quintin[ citation needed ]), a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, a research fellow of the History Faculty of the University of Cambridge, [7] and a Reader at Kingston University in London. [7] He has been an associate professor at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology since 2017. [9] [10]

He was European Neighbourhood Section Director for the Henry Jackson Society (HJS). [11] In 2012, he resigned from the HJS, saying it had become "an abrasively right-wing forum with an anti-Muslim tinge", and over significant differences with associate director Douglas Murray. [12] [13]

Hoare was also an advisory editor of Democratiya , [14] and he is a member of the editorial board of Spirit of Bosnia , an international, interdisciplinary, bilingual, online journal. [7] His blog, "Greater Surbiton", publishes his commentary and analysis, particularly on South East Europe. [15] He is a signatory of the Euston Manifesto, [16] and was formerly connected[ vague ] with the British website Harry's Place.[ citation needed ] He has written for Left Foot Forward website, [17] Prospect [18] and Standpoint magazines, [19] and The Guardian newspaper. [9]

Hoare was a childhood friend of Ed Miliband, leader of the Labour Party UK.[ citation needed ] In 2010, he appeared in Channel 4's TV docu-drama Miliband of Brothers , where he commented on his memories of Miliband and his brother David Miliband.[ citation needed ] In criticising the position of the Conservative London Mayor Boris Johnson, Hoare has argued in favour of arming the opponents of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. [20]

ICTY engagements

Marko went to serve as a research officer and war crimes investigator at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He was also expert witness for the court there. [8] He participated in drafting of the indictment against Slobodan Milošević. [6]

Books

The particular focus of Hoare's writing has been on the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia:

Awards

Hoare is the recipient of the 2010 Congress of North American Bosniaks (CNAB) award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of history. The award is recognition for his lifelong dedication to presenting the historical truth and standing up against genocide denial. [23]

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  16. ↑ "The Euston Manifesto - For a Renewal of Progressive Politics (Signatories)". eustonmanifesto.org. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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  18. ↑ Marko Attila Hoare, 'The Dangers of Appeasement' Archived 13 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ↑ Marko Attila Hoare. "Marko Attila Hoare, 'Why South East Europe should fear President Obama'". Standpointmag.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  20. ↑ Marko Attila Hoare "The case for arming Syrian Rebels", The Guardian, 18 June 2013.
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