About Christian Nielsen

I am an associate professor of history and human security at Aarhus University in Denmark. My main focus is on modern Balkan history, but I have also worked as an analyst and expert witness for the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Court and several domestic jurisdictions. For this reason, I am also interested in genocide studies, international criminal law/justice and human rights.

Christian Axboe Nielsen is associate professor of history and human security at Aarhus University in Denmark.

NBN Episodes hosted by Christian:

Siniša Malešević, "Why Humans Fight: The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

July 18, 2022

Why Humans Fight

Siniša Malešević

In his book Why Humans Fight: The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence (2022, Cambridge University Press), Siniša Malešević emphasises the centrali…

Zarina Burkadze, "Great Power Competition and the Path to Democracy: The Case of Georgia, 1991-2020" (U Rochester Press, 2022)

June 8, 2022

Great Power Competition and the Path to Democracy

Zarina Burkadze

In her book Great Power Competition and the Path to Democracy: The Case of Georgia, 1991-2020 (University of Rochester Press, 2022), Zarina Burkadze …

Vassilis Petsinis, "National Identity in Serbia: The Vojvodina and a Multi-Ethnic Community in the Balkans" (I. B. Tauris, 2019)

March 9, 2022

National Identity in Serbia

Vassilis Petsinis

In his book, National Identity in Serbia: Vojvodina and a Multiethnic Society between the Balkans and Central Europe (I.B. Tauris, 2019), Vassilis Pet…

Silvia Goldbaum Tarabini Fracapane, "The Jews of Denmark in the Holocaust: Life and Death in Theresienstadt Ghetto" (Routledge, 2020)

February 28, 2022

The Jews of Denmark in the Holocaust

Silvia Goldbaum Tarabini Fracapane

In her new book, The Jews of Denmark in the Holocaust: Life and Death in Theresienstadt Ghetto (Routledge, 2020), Silvia Goldbaum Tarabini Fracapane u…

Karlo Basta, "The Symbolic State: Minority Recognition, Majority Backlash, and Secession in Multinational Countries" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2021)

January 17, 2022

The Symbolic State

Karlo Basta

In his new book, The Symbolic State: Minority Recognition, Majority Backlash, and Secession in Multinational Countries (McGill-Queen’s University Pres…

Andrew Gilbert, "International Intervention and the Problem of Legitimacy: Encounters in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina" (Cornell UP, 2020)

December 17, 2021

International Intervention and the Problem of Legitimacy

Andrew Gilbert

In International Intervention and the Problem of Legitimacy (Cornell UP, 2020) Andrew C. Gilbert, who is assistant professor in anthropology at the Un…

Jessie Barton-Hronešová, "The Struggle for Redress: Victim Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)

November 24, 2021

The Struggle for Redress

Jessie Barton-Hronešová

In Jessie Barton Hronešová’s new book, The Struggle of Redress: Victim Capital in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), she explores path…

Ivor Sokolić, "International Courts and Mass Atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)

October 15, 2021

International Courts and Mass Atrocity

Ivor Sokolić

In his new book International Courts and Mass Atrocity: Narratives of War and Justice in Croatia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) Ivor Sokolić explores the …