Marko Attila Hoare (born 1972) is a British historian of the former

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who also writes about current affairs, especially Southeast Europe, including

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and the

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Biography

Hoare is the son of the British translator

Quintin Hoare Quintin Hoare (born 1938) is a British leftist intellectual and literary translator from languages including Italian, French, German, Russian and Bosnian.

and the Croatian journalist and historian Branka Magaš. Hoare has been studying the history of the former Yugoslavia since 1993.Hoare's biography on the Henry Jackson Society website
/ref> In the summer of 1995, he acted as translator for the humanitarian aid convoy to the Bosnian town of

Tuzla Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. Tuzla is the economic, cultural, e ...

, organised by

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, a movement of solidarity in support of the Bosnian people. His degrees in History are a BA (1994; later converted to an MA) from the

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and a MPhil (1997) and PhD from

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(2000).Academic staff page
Kingston University Between 1997-1998 Marko lived and worked in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and from 1998 to 2001, he lived and worked in Belgrade,

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. He was resident in Serbia during the

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of 1999. He later worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, where he participated in the drafting of the indictment against Slobodan Milošević. Hoare was a research assistant at the

Bosnian Institute The Bosnian Institute is an organisation principally devoted to providing information on history and culture and promoting the common good of Bosnia and Herzegovina through "education and empowerment" to preserve the Bosnian identity. It publishes ...

in London (founded by his father Quintin), a

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, a research fellow of the History Faculty of the University of Cambridge, and a Reader at

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in London. He has been an associate professor at the

Sarajevo School of Science and Technology Sarajevo School of Science and Technology (SSST) is a private university, located in metropolitan area of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, within the municipality of Ilidža, 10 miles west from Baščaršija. The university offers bachelor's de ...

since 2017. He was European Neighbourhood Section Director for the

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(HJS). 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. Hoare was also an advisory editor of ''

Democratiya ''Democratiya'' was a free quarterly online review of books that aims "stimulate discussion of radical democratic political theory". Sixteen editions were produced from 2005 until a final edition in Autumn 2009. ''Democratiya'' merged with ''Diss ...

'', and he is a member of the editorial board of '' Spirit of Bosnia'', an international, interdisciplinary, bilingual, online journal. His blog, "Greater Surbiton", publishes his commentary and analysis, particularly on South East Europe. He is a signatory of the

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, and was formerly connected with the British website Harry's Place. He has written for ''

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'' website, '' Prospect'' and '' Standpoint'' magazines, and ''

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'' newspaper. Hoare was a childhood friend of

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, leader of the

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. In 2010, he appeared in

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's TV

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'' Miliband of Brothers'', where he commented on his memories of Miliband and his brother David Miliband. In criticising the position of the

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London Mayor

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, Hoare has argued in favour of arming the opponents of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

ICTY engagements

Marko went to serve as a

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and war crimes investigator at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He was also

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for the court there. He participated in drafting of the indictment against Slobodan Milošević.

Books

The particular focus of Hoare's writing has been on the history of

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: *''How Bosnia Armed: The Birth and Rise of the Bosnian Army'' (London: Saqi, 2004) – examines the history of the

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and Bosnian internal politics in the 1990s. *''Genocide and Resistance in Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks, 1941–1943'' (London:

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, 2006) – looks at the conflict between the

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and Chetniks in Bosnia during

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. *''The History of Bosnia: From the Middle Ages to the Present Day'' (London: Saqi, 2007) - book focuses in particular on the history of national identity in Bosnia. *''The Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War: A History'' (London: C. Hurst & Co., 2013) – looks at the role of the Bosnian Muslims in World War II.

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 Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people—usually defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group—in whole or in part. Raphael Lemkin coined the term in 1944, combining the Greek word (, "race, people") with the Lat ...

denial.Dr. Marko Attila Hoare, recipient of the 2010 CNAB Award
– CNAB, 18 July 2008. Saint Louis, MO.

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