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about

Mission

The New Yugoslav Studies Association is an ASEEES-affiliated interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the study of the Yugoslav political project, culture, and society from a transnational perspective. The association exists to facilitate critical scholarly inquiry, promote exchange of knowledge about Yugoslavia, and maintain its legacies and ongoing relevance. It seeks to bring together researchers, educators, and students of Yugoslavia from across diverse academic, national, and linguistic backgrounds.

The “new” in our name refers not only to a renewed scholarly interest in a country that no longer exists, but also—and more importantly—to a shared methodological stance: namely, a refusal to accept ethno-nationalism and the destruction of socialist Yugoslavia as the only lens through which its significance ought to be viewed. Finally, it also signals an orientation toward the future of research in which Yugoslav critical, historical, social, cultural, and artistic interventions matter—in the region and beyond.

Membership

Membership in NYSA at this point consists simply of joining the mailing list. If you know of colleagues who may be interested in joining us, please direct them to our mailing list page. 

Our work thus far has been supported by the Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES) at UC Berkeley, and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at Stanford. We aim to become a membership-funded organization that could coordinate a panel stream at ASEEES, operate a robust listserv, maintain a website, and organize active local chapters. Our more ambitious plans include future conferences, publications, and other projects that NYSA members may be interested in bringing forth.

​Organizers

Ana Hofman
member-at-large
ZRC SAZU
Amir Husak
member-at-large
New School
Miranda Jakiša
member-at-large
U of Vienna
Dijana Jelača
vice president
Brooklyn College
Maša Kolanović
member-at-large
U of Zagreb
Nataša Kovačević
member-at-large
Eastern Michigan U
Landry Krebs
student representative
UC Berkeley
Vladimir Kulić
member-at-large
Iowa State U
Dominick Lawton
member-at-large
​Stanford U
Pavle Levi
member-at-large
Stanford U
Zdenko Mandušić
member-at-large
U of Toronto
Tanja Petrović
secretary
​ZRC SAZU
Djordje Popović
co-president
UC Berkeley
Antje Postema
treasurer
UC Berkeley
Nikola Radić
student representative
U of Zurich
Ena Selimović
web editor
Turkoslavia Collective
Ljubica Spaskovska
member-at-large
U of Exeter
Grega Ulen
secretary
Tsinghua U
Bojana Videkanić
co-president
U of Waterloo
Nace Zavrl
student representative
Harvard U
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    • Toronto-Waterloo
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