Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS)

EDUCATION

PhD in History (2008), University of Michigan

Dissertation Title:   Whose Bosnia?: National Movements, Imperial Reform, and the Political Re-Ordering of the Late Ottoman Balkans, 1800-1875

Fields of expertise:            Modern Eastern Europe; Nationalism; Ottoman Empire; cultural history

MA in History (2002), University of Michigan

BA in History (2000), New College of Florida

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS.

American Council of Learned Societies, Dissertation Fellowship, 2008.

Brookings Institution, Sak1p Sabanc1 International Research Award, honorable mention, 2007.

German Marshall Fund Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2004-05.

Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2003-04.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, 2003-04.

Fred Cuny Fellowship for Southeast European Studies (University of Michigan), 2001-02.

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanistic Studies, 2000.

PUBLICATIONS

 "Kosovo's Year Zero: From a Balkan Past to a European Future," with Emil Kerenji, Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, Vol. 2, No. 6 (March 2009).

 "Out of the Ruins: Reflections on the Ottoman Legacy in Southeastern Europe," Middle Eastern Studies 44:5 (2008), 715-734.

"Museums, Multiculturalism, and the Remaking of Postwar Sarajevo," in (Re)visualizing National History: Museums and National Identities in Europe in the New Millennium, ed. Robin Ostow (University of Toronto Press, 2008), 109-138.

"The phantom of justice: The Hague trials after Milosevic," Eurozine cultural journal (April 2006).

Review of Husnija Kamberovi, ed., Historijski mitovi na Balkanu, in Nationalities Papers 33:2 (2005), 281-282.

Review (in Bosnian) of Maya Schatzmiller, ed.  Islam and Bosnia: Conflict Resolution and Foreign Policy in Multi-Ethnic States, in Prilozi Instituta za istoriju u Sarajevu 33 (2004), 343-346.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS

Eastern Europe (social, cultural history)             Modern Balkans (imperial legacies, Yugoslav states)

Nationalism (theory, identity, violence)              Imperial legacies (Ottoman, Habsburg)

TEACHING

I. Course Instructor:

The Evolution of Western Ideas and Institutions since the 17th Century (History 102, Core curriculum course), Loyola University Chicago, Spring 2009.

Empires, Nations, and Wars in Eastern Europe, 1800-1918 (History 300), Loyola University Chicago, Spring 2009.

Survey of East Central Europe, with Michael Kennedy, University of Michigan, Winter 2008.

Nationalism in Modern Europe (writing-intensive seminar), University of Michigan, Fall 2007.

Post-Ethnic Studies in Post-War Bosnia, part of the meu nama / entre nous program sponsored by the Open Society Foundation of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Sarajevo, 2004-2005.

II. Assistantships and Lectures:

Lecturer, "Islam in the Balkans," for Global Islam: History of Muslim Societies course, University of Michigan, January 2007.

Curriculum consultant on Eastern Europe for "Social Studies Curriculum Units" for high schools in Oakland and Wayne Counties (part of the University of Michigan International Institute's Outreach Program in the Detroit Metro area); Fall 2002 and Fall 2006.

Lecturer, "Introduction to Eastern Europe," for the Political Economy of East Central Europe course, University of Michigan, January 2003.

Assistant for History Undergraduate Writing Seminars, University of Michigan, Winter 2002.

Assistant for Europe in the Era of Total War, 1890-1945, University of Michigan, Fall 2001.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

I. Invited Speaker or Panelist

Discussant on "Violence and the Ordinary" roundtable with Veena Das, Josh Cole, and Laura Brown, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, University of Michigan, April 2008.

Commentator on "European Tolerance, Muslim Intolerance, and the Cultural Politics of ‘Europe'" presentation by Mayanthi Fernando; Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend conference, Islamic Studies Initiative, University of Michigan, October 2007.

Speaker: "Multiculturalism and the Culture of Confessionalism: Remaking Museums in Post-War Sarajevo," The Carolina Seminar on Comparative Islamic Studies, sponsored by the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, September 2005.

Speaker: "Museums, Multiculturalism, and the Remaking of Post-war Sarajevo," Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto, March 2005.

II. Conference and Workshop Presentations

 "Out of the Ruins: Reflections on the Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans," Islam at the Edges: Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia colloquium at Northern Illinois University, March 2009.

"Land Rights and National Wrongs: Peasant Demands and National Movements in Ottoman and Habsburg Bosnia, 1860-1910," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies National Convention, Philadelphia, November 2008.

"South Slav National Movements: New Frameworks for an Old Problem," Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Junior Scholars' Training Seminar, August 2008.

"Justice, or the ‘Care of the Ruler for the Good of His Subjects:' A Glimpse into a Provincial Moral Economy in Late Ottoman Bosnia," American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies National Convention, New Orleans, November 2007 (panel organizer).

"‘Refugee Life is an Everyday Experience:' Contemporary Art in Bosnia After the War," the Interplay of Art and Globalization: Consequences for Museums conference, Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna, January 2007.

"Cultural Heritage and War Crimes in Bosnia," the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies workshop, University of Sarajevo program held at the Inter-University Center, Dubrovnik, May 2005.

"Political Aspirations of the Bosnian Franciscans during the Tanzimat, 1850-1878," the Association for the Study of Nationalities conference, Columbia University, April 2005.

"‘Our Sultan is in Brussels:' Bosnian Muslims and the Specter of European Integration," the Churches in the Former Yugoslavia workshop, University of Münster, October 2004.

"Central Europe and Bosnian Muslim Intellectuals during Habsburg Rule," Contours of Legitimacy in Central Europe: New Approaches in Graduate Studies, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, May 2002.

"The Search for a Viable Polity and Mid 19^th Century Bosnians, 1850-1882," Socrates Kokkalis Fourth Annual Graduate Student Workshop, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, February 2002.

"Contested Ottoman Legacies in Yugoslav States," Cultural Politics Workshop (part of Crossing Borders: Revitalizing Area Studies project funded by the Ford Foundation), Bogazici University, Istanbul, May 2001.

ACADEMIC SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP

Member:

the American Historical Association;

the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies;

the Association for the Study of Nationalities;

the University of Chicago Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies.

Visiting scholar, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley, 2005-2006.

Co-organizer with Damir Imamovi and Farah Tahirbegovi of meu nama / entre nous, a two-year-long program of monthly public talks, debates, and seminar; sponsored by the Open Society Fund of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Sarajevo, 2003-2005.

Library Assistant in Slavic Division, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan; 2002-2003.

Interpreter, Building Lasting Peace in the Balkans diplomatic symposium (interpreted Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian to English in bilingual panel sessions), Dayton, OH, November 2000.

LANGUAGES

Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and English: native fluency

German, Modern Turkish: proficient

Latin, Ottoman Turkish, Russian: elementary

REFERENCE CONTACTS

John V.A. Fine                                                                Geoff Eley

Professor of History                                                                    Distinguished University Professor of History

University of Michigan                                                    University of Michigan

734.663.8551                                                                  ghe@umich.edu

Brian Porter                                                                   Michael Kennedy

Associate Professor of History                                        Professor of Sociology

University of Michigan                                                    University of Michigan

baporter@umich.edu                                                       midake@umich.edu