Yugoslav studies or Yugoslavistics ( sh, Jugoslavistika; sl, Jugoslovanske študije; mk, Југословенски студии; sq, Studime Jugosllave; german: Jugoslawistik; la, Iugoslavistica) is an

academic discipline An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

within Slavic studies and historical studies which is concerned with the study of the XIX century or earlier origins of the Yugoslav idea, creation of Yugoslavia, history of the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...

, World War II in Yugoslavia,

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

and

breakup of Yugoslavia The breakup of Yugoslavia occurred as a result of a series of political upheavals and conflicts during the early 1990s. After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

including

Yugoslav Wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001. The conflicts both led up to and resulted from ...

as well as the

Yugoslavs Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( Bosnian and Croatian: ''Jugoslaveni'', Serbian and Macedonian ''Jugosloveni''/Југословени; sl, Jugoslovani) is an identity that was originally designed to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has be ...

either as an umbrella term or exclusive identification. In contemporary period the discipline is also focused on the post-Yugoslav remembrance of Yugoslavia. Historically, the term was also used as an umbrella term for

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

, Bosnian, Slovenian and

Montenegrin studies Montenegrin may refer to: * Adjective for anything related to Montenegro * Demonym referring to the people of Montenegro, see Demographics of Montenegro * Ethnonym, referring to Montenegrins, the ethnic group associated with Montenegro * Mont ...

. During the 1990s the discipline was closely intertwined with the field of security studies due to the conflicts in the region. The collapse of the Yugoslav state in early 1990's brought the existence of the discipline into question with multiple institutions changing their names or closing down. The field needed to redefine its new position in relation to closely related South Slavic studies (''which alongside post-Yugoslav space include

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

as well'') and

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...

studies (''further differentiated into Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin studies''). In his 1993 essay ''The Phantom of Yugoslavistics'' (german: Das Phantom der Jugoslavistik) German Slavist stated that the field was based on the historical coincidence of the existence of a Yugoslav state and on the “''fading out of the Bulgarian components and interests''" concluding that the South Slavic studies should take its place. The conflict in the area of former Yugoslavia nevertheless attracted significant academic attention with over 130 books being published on it and with multiple authors analyzing it in the framework of Yugoslav or Post-Yugoslav studies. Today the field is dealing with transdisciplinary analysis of various Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav phenomena, social relations and practices.

History

After her exile from South Africa AnnMarie Wolpe gained a post at the Department of Yugoslav Studies of the University of Bradford in 1963.

Prominent academics in the field

* Stevan K. Pavlowitch *

Sabrina P. Ramet Sabrina Petra Ramet (born June 26, 1949) is an American academic, educator, editor and journalist. She specializes in Eastern European history and politics and is a Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Techno ...

* Tanja Lucić * Fred Singleton

Historical and Contemporary Institutions

Contemporary

Former Yugoslavia

Museum of Yugoslavia The Museum of Yugoslavia ( sr, Музеј Југославије, Muzej Jugoslavije) is a public history museum in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It chronicles the period of Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Yugoslavia as well as the life of ...

* Archives of Yugoslavia * Yugoslav Film Archive * Centre for Yugoslav Studies (CEJUS) at the Singidunum University

Elsewhere

* Fred Singleton Archive, University of Bradford * International Association of South-East European Studies

Historical

Former Yugoslavia

* Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (today Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts) *

Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918� ...

(today Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography) * Department of Yugoslavistics (

University of Skopje The Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje ( mk, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“ во Скопје) is the oldest and largest public university in North Macedonia. It is named after the Byzantine Christia ...

) * Department of Yugoslavistics ( Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb) * Department of Yugoslavistics ( University of Osijek)

Elsewhere

* University of Bradford Postgraduate School of Yugoslav Studies * Department of Yugoslavistics (

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) * Department of Yugoslavistics ( Jagiellonian University) * Department of Yugoslavistics (

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princ ...

)

External links

YURG seminar: Heritage Scholars, Power, and Knowledge Production in (Post-)Yugoslav Studies
(March 7, 2022), Central European University
Yugoslav Studies
platform, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures of the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

Bosniak Institute Library Yugoslavistics Section
Bosniak Institute

References

{{Yugoslavia topics Area studies by period Slavic studies Yugoslavism Works about Yugoslavia Yugoslav culture History of Yugoslavia Science and technology in Yugoslavia Balkan studies Cross-cultural studies Cultural history of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cultural history of Croatia Cultural history of Kosovo Cultural history of Montenegro Cultural history of North Macedonia Cultural history of Serbia Cultural history of Slovenia

History

Prominent academics in the field

Historical and Contemporary Institutions

Contemporary

Former Yugoslavia

Elsewhere

Historical

Former Yugoslavia

Elsewhere

See also

External links

Further reading

References