Srdja Pavlović, also Srđa Pavlović, is a Montenegrin and Serbian
historian
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. He was born in and educated in Montenegro, but left his homecountry to continue education around the world. He currently teaches in Canada. He specialized in the modern European and
Balkan history, with a main focus of research in the field of
political
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and
cultural history
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of the
South Slavs
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during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Early life and education
He was born in
SR Montenegro
The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...
, and finished his early education there. He left for continuation of his education elsewhere, namely in Serbia, Mongolia, Great Britain, eventually finishing it in Canada, where he currently lives and works. Specializing in the modern European and
Balkan history, his research main focus is in the field of
political
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with decision-making, making decisions in social group, groups, or other forms of power (social and political), power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of Social sta ...
and
cultural history
Cultural history records and interprets past events involving human beings through the social, cultural, and political milieu of or relating to the arts and manners that a group favors. Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897) helped found cultural history ...
of the
South Slavs
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during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Career
He is currently
adjunct professor
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at the Department of History and Classics,
University of Alberta
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, where he is
research associate
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In some universities/research institutes, such as Harvard/Harvard Medical Scho ...
at ''
Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies''.
Pavlović specialized in the modern European and Balkan history, with political and cultural history of the
South Slavs
South Slavs are Slavic people who speak South Slavic languages and inhabit a contiguous region of Southeast Europe comprising the eastern Alps and the Balkan Peninsula. Geographically separated from the West Slavs and East Slavs by Austria, ...
during the 19th and 20th centuries being his main field of research.
Previously, he also taught at
Grant MacEwan University, and at the
Portage College
Portage College is a public board-governed community college in Lac La Biche, Alberta, Canada. Portage has seven campus locations throughout northeastern Alberta.
History
In 1968, Alberta NewStart was established in Lac La Biche as part of the f ...
. Beside his college and university teachings, Pavlović is also a researcher, supervisor, editor, and
literary translator.
He co-founded ''
Spaces of Identity'', where he works as co-editor.
This is a multidisciplinary international web-journal dedicated to issues of tradition, cultural boundaries and identity formation in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2017, he signed the
Declaration on the Common Language
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of the
Croats
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,
Serbs
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,
Bosniaks
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and
Montenegrins
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Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes ...
.
He is also an associate editor of ''Nationality Papers'' at
Columbia University
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, and ''Treaties and Documents'' at
University of Maribor
The University of Maribor () is Slovenia's second-largest university, established in 1975 in Maribor, Slovenia. It currently has 17 faculties.
History
The university's roots reach back to 1859 when a theological seminary was established wi ...
.
Pavlović is coordinator of the research projects ''Direct Democracy and Active Citizenship: Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina'' for
North America
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.
Political views and engagements
Dr. Pavlović was the founding member of
Movement for Changes
Movement for Changes (, PZP) is a right-wing populist and far-right political party in Montenegro. Its current leader is Nebojša Medojević, the party's founder.
History
The party was founded by a group of economists and academics in Septembe ...
(PzP), the
Montenegrin political party, and was also the member of the Advisory Councils for
Democratic Front (DF), a political coalition in Montenegro.
Published works
Beside authoring articles in various
peer-reviewed journals
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worldwide, Pavlović has written historical
monograph
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s in
English and
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...
languages, such as:
* ''Balkan Anschluss: The Annexation of Montenegro and the Creation of the Common South Slavic State'' (2008);
* ''Prostori Identiteta: Eseji o Istoriji, Sjećanju i Interpretacijama Prošlosti'' (2006);
*''Iza Ogledala: Eseji o Politici Identiteta'' (2004);
*''Zapadna Ljuljaška'' (1997);
*''Mongolski Piktogram'' (1989).
He edited scholarly collections and literary anthologies such as:
* ''Transcending Fratricide: Political Myths, Reconciliations and the Uncertain Future in the former Yugoslavia'' (2013);
*''Treshold: Anthology of Contemporary Writing from Alberta'' (1998).
See also
*
Marko Attila Hoare
References
External links
* Spaces of Identity a
spacesofidentity.netSrdja Pavlović at
Twitter
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Living people
Historians of the Balkans
Montenegrin historians
21st-century Serbian historians
Yugoslav emigrants to Canada
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian historians
Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language