Dr Dejan Djokić
Position held: Reader in History
Email: d.djokic (@gold.ac.uk)
Office hours: Tuesday 1-2pm (Autumn and Spring term), Wednesday 12-1pm (Autumn term) or by appointment, Richard Hoggart Building, Room 285
Dr Dejan Djokic is the Director of the Centre for the Study of the Balkans and Co-Convener of the Institute of Historical Research seminar 'Rethinking Modern Europe'.
Academic qualifications
BA History, SSEES, University of London, 1996
PhD History, University College London, 2004
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Teaching
BA second and third year
Nationalism, Democracy and Dictatorship in Twentieth Century Eastern Europe
MA
Ethnic Conflict and Reconciliation in Modern Europe
Areas of supervision
I would welcome research proposals on modern and contemporary history of South Eastern Europe. Proposals for joint supervision (with colleagues at Goldsmiths or other University of London colleges) would be welcome also, on comparative topics that would include former Yugoslavia and the Balkans.
I am currently the main supervisor for the following postgraduate MPhil/PhD student:
■ Christian Kurzydlowski, 'Another Balkan Myth? The Extreme right wing in Serbia: Indigenous phenomenon or foreign adaptation?'
Professional activities
■ Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
■ Member of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES), and external member of the advisory board of the Vane Ivanović Collection, Kingston University.
Television and video output
I have commented on contemporary events in former Yugoslavia for UK and international media, including Sky News, BBC Radio, ABC National Radio (Sydney), etc. and have written articles for other media, including the New Statesman, Guardian, Independent, Danas (Belgrade), THES, openDemocracy and Pescanik.net (Belgrade) (full details available on request).