Jovana Babović has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2018.
Professor Babović is a historian of modern transnational Europe. Her research focuses on urban culture and society in Eastern Europe during the twentieth century. You can find more information about Professor Babović’s work on her website.
Office Hours, Fall 2024
Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30pm
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
Eastern Europe, the Balkans, urban history, popular culture, oral history
Education
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MA, Central European University
MA, New York University
BA, Smith College
Publications
Metropolitan Belgrade: Class and Culture in Interwar Yugoslavia, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2018
Sleater-Kinney’s Dig Me Out (33 1/3 Series), Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2016
“National Capital, Transnational Culture: Foreign Entertainment in Interwar Belgrade,” East Central Europe 42.1 (2015): 104-122.
Classes
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HIST 550: Readings in Mod Euro History
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to read and discuss important new works in the history of modern Europe. Students will read contemporary research to gain familiarity with the latest methodological, thematic, and geographical trends in the field. In class meetings, students will engage in discussions to identify the contributions and innovations of each text as well as to consider forthcoming new directions in scholarship.
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HONR 207: Topic: Nostalgia
This seminar will provide students the opportunity to examine distinct, overlapping, and shared cultural identities, traditions, and experiences. Each seminar will explore a selected topic through the lens of at least two of the following: race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. Seminar topics may focus on national, international, and/or transnational issues. Typical titles might be: Gender, Culture, and International Development; Religion and Class in Northern Ireland; and African American Migration Narrative.