Aleksandar Momcilovic

Theories of World Literature, Structuralism, Literariness, Intellectual History of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, History of Socialism, Circulation of Knowledge, Cold War Literature, Dissent

B.A. (2015-2019) Comparative Literature and Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade

M.A. (2019-2022) Critical Theory and Cultural Studies, Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague

“Towards the Canon of the Non-Aligned: Yugoslav Literature and the Foreign Policy,” in Yugoslav Literature: the Past, Present and Future of a Contested Notion. Edited by Adrijana Marčetić et al. Beograd: Čigoja štampa, 2019. 179-188.

“Literature From Below: Literary Competitions in Serbia (1941–1945) and in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945).” In European Literatures of Military Occupation: Shared Experience, Shifting Boundaries, and Aesthetic Affections. Edited by Matthias Buschmeier, Jeanne E. Glesener. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2024. 239-259.

“Please, Mile, Don’t Sing Anything Political: Turbo Folk, Politics and Restoration of Capitalism in Serbia.” In The Routledge Handbook of Popular Music and Politics of the Balkans. Edited by Catherine Baker. London & New York: Routledge, 2024. 147-161.

2022 “Literature from Below: Literary Competitions on the Territory of the German Military Commander in Serbia and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.” International Conference European Literatures of Military Occupation 1938-1955, Villa Vigoni, Menaggio, Lake Como, Italy, April 4-7

2023 “Reimagining World Literature: Towards an Alternative Model of Literary History under European Socialisms,” International Workshop Becoming Independent; Institutions and Epistemologies of Knowledge Production in the Age of Decolonisation, University of Cambridge, the UK, June 5-6

2024 “Historical-Typological Analogies: A Model of Cross-Temporal Comparison in European Marxist Literary Studies.”  International Conference Affiliations: Towards a Theory of Cross-Temporal Comparison, University of Oxford, the UK, May 24-25