Europe and the Balkans

Tanja Zimmermermann is Junior Professor of Slavic Literatures at the University of Konstanz. Her research interests are media policy and memory studies, the East-West transfer in literature and visual culture from 19th to the 21th century. Most recent publication: ed. Balkan Memories. Media Constructions of National and Transnational History, Bielefeld: Transcript 2012. Aleksandar Jakir is Professor of 20th century History at the Faculty of Philosophy - University of Split. His research interests are contemporary history of Southeastern Europe. He works on different aspects of the political, cultural and social history of Dalmatia, Croatia and Yugoslavia during the 20th century, with emphasis on the process of formation of modern national identity.