Natasa Kovacevic (@natasaphd)
Literature prof, Eastern Michigan U // Anticolonial internationalisms, Cold War, and migration studies // Author, Narrating Post/Communism; Uncommon Alliances; Nonaligned Imagination.
www.emich.academia.edu/NatasaKovacevic
- If you are in the Toronto area, come hear me speak about nonalignment and decolonial imagination on January 12, 4-6 pm. @nupress.bsky.social
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- Latin American Federation of Writers’ Associations' Caracas Declaration, 1985, forwarded to the Yugoslav Writers’ Union. It condemns US “aggressive imperialism” in Nicaragua, as well as the “de facto occupation” of Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama, and supports the independence of Puerto Rico.
- I was recently interviewed about my research on nonaligned literary solidarities for one of my favorite podcasts, Yugoblok. Check it out! @nupress.bsky.social
- NUP books are 50% off until January 3!
- Thrilled to have been able to give Zoran Minderović a copy of Nonaligned Imagination--he contributed to its writing by sharing the 1950s diary that his father, writer Čedomir Minderović, kept in India. In the photo: Čedomir and Amrita Pritam, Indian writer who visited Yugoslavia on three occasions.
- In honor of #ASEEES, @nupress.bsky.social is offering a 40% discount on select titles until Dec. 1. You can get your discounted copy of 'Nonaligned Imagination' by entering code ASEEES2025! nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014884...
- And check out the amazing lineup of #ASEEES panels sponsored by the New Yugoslav Studies Association: newyugoslavstudies.org/aseees-2025....
- If you will be at #ASEEES, come to the book panel on "Nonaligned Imagination," at 10 am on Saturday! Later that day, at 4 pm, I'll participating in a book panel on James Robertson's wonderful "Mediating Spaces."
- Wonderful book launch of 'Nonaligned Imagination' yesterday! Grateful to all the colleagues, students, and friends who helped me celebrate this book and asked great questions during Q&A! Hope to announce more events soon. @nupress.bsky.social
- Looking forward to sharing my research with Eastern Michigan University colleagues and students. Book launch coming up on October 23!
- Delighted and humbled to learn that my book 'Nonaligned Imagination' was included in the display at the 'Non-Aligned Visions' film installation at U of Pennsylvania, on contemporary artistic explorations of 1960s-70s transnational solidarities. #nonaligned publictrust.org/non-aligned-...
- The hard copies are here! @nupress.bsky.social designed a gorgeous cover.
- I am thrilled to announce that my book has been published! Thank you to @nupress.bsky.social and my incredible editor for her guidance and support. I hope to share my work with as many of you as possible! Enter code NUP2025 for a 25% discount at nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014884....
- Dara Janeković, one of the few Yugoslav women correspondents reporting from Asia and Africa. The French paramilitary OAS tried to assassinate her because of her reporting on the Algerian War. She interviewed a range of prominent politicians, from Ahmed Ben Bella to Indira Gandhi.
- My favorite archival find when writing 'Nonaligned Imagination' was a report by Petar Guberina about the 1959 Congress of Black Writers and Artists in Rome, which he attended as a Yugoslav observer. He discusses a controversial speech by a Dr Omar, Fanon’s code name at several conferences.
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- Dragan Savić, Yugoslav caricaturist and illustrator, traveled to Algeria in 1961, where the National Liberation Front (FLN) commissioned him to create a series of drawings documenting the Algerian struggle for independence.
- Reposted by Natasa Kovacevic (@natasaphd)In "Indigenomicon," @arsavium.bsky.social examines the differences between settler colonial studies and Indigenous studies by bringing video game studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/RM90jF8
- My book is available for pre-order from @nupress.bsky.social. 25% discount with code NUP2025 at nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014884... Only a few more weeks until it comes out!
- We have the book cover! Thank you to @nupress.bsky.social for gorgeous design and to Museum of Yugoslavia for the permission to feature Petar Lubarda's painting 'Buđenje Afrike' / 'The Awakening of Africa' on the cover. Link to NUP's book page and more info about the painting in comments.
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