Milica Resanović

Dr Milica Resanović

Small Group Project 2025-26

Fiction as Memory Work: Youth Engagement with Yugoslav Wars Through Literary Fiction

With Rodoljub Jovanović & Tijana Matijević

This project investigates the role of literary fiction in shaping collective memories of the 1990s among young readers in Serbia, focusing on youth born after 2000 who lack personal memories of the breakup of Yugoslavia and the wars in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo. It investigates how literature contributes to their understanding and emotional engagement with this historical period, addressing broader theoretical questions about the transfer of historical knowledge. The study considers fiction as an alternative source of memory, recognizing that collective memory extends beyond formal historiography and textbooks, which is a topic that has been quite extensively researched. It examines how fiction integrates data, insights, and emotions, emphasizing the capacity to understand wrongdoing and suffering.

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Areas of interest

Sociology Serbia Gender Gender Studies World Literature Cultural Sociology

Cohort

FG11

Biography

Milica Resanović is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade.

She obtained her Ph.D. in Sociology at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, in 2023, with a thesis titled “Symbolic Boundaries and Struggles in the Field of Literary Production in Serbia Today.” She completed her undergraduate and master’s studies at the same faculty, focusing on topics such as cultural consumption, taste, and reflexivity. She began her career as a researcher at the Institute for Sociological Research at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, where she was involved in both national and international projects. In 2022, she joined the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, where she is engaged in the Gender Research Laboratory and the Laboratory for Social Critique. Her research interests include cultural sociology, sociology of literature, and gender studies.

Biographical details correct as of 26.06.25