Professor Mila Dragojević to Give Easter Semester Convocation Address
Jan. 7, 2026
WATCH THE LIVESTREAM HERE AT 4:30 P.M. CST ON FRIDAY, JAN. 16
The University’s Easter Semester Convocation will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 16. The ceremony will feature the installation of Jennifer Cooley as dean of the College. New members will be inducted into the Order of the Gown, and, in accordance with a tradition established by Vice-Chancellor Rob Pearigen, the teaching and scholarship of the faculty will also be recognized and honored with a convocation address delivered by a member of the University faculty.
This year’s remarks will be given by Professor and Chair of the Politics Department Mila Dragojević.
A professor in the College since 2010, Dragojević’s research interests include nationalism, ethnic politics, political violence, and migrations, with a focus on Southeast Europe. Her scholarly work has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Contemporary Issues, Slavic Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and Nationalities Papers. She has published two books in these areas of research. In her first book, The Politics of Social Ties: Immigrants in an Ethnic Homeland (Ashgate/Routledge, 2014/2016), she examined political incorporation of former refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in Serbia. In her second book, Amoral Communities: Collective Crimes in Time of War (Cornell University Press, 2019), she studied the local conditions associated with violence against civilians in Croatia, Uganda, and Guatemala. Her third book, An Uncertain Spring: Reform, Protest, and Suppression in Croatia, 1968-1971, is forthcoming from Indiana University Press.
Dragojević holds a B.A. from Wilson College, an M.B.A. from the University of New Hampshire, an M.A. from Northeastern University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Brown University. Her research has been recognized with awards and funding from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Fulbright Program, and the Appalachian College Association. She has also received numerous faculty research grants from the University, including the McCrickard Faculty Development Grant and the Kennedy Fellowship. She teaches courses on European and Latin American politics, immigration, political violence, peace and diplomacy, and memory politics. Read more about how Dragojević’s background informs her research in this feature story.
