Nela Erdeljac

Nela Erdeljac is a Lecturer at Karlovac University of Applied Sciences and holds a PhD in History from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, awarded in 2024. Her academic work is centered on 20th-century international history, particularly focusing on socialist Yugoslavia’s global engagements.

Her research delves into cultural diplomacy, exploring how Yugoslavia projected soft power globally after its 1948 split from the Cominform. Key interests include the intersections of music and violence, Yugoslav-American relations, and the ideological frameworks guiding cultural outreach. She has presented her findings at conferences across Europe and the United States.

The thematic focus of her publication highlights a critical analysis of Yugoslavia’s self-proclaimed borderless cultural diplomacy, revealing how internal bureaucratic mechanisms created de facto boundaries in cultural engagement strategies. Her work contributes to emerging scholarship on socialist states’ foreign cultural policies.

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