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Tatjana Aleksic is an Associate Professor in Slavic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan's College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA). She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University (2007) and an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Niš, Serbia (2002). Her research focuses on Balkan literature and film, nationalism, postcolonialism, gender studies, and mythological narratives.
Key affiliations include the Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (CREES) and the WCEE Faculty. She has authored influential works such as The Sacrificed Body: Balkan Community Building and the Fear of Freedom (2013) and edited Mythistory and Narratives of the Nation in the Balkans (2007). Her research has been recognized with awards from the University of Michigan, the Serbian Ministry for the Diaspora, and Rutgers University.
Award-winning publications span cultural theory, film analysis, and postmodern fiction. Recent work includes explorations of Albanian cinema's trauma narratives, post-Yugoslav media landscapes, and feminist reinterpretations of patriarchal histories. She teaches courses on 20th-century culture, gender and myth, and poststructuralist theory, mentoring graduate students in Slavic studies.
Her interdisciplinary approach bridges literary analysis with sociological and human rights frameworks, examining themes like sacrifice, nationalism, and community-building in the Balkans. Ongoing projects include a manuscript on sacrifice, the body, and nationalism.
