Nikola Zečević

Homepage at Donja Gorica University (in Montenegrin)

Summer term 2022

SE Critique of Capitalism in Contemporary Art - Art since the 1990s in Post-Yugoslavia

Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility in cooperation with Monika Leisch-Kiesl (contact for further information about the seminar)

Summary
The key questions of the interdisciplinary seminar are: 1) The definition of the Post-Yugoslav cultural space in contemporary art and humanities, and 2) Are there common issues in contemporary art and humanities when we speak of the Post-Yugoslav space i.e. region?

Methods: the seminar will be divided into two complementary parts. 1) part one is conducted by PhD candidate and researcher Nikola Zečević, MSc who will explain the transitional period of Yugoslav cultural and political space from socialism to capitalism from the perspective of humanities, 2) part two is conducted by Irena Lagator Pejović MA, PhD, an artist and assistant professor who will speak about art practices from the Post-Yugoslav region based on the critical attitude towards the current economic system, 3) outlining the current institutional production relevant for the elaborated content that covers state, private, and NGO, 4) theoretical and philosophical insights by Prof. Monika Leisch-Kiesl, 5) presentation by students attending the course about selected artistic positions.

The lectures, as well as presentations, will be held in English due to the international character of the seminar.

About Nikola Zečević
Nikola Zečević, MSc (born 1986 in Berane, Montenegro) is PhD candidate and researcher at the Faculty of Humanistic Studies, Donja Gorica University (UDG), Montenegro.

At UDG, Zečević is engaged in the subjects History of Europe, History of Balkan Relations, History of Diplomacy, History of Diplomacy of Montenegro, Introduction to Geopolitics, Political Marketing, Academic Writing and Rhetoric. He is the secretary of the scientific editorial board of the journal “Humanistic Studies”.

As a visiting researcher and lecturer he was invited to and has attended universities across Europe, amongst others the University of Economics in Bratislava, the University of Zagreb, the Charles University in Prague and the University of Vienna.