Yugoslavia during WWII: conflict of nations, religion and ideology

Pre-requisites: Completed undergraduate studies in history or masters degree in history, regular class attendance and fulfillment of academic obligations.

Course objectives: Systematically shaping knowledge on the problems addressed in the course, critiquing and evaluating research problems through a methodological approach, expressing ones own scientific opinion.

Course description: The theoretical component is comprised of analyzing the origin and root of national, religious and ideological divisions, their culminating into conditions of occupation, the defeat of the civilian concept on which the Yugoslavian state existed up until then, the shaping of a new, victorious revolutionary model and the necessitated forgetting of those tragically lost for the gain of national peace. The practical component encompasses professional discourse on historical sources, their value and validity, the span of current literature on Yugoslavia during the Second World War, especially its revisionist tendencies in shaping new methodological solutions. The results of study should be evident in the quality of the students own historical work.

Learning Outcomes: Throughout the course doctoral candidates will investigate their own ideas, be capable of leading cultural, professional discourse, analyze historical sources and texts, identify issues and research them.

Literature/Reading:

• B. Petranović, Istorija Jugoslavije 1918–1988, II, Beograd 1988.
• B. Petranović, Srbija u Drugom svetskom ratu 1939–1945, Beograd 1992.
• M. Radojević, „Izbeglička vlada Kraljevine Jugoslavije i jugoslovenska državna ideja“, u: Drugi svjetski rat – 50 godina kasnije, Podgorica 1997, 215-226.
• Lj. Dimić, Istorija srpske državnosti, Novi Sad 2001.
• M. Grol, Londonski dnevnik 1941–1945, Beograd 1990.
• V. Terzić, Slom Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1941. godine, 1-2, Beograd 1982.
• B. Krizman, Pavelić i ustaše, 1-3, Zagreb 1978.
• Z. Vučković, Od otpora – do građanskog rata, London 1984.
• B. Kočović, Žrtve Drugog svetskog rata u Jugoslaviji, London 1985.