Yugoslavia during WWII: conflict of nations, religion and ideology

Pre-requisites: Undergraduate degree in history, regular class attendance and fulfillment of all academic obligations.

Course objectives: Expanding and deepening knowledge about the tragic conflict of nations, religions and ideologies on Yugoslavian territories during the Second world war. Forming a critical opinion on issues.

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 objective for the practical component will be to enable students to use their skills to independently locate sources, critically and professionally analyze and interpret them, suggest new directions for research, offer methodological solutions to problems and write historical papers.

Learning Outcomes: Over the course students will strengthen their knowledge on the subject through working with historical sources and literature, identifying complex issues, using the critical approach, adopting professional discourse, researching and writing historical papers.

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.
• B. Kočović, Žrtve Drugog svetskog rata u Jugoslaviji, London 1985.