Danilo Mandic
Graduate Student in Sociology
Biographical Note
Danilo Mandic was born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia and later endured Princeton until 2007. As an undergraduate, he studied the rise of nationalism(s) in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, and spent considerable time around student groups dealing with the war in Iraq, the death penalty, workers' rights and other causes. Stubborn, argumentative and with a budding delusion of grandeur, Danilo was drawn naturally to academia and aspires to become a professor. His interests include nationalism, state formation, theory, Balkan history and US foreign policy. His hobbies include stealing books, listening to himself talk, joining basketball games uninvited and Radiohead. He has 0 children and 0 cats.
* Making Serbs: Serbian Nationalism and Collective Identity, 1990-2000, Senior Thesis.
* Myths & Bombs: War, State Popularity and National Mythology, Nationalities Papers.
* The Limits of Nationalism, Stanford Journal.
10/11/2008
- Research Interests
- Comparative and historical sociology; nationalism, post-Communist transitions, Balkan history and US foreign policy.
- Previous Degrees
- AB in Sociology, Princeton University (Summa Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa)
Contact
617-496-5794 (FAX)
611 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138