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Melissa Bokovoy is a professor and chair in the Department of History.
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Her work emphasizes the peoples of Yugoslavia and how they adapted to, changed, and resisted regimes.
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Bokovoy is the author of many books including “Sharing the World Stage: Biography and Gender in World History”, “Sharing the Stage: Biography and Gender in Western Civilization”, “Peasants and Communists: Politics and Ideology in the Yugoslav Countryside”, and “State-Society Relations in Yugoslavia.”
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She has won awards and grants for her research, teaching, and service. At UNM, she was appointed University of New Mexico Regents’ Lecturer and was named Outstanding Teacher in 2012.
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Bokovoy has been involved with four important projects over the 15 years that amplify Yugoslavia and Western European History.
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She is currently past-president of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies after serving as president in 2021 and 2022.
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Bokovoy received her doctorate in Eastern European studies since 1453 at Indiana University, her M.A. in Eastern European History, and a B.A. in History from Pomona College
Areas of Interest
Memory and History in the Balkans, World War I and II, and Peasant society and culture
Contact
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