Čarna Brković

Biography

Čarna Brković is professor of cultural studies and European ethnology at the University of Mainz. Brković previously taught at the University of Göttingen and the University of Regensburg. Brković has published peer-reviewed articles on anthropological epistemology, humanitarianism, freedom, and co-curated a conversation on peer-review for the PoLAR journal.

At the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Brković will complete a book manuscript "Worldmakings. Realigning Humanitarianism from Yugoslav Socialism to Neoliberal Capitalism in the Balkans." This project is an account of how humanitarians in Montenegro pursued worldmaking differently within the Non-Aligned Movement and, forty years later, during the Europeanization process.

Brković received her Ph.D. in social anthropology at the University of Manchester and a B.A. in European ethnology at the University of Belgrade.

This information is accurate for the time period that the visiting scholar is affiliated with CES.

Affiliations

• Professor of Cultural Studies and European Ethnology, University of Mainz
• Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University