Biography

Nikola Zečević was born in 1986 in Berane, where he completed his primary and high school education. He furthered his education at the University of Montenegro, Faculty of Political Sciences, where he pursued and completed a Masters degree in International Relations and Diplomacy.

His academic pursuits took an international turn when he was awarded by the UK Government with the prestigious Chevening Scholarship. This opportunity led him to the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, where he earned a Master’s degree in Modern History.

Continuing his scholarly trajectory, he is currently engaged in PhD studies in Eastern and South Eastern European History at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

His academic career includes a significant tenure from 2013 to 2021 as a teaching fellow at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Donja Gorica. During this period, he imparted knowledge in a variety of courses: History of Balkan Relations, History of Diplomacy, History of Europe, Introduction to Geopolitics, Academic Writing and Rhetoric, and Political Marketing.

In recognition of his scholarly contributions, in 2016, Zečević was honoured with the award for the Best Young Scientist in the field of humanities by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts.

His research journey further expanded through various international scholarships. In 2017, he was a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, under the aegis of the Croatian Ministry of Science. The following year, as a Visegrad Scholarship Fund recipient, he conducted research at Charles University in Prague, specifically within the Department of South Slavic and Balkan Studies. In the summer of 2021, he furthered his research at the University of Viennas Institute for the History of Eastern Europe, as an OeAD scholar (supported by the Austrian Government). March 2022 saw him enriching academic discourse as a guest lecturer at the Catholic Private University (KU) in Linz.

Between September 2018 and September 2019, Zečević contributed his expertise as a project coordinator and public policy researcher at the Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI).

From October 2021 to May 2022, he served as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Montenegro.

Zečević is also a prolific writer, contributing authored articles and columns to a range of esteemed newspapers, magazines, and blogs, including Vijesti, Peščanik, The National Interest, and Novi magazin.

Published academic papers:

Chapters in books published by renowned international publishers ↓

1) Nikola Zečević (2021), The Njegoš Chapel Versus the Njegoš Mausoleum - The Post-Yugoslav Ethnicization of Cultural Heritage in Montenegro. In: Bădescu G., Baillie B., Mazzucchelli M. (eds) Transforming Heritage in the Former Yugoslavia: Synchronous Pasts. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76401-2;
2) Nikola Zečević (2021), Europeanising History to (Re)construct the Statehood Narrative: The Reinterpretation of World War One in Montenegro. In: Milošević A., Trošt T. (eds) Europeanisation and Memory Politics in the Western Balkans. Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54700-4_8;
3) Nikola Zečević (2020), Contemporary Language-Naming Practices in the Western Balkans. In: Adam Bence Balazs, Christina Griessler (Ed.) The Visegrad Four and the Western Balkans, Framing Regional Identities. Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, Germany. ISBN print: 978-3-8487-5999-6, ISBN online: 978-3-7489-0113-6, https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748901136-231.

Articles published in international journals listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) or Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) ↓

1) Nikola Zečević (2019), The Russian Revolution and Its Impact on the Idea of Balkan Union (1918-1933): National vs. International, TRAMES - A Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 23, 3/2019, Estonian Academy of Sciences – University of Tartu, Tallinn, ISSN 14006-0922.

Articles published in other international and national journals / edited volumes ↓

1) Nikola Zečević (2019), Diplomatska aktivnost crnogorskog poslanika Mitra Bakića u Carigradu od 1890. do 1903. godine, Zbornik radova: Spoljna politika Crne Gore – Istorija i savremenost, Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti, Podgorica, ISSN 978-86-7215-466-5;
2) Nikola Zečević (2018), Medijske interpretacije djelovanja Sabataja Cevija i kripto-jevrejske zajednice Dönmeh na Balkanu, Kultura (158/2018), Zavod za proučavanje kulturnog razvitka, Beograd, ISSN 0023-5164;
3) Nikola Zečević (2017), Impact of Nationalism on Language-naming Practices in 19th Century Croatia, Lingua et vita (11/2017), Ekonomická univerzita v Bratislave, Fakulta aplikovaných jazykov, Bratislava, ISSN 1338-6743;
4) Nikola Zečević (2016), Analiza Izvještaja međunarodne istražne komisije Karnegijeve zadužbine za mir o Balkanskim ratovima, 1912-13, Glasnik Odjeljenja humanističkih nauka (3/2016), Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti, Podgorica, ISSN 2337-0122;
5) Saša Knežević, Nikola Zečević (2015), Multilateralne inicijative na Balkanu u razdoblju između 1995. i 2015. godine, Međunarodne studije (2/15), Centar za međunarodne studije, Zagreb, ISSN 1332-4756.

Book reviews ↓

1) Nikola Zečević (2017), O identitetu, CANU, Podgorica, 2015., Humanističke studije, 3/2017, Podgorica, ISSN 2337-0718;
2) Nikola Zečević (2015), Žorž-Anri Sutu, Evropa od 1815. do danas, CID, Podgorica, 2015., Humanističke studije, 1/2015, Podgorica, ISSN 2337-0718.

Lexicographic entries ↓

1) Leksikon diplomatije Crne Gore, Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti, Podgorica, 2022, ISBN: 978-86-7215-520-4 (19 entries).

International academic conferences and workshops:

1) »The World Order in the 19th Century: Implications for the Present«, Central European University - Corvinus University, Budapest, October 2015;
2) »Security Challenges in the Balkans«, University of Bucharest - New Strategy Center, Bucharest, May 2016;
3) »Balkan Worlds III: Power Networks in the Imperial and Post-Imperial Balkans, 18th - 20th c.«, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, October 2016;
4) »Reform and Revolution in Europe, 1917/19: Entangled and Transnational Histories«, University of Tampere, Finland, March, 2017.
5) »Evropa, Balkan i Crna Gora«, CANU - UDG, Podgorica, Crna Gora, oktobar, 2017.
6) »The Western Balkan’s Diversity of Identities: Religion, Language and Education«, Andrássy University - Central European University, Budapest, November, 2017.
7) »ASN European Conference: Nationalism in Times of Uncertainty«, Centre for South-East European Studies - University of Graz, Austria, July, 2018.
8) »Spoljna politika Crne Gore – istorija i savremenost«, CANU - Vlada Crne Gore - UDG, Podgorica, Crna Gora, septembar, 2018.
9) »Petrovački diskursi: Obnova evropske ideje u sjenci populizma«, Hans Seidel Stiftung - UDG - Centar za spoljnu politiku, Petrovac, Crna Gora, oktobar, 2018.
10) »Understanding Identities and Regions - Perspectives on V4 and WB«, Fakultet političkih nauka Sarajevo - Center for European Neighborhood Studies (CENS) - Andrássy Universität Budapest, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May, 2019.
11) »Njegoševi dani 8«, Univerzitet Crne Gore (Filološki fakultet), Kotor, Crna Gora, septembar, 2019.
12) »Petrovački diskursi: Evropski izbori u kontekstu razvoja EU i Zapadnog Balkana«, Hans Seidel Stiftung - UDG - Centar za spoljnu politiku, Petrovac, Crna Gora, oktobar, 2019.
13) »Balkan Express: Living together - Tolerance, Coexistence, Reconciliation«, Charles University (Faculty of Humanities) - Czech Academy of Sciences (Institute of Ethnology & Institute of History), Prague, Czech Republic, November, 2019.
14) »History Fest«, Udruženje za modernu historiju - UMHIS, Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegovina, jun, 2021.
15) »The Right-Wing Parties and Intellectuals in Interwar South-Eastern Europe«, Institute for Balkan Studies (SASA) / Balkanološki institut (SANU), Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, April, 2022.
16) »Arqus Research Focus Forum: Changing Socities - Dimensions of Europeanization«, Centre for South-East European Studies - University of Graz, Austria, May, 2022.
17) »Njegoševi dani 10«, Univerzitet Crne Gore (Filološki fakultet), Budva, septembar, Crna Gora, 2023.
18) »National Communism in Socialist Federations«, Institute of Contemporary History of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Study Centre for National Reconciliation (Ljubljana), Prague, Czech Republic, September, 2023.
19) »(De)Constructing Yugoslavia: Migrants, Exiles, Refugees«, Slovenian Migration Institute (ZRC SAZU) & University of Glasgow, Ljubljana, Slovenia, April, 2024.

Contact: nikolaz@ucg.ac.me; n.zecevic@campus.lmu.de