Miloš Jovanović is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2016), an M.A. in History from Central European University (2008), and a B.A. in History and International Affairs from Lafayette College (2007). Prior to his appointment at UCLA in 2019, Jovanović served as Research Associate with the Empires of Memory Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Ethnic and Religious Diversity in Göttingen (2016–2019). He also held instructor positions in Urban History (2015–2016) and Global Studies (2011–2012) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, along with teaching assistant roles in Western Civilization (2010–2012).

Jovanović's research focuses on the Balkans, Ottoman and Habsburg Empires, capitalism, Marxist theory and history, visual methods, and the role of imperial histories in the making of capitalist urban space, viewing history as an emancipatory practice. His book project, Cities of Dust and Mud, explores post-Ottoman urban transformations in Belgrade and Sofia. Key publications include the co-edited volume Sharpening the Haze: Visual Essays on Imperial History and Memory (Ubiquity Press, 2020); articles such as “The City in Our Hands: Urban Management and Contested Modernity in Nineteenth Century Belgrade” (Urban History, 2013), “Whitewashed Empire: Historical Narrative and Place Marketing in Vienna” (History & Anthropology, 2019), “Laudon’s Garden: Habsburg Legacy and the Warped Space of Empire” (History of the Present, 2020), and contributions to special issues in Cultural Studies and History of the Present (both 2020). His accolades encompass the Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship (2013), Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Graduate Fellowship (2015), American Research Center in Sofia Research Fellowship (2013), and European University Institute Marc Bloch Prize (2008). At UCLA, he teaches courses including nineteenth-century Eastern Europe (HIST 120A), modern European history (HIST 121F), urban history seminars (HIST 187C, 191C), Western Civilization (HIST 1C), and a graduate course on the global history of the Habsburg Empire. He has presented lectures internationally and organized film screenings of Waterfront (2018).

Professional Email: jovanovic@history.ucla.edu