Dr. Damir Kovačević
Contact Information
124 Garfield Ave
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Monday-Thursday 1:00-2:00 pm and by appointment
Biography
Dr. Damir Kovačevič joined our department in 2018. He teaches courses in the areas of international relations and comparative politics, specifically, Introduction to World Politics, International Conflict, International Relations Theory, Culture and Politics, and U.S. Foreign Policy. His research agenda is twofold: his primary area of study is comparative genocide studies, primarily in the former Yugoslavia and the local dynamics of ethnic cleansing and political violence broadly. His secondary area of research is in the field of international relations theory, norms, human rights, and the use of unconventional weapons in warfare.
Education
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University (International Relations/Comparative Politics)—2018
M.A., Northern Illinois University (International Relations/Comparative Politics)—2014
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (World Politics)—2012
Teaching and Research Interests
Teaching Interests
World Politics, International Relations Theory, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Conflict, Political Violence, and Culture and Politics
Research Interests
Genocide Studies, Ethnic Conflict and Nationalism, Political Violence, International Relations Theory, and the Balkans/Former Yugoslavia
Published Research
Damir Kovačević, "Guilty Consciences: Unprovoked Admissions of Genocide Culpability," (Working Draft).
Damir Kovačević, "Coming to Terms with the Past: Recognizing the California and Maine Genocides," (Working Draft).
Damir Kovačević (w/Matthew Tentler and Nicole Loring), “Agent Collaboration and Ethnic Cleansing: A Meso-Level Analysis of Local Dynamics and Coordination,” under review at Journal of Genocide Research (2024).
Damir Kovačević, “Domestic Terror in an Age of Disillusionment: The Riddler’s Motivations for Terrorism in The Batman” in eds. Martin Claar and Clint Jones, Terrorism in Youth Popular Culture: Teaching the Next Generation from the Cold War to the Present (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2024).
Damir Kovačević (w/Martin Claar), “Nowhere to Hide: The Use of Chemical Agents during the Vietnam War,” The Nonproliferation Review (2023), pp. 1-24.
Damir Kovačević (w/Martin Claar), “Don’t Cry No More: A Comparative Study of U.S. Domestic and Foreign Restrictions on Riot Control Agent Use” Diplomacy & Statecraft, vol. 34, no. 3 (2023), pp. 543-565.
Damir Kovačević, “Visions of Greater Serbia: Local Dynamics and the Prijedor Genocide,” Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 14, no. 1 (2020), pp. 105-123.
Damir Kovačević (w/Afrimadona and Martin Claar), “Gas, Power, and Norms: Competing Logics for the Declining Use of Chemical Warfare,” The Nonproliferation Review, vol. 26, no. 3-4 (2019), pp. 251-266.