Nicholas J. Miller

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Nicholas J. Miller
Alma mater UC Santa Barbara BA
Indiana University MA and PhD

Nicholas J. Miller is an American Professor of History at Boise State University.

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Miller received a B.A. in History from UC Santa Barbara and his M.A. and PhD from Indiana University. [1] Miller's work and research focuses on the lands of the former Yugoslavia. He has received fellowships from the International Research and Exchanges Board, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies, and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. [1] He has written articles on Croatian and Serbian history. [1]

Miller has written two books on the former Yugoslavia. Between Nation and State: Serbian Politics in Croatia Before the First World War narrates politics in Croatia prior to World War I. [2] The Nonconformists: Culture, Politics, and Nationalism in a Serbian Cultural Circle, 1944-1991 looks at the role of Serbian intellectuals in political change in Yugoslavia and Serbia post-World War II, focusing on three individuals; novelist Dobrica Ćosić, painter Mića Popović and literary critic Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nick Miller". works.bepress.com. Boise State University. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015.
  2. Miller, Nicholas J. (1998). "About". Between Nation and State: Serbian Politics in Croatia Before the First World War. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN   978-0-82297-722-3.
  3. Dawisha, Karen; Parrott, Bruce (1997). Politics, Power and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. xvi. ISBN   978-0-52159-733-3.
  4. Miller, Nicholas J. (2007). "Backcover". The Nonconformists: Culture, Politics, and Nationalism in a Serbian Intellectual Circle, 1944-1991. Central European University Press. ISBN   978-9-63977-613-5.