ASA outstanding book award (2018), Stein Rokkan Prize honorable mention (2020); ASA outstanding book award (2023) and Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award (2023)
Previously he held research and teaching appointments at the Institute for International Relations (Zagreb),the Centre for the Study of Nationalism,CEU (Prague)- where he worked with late Ernest Gellner -,and at the University of Galway. He also held visiting professorships and fellowships at the Universitélibre de Bruxelles (Eric Remacle Chair in Conflict and Peace Studies),the Institute for Human Sciences,Vienna,the London School of Economics,Uppsala University,the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences,Amsterdam,the Australian Defence College,Canberra and the Centre for Subjectivity Research,University of Copenhagen[1].
Prof. Maleševićis author of eleven and editor of nine books and volumes including monographs Ideology,Legitimacy and the New State (2002),The Sociology of Ethnicity (2004),Identity as Ideology (2006) The Sociology of War and Violence (2010),Nation-States and Nationalisms (2013),The Rise of Organised Brutality (2017),Grounded Nationalisms (2019),Why Humans Fight (2022) and Nationalism as a Way of Life (2025). The Rise of Organised Brutality is a recipient of the 2018 outstanding book award from the American Sociological Association's Peace,War and Social Conflict Section [3],'Grounded Nationalisms' was a runner up (honorable mention) in 2020 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research while 'Why Humans Fight' was winner of the 2023 outstanding book award from the American Sociological Association (PWSC section) and has also been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2023 Conflict Research Society book prize. In 2023 Prof. Maleševićreceived Robin M. Williams,Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship,Teaching,and Service,from the American Sociological Association [4] [5].
He has also authored over 140 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has given more than 200 invited talks all over the world [2].
(2002). Ideology,Legitimacy and the New State:Yugoslavia,Serbia and Croatia. London:Routledge (Serbian and Croatian translation 2004).
(2004). The Sociology of Ethnicity. London:Sage (Serbian translation 2009;Persian translation 2011 and 2012;Turkish translation 2019,Chinese translation forthcoming in 2026).
(2006). Identity as Ideology:Understanding Ethnicity and Nationalism. New York:Palgrave Macmillan (Persian translation 2017).
(2007). Ernest Gellner and Contemporary Social Thought. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press (co-edited with M. Haugaard).
(2010). The Sociology of War and Violence. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press (Croatian translation 2011;Turkish translation 2018;Persian translation 2021;Chinese translation 2021;Arabic translation 2021;Russian translation 2025,Spanish translation forthcoming in 2026).
(2011). Sociological Theory and Warfare. Stockholm:Forsvarshogskolan (Spanish translation 2015).
(2013). Nationalism and War. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press (co-edited with J.A. Hall) (Spanish translation forthcoming in 2026).
(2013). Nation-States and Nationalisms:Organisation,Ideology and Solidarity. Cambridge:Polity (Croatian translation 2017,Persian translation forthcoming in 2026).
(2017). The Rise of Organised Brutality:A Historical Sociology of Violence. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press (Spanish translation 2020;Arabic translation 2023,Turkish translation 2023,Chinese translation forthcoming in 2026).
(2019). Grounded Nationalisms:A Sociological Analysis. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press (Croatian translation 2021,Spanish translation forthcoming in 2026).
(2021). Classical Sociological Theory. London:Sage (with S. Loyal).
(2021). Contemporary Sociological Theory. London:Sage (with S. Loyal) (Persian translation forthcoming in 2026).
(2022). Why Humans Fight:The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press (Arabic translation 2024;Croatian translation forthcoming in 2026;Spanish translation forthcoming in 2025;Chinese (traditional) translation forthcoming in 2026).
(2025). Nationalism as a Way of Life:The Rise and Transformation of Modern Subjectivities. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.
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