Dr. Vladimir Petrovic

Vladimir Petrovic is researcher at NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

Vladimir Petrovic researches mass political violence and strategies of confrontation with its legacy. He completed graduate studies in contemporary history at Belgrade University, comparative history at Central European University and postdoctoral studies in transitional justice at NIOD. He teaches at the University of Amsterdam, and has taught at Boston University, Central European University and Harvard Extension School.

His book The Emergence of Historical Forensic Expertise: Clio takes the Stand (Routledge, 2017) examines the role of historians and social scientists as expert witnesses in some of the most dramatic legal encounters of the 20th century. His book Etničko čišćenje: geneza koncepta (Arhipelag, 2019) Etničko čišćenje: geneza koncepta (Arhipelag, 2019) explores the origins of the concept of ethnic cleansing.

He is also among the conveners of the Invisible University of Ukraine and holds research professorship at the Institute for Contemporary History in Belgrade, where he leads an Innovation Center.