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Vojin Majstorovic

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: History

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of Toronto, 2017
    Major: History
    Specialization: Jewish Studies
    Dissertation: Ivan Goes Abroad: The Red Army in the Balkans and Central Europe, 1944-1945
  • MA, University of Toronto, 2006
    Major: Russian & East European Studies
  • BA, University of Toronto, 2004
    Major: History

Current Scheduled Teaching

HIST 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2025
HIST 5240.888Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 3W1 2025
HIST 5390.001The Holocaust and AtrocitiesSpring 2025
HIST 4262.888Topics in European HistorySpring 3W1 2025
HIST 4073.001World War II: The Soviet German WarSpring 2025
HIST 6950.736Doctoral DissertationFall 2024
HIST 5250.001Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2024
HIST 4070.001World War II: European TheaterFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

HIST 4390.032The Holocaust, 1933 1945Summer 5W2 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6950.721Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2024 SPOT
HIST 4073.001World War II: The Soviet German WarSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4390.032The Holocaust, 1933 1945Summer 5W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 6390.001Seminar on the History of the Holocaust and AtrocitiesSpring 2023 SPOT
HIST 4073.001World War II: The Soviet German WarSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5040.002Studies in Modern European HistoryFall 2022 SPOT
HIST 4070.001World War II: European TheaterFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4390.031The Holocaust, 1933 1945Summer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2021 SPOT
HIST 4070.001World War II: European TheaterFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 4390.031The Holocaust, 1933 1945Summer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5250.001Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2021 SPOT
HIST 4262.003Topics in European HistorySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2020 SPOT
HIST 4070.001World War II: European TheaterFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5900.801Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2020
HIST 4390.031The Holocaust, 1933 1945Summer 5W2 2020 SPOT
HIST 4390.777The Holocaust, 1933 1945Summer 5W2 2020 Syllabus SPOT
HIST 5250.001Seminar in European Military/Diplomatic HistorySpring 2020
HIST 4262.002Topics in European HistorySpring 2020 Syllabus
HIST 5240.001Studies in European Military/Diplomatic HistoryFall 2019 SPOT
HIST 4070.001World War II: European TheaterFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Article

  • Majstorovic, V. (2021). Soviet Occupation of Austria. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/soviet-occupation-of-austria
  • Book Review

  • Majstorovic, V. (2024). Review of Ghosts of War: Nazi Occupation and Its Aftermath in Soviet Belarus. The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review. 51 (1) 1-3.
  • Majstorovic, V. (2023). Review of Bastiaan Willems’ Violence in Defeat: The Wehrmacht on German soil, 1944-1945. Central European History. 55 (4) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/central-european-history
  • Majstorovic, V. (2022). Review of Sean McMeekin’s Stalin’s War: A New History of World War II for H-Diplo. This is part of a roundtable on H-Diplo. https://networks.h-net.org/node/28443/pages/178324/roundtables
  • Majstorovic, V. (2020). Review of A Satellite Empire: Romanian Rule in Southwestern Ukraine, 1941- 944 by Vladimir Solonari. 84 (4) 1262-63. Lexington, Virginia, The Journal of Military History. https://www.smh-hq.org/jmh/jmhvols/844.html
  • Conference Summary

  • Majstorovic, V. (2014). Novi naukovtsi/novi doslidzhennia na temu Golokostu (New Scholarship/New Research on the Topic of the Holocaust). 12
  • Journal Article

  • Majstorovic, V. (2019). An Essay on Archival Sources to Study the Soviet Army’s Response to the Holocaust. S: I.M.O.N. Shoah: Intervention. Methods. Documentation.
  • Majstorovic, V. (2018). Red Army Troops Encounter the Holocaust: Transnistria, Moldavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Austria, 1944–1945. Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 32 (2) 249-271. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/703486
  • Majstorovic, V. (2016). The Red Army in Yugoslavia, 1944–1945. Slavic Review. 75 (2) 396-421. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5612/slavicreview.75.2.396?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
  • Majstorovic, V. (2010). The Rise and Fall of the Yugoslav-Soviet Alliance, 1945-1948. Past Imperfect. 16 132-164.
  • NIN (Weekly Magazine in Serbia)

  • Majstorovic, V. (2022). “Invazija neistina” (Invasion of Untruths). nin.co.rs
  • Newspaper

  • Majstorovic, V. (2022). Putinov put ka ratu (Putin’s Road to War). Other.
  • Majstorovic, V. (2022). Rat kao ispit za putinizam (War as a Test for Putinism). Other.
  • Position Paper

  • Majstorovic, V. (2022). If you Love Russia, Support Ukraine. Other. http://ewb.rs/editone.aspx?id=625&fbclid=IwAR04XuO3uL1_-HXYv6xgDOZC93bOJRPrNnPzvTUMY0I7eya-6eVDOzOC1jE
  • Translation or Transcription

  • Majstorovic, V. (2014). Alexey Timofeyev, Splintered Wind: Russians and the Second World War in Yugoslavia. Translated by Vojin Majstorovic.. Moscow, Modest Kolerov.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Majstorovic, V., "European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Fellowship, Jewish Museum in Prague," sponsored by European Holocaust Research Infrastructure, International, $3500 Funded. (2018 - 2018).
  • Majstorovic, V., "Postdoctoral Fellow," sponsored by Centre for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History (Munich), University of North Texas, $16200 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
  • Majstorovic, V., "Alexander Grass Memorial Fellow," sponsored by Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, International, $30500 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Grant - Research

  • Majstorovic, V., "DAC," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1750 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Majstorovic, V., "Military History Center," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1250 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Majstorovic, V. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creativity Award," University of North Texas, $4800 Funded. (2020 - 2020).
  • Majstorovic, V., "Sharon Abramson Research Grant for the Study of the Holocaust," sponsored by Northwestern University, International, $4000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Sponsored Research

  • Majstorovic, V., "Ontario Graduate scholarship," sponsored by Ontario Government, Other, $15000 Funded. (2015 - 2016).
  • Majstorovic, V., "Doctoral Fellowship," sponsored by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Federal, $20000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Majstorovic, V., "Canada Graduate Scholar," sponsored by Social Sciences Research Council of Canada, State, $17500 Funded. (2005 - 2006).
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