Siniša Malešević, MRIA, MAE (born 5 April 1969 in

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) is a Yugoslav born Irish Full Professor and Chair of Sociology at the University College, Dublin, Ireland. He is also a Senior Fellow and Associate Researcher at

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(CNAM),

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, France.

Education

Professor Malešević completed his high school education at the New Bern High School, North Carolina, USA in 1988. He graduated in sociology from the

University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb (, ) is a public university, public research university in Zagreb, Croatia. It is the largest Croatian university and one of the oldest continuously operating universities in Europe. The University of Zagreb and the Unive ...

, Croatia in 1993. He received his MA from the

Lancaster University Lancaster University (officially The University of Lancaster) is a collegiate public university, public research university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established in 1964 by royal charter, as one of several new univer ...

, UK and the Central European University, Prague, Czech Republic in 1995. He subsequently completed his PhD in sociology from the

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork (city), Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...

, Ireland in 1999

Career and research interests

Professor Malešević's research interests include the comparative-historical and theoretical study of

ethnicity An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they Collective consciousness, collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, ...

, nation-states,

nationalism Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, I ...

empires An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred t ...

ideology An ideology is a set of beliefs or values attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely about belief in certain knowledge, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones". Form ...

, war,

violence Violence is characterized as the use of physical force by humans to cause harm to other living beings, or property, such as pain, injury, disablement, death, damage and destruction. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence a ...

and

sociological theory A sociological theory is a that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective,Macionis, John and Linda M. Gerber. 2010. ''Sociology'' (7th Canadian ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson ...

. 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 The University of Galway () is a public research university located in the city of Galway, Ireland. The university was founded in 1845 as "Queen's College, Galway". It was known as "University College, Galway" (UCG) () from 1908 to 1997 and as ...

. He also held visiting professorships and fellowships at the

Université libre de Bruxelles The (French language, French, ; lit. Free University of Brussels; abbreviated ULB) is a French-speaking research university in Brussels, Belgium. It has three campuses: the ''Solbosch'' campus (in the City of Brussels and Ixelles), the ''Plain ...

(Eric Remacle Chair in Conflict and Peace Studies), the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

, Uppsala University, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Amsterdam and the Australian Defence College, Canberra In March 2010 he was elected a Member of the

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the natural sciences, arts, literature, and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned society and one of its le ...

, in December 2012 he was elected associated member of Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in August 2014 he was elected a Member of

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Publications

Prof. Malešević is author of ten 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) and ''Why Humans Fight'' (2022). ''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 '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. Malešević received Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching, and Service, from the American Sociological Association 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 His work has been translated into numerous languages including Albanian,

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, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Croatian, French, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, and Russian.

Selected publications

*(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). *(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 forthcoming in 2025). *(2011). Sociological Theory and Warfare. Stockholm: Forsvarshogskolan (Spanish translation 2015). *(2013). Nationalism and War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (co-edited with J.A. Hall). *(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 2025). *(2022). Why Humans Fight: The Social Dynamics of Close-Range Violence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Arabic translation 2024; Croatian translation forthcoming in 2025; Spanish translation forthcoming in 2025).

Personal life

Prof. Malešević is married to a fellow sociologist Vesna Malešević who teaches at the University of Galway and they have two sons, Luka and Alex. In 2017, he has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the

Croats The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...

Bosniaks The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...

and

Montenegrins Montenegrins (, or ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians; however, the population also includes ...

.Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language
official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16.

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