Erma Nezirevic

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• Ph.D. : Hispanic Literatures and Cultures , University of Minnesota - Twin Cities , Minneapolis, MN, 2017.
• M.A.: Spanish Literature, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 2011.
• B.A. : Spanish, Boise State University, Boise, ID, 2008.
• B.A. : Social Science, Boise State University, Boise, ID, 2008.

Specialties

• Contemporary Iberian Literature and Culture
• Memory studies
• Comparative Literature
• Critical Genocide Studies

Courses Taught

• Spanish 1003: Intermediate Spanish I
• Global Studies 3145: Global Modernity, the Nation-State, and Capitalism with Prof. Ajay Skaria
• CLA 1005: PES First Year Experience with Leah Milojevic
• Global Studies 1112: "Globalization and Social Justice" with Prof. William Viestenz
• Spanish 3105w: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Cultures
• Global Studies 3144: "Knowledge, Power, and the Politics of Representation in Global Studies" with Prof. Wiliiam Viestenz
• Span 3104W: Introduction to the Study of Hispanic Literatures
• Spanish 3015: Composition and Conversation
• Spanish 1022: Alternate First Semester Spanish (Hybrid)
• Spanish 201 and 202 (Boise State University)
• Spanish 201-202-203 (University of Oregon)
• Spanish 101-102-103 (University of Oregon)

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• CLA Internship Working Group: 2017 - present
• Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Conference : 2013 - 2017
• Coordinator : Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Violence Graduate Workshop , 2014 - 2017
• Invited Panelist : War, What is it Good For? Uses and Abuses of World War History. Discussion following Keynote speech by Daniel Levy, “The Past: Between History and Memory.” , 8 May 2015
• Discussion Moderator : Discussion Moderator, Pretty Village Film Premiere. Conversation with film subject and producer, Kemal Pervanic. Minneapolis Film Society , 16 October 2015

Research

• Research Assistant for Prof. Alejandro Baer: "The Politics of Never Again. Holocaust Remembrance Initiatives in Comparative Perspective", 2016

Publications

• Making Genocide 'Family-Friendly': Preservation of Memory in El Salvador : Nezirevic, Erma, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 2017. Link
• Minneapolis Film Society Screens Pretty Village: Nezirevic, Erma, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Author. Link
• Srebrenica: What Remains 20 Years Later: Nezirevic, Erma, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Author. Link

Awards

• JWG Dunn Jr. Scholarship for Research on International Peace, Institute for Global Studies, Summer 2016
• Hella Mears Graduate Fellowship, CGES, UMN, Summer 2015
• Center for Austrian Studies, University of Minnesota, Travel Grant to GUSEGG Summer School “Shifting Perspectives: Europe and the Americas,” University of Graz, Austria , Summer 2015
• Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Travel Grant, Summer 2015
• Graduate Research Partnership Program, Summer 2015 [decline
• University of Minnesota Spanish and Portuguese Departmental Travel Grant, Fall 2014
• TASI Summer Fellowship, Center for German and European Studies, Summer 2014
• SPPT Summer Research Fellowship - Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, University of Minnesota, Summer 2014
• Travel Award. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA), Spring 2013
• University of Minnesota Spanish and Portuguese Departmental Travel Grant, Spring 2013
• University of Oregon Graduate Teaching Fellowship, 2009 - 2011
• University of Oregon Beall Recruitment Scholarship , 2009
• Boise State Vice President for Research Travel Award , 2008
• Boise State Vice President for Research Travel Award , 2009
• Boise State College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award , 2008