University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, Slavic Languages and Literatures

Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature

Letters and Science

About

TOMISLAV LONGINOVIĆ is Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  His books include Borderline Culture (1993), Vampires Like Us (2005), co-edited and co-translated volume, with Daniel Weissbort: Red Knight: Serbian Women Songs (1992), edited volume: David Albahari, Words are Something Else (1996). He is also the author of several books of fiction, both in Serbian (Sama Amerika, 1995) and English  (Moment of Silence, 1990). His latest book, Vampire Nation: Violence as Cultural Imaginary, was published by Duke University Press in 2011.  His research interests include South Slavic literatures and cultures; Serbo-Croatian language; literary theory; Central and East European literary history; comparative Slavic studies; translation studies; cultural studies.