Curriculum Vitae
FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY AND ARTS KRAGUJEVAC
UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC
CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal information:
Name
Place and date of birth
Title of qualification awarded
е-mail
University, school, department
Scientific field
Scientific field of study,
Scientific sub-field of study, expertise
Foreign language(s)
Tijana Matović
Kragujevac (Serbia), 1988
Assistant Professor
tijana.matovic@filum.kg.ac.rs
University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Philology and Arts,
Department of English Language and Literature
Social sciences and Humanities
English Literature and Culture
English, Spanish
EDUCATION:
Undergraduate studies:
Year
2007-2011
Place
Kragujevac
Institution
Field
Faculty of Philology and Arts
English Language and Literature
Graduate studies:
Year
2011-2012
Place
Kragujevac
Institution
Thesis Title
Field
Faculty of Philology and Arts
Writing as an Act of Survival: Elements of Autobiography in Sylvia Plath’s
Poetry and Prose
English Language and Literature
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Doctoral studies:
Year
2012-2020
Place
Kragujevac
Institution
PhD dissertation title
Field
Faculty of Philology and Arts
Trauma i sećanje u prozi Kazua Išigura (Trauma and Memory in the Works
of Kazuo Ishiguro)
Literature Studies
Professional trainings, engagements
and career advancement:
22-26 October 2018
May-July 2018
March-May 2017
15-16 December 2016
September 2016
August 2010-May 2011
Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany – invited participation in the
ERASMUS+ mobility for teaching and studies with partner countries
Middlesex University, London, UK – three-month academic stay, via the
ERASMUS+ research exchange program for doctoral students
Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wrocław, Poland – three-month academic stay, via
the ERASMUS+ research exchange program for doctoral students
Coventry University, UK – attending the seminar Training for trainers,
within the ERASMUS+ project Enhancement of HE research potential
contributing to further growth of the WB region (Re@WBC)
London, UK – one-month academic stay for research related to the PhD
thesis, funded by The Robert Anderson Research Charitable Trust
Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA – one-year studies (Forecast
Exchange Program) fully funded by USAID-a (United States Agency for
International Development)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Position(s) held:
October 2014March-June 2014
Courses:
Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Philology and Arts, University of
Kragujevac
Teaching Assistant under mentorship at the Faculty of Philology and Arts,
University of Kragujevac
Introduction to Anglo-American Literature
Renaissance English Literature
Shakespeare
Contemporary English Literature
Anglo-American Utopian Literature
Canadian Literature and Culture (2014/2015)
Contemporary British and American Science Fiction Literature (2014/2015)
English Language 2 – Integrated Skills (2016/2017)
SCIENTIFIC WORK;
RESEARCH RESULTS
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MONOGRAPHS/
MONOGRAPH STUDIES:
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:
1. Tijana Matović, Stvaralaštvo Silvije Plat: strastvene apokalipse jednog
feniksa, Zadužbina Andrejević, Belgrade, 2013. (ISBN 978-86-525-0136-6)
1. Tijana Matović, Negating the Human: Political Correctness in David
Mamet’s Play Oleanna, Lipar (Journal for Literature, Language, Art, and
Culture), volume XIII, issue 48, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, 2012,
73-81. (ISSN 1450-8338)
2. Tijana Matović, Tragedija kao inicijator društvene reforme u drami
Edvarda Olbija Koza ili, ko je Silvija? (Prilozi za definiciju tragedije),
Savremena proučavanja jezika i književnosti: zbornik radova sa IV Naučnog
skupa mladih filologa Srbije, Book II, Faculty of Philology and Arts,
Kragujevac, 2013, 233-244. (ISBN 978-86-85991-51-6)
3. Tijana Matović, Vizantija u delu Radoslava Petkovića: putevi ka istoriji
kao iznalaženja sebe, Zbornik sa Međunarodnog naučnog okruglog stola
Vizantija u (srpskoj) književnosti i kulturi od srednjeg do dvadeset i prvog
veka u okviru VIII međunarodnog naučnog skupa Srpski jezik, književnost,
umetnost, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, 2013, 187-196. (ISBN
978-86-85991-57-8)
4. Tijana Matović, Nemogućnost priče i neophodnost pričanja: naratološka
analiza kratke priče Ruža za Emili Vilijama Foknera, Savremena proučavanja
jezika i književnosti: zbornik radova sa V Naučnog skupa mladih filologa
Srbije, Book II, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, 2014, 423-433.
(ISBN 978-86-85991-61-5)
5. Tijana Matović, Embracing stereotypes as a fictional escape from reality:
fluctuating identities in D. H. Hwang’s M. Butterfly, English studies today:
prospects and perspectives: selected papers from the second conference
“English Language and Anglophone Literatures Today“ (ELALT2), Faculty
of Philosophy, Department of English Studies, Novi Sad, 2014, 293-302.
(ISBN 978-86-6065-265-4)
6. Tijana Matović, Neuspeh ritualno-mitskog obreda inicijacije u drami
Edvarda Olbija Koza ili, ko je Silvija? (Prilozi za jednu definiciju tragedije),
Nasleđe: Journal of literature, language, arts and culture, 28, Faculty of
Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, 2014, 219-234. (ISSN 1820-1768)
7. Tijana Matović, Trauma kao svedočenje o nemogućem sećanju u drami
Razneseni Sare Kejn, Jezik, književnost i kultura (tematski zbornik radova sa
trećeg Međunarodnog naučnog skupa Nauka i savremeni univerzitet), Faculty
of Philosophy, Niš, 2014, 438-449. (ISBN 978-86-7379-349-8)
8. Tijana Matović, Ideološki aspekti romana Predator Vladimira
Arsenijevića, Filologije vs ideologije, ed. Dragan Bošković, Faculty of
Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, 2014, 169-180. (ISBN 978-86-85991-67-7)
9. Tijana Matović, Teror demokratije u istražnom diskursu poznih drama
Harolda Pintera, Jezik, književnost, diskurs: zbornik radova. Književna
istraživanja, Faculty of Philosophy, Niš, 2015, 261-272. (ISBN 978-86-7379368-9)
10. Tijana Matović, End-less deconstruction of the self in Samuel Beckett’s
novel The Unnamable, Nasleđe: Journal of literature, language, arts and
culture, 30, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, 2015, 23-35. (ISSN
1820-1768)
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11. Tijana Matović, Kanibalizam kao simptom dehumanizovanog bića:
egzilanti u romanu Predator Vladimira Arsenijevića, Humanism: culture or
illusion?, Book 2, Faculty of Philology, Belgrade, 2015, 243-253. (ISBN 97886-6153-285-6)
12. Tijana Matović, Rat i trauma u drami Dejvida Rejba Sticks and Bones,
Srpski jezik, književnost, umetnost: Zbornik radova sa IX međunarodnog
naučnog skupa održanog na Filološko-umetničkom fakultetu u Kragujevcu
(24-25. X 2014), Book II, Rat i književnost, Faculty of Philology and Arts,
Kragujevac, 2015, 87-94. (ISBN 978-86-85991-81-3)
13. Tijana Matović, Tragizam bića kao uslov sreće u romanu Ne daj mi
nikada da odem Kazua Išigura, Sreća, ed. Dragan Bošković, Faculty of
Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, 2015, 249-259. (ISBN 978-86-85991-86-8)
14. Tijana Matović, Wings of Desire: Pleas for Humanity in Mark Ravenhill’s
Faust is Dead and Sarah Kane’s Cleansed, Highlights in Anglo-American
Drama: Viewpoints from Southeast Europe, eds. Radmila Nastić and Vesna
Bratić, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, UK, 2016, 76-99. (ISBN
978-1-4438-8682-6)
15. Tijana Matović, Trauma and the (de)construction of meaning in Leslie
Marmon Silko’s “Lullaby”, Jezik, književnost, značenje: zbornik radova.
Književna istraživanja, Faculty of Philosophy, Niš, 2016, 357-366. (ISBN
978-86-7379-408-2)
16. Tijana Matović, Ko svira magičnu gitaru u romanu Bluz rezervata
Šermana Aleksija?, Srpski jezik, književnost, umetnost: Zbornik radova sa X
međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog na Filološko-umetničkom fakultetu u
Kragujevcu (23-25. X 2015), Book II, Rock ’n’ roll, Faculty of Philology and
Arts, Kragujevac, 2016, 205-213. (ISBN 978-86-85991-95-0)
17. Tijana Matović, Bajka o Crvenkapi u Društvu vukova Anđele Karter: od
obreda do književnog teksta, Canis lupus: između obredne maske i književne
životinje, eds. Jelenka Pandurević and Maja Anđelković, Faculty of Philology
and Arts, Kragujevac, 2016, 303-323. (ISBN 978-86-80596-00-6)
18. Tijana Matović, Private history of the traumatized self in Sylvia Plath’s
The Bell Jar, English studies today: words and visions: selected papers from
the Third International Conference English Language and Anglophone
Literatures Today (ELALT 3), Faculty of Philosophy, Department of English
Studies, Novi Sad, 2017, 141-152. (ISBN 978-86-6065-415-3)
19. Tijana Matović, The temporal aspects of remembering past trauma in
Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of Hills, Jezik, književnost, vreme: zbornik
radova: književna istraživanja, Faculty of Philosophy, Niš, 2017, 469-477.
(ISBN 978-86-7379-445-7)
20. Tijana Matović, Healing and recuperation in Louise Erdrich’s story “The
Bingo Van”, Neohelicon, 44 (1), Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2017,
161-168. (DOI 10.1007/s11059-017-0373-1 / ISSN: 0324-4652 (Print) 15882810 (Online))
21. Tijana Matović, Mythopoetic aspects of whiteness in Sylvia Plath’s
poetry, Lipar (Journal for Literature, Language, Art, and Culture), volume
XVIII, issue 63, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, 2017, 185-198. (ISSN
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1450-8338)
22. Tijana Matović, The Ethics of Loss in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me
Go, Proceedings of the ESIDRP International Conference: English Studies at
the Interface of Disciplines: Research and Practice (ESIDRP), Ss Cyril and
Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia, 2017, 37-48. (ISBN
978-608-234-049-4)
23. Tijana Matović, Neizrecivost traume u romanu Bledi obrisi brda Kazua
Išigura, Srpski jezik, književnost, umetnost: Zbornik radova sa XI
međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog na Filološko-umetničkom fakultetu u
Kragujevcu (28-29. X 2016), Book II, Tišina, Faculty of Philology and Arts,
Kragujevac, 2017, 129-137. (ISBN 978-86-80796-08-6)
24. Tijana Matović, Trauma theory as an interpretative framework of Kazuo
Ishiguro’s novels, Jezik, književnost, teorija: tematski zbornik radova, Faculty
of Philosophy, Niš, 2019, 587-601. (ISBN 978-86-7379-495-2)
25. Tijana Matović, Zaboravljena mesta smrti u Zakopanom džinu Kazua
Išigura, Groblja: Književno-kulturna materijalizacija smrti, Faculty of
Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, 2019, 269-278. (ISBN 978-86-80796-49-9)
26. Tijana Matović, Autobiografija kao razob-ličenje u Slikaru prolaznog
sveta i Ostacima dana Kazua Išigura, Lipar (Journal for Literature,
Language, Art, and Culture), History and fiction, volume XX, issue 70,
University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, 2019, 73-87. (ISSN 1450-8338)
27. Tijana Matović, Intimna mehanizacija duše u romanu Ne daj mi nikada da
odem Kazua Išigura, Srpski jezik, književnost, umetnost: Zbornik radova sa
XIV međunarodnog naučnog skupa održanog na Filološko-umetničkom
fakultetu u Kragujevcu (25-27. X 2019), Book II, Tako male stvari: intimno u
književnosti i kulturi, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, 2020, 161170. (ISBN 978-86-80796-63-5)
28. Tijana Matović, Katarza suzama u romanima Kazua Išigura i pitanje kraja
(priče), Doomsday: Plač, Faculty of Philology and Arts, Kragujevac, 2020,
103- 117. (ISBN 978-86-80796-66-6)
PARTICIPATION IN
SCIENTIFIC/PROFESSIONAL
SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES:
1. Tijana Matović, Tragedija kao inicijator društvene reforme u drami
Edvarda Olbija Koza ili, ko je Silvija? (Prilozi za definiciju tragedije), oral
presentation at the IV Scientific Conference of Young Philologists of Serbia:
Contemporary studies of languages and literature, organized by the Faculty
of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac (Kragujevac, 17/3/2012)
2. Tijana Matović, Embracing Stereotypes as a Fictional Escape from Reality:
Plurality of Fluctuating Cultural and Sexual Identities in D. H. Hwang’s M.
Butterfly, oral presentation at the Second International Conference on English
Studies English Language and Anglophone Literatures Today (ELALT 2),
organized by the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad (Novi Sad, 16/3/2013)
3. Tijana Matović, Nemogućnost priče i neophodnost pričanja: naratološka
analiza kratke priče Ruža za Emili Vilijama Foknera, oral presentation at the
V Scientific Conference of Young Philologists of Serbia: Contemporary
studies of languages and literature, organized by the Faculty of Philology and
Arts in Kragujevac (Kragujevac, 30/3/2013)
4. Tijana Matović, Vizantija u delu Radoslava Petkovića: put ka istoriji kao
iznalaženje sebe, oral presentation at the round table Byzantium in (Serbian)
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literature and culture from the Middle Ages until the 21st century, within the
VIII International Scientific Conference Serbian language, literature, art,
organized by the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac (Zlatibor, 24/11/2013)
5. Tijana Matović, Trauma kao svedočenje o nemogućem sećanju u
Raznesenim Sare Kejn, oral presentation at the International Scientific
Conference Science and the contemporary university 3 (NISUN 2013),
organized by the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš (Niš, 15-16/11/2013)
6. Tijana Matović, Simbolika Meseca i belila/bledila u poeziji Silvije Plat,
oral presentation at the VI Scientific Conference of Young Philologists of
Serbia: Contemporary studies of languages and literature, organized by the
Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac (Kragujevac, 22/3/2014)
7. Tijana Matović, Teror demokratije u istražnom diskursu poznih drama
Harolda Pintera, oral presentation at the Scientific Conference Language,
literature, discourse, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš (Niš, 2526/4/2014)
8. Tijana Matović, Kanibalizam kao simptom dehumanizovanog bića:
egzilanti u romanu Predator Vladimira Arsenijevića, oral presentation at the
International Scientific Conference Humanism: culture or illusion?,
organized by the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade (Beograd, 15-16/5/2014)
9. Tijana Matović, Milica Kočović, Oslobađanje od zvanične istorije putem
reaproprijacije sećanja u romanima Voljena Toni Morison i O ljubavi i senci
Izabel Aljende, oral presentation at the International Scientific Conference
Science and freedom, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy in Pale, Bosnia
and Herzegovina (Pale, 6-8/6/2014)
10. Tijana Matović, Rat i trauma u drami Dejvida Rejba Sticks and Bones,
oral presentation at the IX International Scientific Conference Serbian
language, literature, art, organized by the Faculty of Philology and Arts in
Kragujevac (Kragujevac, 24-25/10/2014)
11. Tijana Matović, Private history of the traumatized self in Sylvia Plath’s
The Bell Jar, oral presentation at the Third International Conference on
English Studies English Language and Anglophone Literatures Today
(ELALT 3), organized by the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad (Novi Sad,
21/3/2015)
12. Tijana Matović, Trauma and the (de)construction of meaning in Leslie
Marmon Silko’s “Lullaby”, oral presentation at the Scientific Conference
Language, literature, meaning, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš
(Niš, 24-25/4/2015)
13. Tijana Matović, Healing and recuperation in Louise Erdrich’s story “The
Bingo Van”, oral presentation at the international conference Contemporary
Indigenous Realities, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy in Nikšić,
Montenegro (Nikšić, 25-27/6/2015)
14. Tijana Matović, Ko svira magičnu gitaru u romanu Bluz rezervata
Šermana Aleksija?, oral presentation at the X International Scientific
Conference Serbian language, literature, art, organized by the Faculty of
Philology and Arts in Kragujevac (Kragujevac, 23-25/10/2015)
15. Tijana Matović, Bajka o Crvenkapi u “Društvu vukova” Anđele Karter:
od obreda do književnog teksta, oral presentation at the round table Canis
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lupus: between the ritual mask and the literary animal, organized by the
Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac (Kragujevac, 13/12/2015)
16. Tijana Matović, The ethics of loss in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go,
oral presentation at the international conference English Studies at the
Interface of Disciplines: Research and Practice (ESIDRP), organized by
Blaže Koneski Faculty of Philology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, in
Skopje, Macedonia (Skopje, 11-13/3/2016)
17. Tijana Matović, The temporal distortions of remembering past trauma in
Kazuo Ishiguro’s A Pale View of Hills, oral presentation at the Scientific
Conference Language, literature, time, organized by the Faculty of
Philosophy in Niš (Niš, 22-23/4/2016)
18. Tijana Matović, Neizrecivost traume u romanu Bledi obrisi brda Kazua
Išigura, oral presentation at the XI International Scientific Conference
Serbian language, literature, art, organized by the Faculty of Philology and
Arts in Kragujevac (Kragujevac, 28-29/10/2016)
19. Tijana Matović, A journey through memory in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The
Buried Giant, oral presentation at the third international conference CELLS –
Conference on English Language and Literary Studies, organized by the
Faculty of Philology in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka, 910/6/2017)
20. Tijana Matović, Trauma theory as an interpretative framework of Kazuo
Ishiguro’s novels, oral presentation at the Scientific Conference Language,
literature, theory, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš (Niš, 2728/4/2018)
21. Tijana Matović, The psychoanalytic aspects of trauma theory in the
literary interpretation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novels, oral presentation at the
conference Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, Centre for Psychoanalysis,
Middlesex University, London, UK (London, 9/6/2018)
22. Tijana Matović, Memory in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled:
Consciousness and History, oral presentation at the international conference
Memory in Post-Conflict Societies in Central and Southeast Europe,
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (Berlin, 23-25/10/2018)
23. Tijana Matović, Zaborav kao sablast sećanja u Zakopanom džinu Kazua
Išigura, oral presentation at the international symposium Art in Context 6:
Forgotten Artists and Their Work, organized by the Serbian Academy of
Sciences and Arts (Branch in Niš) and Organization Litera (Niš, 6/9/2019)
24. Tijana Matović, Intimni mehanicizam duše u romanu Ne daj mi nikada da
odem Kazua Išigura, oral presentation at the XIV International Scientific
Conference Serbian language, literature, art, organized by the Faculty of
Philology and Arts in Kragujevac (Kragujevac, 25-26/10/2019)
25. Tijana Matović, Joe Sacco's graphic novel Safe Area Goražde as an
alternative comic, oral presentation at the Scientific Conference Language,
literature, alternatives, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš (Niš,
15-16/4/2021)
CONTRIBUTION TO THE WIDER
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
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Participation in the governing bodies of
the Faculty and/or University
2019 and 2020: Member of the Master Studies Enrollment Committee
November 2019-October 2020: Member of the Council of the Department of
Philology, Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac
November 2015- : Secretary of the Organizational Board of the International
Scientific Conference Serbian language, literature, art, organized by the
Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac
June 2015-September 2019: Secretary of the Department of English
Language and Literature, Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac
Membership in scientific/professional
associations/bodies
2013- : Member of the Serbian Association for Anglo-American Studies
(SAAS), the Association for American Studies in South-East Europe
(ASSEE), and the European Association for American Studies (EAAS)
PROJECT PARTICIPATION
National
2013-2020: Ministry of education, science and technological development –
Social crises and contemporary Serbian literature and culture: national,
regional, European, and global framework (178018) – Faculty of Philology
and Arts in Kragujevac
(Project Manager: Prof. Dragan Bošković, PhD)
2015-2016: Ministry of culture and information – Oral, ritual, literary (phase
one: Canis lupus between the ritual mask and literary animal) – Faculty of
Philology and Arts in Kragujevac
(Project Manager: Prof. Maja Anđelković, PhD)
TEACHING ENGAGEMENT
Student award(s), scientific projects,
research projects
2016: Working with students from the Department of English Language and
Literature, Faculty of Philology and Arts, on preparing a poetry reading event
within the “Humanitarian week of the students from the University of
Kragujevac”, which was performed on December 22nd, 2016, at the Student
Culture Centre Kragujevac
2016: Working with students from the Department of English Language and
Literature, Faculty of Philology and Arts, on staging a performance of the
Shakespearean Scenes Festival, to mark the fourth centennial of William
Shakespeare’s death, which was performed on May 23rd, 2016, at the Student
Culture Centre Kragujevac
2013-2014: Facilitator and lecturer on two courses (TOEFL Course; English
for Beginners) at the American Corner Kragujevac, under the sponsorship of
the American Embassy
2013-2014: Mentoring a group of elementary and high-school students gifted
in English, at the Regional Talent Centre Kragujevac
(Regional Talent Centre Manager: Dobrinka Milosavljević)
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