Milja Radovic

Dr. Milja Radovic is an international interdisciplinary scholar in religion, media and culture. Dr Radovic conducts specialised research in theology and film and her scientific work traverses theology of ascesis, visual arts, citizenship, nationalism, conflict and peacebuilding. She is the author of numerous scientific articles and authored monographs (Routledge, Ashgate, De Gruyter, JRFM, Edinburgh University Press). She holds lectures and keynotes internationally (Bologna, London, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Rome, Oxford, Cambridge, São Paulo, Nairobi, Boulder, Durham, Kent) and is the recipient of prestigious grants and awards for ground-breaking research in her field. Dr Radovic is actively engaged with the public sector, being an active member of Interfilm and serving as both president and member of the Ecumenical Jury at leading international film festivals, including Berlinale, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Cottbus, and Oberhausen.

Dr. Radovic works at the Research Centre Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society in Vienna. She is leading the FWF-funded Project "Reframing Space: Film as History" ("Transformationen des Raums: Film als Geschichte").

Publications:

A) Peer Reviewed

Forthcoming Monographs:

  • Radović, Milja: Film as History: Religion in the Early Documentary Film of the Yugoslav space 1896- 1939. New York: Routledge, 2024.

Monographs:

Book Chapters:

  • Radović, Milja: “Film as a Scene of ‘Rupture’: Religion, Gender and Rights in Middle Eastern Film” in Kristian Petersen (ed.): New Approaches to Islam in Film, New York: Routledge, 2021.
  • Radović, Milja: “Life and Liturgy in Film” in Sanders, Theresa and Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch (eds.): The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, Berlin/New York: De Gruyter, 2018. ISBN: 978-3- 11-031334-5

Forthcoming Journal Articles:

  • Radović, Milja: “Framing the War: The Calvary of Serbia: Innovation, Faith, History in the Early Documentary Film”, Journal of Religion, Film and Media, Graz: University of Graz, 2023.

Journal Articles:

  • Radović, Milja: “Framing the War: THE CALVARY OF SERBIA (YU 1932/1940): Innovation, Faith, History in the Early Documentary Film”, in Journal of Religion, Film and Media, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25364/05.10:2024.1.6
  • Radović, Milja: “Reframing Space: Religion, History, and Memory in the Early Documentary Film of the Yugoslav Space”, Journal of Religion and Film, Omaha: University of Nebraska, 2023, https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol27/iss2/3/.
  • Radović, Milja: “Liturgy on the Reel: Ascesis through Film” in Journal of Religion, Film and Media, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2022. DOI: doi.org/10.25364/05.8:2022.1.7
  • Radović, Milja: “Constructing Space, Changing Reality of Israel through Film” in Journal of Religion, Film and Media, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2019. DOI: doi.org/10.25364/05.4:2019.1.7

B) Non-Peer Reviewed

Journal Articles:

  • Radović, Milja: “The Whole Tragedy of War: "The Many Deaths of Aristides" by Lázaro Lemus.” in: Interfilm, Frankfurt/Bern: Interfilm International Interchurch Film Organisation, 2020.
  • Radović, Milja: “The Ambivalent Direction of Images: Festival Report Karlovy Vary 2018.” in: Interfilm, Frankfurt/Bern: Interfilm International Interchurch Film Organisation, 2018.