Mirko Savković

Contact

Historisches Seminar
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Schellingstr. 12
80799 München
Germany

Email: Mirko.Savkovic@campus.lmu.de
Twitter: @MirkoSavkovic

Doctoral Project

Role of Yugoslavia in the Liberation Struggle of Zimbabwe

In 1965 white minority settlers in British colony of Southern Rhodesia (modern day Zimbabwe) declared unilateral declaration of independence, creating de facto state ruled by the regime of racial segregation and oppression. Armed insurgency against the unrecognized minority regime was organized and led by the African liberation movements with particularly prominent role of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) and Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). Yugoslavia played prominent political, diplomatic, and social role showing solidarity with the liberation struggle of the oppressed majority. The aim of research is to understand who on Yugoslav side was involved in those efforts, what influenced their actions, and how it all affected the liberation struggle and Yugoslav relations with Zimbabwe and other countries during and after the end of liberation struggle.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Kraljevo (Republic of Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) in 1993, Mirko Savković is a citizen of Croatia and Serbia. In 2017 he received bachelor’s degree in political science and international relations at the Çankaya University in Ankara, Turkey and in 2019 Erasmus Mundus master's degree in security, intelligence, and strategic studies at the University of Glasgow, Dublin City University, and the Charles University in Prague. In 2016 he participated in Erasmus exchange at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland and in 2019 in work placement at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. He completed 12 months traineeship at the European University Institute in Florence (Budget and Financial Affairs Service) and 6 months traineeship at the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in Prague (Market Development & Innovation Department). He is active in cultural as well as human and minority rights civil society organizations and initiatives in Southeast Europe including in rural sustainable development organization the Green Kitten (Zeleno mače).

Awards & Recognitions

2022-present Bavarian Government Scholarship
2019 Official Croatian delegate at the 7th ASEM Student Forum in Bucharest
2018 Sir Richard May Balkan Programme Scholarship (CCSDD)
2017-2019 Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
2016 Carnegie Council Student / Teacher Essay Contest (Third Prize)
2016 Erasmus Scholarship
2013-2017 Turkish Government Scholarship
2011 Order of Kantakuzina Katarina Branković (II)

Publications

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3720-896X