Nikola Tucakov, MA

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Nikola Tucakov, MA

Research Trainee

Education

  • Enrolled in PhD Studies of Political Science at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade
  • Master of Arts degree at the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and
  • Democracy in Southeast Europe, a double-degree programme of the University of Bologna and University of Sarajevo
  • Master of Arts degree in Political Science at the Faculty of Media and Communications of Singidunum University
  • Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade

Research Interests

  • Nationalism and national movements
  • History of political thought
  • Political philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • Minority political movements and thought
  • Jewish studies

Biography

Nikola Tucakov, MA, is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of
Belgrade. Since December of 2023 he has been employed as a research trainee at the Institute
of European Studies.
He completed his undergraduate studies in International Relations at the Faculty of Political
Sciences, University of Belgrade in 2020. He completed the European Regional Master’s
Programme in Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast Europe, earning an MA from the
University of Bologna and the University of Sarajevo in 2022, having defended his thesis
titled The Machinery of Celebration: Mapping the Ceremonial Apparatus of Republika
Srpska. For this thesis, he received the Best Thesis Award of the Global Campus of Human
Rights in his graduating class.
His main areas of scientific interest are nationalism and national movements, the history of
political thought, political philosophy of the 19th and 20th century, minority political
movements and thought, as well as Jewish studies. Apart from his native Serbian, he speaks
English fluently, along with a high degree of fluency in Russian, intermediate knowledge of
German, as well as basic knowledge of Hebrew, Italian and Danish.

Publications

  • (2025) Tucakov, Nikola. “Bring Them All Home: The Hostage Return Protests and Making of Israeli Foreign Policy in the October 7th War.” Politički Život, no. 29: 87–97. https://doi.org/10.5937/pz29-61777.
  • (2025) Djurić Milovanović, Aleksandra, Jovica Pavlović, Srboljub Peović and Nikola Tucakov. “Religious Minorities as Important Agents of Cultural Transfer during The Interwar Period: The Case of The Kingdom of Yugoslavia.” In Serbia and the Balkans : Three Centuries of Embrace with Europe, edited by Slobodan G. Markovich. Zepter Book World; University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Science. https://doi.org/10.46793/7494.189.383DM.
  • (2025) Tucakov, Nikola. “The National Movement as Cultural Transfer: Zionism and Jews in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.” In Echoes of Europe:  Cultural Transfer Europe-Serbia in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, edited by Aleksandra Djurić-Milovanović and Ivana Pantelić. Institute of European Studies; Zepter Book World. https://doi.org/10.18485/ies_ctes_echoes.2025.ch13.
  • (2025) Туцаков, Никола. “Јеврејство и националност у Америци: интелектуалне основе у америчком јудаизму. [Jewishness and Nationality in America: Intellectual Origins in American Judaism]” У Сједињене Америчке Државе – Мозаик европских народа, ур. Рајко Петровић. Институт за европске студије.
  • (2025) Туцаков, Никола. “Дискурс и пракса у спољној политици Европске уније: позиционирање и перспективе након избијања Седмооктобарског рата. [Discourse and Practice in the European Union’s Foreign Policy: Positioning and Perspectives after the Breakout of the October 7 th War]” У Перспективе политичких наука у савременом друштву III. Институт за политичке студије. https://doi.org/10.18485/ppnsd.2025.3.ch17.
  • (2024) Туцаков, Никола. “Writing the History of Nationalism: eds. Stefan Berger and Eric Storm” Српска ревија за европске студије = Serbian Review of European Studies 3 (1): 113–25. https://doi.org/10.18485/sres.2024.3.1.5.
  • (2024) Туцаков, Никола. “‘Повратак’ у Португалију: Закон о држављанству и питање сефардско-португалске националности. [‘Return’ to Portugal: The Citizenship Law and the Question of Sephardi-Portugese Nationality]” У Португалија данас – Погледи из Србије, ур. Рајко Петровић. Институт за европске студије.
  • (2022) Tucakov, Nikola. . “The Machinery of Celebration: Mapping the Ceremonial Apparatus of Repulika Srpska.” MA Thesis, Global Campus of Human Rights. https://doi.org/10.25330/2529.

Languages

  • Serbian (Native)
  • English (Proficient)
  • Russian (Advanced)
  • German (Intermediate)
  • Hebrew (Basic)
  • Italian (Basic)
  • Danish (Basic)