Aida Vidan

Preceptor in Slavic Languages and Literatures

Barker Center 340 - 495-2933- avidan[at]fas.harvard.edu

Education: B.A. 1989, Zagreb University (Filozofski fakultet), Ph.D. 2000, Harvard University.

Interests: Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian language instruction, oral traditional poetry, Slavic mythology, 20th-century and contemporary Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian literature, war fiction.

Current Courses:

Fall:
• Slavic Ea (Beginning Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian I)
• Slavic Er (Supervised Readings in Intermediate/Advanced Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian)

Spring:
• Slavic Eb (Beginning Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian II)
• Slavic Er (Supervised Readings in Intermediate/Advanced Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian)

Selected Works:
• Embroidered with Gold, Strung with Pearls: The Traditional Ballads of Bosnian Women (Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature and Harvard University Press, 2003)
• Armed with Words: Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian War Fiction since the 1990s (2005)
• Danijel Dragojevic (1997); Milivoj Slavicek (1997)
• Four Marital Fights in Anna Karenina in Light of Gender Linguistic Analysis (1995)
• Reviews in Workd Literature Today, Slavic and East European Journal, Quorum (Zagreb)
• translations of Enver Redzic's Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Second World War (Frank Cass, 2005)
• A poetry collection by Drago Stambuk (under publication).

Works in Progress:
• Where the Dragon Sleeps: Essays on Slavic Mythology and Oral Tradition (book)
• Thematic Index of Ballads and Lyric Songs by Women Performers from the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature, Harvard University, (book/CD)
• The Front Lines: War in Literature of the Balkan Lands (book).