Zoran Milutinovic is Professor of South Slav Literature and Modern Literary Theory at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.

This is an excellent edited volume which makes a compelling case that ‘the declaration of Area Studies’ death was premature’ (editor’s introduction, p. 1) ... The high bar set by Milutinovic in his introduction is met by the contributions that follow, which give the reader both a new perspective on the history of Area Studies and more reasons to fight for their continued existence.

• 1. Zoran Milutinovic: Introduction2. Susan Hedgett: Twenty-first-century Area Studies3. Jan Kubik: How to think about “area” in area studies?4. Wendy Bracewell: Getting Over ‘Eastern Europe’5. Mark R. Beissinger: Disciplinarity and the Pluralism of Area Studies6. Zoran Milutinovic: Comparative Area Studies without comparisons7. Claus Bech Hansen: Rethinking Area Studies: Figurations and the Construction of Space

Zoran Milutinovic is Professor of South Slav Literature and Modern Literary Theory at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.

This is an excellent edited volume which makes a compelling case that ‘the declaration of Area Studies’ death was premature’ (editor’s introduction, p. 1) ... The high bar set by Milutinovic in his introduction is met by the contributions that follow, which give the reader both a new perspective on the history of Area Studies and more reasons to fight for their continued existence.

• 1. Zoran Milutinovic: Introduction2. Susan Hedgett: Twenty-first-century Area Studies3. Jan Kubik: How to think about “area” in area studies?4. Wendy Bracewell: Getting Over ‘Eastern Europe’5. Mark R. Beissinger: Disciplinarity and the Pluralism of Area Studies6. Zoran Milutinovic: Comparative Area Studies without comparisons7. Claus Bech Hansen: Rethinking Area Studies: Figurations and the Construction of Space

Zoran Milutinovic is Professor of South Slav Literature and Modern Literary Theory at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.

This is an excellent edited volume which makes a compelling case that ‘the declaration of Area Studies’ death was premature’ (editor’s introduction, p. 1) ... The high bar set by Milutinovic in his introduction is met by the contributions that follow, which give the reader both a new perspective on the history of Area Studies and more reasons to fight for their continued existence.

• 1. Zoran Milutinovic: Introduction2. Susan Hedgett: Twenty-first-century Area Studies3. Jan Kubik: How to think about “area” in area studies?4. Wendy Bracewell: Getting Over ‘Eastern Europe’5. Mark R. Beissinger: Disciplinarity and the Pluralism of Area Studies6. Zoran Milutinovic: Comparative Area Studies without comparisons7. Claus Bech Hansen: Rethinking Area Studies: Figurations and the Construction of Space