Branislav Jakovljevic

Branislav Jakovljević is a professor of Theater and Performance Studies at Stanford University, originally from Yugoslavia, where he studied drama at universities in Skopje and Belgrade and worked as a dramaturg in professional theaters.[2][5] His scholarship focuses on performance art, Yugoslav self-management, Russian and Soviet avant-garde, and contemporary experimental performance, with key works including the award-winning Alienation Effects: Performance and Self-Management in Yugoslavia 1945-1991 (2016) and the forthcoming The Performance Apparatus (2025).[1][3][6] He was active in anti-war movements during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s and has contributed to pro-democracy publications.[2][5]