Srđa Pavlović is a historian at the University of Alberta’s Department of History and Classics, where he has taught since 2004, and a Research Associate at its Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies. Born and educated in Montenegro, he also studied in Serbia, Mongolia, Britain, and Canada, earning his PhD at Alberta. His research covers the history, politics, and culture of Montenegro, the Balkans, and Southeastern Europe, and he is the author of Balkan Anschluss: The Annexation of Montenegro and the Creation of the Common South Slavic State. He also works as an editor and literary translator.