About

Sven Cvek works as assistant professor in the American Studies program of the English Department at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. His primary field of study is contemporary US literature and popular culture. He also works on issues of post-socialist transition and Yugoslav socialism. He has published one book, Towering Figures: Reading the 9/11 Archive (Rodopi, 2011), and several articles in reviewed journals or collections. He is currently coordinating a research project on the continuity of social conflict in Croatia, 1988-1991, at the Zagreb Center for Peace Studies, in collaboration with the Organization for Workers’ Initiative and Democratization.