Julie Mostov
| Position: | Professor of Political Science & Associate Vice Provost for International Programs | ![]() |
| Field: | Political theory, Feminist theory, Southeastern Europe | |
| Office: | Randell Hall, Suite 235 |
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| Phone: | (215) 895-6793 | |
| Email: | mostovj@drexel.edu | |
| Office Hours: | click here for current office hours |
Personal Statement
I am the Associate Vice Provost for International Programs, and a Professor of Political Science at Drexel University. I specialize in studies on the politics of national identity, sovereignty, citizenship, and gender and I have a particular interest in Southeastern Europe .
My recent publications promote the notion of soft-borders, transnational citizenship, and relational sovereignty, and explore gender and sexuality in the politics of national identity. Publications related to this work include, Soft Borders: Rethinking Sovereignty and Democracy (Palgrave Macmillan, May, 2008) as well as my book with Rada Ivekovic, From Gender to Nation, (University of Bologna/Longo Editore, 2002 and Zubaan Press 2004); "Soft Borders and Transnational Citizens;" "'Our Women''/'Their Women': Symbolic Boundaries, Territorial Markers, and Violence in the Balkans;" "Sexing/ Desexing the Nation/Body;" and "Women and the Radical Right: Ethnocracy and Body Politics."
In addition to this academic research, I have been actively involved in development projects in Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, and Moldova, and programs and grants to stop violence against women in the U.S. and abroad.
Education
- A.B., Political Science, Mount Holyoke College,1972
- M.A., Political Philosophy, University of Belgrade, 1980
- Ph.D., Political Theory, New York University, 1985
Recent Publications
- Soft Borders: Rethinking Sovereignty, and Democracy (New York: Palgrave Macmillian, 2008).
- From Gender to Nation. Co-editor with Rada Ivekovic, (New Delhi, India: reissued by Zubaan Press, 2004).
- Power, Process, and Popular Sovereignty. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992).
Courses Usually Taught
- PSCI 120 -- History of Political Thought
- PSCI 323 -- Comparative Political Though
- PSCI 329 -- Theories of Justice



