Vice-rector for Education and Student Activities

Professor Aleksandra Blatešić, PhD, Full Professor, Faculty of Philosophy

Professor Aleksandra Blatešić, PhD, is a Full Professor and co-founder of the Department of Italian and Ibero-American Studies (established in 2022) at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad. She earned her BA in Italian Studies from the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade (2001), where she subsequently completed her MA (2007) and PhD (2012).

She has undertaken multiple periods of professional training and academic development in Italy at various institutions and universities, including Florence, Venice, Siena, Rimini, and Tropea. From 2003 to 2007, she taught Italian as a foreign language at the Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Management “Braća Karić” in Novi Sad. Since 2004, she has been continuously employed at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad, teaching at all levels of higher education (undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral studies).

From 2008 to 2022, she served as Coordinator of Italian Language Teaching at the Faculty of Philosophy, and from 2022 to 2025 as Head of the Department of Italian and Ibero-American Studies.

Professor Blatešić is the author of three scholarly monographs, more than 80 academic articles and conference papers presented at international scientific conferences, and over 20 textbooks, manuals, grammars, and didactic materials for teaching Italian as a foreign language. In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Embassy of Italy in Belgrade, she actively participates in the organization of scholarly and promotional activities in the fields of Italian language, literature, culture, cinema, and the arts, including the international scientific conference Lingua, letteratura, storia e cultura italiana. Incontri nello spazio reale, virtuale e immaginario, as well as book and photography exhibitions and meetings with distinguished figures from academia, culture, and the arts.

She has served as a reviewer for numerous scholarly articles and several monographs. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Humanities Section of the academic journal Godišnjak Filozofskog fakulteta u Novom Sadu, a member of the editorial board of the journal Zbornik za jezike i književnosti, and a guest editor of the thematic issue Challenges, Opportunities and Development Trends in Distance Teaching of Languages, Literature, and Cultures of the highly ranked journal Inovacije u nastavi, vol. 34, no. 4 (2021). She is also one of the editors of the thematic volume Contemporary Trends in Spanish and Italian Philology in Serbia.

Professor Blatešić has acted as principal investigator and team member on several projects focused on the digitalization of university language education, the implementation of e-textbooks in higher education teaching of languages, literature, and culture, as well as the application of Council of Europe guidelines and new technologies in education. In addition to Italian, she is proficient in English and German, and has working knowledge of French and Spanish.