Dissertationsprojekt: Montenegrin Political Emigration: Organisation, Activism, and the National Question, 1921–1936
Montenegrin Political Emigration: Organisation, Activism, and the National Question, 1921–1936
This dissertation examines Montenegrin political emigration between 1921 and 1936, focusing on its organisation, political activity, and changing approaches to the national question. It traces the decline of the government-in-exile after 1921, the fragmentation of the movement, the passport affair, and the relocation of émigré activity to the United States. It then explores the emergence of a new generation of activists, their networks across Europe and the Americas, and the role of émigré periodicals and the Montenegrin National Defence. Drawing on archival, diplomatic, intelligence, and press sources, the study analyses changing ideas of statehood, legitimacy, Yugoslavism, and national identity, as well as increasingly individualised forms of émigré activism during the 1930s.