Prof. Dr. Zlat Milovanovic, 2012
UACS awarded the title Professor Honoris Causa to Dr. Zlat Milovanovic on August 22, 2012. Zlat Milovanovic served as Vice Rector for International Relations and University Development from 2007-2012.
Dr. Milovanovic holds a PhD in International Relations from Temple University and a Doctorate in Public Law from the University of Nancy, as well as an MA in European Studies. Formerly, he taught International Law and Political Science at Boston University Graduate School, Temple University and Glassboro State University. In Macedonia, he taught also at South East European University (SEEU), New York University Skopje (NYUS) and three graduate seminars at Cyril and Methodius University Law School (in English). At UACS he taught undergraduate and graduate courses on European Integration, Comparative Government at the School of Political Science, and Business Ethics at the School of Business Economics and Organization Sciences. Most of his students have been American, although some 65 countries have been represented in his classes. His students are today Ministers or Members of Parliament, Ambassadors, Consuls, employees of international organizations, academics, business people, journalists…
Milovanovic has also worked with a number of international NGOs in various capacities. He took part in many international meetings and conferences and authored publications on many topics in a host of languages. His latest work, edited together with Dr. Ivan Dodovski: “Thucydides vs. Kant in Our Time: Reconsidering the Concepts of War and Peace – Essays in Honor of Dr. Gaspar Biro” – came out in 2015.
He contributed to UACS development based on the most up-to-date American and European models. As a member of the University Senate, the Rector’s Board, the Educational-Scientific Councils and other bodies, he favored internationalization of our University and its increased cooperation with universities in several parts of the world. He was also a member of the teams which worked on international accreditations: ACBSP, ACBSP expanded accreditation, ECBE at all-European level, Turkey’s YOK agency. He took part in National Erasmus Conferences (in Macedonia) and the meetings of the Inter-university Conference (of private universities).
His experience outside the academia includes a research position at Delphi Research International (DRI), in Washington, DC; a position within the Narcotics and Law Enforcement Agency (NLEA) of the State Department at U.S. Embassy Pretoria, dealing with bilateral cooperation in fighting international crime; giving lectures to academic and non-academic audiences in some 15 countries.
He is a member of the American Society for International Law (ASIL) and its International Criminal Law Section, of the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Austral-Asian Section of the Academy for International Law. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Macedonian Bar Association, an Honorary Member of the Macedonian Chamber of Mediators, a member of the Board of Young Macedonian Diplomats’ Association.
Most recently, he taught several courses on International Law and International Humanitarian Law (UACS 2013 and 2014), participated in UACS international conferences, ASIL meetings, a meeting on Rule of Law Initiative of the American Bar Association. He has also followed the work of the Association of International Educators (NAFSA) and trends in international education.