Selimović's research focuses on the literary and cinematic constructions of urban spaces, citizenship performances and human rights in works of mostly contemporary Latin American writers and filmmakers. Her studies of Latin American fiction—and particularly Argentine fiction—have broadened out into several avenues of research on New Argentine Cinema, centering specifically on the intersections of gender, trauma and urban youth subjectivities’ displacements.
Her recent publications have appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Revista Hispánica Moderna, Confluencia, Human Rights Quarterly and in edited book volumes. Apart from language and cultural studies-focused courses she teaches at Wellesley College, Selimović’s teaching draws from her research on Latin American contemporary film and media, urban writing, and human rights. In addition to her academic pursuits, Selimović has remained involved with sociopolitical and cultural movements in her homeland (Bosnia and Herzegovina). She has led several human rights-related projects at the United Nations Security Council, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Netherlands, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
