She graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy history department in 1956.
In 1961, she started to work as a lecturer at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy and in 1964, she earned her PhD on the topic of the medieval history of Belgrade.
After the death of Ivan Božić, she was elected as the chair of the Department of General History.
The International Committee of Historical Sciences granted her a project on Byzantine history, in the section on Byzantine history in Yugoslavia.
While married, she used an additional surname, and was known as Jovanka Kalić-Mijušković (Јованка Калић-Мијушковић).