Institute for Balkan Studies
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The Institute for Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
is a division of Serbia
's pre-eminent academic institution which focuses on the historical, social, and anthropological study of the Balkans
and its peoples. It is located in the building of the Academy in downtown Belgrade
.
. Among its members, past and current directors, the most prominent have been Radovan Samardžić, Nikola Tasić and Dušan T. Bataković
.
The Institute's new research team was built so as to be able to cover the Balkans from prehistory to the modern age in a range of different fields of study. This multidisciplinary approach has remained its long-term orientation. The Institute has organized a number of domestic and international conferences promoting intellectual exchange and cooperation between scholarly communities at both the regional and European level.
, published since 1970, mostly in the Serbian language.
In order to reach a broader audience Balcanica has been published in English and French since 2006 (nº XXXVI). Its current Editor-in-chief is Dušan T. Bataković
.
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the most prominent academic institution in Serbia today...
is a division of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
's pre-eminent academic institution which focuses on the historical, social, and anthropological study of the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
and its peoples. It is located in the building of the Academy in downtown Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
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History
The origin of the Belgrade-based Institute of Balkan Studies goes back to the Institut des Études balkaniques founded at the initiative of King Aleksandar I Karađorđević in Belgrade in 1934. Aimed at promoting Balkan cooperation the Institut des Études balkaniques was the only one of its kind in the Balkans. The pre-war Institute published the Revue internationale des Études balkaniques, a prestigious scholarly journal written in French, English and German. Its contributors were the most prominent European experts on the Balkans, from various disciplines. The Institute was shut down by the Nazi occupation authorities in 1941. It was not re-established until 1969, when it resumed with its scholarly pursuits under its present-day name and under the auspices of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and ArtsSerbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the most prominent academic institution in Serbia today...
. Among its members, past and current directors, the most prominent have been Radovan Samardžić, Nikola Tasić and Dušan T. Bataković
Dušan T. Batakovic
Dušan T. Bataković is a Serbian historian and diplomat. His specialty is modern and contemporary Serbian and Balkan history...
.
The Institute's new research team was built so as to be able to cover the Balkans from prehistory to the modern age in a range of different fields of study. This multidisciplinary approach has remained its long-term orientation. The Institute has organized a number of domestic and international conferences promoting intellectual exchange and cooperation between scholarly communities at both the regional and European level.
Present-day activities
The Institute for Balkan Studies declares itself to be committed to rigorous scholarly research aimed at furthering the understanding of an oft-stereotyped European region both in terms of its distinctiveness and of its inseparability from the rest of the world. In nearly forty years since its re-establishment the Institute has published more than one hundred monographic volumes in its Special Editions series (monographs, proceedings of scholarly conferences and edited volumes), as well as thirty-eight volumes of its annual BalcanicaBalcanica
Balcanica is an annual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.Thirty-eight volumes have been published since 1970, with contributions from prominent Serbian, Yugoslav, Balkan and European scholars...
, published since 1970, mostly in the Serbian language.
In order to reach a broader audience Balcanica has been published in English and French since 2006 (nº XXXVI). Its current Editor-in-chief is Dušan T. Bataković
Dušan T. Batakovic
Dušan T. Bataković is a Serbian historian and diplomat. His specialty is modern and contemporary Serbian and Balkan history...
.
List of recent English-language publications
- Čedomir Antić, Ralph Paget. A Diplomat in Serbia, Belgrade 2006
- Kurban in the Balkans, Belgrade 2007, Biljana Sikimić ed., Belgrade 2007
- Kosovo and Metohija. Living in the Enclave. Dušan T. Bataković, ed., Belgrade 2007.
- Čedomir Antić, Neutrality as Independence: Great Britain, Serbia and the Crimean War, Belgrade 2007.
- The Romance Balkans, Biljana Sikimić ed., Belgrade 2008
External links
- Official website of the Institute for Balkan Studies of SASA (in English and Serbian).