Research
Within the framework of research activities, the members of the Centre are open to collaboration with institutions across the region and Europe on joint research projects. The members of the Centre have led both national and European projects, and possess research experience spanning various fields within the humanities and social sciences. In the context of cooperation proposals, we are open to participating either as institutional partners or as individuals, depending on the project topic.
Active projects
Guerra
GUERRE is a Creative Europe project (grant number 101174212) dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the cultural and linguistic heritage of World War I in Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Through a groundbreaking Digital Museum, the project highlights shared histories, fosters intercultural dialogue, and promotes cultural diversity across the Balkans. As part of the project and the creation of a digital museum, an interdisciplinary approach is used to create a museum space that combines film, music, paintings, various historical artifacts, maps, and other objects from the Balkans. Dr Maja Vasiljević is the Head of the project.
EuroHealthHist
EuroHealthHist is a COST Action CA22159 network: National, International and Transnational Histories of Healthcare, 1850-2000 (EuroHealthHist). The primary objective of this research network is to facilitate the production of broad and deep comparative health history with a focus on Europe in the modern period. We seek the creation of an environment that will allow the effective incorporation of evidence and stories from all parts of Europe as essential to enriching understanding of the development of health services and systems. Members of the Center prof. Nikola Samardžić and prof. Haris Dajč are members of the WG5 Heritage and Public Engagement.
Past projects
Poprebel
As part of its research activities, the Centre, together with the same partners from the IMESS network, led the work on the POPREBEL project on behalf of the faculty. Populist Rebellion against Modernity in 21st-Century Eastern Europe: Neo-traditionalism and Neo-feudalism (grant number 822682 )was a large research project on the rise of populism in Central and Eastern Europe, funded by the EU through the Horizon 2020 programme. The aim of POPREBEL was to describe the phenomenon, develop a typology of its various manifestations, reconstruct the paths of its growth and decline, investigate its causes, interpret its meanings, assess its consequences, and propose political solutions. Prof. Haris Dajč was the Scientist-in-Charge at the Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade University.
Fatigue
The members of the Centre were participants in one of the first MSCA ITN projects carried out at the University of Belgrade. Within this role, in addition to implementing the project, they had mentoring responsibilities related to the engagement of young researchers. FATIGUE – Delayed Transformational Fatigue in Central and Eastern Europe: Responding to the Rise of Illiberalism/Populism (grant number 765224) was a multidisciplinary Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network which provided fifteen Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) at six leading European universities with the skills to conduct research on the rise of populism in Central and Eastern Europe. Prof. Haris Dajč served as the Scientist-in-Charge at the University of Belgrade.
Modernisation of the Western Balkans
Univeristy of Belgrade
Faculty of Philosophy
The most significant national project was the Modernisation of the Western Balkans (2010–2020). Through this project, which brought together researchers from the University of Belgrade (Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Forestry), the University of Niš (Faculty of Philosophy), and the University of Arts in Belgrade (Faculty of Fine Arts), more than 80 publications and 20 scientific monographs were produced. Seven PhD students completed their studies and were subsequently employed within higher education institutions.
During the ten years of project activities, eight international and regional conferences were organised, two bilateral projects with Croatia (University of Split) and Portugal (University of Lisbon) were completed, one scientific journal was established (Belgrade Historical Review), and another was re-established (Acta Historiae Medicinae Stomatologiae Pharmaciae Medicinae Veterinariae).
Professor Nikola Samardžić was the head of the project.