Book launch ‘’Refusing to Be Silent. Engaged Conversations with Leading Intellectuals’’ (edited by Gazela Pudar Draško and Zona Zarić), at The American University in Paris.

On Monday, November 20th, in the evening hours from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, The Center for Critical Democracy Studies at The American University of Paris (AUP) hosted an event featuring Gazela Pudar Draško, director of The Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade (IFDT). Also participating in the event were university professors…

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Project of scientific-technological cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Austria “Vojvodina: Towards a Modern Social and Political History”

Project Duration: 2023-2025 Donor: Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation Lead Partner: Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade Partners: Center for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Austria IFDT Research Team: Krisztina Rácz, Aleksandar Pavlović, Ljiljana Pantović, Milivoj Bešlin back to projects This scientific cooperation project gathers a cohort of…

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University and gender mainstreaming

Project Duration: 2023-2025 Donor: Government of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Lead Partner: TPO Foundation (Transcultural Psychosocial Educational Foundation), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Partners: University of Belgrade (on which behalf Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory coordinates the project in Serbia) in partnership with 18 other universities from the region: Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,…

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International conference – Cultural Approach to Peacebuilding

Organisation: Department of Philology, University of Belgrade Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade Contact: conf.belgrade2023@mail.ru Date: 22-23 November 2023 Venue: University of Belgrade Cultural Approach to Peacebuilding: Projects and Institutions While peacebuilding has grown into a vigorous political practice of international and private actors since 1950s, we can now observe what might be described…

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IFDT research associate, Sara Nikolić, is one of the winners of the Sylff Association research grant for 2023

Out of a large number of Sylff Research Grant (SRG) applications, one proposal from Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory researchers was supported this year: Sara Nikolić Interiors of Inequality: Ethnographic Exploration of Social Housing in Serbia A grant of up to $5,000 was open to eligible fellows (i.e., those currently enrolled in a doctoral…

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The winner of the “Zagorka Golubović” Award for 2023 has been selected

Since 2021, the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade has established the “Zagorka Golubović” Award which is intended for young researchers for engaged research work. The award is presented for the best work published in a scientific journal or in an edited volume which approaches regional (Southeastern Europe) or broader social problems…

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Thomas Piketty winner of the Award for critical theoretical engagement “Miladin Životić” in 2023

Remembering the philosopher Miladin Životić, the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade awards leading theorists whose work produces significant contributions to social practice for their critical engagement. The Scientific Council of the Institute, on the proposal of the Commission, decided to award Thomas Piketty, professor at the School of Advanced…

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The New Issue of Philosophy and Society (34/3) has been published

We are pleased to announce that the new issue of Philosophy and Society (34/3) journal has been published. This issue of Philosophy and Society features several original scientific papers from various fields in philosophy as well as from social theory. Moreover, this issue also contains a review article on the crisis of liberalism as well as a review of Siniša Malešević’s book on the social dynamics of violence.

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