Nets4Dem: Innovating European Democracy — Together

Twelve like-minded European and global organisations committed to advancing democratic innovation and participation are coming together in the new Horizon project Nets4Dem. This is an unprecedented initiative, building the infrastructure needed to strengthen democracy across Europe based on local, national and European-wide networks.  Nets4Dem will establish a European network of academics, practitioners and civil society,…

[CONFERENCE CALL] Fourth International Conference Why Still Education?

Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, invites submissions for the Fourth International Why Still Education? Conference, under the title “Experience of Education”. Belgrade, 9-11 October 2024 Relying on the traditions of theories of Bildung, phenomenology and critical pedagogy, this conference aims to approach the fundamental questions of nature and role of education by…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Call for Papers: Hegel and Postmodernism

The editorial team of Philosophy and Society is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 2024 Special Issue, which is dedicated to the topic “Hegel and Postmodernism”. The issue will be edited by Đorđe Hristov (Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory) and Saša Hrnjez (University of Florence). If we consider postmodernism as a condition, stance,…

The Cooperation agreement between IFDT and Jewish Historical Museum for the project “Distributed Archiving at IFDT”

A Memorandum of Cooperation between the Jewish Historical Museum and the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory was signed as part of the project Distributed Archiving at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory (IFDT). The goal of this project is to protect and disseminate knowledge about events that are of key importance to our…

“Mainstreaming gender equality in the university community: against gender-based violence” published edition in English

The book “Mainstreaming gender equality in the university community: against gender-based violence” by Zilka Spahić Šiljak, Jasna Kovačević and Jasmine Husanović was published in English language. This edition was published by the American publishing house Scholars Press. We remind you that this publication was created as a result of extensive research efforts as part of…