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Forgotten Serbian Thinkers—Current Relevance: Preface To The Special Issue, Jelena Bogdanović
Forgotten Serbian Thinkers—Current Relevance: Preface To The Special Issue, Jelena Bogdanović
Jelena Bogdanović
The 2009 national convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies featured a panel on Forgotten Serbian Thinkers. Scholars who are working in the United States and abroad presented their research on the contributions of individuals representing various disciplines. The articles in this special issue of the Serbian Studies expand on these topics and bring forward contributions about forgotten Serbian intellectuals who have marked their respective professions in architecture, astronomy, literature, and philosophy, but who have been “forgotten” either in Serbia or outside Serbia. Paradoxically, most of these thinkers were forgotten exactly because they were living and …
On The Architecture Of The Konaks In Serbia (1804–1830s), Jelena Bogdanović
On The Architecture Of The Konaks In Serbia (1804–1830s), Jelena Bogdanović
Jelena Bogdanović
The First National Uprising of the Serbs against the Ottoman Turks in the Belgrade paşalik (Smederevo Sandjak, also known as the Morava administrative division of the Ottoman Empire) in 1804 was the major event in the political history of the Balkans. Led by Đorđe Petrović—Karađorđe (Black George) (1762–1817), the Uprising (1804–13) was the first autonomous attempt of the subjugated to set themselves free from Ottoman rule. Initially local in scope and aims, the Uprising ultimately enabled the development of modern Serbia as well as the national development of other countries in the Balkans. Judging by the scope and quality of …