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Nikola Nikodijevic, chairman of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade, visited Historical Archives of Belgrade on Tuesday July 16th 2019, with the goal to get acquainted with the construction works being executed on the Archives’ building, with future plans for capacity expansion and with the digitization projects implemented in the Archives…

Terraforming Network in cooperation with the University Library "Svetozar Markovic" and the Historical Archives of Belgrade organized on Tuesday, May the 7th at the University Library “Svetozar Markovic “ the screening of documentary "Who Will Write Our History" followed by panel debate on how to use archival material, literature and…

  Archival conference Archives and Challenges of 21st Century organized by the Archives of Vojvodina from 9th until 10th April 2019.The conference was organized with a goal to provide expert specialization for archivists in cooperation with prominent archivists of National Archives of Hungary.   The conference was opened by director…

During 2018 Historical Archives of Belgrade published several editions containing significant archival material preserved in our numerous fonds and collections. As a part of manifestation Days of Belgrade 2019, new editions will be presented on April 17th in the Roman Hall of the Belgrade City Library: Mirjana Obradovic, Guide through Legacies,…

On March 28th 2019 in the period from 8 AM until 2 PM, Historical Archives of Belgrade will be without electricity due to works on the electrical grid supplying the Archives’ building.   Since we will not be able to provide electricity necessary for work on computer network, photocopy machines, lights, heat etc, we will not be able to…

Historical Archives of Belgrade has published four new editions: The First World War – Thematic Guide through Fonds and Collections of Historical Archives of Belgrade, group of authors Bibliography of the First World War in the Library Fund of the Historical Archives of Belgrade, Vesna Lekic Popovic Natalija Arandjelovic, Diary 1915-1918,…

Member of the City Council Dr Fadilj Eminovic, Senior councilor in the Secretariat for Culture Andrija Bojanic and several media representatives visited Historical Archives of Belgrade on February 21st 2019. They were introduced to the activities, projects and important archival material kept in the Historical Archives of Belgrade, as well as…

Dear visitors of Historical Archives of Belgrade, On Friday, February 8th 2019, reconstruction works of Historical Archives of Belgrade’s repository will be initiated. Deadline for this work is 6 months. Unlike other archival institutions, Historical Archives of Belgrade will not interrupt everyday activities and will stay open for…

To celebrate upcoming holidays, Historical Archives of Belgrade is allowing you to download for free exhibition catalogue “Belgrade in 2018. Liberation of Belgrade in the First World War”.   The exhibition was presented to mark 100 years since the liberation of Belgrade in the First World War. Available archival material illustrated…

Presentation of ”Teacher's Handbook: Use of Graphic Novel, Literature and Archival Material in Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust - the Educational Concept and the Collection of Graphic Novels “Ester" was held on Saturday, December 15th, in the Gallery of the Historical Archives of Belgrade.   Ester is an educational concept…

Workshop “Democratization of Digitization in Libraries” was held on December 6th 2018 in University Library “Svetozar Markovic”.   The workshop presented new technological possibilities for changing paradigm in library everyday activities based on digitization. New technologies Transkribus, DocScan and Scan Tent, developed within…

Exhibition “Belgrade in 1918. Liberation of Belgrade in World War I” was opened in the Gallery of Historical Archives of Belgrade on Thursday, November 1st 2018. The exhibition was opened by Andreja Mladenovic, Assistant Mayor of the City of Belgrade.   This exhibition was created with a goal to illuminate crucial events in Belgrade…

In cooperation with Archives Portal Europe and History Department of Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, Historical Archives of Belgrade organized on 17th October 2018 workshop for students on how to search archives material available on the Internet, by using international archival portal.   Platform Archives Portal Europe that connects…

International counseling Archives in Electronic Environment organized by Archival Association of Serbia and Historical Archives of Uzice was held from 10th until 12th October 2018.   The Conference was opened by welcome speeches of Miroslav Ducic, president of Archival Association of Serbia, Zeljko Markovic, director of Historical Archives…

National Library of Israel opened on their blog “The Librarian” a page dedicated to Historical Archives of Belgrade, where articles about life of Jewish community in Belgrade based on archival material preserved in the Archives will be presented continuously. Historical Archives and National Library of Israel have already cooperated within…

International conference Archives and the Great War was held in Senta on 4th October 2018. Ten lecturers from Serbia and Hungary participated in the conference and discussed important topics related to the First World War. The conference also summarized results of the researches conducted in the last four years. Jelena Mitrovic Kocev, senior…

Round table Problems in Biographies of Russian Immigration in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes/Yugoslavia marking 180th anniversary of Russian-Serbian Diplomatic Relations was organized in Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russian Abroad in Moscow on October 2nd 2018.   Slobodan Mandić, Assistant Director of the Historical…

A conference Cultural Institutions on Internet was organized in Belgrade City Library by Internet Club and RNIDS (Register of Serbian national Internet domain) on Tuesday, September 25th 2018. The conference was dedicated to the current status of cultural institutions on Internet, to the significance of national domain meant for promotion of…

Member of the City Council, professor Fadilj Eminovic and senior adviser in the Secretariat for Culture of the City of Belgrade Andrija Bojanic, visited Historical Archives of Belgrade on 23rd August 2018. This visit was a chance for the city officials to get acquainted with the Archives’ activities, preserved material and digitization…

  Visiting exhibition USA – SERBIA, 1918–2018, diplomatic and cultural relations, was opened on 29th of June 2018 in the Gallery of the Historical Archives of Belgrade.   Authors of the exhibition are Bora Dimitrijević, former director of the National Museum of Zaječar and Miladin Milošević former director of the Archives of…

150 years ago, on June 10th, Serbian Prince Mihailo Obrenovic was assassinated. Historical Archives of Belgrade marks this anniversary with an exhibition in the entrance hall of the Archives. The exhibition presents the most significant moments from the Prince’s life. Even though the main street in Belgrade is named after Mihailo Obrenovic…

Digital Day 2018 – New Signal conference was held 8th - 9th May 2018 in Yugoslav Drama Theater. The conference gathered world's leading experts in the field of digitization and marketing.   On the second day of the conference, a session on best cases of digitization in culture was held. Jelena Nikolic from Historical Archives of Belgrade…

Within manifestation “Days of Belgrade 2018” exhibition Oleg Sergejevich Grebenshchikov (1905–1980) was opened in the Gallery of Historical Archives of Belgrade. This exhibition is a result of cooperation between Russian Humanitarian Mission and Historical Archives of Belgrade. During the opening ceremony, valuable archival material from…

International Conference Technical and Field Related Problems of Traditional and Electronic Archiving was held in Radenci from 11th until 13th April 2018 organized by Regional Archives of Maribor.   The conference involved all current issues of archival profession like digitization of archival material, electronic archiving, description of…

ICARUS Croatia organized 4th ICARUS days in Trogir, Croatia, 14th - 16th of March. Conference European archival landscape: Reaching out for new horizons was organized by ICARUS (International Center for Archival Research), EURBICA (European branch of International Council on Archives) and State Archives of Split.   More than a hundred…

Ceremonial academy on the occasion of 110 years since the birth of Koča Popović was organized on March 14th 2018 by Historical Archives of Belgrade, Association of Yugoslav Spanish Fighters 1936-1939 and Section of Fighters of the First Proletarian Brigade.   The ceremony was opened by Milo Petrović, president of the Association of…

Seminar Libraries, Archives and Culture of Remembrance was held in the Historical Archives of the City of Novi Sad on Thursday, February 22nd 2018. The program of the seminar was organized in two parts. The first part presented the results and impressions of seminar held in Yad Vashem in December last year and in the second part of the program Dr…

On line exhibition Slovenes in Belgrade realized in cooperation with Institute for Recent History of Slovenia is now available on Internet portal History of Slovenia – Zgodovina Slovenije - Sistory.   Exhibited documents demonstrate historical, economic and cultural relations between the two nations - Serbian and Slovenian. Archival…

As part of Historical Archives of Belgrade’s educational activities, pupils of second and third grade of Elementary School “Duško Radović” and elemetary school pupils of Music School Mokranjac with their teachers visited exhibition Music in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on Friday, 22 December 2017.   On this occasion, Dragana…

New exhibition Music in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was opened in the Gallery of the Historical Archives of Belgrade on Friday, 15 December 2017.   Dragan Gacic, Director of the Historical Archives of Belgrade welcomed all present guests and Professor Zoran Eric, Rector of the University of Arts of Belgrade opened the exhibition.   The…

Seminar for Archivists and Librarians from Serbia was held in Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, from 4th until 11th December 2017 in organization of International School for Holocaust of Yad Vashem and Terraforming. Twenty-seven representatives from Serbian cultural institutions - from Historical Archives of Belgrade, Archives of Vojvodine, Military…

Members of the Regional Talent Center and their teacher Goran Dujkovic visited Historical Archives of Belgrade on 28th November 2017. During this working visit, children from the talent Center got familiar with the activities of the Archives and with different aspects of using the archival material – in researches and in papers presented in…

Ministry of Culture and Information organized second in a row conference “Culture and IT” on 16th November 2017 in the House of the National Assembly of Serbia.   The conference included key topics in the field of cultural development: culture in digital environment (3D scanning/mapping; virtual reality; extended reality; digital…

Seminar At the Source Training and Development program, organized by National Library of Israel and Rothschild Foundation (Hanadiv) Europe, was held in the Historical Archives of Belgrade on Wednesday, November 1st 2017. The program deals with capacity building, skill development and networking with Jewish archives in South East…

International conference 1917 in History and Fate of Russian Emigration was solemnly opened in Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russian Abroad in Moscow, on the 26th of October 2017.   Representatives of 19 countries with 65 lectures participated in the conference. The gathered participants were welcomed by Grigoriy Borisovich Karasin,…

International conference Special Collections in the Context of Cultural Heritage Protection and Cultural Development Fostering was held in the National Library of Serbia from 2nd until 4th of October 2017.   In three working days, 120 lecturers and 190 authors from Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,…

Ministry of Defense organized an expert meeting on 25th September 2017 with a goal to plan and prepare a monograph and a documentary film dedicated to the Memory Rooms of the Ministry of Defense and of Serbian Army.   The meeting was attended by State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense, Aleksandar Živković and by representatives of…

Exhibition "Banjica Concentration Camp 1941–1944 – Prisoners from Požarevac and Braničevo County" was opened on September 20th 2017 in the Gallery of Contemporary Arts in Požarevac.   Exhibition panels with archival documents, books and photographs demonstrate everyday life in the camp and perishing of its prisoners. This exhibition…

Promotion of book Nezider: Austro-Hungarian Camp for Serbians 1914–1918 (Historical Archives of Belgrade, 2017) was held in the in the Museum of Rudnik and Takovo Region, on Thursday, September 14th.   Publication Nezider: Austro-Hungarian Camp for Serbians 1914–1918 is the first attempt in our historiography to explore within one…

Pavel Sokolovski, consul of the Polish Embassy in Belgrade and Branislav Ćurčić, director of the Historical Archives of Sombor visited Historical Archives of Belgrade on 25th August 2017.   Consul Sokolovski was first introduced to the current activities of the Archives and then he presented in short the retrospective of Serbian and…

Historical Archives of Belgrade’s exhibition Volodja has come back was opened in Senta City Museum on 10th August 2017.   The exhibition was presented for the first time in December 2016 in the Gallery of Historical Archives of Belgrade, with the goal to celebrate 50 years of Tanja Kragujević’s poetic activities. From 2009 Tanja…

Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Republic of Serbia, HE Vladimir Gasparič visited Historical Archives of Belgrade on July 5th 2017. In a friendly conversation, current activities of the Archives were presented to Mr. Gasparič and special attention was paid to the cooperation with Slovenian cultural and scientific institutions as well…

Ministry of Culture and Information organized a workshop Promotion of Archives’ Web Presentations on June 22nd 2017 with a goal to present Government’s Guidelines for Web presentations and to improve visibility of cultural institutions of great national importance on Google search.   The workshop was focused on the goal to synchronize…

Israeli Ambassador to Serbia HE Alona Fisher Kam visited Historical Archives of Belgrade on 6th June 2017. Ambassador Fisher Kam was welcomed by Dragan Gačić and a representative of City Secretariat for Culture Daniela Milinković. Archives' activities and implemented projects were presented on this occasion to HE Alona Fisher…

  On Thursday, 11th May 2017, Mirjana Obradović, archival councilor and Head of the Department for Sorting and Processing of Archival Material in the Historical Archives of Belgrade, gave a lecture to the students from the Faculty of Architecture on archives, preserving and using of archival material. The lecture was initiated by Professor…

Manifestation Belgrade Days in Moscow will be held in the capital of the Russian Federation from 25th until 27th May 2017, with a goal to straighten cooperation between the two nations. It is a mutual project of Belgrade and Moscow and the Mayor Siniša Mali will be the head of the Serbian capital delegation there. The Belgrade Days in Moscow…

The conference Culture and Information Technology Sector was held on May 16th 2017 in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia. The conference was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia. It was opened by Tatjana Matić from the Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Telecommunications and Nino Brajović…

Historical Archives of Belgrade has published two new editions: "Neszider, Austro-Hungarian Camp for Serbian Prisoners" and “London Diary 1945–1946”, a diary of Yugoslav diplomat Kosta St. Pavlović.   Book promotion will be organized on Wednesday 26th April 2017 at 1 PM in the Roman Hall of the Library of the City of…

A presentation of the Europe for Citizens program on the conference “Culture of Remembrance as a part of European Values: Serbia’s Participation in the Europe for Citizens program” was held on February 8th 2017. The presentation was organized by the Office for Cooperation with Civil Society gathering over 40 representatives of civil society,…

  The sixth international conference within international project Escalating into Holocaust - from Execution Squads to the Gas Van of Sajmiste: Two Defining Phases of the Holocaust in Serbia, was held in Novi Sad on 24th January 2017. It was the final project event after those held in Belgrade, Niš, Amsterdam, Kragujevac and…