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Historical Archives of Belgrade organized a workshop within the project Promotion of the Digital Repository of the Historical Archives of Belgrade on the 6th of August 2021 with the aim to provide opportunity for the archivists and librarians to exchange their experiences in digitization processes. The themes of the workshop were: •…

Тhe Historical Archives of Belgrade organized a meeting regarding the project Physical Condition of the Church Registers Preserved in the Serbian Archives оn the 1st of June 2021. The project was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Information. It will be implemented by the Archives of Vojvodina, which will be in charge for the church…

  The Historical Archives of Belgrade has finished the work on the Jewish Digital Collection, a database available online in Serbian and English language.   The collection was created with the idea to gather in one place all material preserved in the Historical Archives of Belgrade which is related to the life of Jewish community in…

Television crew of the Russian National Television NTV visited the Historical Archives of Belgrade on the 26th and 27th of April 2021.   The purpose of the visit was the documentary on the construction of the Temple of Saint Sava in Belgrade. The story of the temple was told by Professor Vojislav Milovanović and a part of selected…

Slađana Zarić’s documentary “The Man Who Said No to Hitler-a Story about Svetolik Dragačevac and the 27th of March” was filmed by the Radio Television of Serbia in the Historical Archives of Belgrade, to mark 80 years since the protests of the 27th March 1941.   A part of the documentary was recorded in the building of the…

The second workshop on the practical uses of the Digital Repository of the Historical Archives of Belgrade was held on Friday 26th February 2021 in the Gallery of the Historical Archives of Belgrade. The participants of the workshop were the students from the History Department of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade.   The students had…

The first workshop within the project Promotion of the Digital Repository was held on the 11th of February 2021 in the Gallery of the Archives. The participants of the workshop were pupils of the elementary school Radojka Lakić and pupils from the Regional Talent Center Belgrade 2.   The Digital Repository is an online platform which to…

The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, at the request and initiative of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, passed the Law on Archives and Archival Material on the 14th of January 2020 (published in Sl. Glasnik, number 6/2020), and the official implementation begins one year later.   This Law…

Поводом дугогодишње аматерске активности у Кошаркашком савезу Србије, а најдуже на месту председника Скупштине КСС, на изборној Скупштини КСС одржаној 14. децембра 2020. на којој је изабран…

Professor Desanka Mijalković Stambolić (1929–2020), a physician, endocrinologist, PhD in Medicine and legator of the Historical Archives of Belgrade died on October 17th, 2020 at the age of 91. Desanka Mijalković Stambolić graduated from the faculty of Medicine of the University of Belgrade and as a military scholarship holder she worked…

Archival Society of Serbia organized international archival conference “Niš 2020” on October 7th 2020, with the main topic "Culture of Memory and Oblivion - Archives Guardians of Memory". The conference was realized in the period between 7th and 9th October. It consisted of three sessions, and it gathered archivists from Serbia, Republic of…

On Saturday, September 26th 2020, Historical Archives of Belgrade marks 75-years anniversary.   Historical Archives of Belgrade is one of the most modern archives in the country, having important role in the development of the archival network in Serbia. The Belgrade Archives doesn’t have jurisdiction over other archival institutions;…

The Golden Beočug Award for 2019 was awarded for the 49th time in the National Theatre of Belgrade on 21st September 2020.   The Golden Beočug was established in 1970 and it has been ever since awarded by cultural and educational community of Belgrade to artists, performers, scientists, ensembles, organizations and institutions that had…

New edition of the Historical Archives of Belgrade entitled Kosta St. Pavlović: THE JOURNAL 1930–1932 represents a significant historical source for researchers and wider audience. The diary of Kosta Pavlović kept in this period provides precious information on various events and individuals, including relationship between king Aleksandar and…

  Tanja Kragujević, Serbian poet and legator of the Historical Archives of Belgrade, won the Drainac Award for poetry for 2020. One of the most important poetry awards in Serbia was awarded to Tanja Kragujević for poetry book Extravaganza, Small Poems, published by Čigoja Press in 2019. The award was presented to the poet during the…

The Historical Archives of Belgrade is in process of taking over and inventorying valuable archival material which will be part of a new legacy formed from the documentation left behind the architect Mihajlo Mitrović (1922-1918). Mitrović won some of the most important awards and prizes in the field of architecture, including The October Award…

The Office for Information Technologies and eGovernment launched a portal digitalnasolidarnost.gov.rs which will allow using of free platforms, tools for learning and work from home, free books, courses, films, music, TV and cultural contents. The portal is intended for all people who stay at home during the corona virus pandemic.…

The Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self Government gave specific instructions regarding the organization of work process in the circumstances of the state of emergency with a goal to prevent spreading of the corona virus disease.   More details...   

To all the visitors of the Historical Archives of Belgrade We are informing you that according to the Decision on Introducing the State of Emergency in Serbia and measures instructed by the Historical Archives of Belgrade’s founder, the Assembly of the City of Belgrade, all Archives’ activities and direct work with the Archives’ clients…

  Ivica Mladjenović (1937–2020), an architect and theoretical lecturer on architecture, publicist and legato of the Historical Archives of Belgrade has died at age of 83. Legacy of Ivica Mladjenović  

  ILC Factory from Prague organized presentation in Berlin from 17th to 18th of February 2020 for Belgrade delegation consisting of Mr. Mileta Radojević, acting Director of Office for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities and representatives of the Historical Archives of Belgrade Mr. Dragan Gačić, Director and Jelena…

  Historical Archives of Belgrade, by a decree of the President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučici, was awarded the Sretenje Order of the Third Degree for special merits for the Republic of Serbia and its citizens in preservation of cultural and historical heritage.     The recognition was…

New exhibition Coats of Arms of the City of Belgrade and Belgrade Municipalities was opened in the Gallery of the Historical Archives of Belgrade on 24th December 2019. Mayor of Belgrade professor Dr Zoran Radojičić opened the exhibition. Dragan Gačić, director of the Archives and Dragomir Acović, heraldic expert introduced exhibited material…

Interactive workshop Electronic Document and Existing Rule Books on Office Operations was held in Historical Archives of Belgrade on 7 November 2019. The workshop dealt with basic principles for regulating office and archival operations in registry offices which normally did not operate in electronic environment and with problems of coordinating…

Exhibition Theatre at All Times was opened in Ethnographic Museum on 1 November 2019.   The exhibition was organized to mark 100 years from the establishment of Society of Drama Artists of Serbia and it illustrates development of the theatre from its creation until present days. It was carried out within a cooperation of Society of…

Archival Association of Serbia organized International archival counseling in Čačak , 9-11 2019 October. Main topics of the counseling were Archives in Electronic Surrounding and Archival Service Today and in Future. Participants of the counseling were archivists from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and the Netherlands. More than 30…

International Center for Archival Research ICARUS organized in Belgrade 24th convention Archives and Archival Research in Digital Surrounding from 23rd – 25th September in cooperation with University of Belgrade and Historical Archives of Belgrade. On Tuesday 24th September third plenary session of the convention “Archives and challenges of…

International archival meeting 12th Archival Day was held in the Town Hall in Subotica on 20th September 2019. Main topic of the meeting was “Register Books as Archival Material”. The conference was organized by the Historical Archives of Subotica for the 12th time. Selection of the topic indicates that church and state register books are…

Deputy Mayor Goran Vesic visited Historical Archives of Belgrade on August 20th 2019 together with Ivan Karl, Secretary of the Secretariat for Culture, Andrea Radulovic, Deputy Chairman of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade and representatives of the Secretariat for Investment of the City of Belgrade.  Deputy Mayor Goran Vesic got…

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…