Miloš Todorović

Ronin Institute

Surprisingly, even though Serbia was a part of the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years and Ottoman culture had a tremendous impact on Serbian culture, today Ottoman archaeology and art history do not exist as specialized fields of study in the country. Ottoman archaeology faces enormous difficulties. This paper examines the reasons for this in ord...

A book on Serbian–Egyptian intercultural relations published in Serbian (pages 6 to 94) and English (from page 99 onward).

Водећи се теоријским основама музеологије и херитологије да предмет баштине представља извор информација, овај рад анализира употребу наслеђа у спољној политици Републике Србије кроз две студије случаја. Рад нуди преглед неких досадашњих употреба, попут употребе српског средњовековног наслеђа на Косову и Метохији ради спречавања уласка Косова у UNE...

While heritage has been an important topic in international relations for decades, little attention has been paid to studying and understating its role in diplomacy. Yet, not only does heritage play an important role in cultural diplomacy, but there is also another type of diplomacy, often overlooked by scholars and practitioners alike-heritage dip...

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Turkey has been using the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) to gain soft power and increase its influence in the Balkans, Caucasia, and Central Asia. As Turkey’s focus is on countries that were once part of the Ottoman Empire, many have characterized this attempt as Neo-Ottomanism. Especia...

‘Thinking the continent of Africa’, observes Felwine Sarr, ‘is an arduous task, enshrouded in a fog of treacherous clichés, stereotypes, and pseudocertitudes’. Needless to say, such ‘clichés, stereotypes, and pseudocertitudes’ tell us more about the society that is ‘thinking the continent of Africa’ than about Africa itself, because the ‘Other’ has...

Kao što je poznato, muzealizacija nije unapred definisan univerzalan proces, već dinamičan proces prenosa predmeta iz primarnog u sekundarni kontekst. On uvek podrazumeva iste aktivnosti, međutim, sam proces zavisi od predmeta muzealizacije, budući da različito nasleđe iziskuje različit tretman. Arheološko, hrišćansko, nasleđe Jugoslavije – svako i...

Ever since Joseph Nye introduced the concept of “soft power”, countries around the world started paying a lot more attention to this way of thinking about power and, in recent years, many started to find innovative ways to cultivate their own soft power. One of them was through heritage diplomacy, that is, the use of heritage in foreign policy to a...

In Pusto tursko, Darko Tanasković explores the current state of affairs in Turkey, from the country’s memory politics, through problems within the government, all the way to its foreign policy. As the author is one of the most distinguished Oriental scholars and a diplomat who has served as the Ambassador of Yugoslavia to Turkey, the work offers a...

Putopisi su važan izvor kako za discipline koje se bave istraživanjem prošlosti, poput istorije, arheologije i istorije umetnosti, tako i za discipline koje se bave istraživanjem sadašnjosti, poput antropologije, kulturologije i postkolonijalnih studija. Oni ogledaju autorovo viđenje mesta koje posećuje, ljudi koji tu žive i utiču na to kako čitala...

Over the years the public has shown a keen interest when it comes to archaeology. Archaeologists noticed this and the importance of communicating their finds to the public, which is why a separate field of “public archaeology” emerged in the 20th century. As communicating with the public is still one of the most important aspects of public archaeol...

Collecting and sharing knowledge are activities which are almost as important as creating knowledge. Yet, the ideas of collecting and sharing knowledge have changed over time, reflecting society’s needs. That’s why it’s necessary to study the evolution of the idea of collecting and sharing knowledge from the first libraries of the Near East during...