Organizing Committee

Prof. Aleksandar Rastović, Ph.D., director of the Institute of History Belgrade
Prof. Jiří Woitsch, Ph.D., director of the Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
Vesna Bikić, Corresponding Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Gordana Garić Petrović, Ph.D., Institute of History Belgrade, Serbia
Jaroslav Otčenášek, Ph.D., Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. Laurențiu Rădvan, Ph.D., Faculty of History, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iaşi, Romania
Prof. Katja Tikka, Ph.D., Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Sofia Teives Henriques, Ph.D., University of Porto, Faculty of Economics, Porto, Portugal
Aleksandra Fostikov, Ph.D., Institute of History Belgrade, Serbia
Markéta Holubová, Ph.D., Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Program

OPENING CEREMONY
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 11.00 AM
Welcome Address
Prof. Aleksandar Rastović, Ph.D., director of the Institute of History Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Jiří Woitsch, Ph.D., director of the Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences

FIRST SESSION
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 11.30 AM
Moderators: Vesna Bikić, Laurențiu Rădvan
* Dorina Moullou - TECHNOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF HOUSEHOLD ILLUMINATION IN ANTIQUITY AND BYZANTIUM
* Miloš Ivanović - THE REGULATION OF TRADE IN THE MEDIEVAL SERBIAN STATE FROM THE LATE 12th TO THE MID-15th CENTURY
* Marija Andrić - THE INFLUENCE OF VENETIAN GUILDS ON THE IMPORT OF GOODS FROM THE OTTOMAN BALKANS IN THE 17th CENTURY

SECOND SESSION
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 1.00 PM
Moderators: Aleksandar Rastović, Jiří Woitsch
* Boban Petrovski - CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY OF POLOG UNDER SERBIAN RULE (LATE 13th – MID-14th CENTURY)
* Katja Tikka - THE ECONOMIC POLICY OF SWEDEN (AND FINLAND) DURING THE EARLY MODERN ERA
* Ivan Smiljanić - BANKRUPTCIES AND FINANCIAL SCANDALS IN SLOVENIA DURING THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE
* Nataša Henig Miščić - THE ROLE AND PERCEPTION OF “FOREIGN” CAPITAL BEFORE WORLD WAR I: A CASE STUDY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN LJUBLJANA

THIRD SESSION
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 4.00 PM
Moderators: Miloš Ivanović, Sofia Teives Henriques
* Aleksandra Fostikov - THE REGULATION OF THE MINING MARKET OF MONTANA NOVO BRDO AND EXISTING PARALLELS
* Miljan Gogić - BRSKOVO AS A PRECURSOR OF MINING IN MEDIEVAL SERBIA
* Jelena Rafailović - CHARCOAL IN THE KINGDOM OF SERBS, CROATS AND SLOVENES / YUGOSLAVIA: ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE AND SOCIAL CONTEXT
* Laurențiu Rădvan - PRODUCTION AND TRADE: SALTPETRE AND POTASH IN 17–18th CENTURY MOLDAVIA
* Jiří Woitsch - EARLY MODERN POTASH PRODUCTION IN BOHEMIA – BETWEEN LOCAL ECONOMY AND STRATEGIC INDUSTRY

FOURTH SESSION
Friday, October 31, 2025, 10.30 AM
Moderators: Aleksandra Fostikov, Ivan Smiljanić
* Filip Bukovac - AGRICULTURE IN KOSOVO POMORAVLJE IN THE MID-19th CENTURY: THE EXAMPLE OF NOVO BRDO AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
* Milan Ž. Baltić - A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF MEAT PRODUCTION IN SERBIA
* Sofia Teives Henriques, Koldo Trapaga Monchet - FORESTRY MANAGEMENT OF WOOD CONSUMPTION FOR SHIPBUILDING AND FUEL FOR THE CITY IN PORTUGAL (16–20th CENTURIES)
* Gordana Garić Petrović - TRADITIONAL PRODUCTION AND USE OF WOOD RESOURCES EXCLUDING TIMBER


Program of the Conference (.pdf)

List of Participants

Dorina Moullou, Ph.D. (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Athens, Greece)
Miloš Ivanović, Ph.D. (Institute of History Belgrade, Serbia)
Marija Andrić, Ph.D. (Institute of History Belgrade, Serbia)
Prof. Boban Petrovski, Ph.D. (Faculty of Philosophy, “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University, Skopje, Macedonia)
Prof. Katja Tikka, Ph.D. (Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, Finland)
Ivan Smiljanić, Ph.D. (Institute of Recent History, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Nataša Henig Miščić, Ph.D. (Institute of Recent History, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Aleksandra Fostikov, Ph.D. (Institute of History Belgrade, Serbia)
Miljan Gogić, Ph.D. (University of Montenegro, Historical Institute, Podgorica, Montenegro)
Jelena Rafailović, Ph.D. (Institute for Recent History of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia)
Prof. Laurențiu Rădvan, Ph.D. (Faculty of History, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iaşi, Romania)
Prof. Jiří Woitsch, Ph.D. (Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic)
Filip Bukovac (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philology, Belgrade, Serbia)
Prof. Milan Ž. Baltić, Ph.D. (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia)
Prof. Sofia Teives Henriques, Ph.D. (University of Porto, Faculty of Economics, Porto, Portugal)
Prof. Koldo Trápaga Monchet, Ph.D. (University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain)
Gordana Garić Petrović, Ph.D. (Institute of History Belgrade, Serbia)

Program of the Conference - English (.pdf)

Official Conference poster (.pdf)

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