Participation of the Institute for Balkan Studies SASA Researchers in the International Scientific Conference “Ethnology and Anthropology Through Time”

Dr Aleksandra Đurić Milovanović, Principal Research Fellow, and Dr Jelisaveta Fotić, Associate for Publishing Activities at the Institute for Balkan Studies SASA, participated in the international scientific conference “Ethnology and Anthropology Through Time: Reflections on the Discipline and the Horizons Ahead”, held from 10 to 13 September 2026 at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, and organised by the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology.

The conference focused on the development of ethnology and anthropology through time, contemporary theoretical and methodological approaches, and future directions of the discipline. The programme included plenary lectures and 23 thematic panels, bringing together researchers from Serbia and abroad.

Dr Aleksandra Đurić Milovanović presented the paper “Recognized but Not Equal: Religious Minorities and Epistemological Shifts in Postsocialist Anthropology” within the panel “Ethnic Communities, Minorities and Identity Practices”.

Dr Jelisaveta Fotić presented the paper “A Critical View of the Concepts of Biosociality and Biosolidarity in Postsocialist Contexts” within the panel “Medical, Biosocial and Health Anthropology”.

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