The Eighth National Conference on Byzantine Studies

The Serbian Committee for Byzantine Studies, the SASA Board for Byzantine Studies, and the Institute for Byzantine Studies  organised the traditional national conference of scholars in the field of Byzantine Studies. This event, the eighth in the series, was held from 27 to 29 October 2025 in Belgrade.

The first day of the Conference took place in the SASA Grand Hall. The following two days, the conference programme continued in the Hall of the SASA Audiovisual Archives.

The Scientific Board of the Conference included: Academician Ljubomir Maksimović, Academician Vujadin Ivanišević (President), SASA Corresponding Member Vesna Bikić, PhD, Bojana Krsmanović, PhD, Srđan Pirivatrić, PhD, Ljubomir Milanović, PhD, Associate Professor Dejan Dželebić, PhD, Maja Nikolić, PhD, Associate Professor Miloš Živković, PhD, Jovana Šijaković, PhD, Bojana Pavlović, PhD, and Miloš Cvetković, PhD.

The Organising Board comprised Srđan Pirivatrić, PhD (President), Bojana Pavlović, PhD, and Miloš Cvetković, PhD (Secretaries).

The Conference consisted of three parts: thematic, general, and discussion. The central topic of the Conference was “The Byzantine Town and Its Heritage.” The general section covered Byzantine Themes, while the discussion segment addressed The Challenges of Contemporary Byzantine Studies.