New Year’s Cocktail Party (2018)

On January 13, 2017. Geographical Institute organized a Cocktail party, as traditional iformal gathering of the employees, collaborators, partners and pensioners of the Institute. On that occasion, the retrospective of the last year activities, significant events and professional success of the Institute was presented. Moreover, the plans for the forthcoming year were outlined.

Date: January 15, 2017
Source: Geographical Institute, Hotel Palace, Belgrade, Serbia

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International Conference “Smart Geography” – dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian Geographical Society

Associates of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” SASA, Dr Јovana Brankov, Dr Dejana Jakovljević, Dr Ana Milanović Pešić, Aleksandra Spalević, MSc and Dr Milena Panić attended the International Conference “Smart Geography” held in Faculty of Geology and Geography –Sofia University in Sofia (Bulgaria), from 2nd until 4th of November 2018, and presented their research on that occasion.

Name of the event: International Conference “Smart Geography” – dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian Geographical Society.

Date: November 2, to November 4, 2018

Venue: Faculty of Geology and Geography –Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria

Organisers: Bulgarian Geographical Society, European Association of Geographers (EUROGEO), Faculty of Geology and Geography, Sofia University

Participants: Jovana Brankov

Announcement title: Announcement title: Ecotourism in national parks in Serbia: Visitors’ perceptions on environmental impact

Coautors: Tamara Jojić Glavonjić

Participant: Dejana Jakovljević

Announcement title: Announcement title: Water quality issues – Examples from Serbia

Participant: Ana Milanović Pešić

Announcement title: Extreme flood events in Kolubara River (Serbia)

Coauthors: Dragana Milijašević Joksimović

Participant: Aleksandra Spalević

Announcement title: Village in Serbia – between the print media and science

Coauthors: Marija Drobnjaković, Milena Panić

Conference program: PROGRAM.pdf

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International Scientific Conference “The Balkan Peninsula of Jovan Cvijić: Historical Background and Contemporary Trends in Human Geography”

Date: October 29, 2018, to October 30, 2018
Venue: Tršić, Loznica, Serbia
Organisers: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Belgrade (Serbia) and Center for Culture “Vuk Karadžić” Loznica (Serbia)
Sponsors: Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia and the City of Loznica
Programme: Third_Circular_Balkan Peninsula.pdf

 

We are very pleased to inform you that in the organization of Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” SASA and Cultural center “Vuk Karadzic” form Loznica, in period 29-30. October 2018, the International Scientific Conference “The Balkan Peninsula of Jovan Cvijić: Historical Background and Contemporary Trends in Human Geography” was successfully organized.

The Conference is dedicated to the centenary of publishing of the most important
work of Jovan Cvijić in the domain of human geography — La péninsule
balkanique: geographie humaine (1918).
Antropogeographical research in our country, which basis was set a century ago by Jovan Cvijic, his fundamental researches and foundation of anthropogeographic school, was complemented with different scientific approaches. During the first day of the conference, we were able to follow in total 23 interesting presentations of colleagues of different profesional orientations, from nine countries.
Additionally, during the opening ceremony, prof. dr Ljubinka Trgovčević Mitrović introduced us with the details of Cvijić’s life in period of creating his capital work holding the lecture “The war path of Jovan Cvijić and the Balkan peninsula”.
As part of the ceremonial closure of the conference, premier display of the documentary movie dedicated to Jovan Cvijić was organized. The movie is part of the serial entitled “Serbs giants of science” (Srbi velikani nauke), which autor was journalist Aleksandar Vlajković. On the second day of the confrence excursion to the surroundings of Lozinca was organized, in order to enable the foreign and domestic attendents to visit monastery Tronoša, ethno-complex Tršić, Museum of Jadar in Loznica and Spa Koviljača.

Organizational Committee: Dr. Ana Milanović Pešić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA,
president
Dr. Jovana Brankov, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA
Marina Cvetanović, Cultural Centre “Vuk Karadžić” Loznica
Dr. Marija Drobnjaković, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA
MSc Marko Filipović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA
MSc Vlasta Kokotović Kanazir, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA
Dr. Stefana Matović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA
MSc Milovan Milivojević, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA
MSc Snežana Nešković-Simić, Cultural Centre “Vuk Karadžić” Loznica
Dr. Marko D. Petrović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA
Aleksandra Purić, Educational and Cultural Centre “Vuk Karadžić” Tršić
MSc Biljana Radičević, Cultural Centre “Vuk Karadžić” Loznica
Dragoljub Štrbac, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA
Dr. Marko Urošev, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA
Dr. Zlata Vuksanović-Macura, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA

Scientific Committee: Dr. Milan Radovanović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Serbia,
president
Dr. Biljana Apostolovska Toshevska, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”,
Faculty of Science, Institute of Geography, Macedonia
Dr. Jelena Bogdanović, Iowa State University, Department of Architecture, USA
Dr. Jelena Ćalić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Serbia
Dr. Mirko Grčić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Serbia
Dr. Gaëlle Hallair, CNRS UMR Geographie-Cites, France
Dr. Johannes Mattes, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
MSc Marko V. Milošević, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Serbia
Dr. Olga Y. Nikonova, South Ural State University, Department of Domestic
and Foreign History, Russia
Dr. Vojislаv G. Pаvlović, Institute for Balkan Studies SASA, Serbia
Dr. Etienne Piguet, Institute of Geography, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Dr. Jana Pospíšilová, Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Dr. Aleksandra Terzić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Serbia
Dr. Danica Šantić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Serbia
Dr. Darko Vuković, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Serbia

phone: +381-11-2636-276

e-mail: balkanpeninsula-conference@gi.sanu.ac.rs

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International Scientific Conference “The Balkan Peninsula of Jovan Cvijić: Historical Background and Contemporary Trends in Human Geography” Closed

Date: October 29, 2018, to October 30, 2018

Venue: Tršić, Loznica, Serbia

Organisers: Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Belgrade (Serbia) and Center for Culture “Vuk Karadžić” Loznica (Serbia)

Sponsors: Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia and the City of Loznica

Programme: The_Balkan_Peninsula_Conference_Programme_2018.pdf

phone: +381-11-2636-276

e-mail: balkanpeninsula-conference@gi.sanu.ac.rs

Call for papers for Special Issue “Sports Tourism” of Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research

Dear Colleagues,

We are currently accepting submissions for upcoming Special Issue entitled “Sports Tourism”, which will be published in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research (indexed by WoS–SSCI, IF2017: 2.685 and Scopus: Q1). All conceptual or empirical, quantitative, qualitative or mixed method studies are welcome.

The Special Issue will be particularly focused on original contribution to sports tourism theory considered as novel and interesting in the broad category of this selective type of tourism, although it should adhere to the mission of publishing works with a theoretical focus with implications that are generalizable beyond a specific city or country. Some example dimensions of topics include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Sports tourism as a part of global, contemporary trends in the travel industry
2. Health aspects of sports tourism
3. Natural/anthropogenic hazards and risks and their influences on sports events and visitors’ behavior
4. Impacts of sports events on host destination – an international perspective
5. Role of sports tourism in rural/peri-urban/urban development: worldwide examples and comparisons
6. Importance of marketing tools in sports tourism and sports events global progress

The timeline:
Manuscript submission deadline: March 1st, 2019;
First comments (initial acceptance/rejection) on manuscripts: April 1st, 2019;
Revision due: July 1st, 2019;
Special Issue will be published in the second half of 2019.

Special Issue Guest Editor
Marko D. Petrović, Ph.D., Research Associate
Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts), Social Geography Department, Belgrade, Serbia
South Ural State University, Institute of Sports, Tourism and Service, Chelyabinsk, Russia
m.petrovic@gi.sanu.ac.rs

More information you may find at JHTR’s homepage: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/JHT/JHTR_SportsRevisedDeadline.pdf

Date: September 6, 2018
Source: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/JHT/JHTR_SportsRevisedDeadline.pdf , Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

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Promotion of scientific article

Scientific article published by group of authors from Serbia, among which the collaborators of the Geographcal Institute “Jovan Cvijic” SASA, Milan Radovanović, PhD and Boško Milovanović, PhD. After the publication of the article entitled “Low ionospheric reactions on tropical depressions prior hurricanes” in the renown international journal “Advances in Space Research”, it has been promoted by the publisher as specially significant scientific contribution to the scientific discipline.

Date: 19.04.2018.
Source: https://advanceseng.com/general-engineering/low-ionospheric-reactions-tropical-depressions-prior-hurricane, , ,

Serbia an Associate Member of IUGG

It is our pleasure to inform you that Serbia entered the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. An application for admission of Serbia to IUGG as an Associate Member was received from the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The official delegates from the Institute are namely: Ana Milanović Pešić (Secretary General and the IAHS correspondent) and Milan Radovanović (IAMAS correspondent).

An application for admission of Serbia to IUGG as an Associate Member was received from the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The IUGG Executive Committee welcomed this application, and it was placed before the IUGG Adhering Bodies in regular status (dues paid) for a vote by correspondence. The vote is now complete, and the application was accepted: 32 (of 43 eligible to vote) Members voted, and all votes are affirmative. According to the IUGG Statutes and By-Laws, the membership of Serbia is provisional until the approval of the vote by the IUGG Council. On that occassion the new officers of the Serbian National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics were delegated, they are: Aleksandra Nina (President and the IAGA correspondent), Ana Milanović Pešić (Secretary General and the IAHS correspondent), Oleg Odalović (IAG correspondent), and Milan Radovanović (IAMAS correspondent).

Enclosure: IUGGej1804.pdf

Date: April 1, 2018
Source: INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEODESY AND GEOPHYSICS, -, -, –

Project Glac – Pannonia Project

Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” SASA is enroled in the international project entitled “Glac – Pannonia Project”, under the leadership of the Archaeological Institute from Belgrade and Department of Classics and Ancient History, The University of Sydney from Australia. On the 26th of January 2018, the contract of project realisation was signed in the Institute’s quarters. The team leadership on behalf of the Institute was assigned to dr Jelena Ćalić.The subject of the research is the archaeological site Glac near Sremska Mitrovica, where the remains of the Roman emperial palace were found, which was built by emperor Maximanus Herculius in the 3rd and the begining of the 4th century. The goal of the project is the identification of the settlement formation, study of the paleo-landscapes and various aspects of the enviroment during the Ancient and Late Antiquity period. The project task of the team from our Institute is the processing and analysis of spatial data according to the CSIRO methodology, which was requested by the contracting authority, and includes the development of the geomorphological and geographical maps in different proportions, with the inclusion of data on land and vegetation aspects. It also includes the elaboration of a written interpretation of the geomorpholic history of the site.

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Part of the project team on the occasion of signing of the project contract on 26th of January 2018. (from left to the right: dr Stefan Pop-Lazić, dr Tivadar Gaudenyi, dr Milan Radovanović, Prof dr Richard Miles, dr Milijan Dimitrijević and dr Jelena Ćalić)

International Scientific Conference “Advances in Forest Ecology and Management”

Date: December 6, 2017, to December 7, 2017
Venue: Ural State Forest Engineering University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Organisers: Ural State Forest Engineering University, Yekaterinburg and Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Belgrade

We would like to inform you that the International Scientific Conference “Advances in Forest Ecology and Management” was successfully held from 6 to 7 December 2017, organized by the Ural State Forest Engineering University from Yekaterinburg and Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA from Belgrade.

Participation in the Conference was taken by numerous home and foreign scholars who exposed the results of their research within several sections, which demonstrated a significant scientific interest in this issue, in the theoretical, social and practical terms.

Organizational Committee: Assoc. Prof. PhD Natalia Vuković, Ural State Forest Engineering University Yekaterinburg (Russia) (Chairman)
Assoc. Prof. PhD Marko D. Petrović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” Serbian Academy of Sciences and arts, Belgrade (Serbia).
Prof. dr.Valery Fomin, Ural State Forest Engineering University, Institute of Plants and Animals, Ural branch of Russian Academy of Science, Yekaterinburg (Russia ).
Prof. dr. Janos Gal, West-Hungarian University (Hungary).

Scientific Committee: Prof. dr. Darko Vuković, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” Serbian Academy of Sciences and arts, Belgrade (Serbia) (Chairman).
Prof. dr. Sergey Zalesov, Ural State Forest University, Yekaterinburg (Russia).
Acad. Prof. dr. Mirjana Radović Marković, Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade (Serbia).
Prof. dr. Milan Radovanović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” Serbian Academy of Sciences and arts, Belgrade (Serbia).
Prof. dr. Dragan Manojlović, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade (Serbia).
PhD Ana Milanović Pešić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijic” Serbian Academy of Sciences and arts, Belgrade (Serbia).
Prof. dr. Roy Damary, President of the “INSAM” (Institut Superieur des Affaires et du Management), Geneva (Switzerland).
PhD Gabor Lux, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Institute for regional studies, Pécs (Hungary).

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International Conference “Theory and practice of harmonization of interaction of natural, social and production systems of the region”

Date: October 12, 2017, to October 13, 2017
Venue: N. P. Ogarev Mordovia State University, Saransk, Republic of Mordovia (Russian Federation)
Organisers: N. P. Ogarev Mordovia State University, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Ecology of the Volga Basin of
the Russian Academy of Sciences, Mordovia Branch of Russian Geographic Society
Sponsors: Ministry of Forestry, Hunting and Nature Management of the Republic of Mordovia,
Ministry of Culture and National Policy of the Republic of Mordovia, The Ministry of Education of the Republic of Mordovia
Programme: Conference SARANSK.pdf

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the International Conference “Theory and practice of harmonization of interaction of natural, social and production systems of the region”. The conference will be held on 12th and 13th of October 2017, in Saransk (Republic Mordovia) in the co-organization of N. P. Ogarev Mordovia State University, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Institute of Ecology of the Volga Basin RAS and Mordovia Branch of Russian Geographic Society.

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