Middle Danube, Lower Sava and Central Balkans: land of anchor, land of passage from first to fifth century A.D.

Institute for Balkan Studies of SASA and the Institute Ausonius in Bordeaux implement bilateral scientific cooperation project entitled: Middle Danube, Sava and Lower Central  Balkans: Land of anchor, Land of Passage from first to fifth century AD, in the framework of integrated activities "Pavle Savic" / "Partnership Hubert Curien" (PHC), 2014-2015 (no. 451-03-3455/2013-09/16), jointly funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of France. During the first week of October several project activities were completed, of which we highlight the following:

Round table within the framework of bilateral project “Pavle Savić 2014–2015”

On Tuesday, October 7, 2014, a round table, named after the project: Middle Danube, Lower Sava and Central Balkans: land of anchor, land of passage from first to fifth century A.D. was held in the Library of the Institute for Balkan Studies of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Participants were project members and collaborators from Serbian and French teams. Topics and presentations were focused on communications and contacts in the Balkans in Roman times.

Exhibition «Svrljig et la Serbie orientale à travers les âges, du Paléolithique à nos jours»

On October 7,  2014, in National library Stevan Sremac in Niš, an exhibition under the title « Svrljig et la Serbie orientale à travers les âges, du Paléolithique à nos jours » by Vladimir P. Petrović and Vojislav Filipović, organized by the French Institute in Serbia and the Institute for Balkan Studies of SASA. The exhibition is dedicated the region of Eastern Serbia throughout centuries – from prehistory until today, and it follows the course of archeological excavations on the site Timacum Maius, which are successfully conducted under the aegis of the Institute for Balkan Studies in collaboration with French archaeologists.