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International Conference Culture of Remembrance – Humanity, Courage and Knowledge

Sjenica, Serbia

We kindly invite states, embassies, international and national institutions, museums, archives, universities, schools, associations, organisations and individuals to take part in the international conference “Culture of Remembrance – Humanity, Courage and Knowledge”.

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Date and venue

9–10 October 2026

Sjenica, Cultural Centre

Registration is closed.

Participation is free of charge.

Conference programme

The strongest aim of the undertaking

Raising and educating new generations through the finest human examples

We want to show young people those who, in the most difficult times, helped, healed, rescued, protected, educated, created and offered a hand of friendship.

Conference

About the conference

  • What is the conference?

    An international gathering organised by the Jovo Lojanica Stupljanin Endowment and devoted to the culture of remembrance, humanity, courage and knowledge. The 2nd International Scientific Conference, “The Great War in Serbia: historical lessons, foreign humanitarian missions and the culture of remembrance”, will be held on 9–10 October 2026 in Sjenica, Serbia, at the Cultural Centre.

  • Why was it launched?

    We believe that history is preserved not only in books and archives. It lives through people, their families, places, documents, photographs, memories and stories that we pass on to young people.

  • What are its aims?

    To raise and educate new generations through the finest examples of human civilisation. To discover the traces of the people who came to help Serbia in its most difficult moments, document their biographies and, wherever possible, find their descendants.

  • What is being researched?

    Humanity, courage and knowledge: the states, institutions, organisations and individuals who helped Serbia and its population, foreign humanitarian missions in the Great War, notable people, and the historical records that bear witness to them.

  • Who can take part?

    Participation is open to all interested citizens, teachers, researchers, professionals, representatives of institutions, and other guests. Participation in the Conference is free of charge. No registration fee is required. Admission is free.

  • Why does international cooperation matter?

    We do not wish simply to present our own interpretation of the past. We want to learn from other countries, and our wish is for this project to become the beginning of long-term international cooperation, rather than a one-time event.

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What do we research?

  • Humanity

    People and organisations who helped others.

  • Courage

    People who showed exceptional courage in difficult circumstances.

  • Knowledge

    Scientists, doctors, professors, researchers and others who placed their knowledge in the service of people.

  • Aid to Serbia

    States, institutions, organisations and individuals who helped Serbia and its population.

  • People

    Biographies and stories of notable people.

  • Historical records

    Documents, photographs, letters, diaries and other testimonies.

International cooperation

Invitation to states and institutions

We invite states, embassies, museums, archives, universities, schools, associations, organisations and individuals to help us research and preserve historical memory.

More about cooperation

Countries with which cooperation has begun or to which an invitation has been extended

  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • Russia
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Switzerland
  • Greece
  • Australia
  • Belgium
  • New Zealand
  • Netherlands
  • Ireland
  • Tunisia
  • Italy
  • Norway
  • Japan
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Sweden
  • Israel
  • Finland
  • India
  • Denmark
  • Czech Republic
  • Luxembourg
  • Slovakia
  • Egypt
  • Portugal
  • Vatican City
  • Andorra
  • Algeria
  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
  • Latvia
  • European Union
  • Montenegro
  • North Macedonia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Slovenia
  • Croatia
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Bulgaria
  • Hungary
  • Türkiye
  • Albania
  • China
  • Pakistan
  • Mexico
  • Brazil
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Indonesia

53 invitations Invited embassies and response

Research on aid

Who helped Serbia?

Over time, the aim is to show for each country:

  • what aid it provided
  • when
  • to whom
  • where
  • on what scale
  • which institutions and organisations took part
  • which notable people took part
  • which historical documents confirm it

For each country

  1. Country
  2. Aid
  3. People
  4. Documents
  5. Sources

Country pages are in preparation.

Countries and aid

Call for historical records

Do you have a document, photograph or testimony?

If you have documents, photographs, letters, diaries, family memories or other historical testimonies that may contribute to the research, we invite you to share them with us.

Send material

office@zaduzbinalojanica.rs How to send material

Cooperation

Collaborators and partners

The Endowment is open to cooperation with states, embassies, museums, archives, universities, schools, veterans’ organisations, descendants’ associations, humanitarian organisations, the media and researchers.

The list of collaborators and partners is in preparation.

Get in touch

From remembrance to the future

We do not want the past to remain only in archives.

We want it to give rise to knowledge available to everyone.

We want children and young people to come to know the finest examples of human conduct and to be inspired by them.

  • We want to preserve remembrance.
  • We want to find the truth.
  • We want to spread knowledge.

And we want to raise and educate new generations through the finest examples of human civilisation.