Programme

9 October 2026

1. 08.30 — 09.00
   Registration
2. 09.00 — 10.00
   Opening addresses
3. 10.00 — 11.15

   1. The First World War – causes and consequences

      Colonel Prof. Dr. Miloje Pršić, Director, Military Archives, Belgrade

   2. Treatment and recovery of the Serbian army in North Africa from 1916 to 1919

      Lieutenant Colonel Luka Nikolić, Dom Garde Topčider, Belgrade

   3. Historical data on the types and extent of allied aid to Serbia during the Great War – part I

      MSc Marija Lojanica Mirošnjikov, trustee of the Lojanica Endowment

   4. Muslims in the army of the Kingdom of Serbia and the defence of Belgrade in 1915

      Zoran Šukalo, dipl. ing., Secretary-General of the Association of Descendants of Serbian Warriors 1912–1920

   5. The records of archpriest Slobodan Kostić as a source for the history of the Valjevo region during the occupation, 1915–1918

      Prof. Dr. Vladimir Krivošejev, museum advisor, National Museum, Valjevo
4. 11.15 — 11.30
   Break
5. 11.30 — 13.00

   1. Sjenica and Pešter during the First (Great) World War

      Prof. Salih Selimović, historian

   2. Rudolf Archibald Reiss and the morale of the Serbian soldier during the Great War

      Prof. Ivan Stratimirović, President of the Association of Descendants of Serbian Warriors 1912–1920

   3. Historical data on the types and extent of allied aid to Serbia during the Great War – part II

      MSc Ana Tronigger, economist

   4. Dr. Peter Bayers and the Dutch medical mission in Serbia in 1915

      Dr. Volođa Ćuković, specialist in clinical biochemistry, Prijepolje

   5. The Kingdom of Sweden and Serbia during the Great War: humanitarian initiatives and transnational solidarity

      Dr. Vesna Reinders, professor
6. 13.00 — 13.30
   Break
7. 13.30 — 14.30

   1. Meetings between Dr. Hunter and Dr. Marković in Niš in 1915

      Prim. Dr. med. Goran Čukić, epidemiologist, Belgrade

   2. The fearlessness and patriotism of Vojvoda Vuk · Petar Bojović – extensive knowledge, discipline and responsibility

      Dr. Jovo Lojanica, founder of the Lojanica Endowment

   3. Serbian pharmacy during the Great War

      Doc. Dr. Bojana B. Petrović, Faculty of Pharmacy, Educons University, Belgrade

   4. Key areas of Russian humanitarian aid to Serbia during the First World War (1914–1917)

      Prof. Dr. Galina Ševcova, senior research associate at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Humanitarian University, Moscow

   5. The history of Serbia’s military medical service

      Colonel Doc. Dr. Milan Spaić, VMA, Belgrade
8. 14.30 — 15.30
   Lunch break
9. 15.30 — 18.00
   Visit to the Lojanica Endowment. Planting the Tree of Remembrance in the Park of Cultural Memory.

10 October 2026

1. 08.30 — 10.00

   1. Resisting oblivion – the humanitarian work of Jelena Lozanić Frothingham during the Great War

      MSc Gordana Lazarević, library consultant, University Library “Svetozar Marković”, Belgrade

   2. An early example of organised typhus prevention in Serbia: military implementation at the “Bačije” site near Tekija – Jovan Mihaila Sretenović (1879–1958), Major

      Prim. Dr. med. Goran Čukić, epidemiologist, Belgrade (joint paper with Dušan Đurić, independent researcher, Belgrade)

   3. Everyday life in the Middle Ibar valley under Austro-Hungarian occupation

      Prof. Dr. Vladan Virijević, Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Priština with temporary headquarters in Kosovska Mitrovica

   4. Evelina Haverfield – Scottish baroness and her mission among the people of Bajina Bašta (1919–1922): new findings

      Prof. Marko Kovačević, history teacher, “Josif Pančić” Grammar School, Bajina Bašta
2. 10.00 — 10.30
   Break
3. 10.30 — 12.00

   1. The consequences of the Spanish flu pandemic in Serbia at the end of the First World War

      Prof. Dr. Vladimir Krivošejev, museum advisor, National Museum, Valjevo

   2. The “Four Faiths” monument to the fallen soldiers of the Great War

      Prim. Dr. Nada Lazović, doctor, General Hospital Čačak

   3. The war press bureau of the Supreme Command of the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia during the Great War

      Dr. Marijana Mraović, PhD in history, archival advisor, head of department, Military Archives, Belgrade
4. 12.00 — 12.30
   Declaration of Humanity and Courage. Discussion and adoption.
5. 12.30 — 13.30
   Visit to the birthplace of Vojvoda Vuk.
6. 13.30
   Lunch break