Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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| Abbreviation | САНУ / SANU |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1841 |
| Type | National academy |
| Purpose | Science, arts, academics |
| Headquarters | Knez Mihailova St. 35, Belgrade, Serbia |
| Website | Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ([Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ / Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a national academy and the most prominent academic institution in Serbia, founded in 1841.
The Academy's membership has included Josif Pančić, Jovan Cvijić, Stojan Novaković, Branislav Petronijević, Mihajlo Pupin, Nikola Tesla, Milutin Milanković, Mihailo Petrović-Alas, Bogdan Gavrilović, Ivo Andrić, Danilo Kiš and many other scientists, scholars and artists of Serbian and foreign origin.
History
Predecessors
The Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences was the successor to the Serbian Learned Society with which it merged in 1892 and accepted its members as its own either regular or honorary members, its tasks and its place in scientific and cultural life. The same had occurred several decades earlier when the Serbian Learned Society on 29 July 1864 took over the place and functions of the Society of Serbian Scholarship (Друштво српске словесности), the first learned society in the Principality of Serbia, founded on 7 November 1841. The Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences was led by members, such as Jovan Cvijić.
In 1864, the Society elected to its membership international revolutionary figures as Giuseppe Garibaldi, Nikolay Chernyshevsky and Alexander Herzen, and was immediately abolished for this action by the conservative government of Prince Michael Obrenović.
Founding of Serbian Royal Academy
Since the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts was founded by law (as the Serbian Royal Academy) of 1 November 1886, it has been the highest academic institution in Serbia. According to the Royal Academy Founding Act, King Milan was to appoint the first academic, who would then choose other members of the academy. The names of the first academics were announced by King Milan on 5 April 1887. At that time, there existed four sections in the academy, which were then called "specialised academies". Four academics were appointed to each section:
Academy of Natural Sciences
Academy of Philosophy
Academy of Social Sciences
Academy of Arts
Today
Today, the Academy directs a small number of scientific research projects which are realized in cooperation with other Serbian scientific institutions and through international cooperation.
Departments
- Department of Mathematics, Physics and Geo Sciences
- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences
- Department of Technical Sciences
- Department of Medical Sciences
- Department of Languages and Literature
- Department of Social Sciences
- Department of Historical Sciences
- Department of Fine Arts and Music
Institutes
- Institute for Balkan Studies
- Institute for Byzantine Studies
- Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić"
- Ethnographical Institute
- Institute for the Serbian Language
- Institute of Technical Sciences
- Mathematical Institute
- Institute of Musicology
Building
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Honours
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List of presidents
| Name | Period |
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| Josif Pančić | 1887–1888 |
| Čedomilj Mijatović | 1888–1889 |
| Dimitrije Nešić | 1892–1895 |
| Milan Đ. Milićević | 1896–1899 |
| Jovan Ristić | 1899 |
| Sima Lozanić | 1899–1900 |
| Jovan Mišković | 1900–1903 |
| Sima Lozanić | 1903–1906 |
| Stojan Novaković | 1906–1915 |
| Jovan Žujović | 1915–1921 |
| Jovan Cvijić | 1921–1927 |
| Slobodan Jovanović | 1928–1931 |
| Bogdan Gavrilović | 1931–1937 |
| Aleksandar Belić | 1937–1960 |
| Ilija Đuričić | 1960–1965 |
| Velibor Gligorić | 1965–1971 |
| Pavle Savić | 1971–1981 |
| Dušan Kanazir | 1981–1994 |
| Aleksandar Despić | 1994–1998 |
| Dejan Medaković | 1998–2003 |
| Nikola Hajdin | 2003–Present |
See also
- List of SANU members
- Vojvodina Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Institute for Balkan Studies
- Memorandum of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska
References
Sources
- Sofija Škorić and George Vid Tomashevich, The Serbian Academy After A Century: An Institution at Risk?, published by The Serbian Heritage Academy of Canada, Toronto, 1987.
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