Staša Babić

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Staša Babić
OccupationArchaeologist
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Belgrade

Staša Babić is a Serbian archaeologist and an associate professor of archaeology in the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade.[1] Her research focuses on the Iron Age and archaeological theory.[2]

Education[edit]

Babić graduated with an undergraduate degree in 1986, and a master's degree in 1989, from the University of Belgrade.[3] Babić gained a doctorate from the University of Belgrade in 1998.[3] From 2009, she was Head of Department of Archaeology at the University of Belgrade.[3][1]

Her 2018 monograph Metaarheologija discusses the nature of archaeological knowledge, with an emphasis on the importance of collective knowledge versus paradigm shifts.[4] Babić is described as "one of the key thinkers in archaeological theory from the Balkans".[4]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Babić, S. 2002. ‘Still innocent after all these years?’ Sketches for a Social History of Archaeology in Serbia. In: Biehl, P.F., Gramsch, A. & Marciniak, A., eds. Archäologien Europas: Geschichte, Methoden und Theorien/Archaeologies of Europe: History, Methods and Theories. Tübinger Archäologische Taschenbücher 3. Münster: Waxmann, pp. 309–22.Google Scholar
  • (coauthors M. Diaz Andreu, S. J. Lucy, D. Edwards) 2005. The Archaeology of Identity, Approaches to gender, age, status, ethnicity and religion. London and New York: Routledge.
  • S. Babić. 2008. Grci i drugi – antička percepcija i percepcija antike (Greeks and Others – Ancient Perceptions and Perceptions of Antiquity. Beograd: Klio.
  • Babić, S. 2014. Identity, Integration and Power Relations in the Study of the Iron Age. In: Stoddard, S. & Popa, C., eds. Fingerprinting the Iron Age: Integrating South-Eastern Europe into the Debate. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 295–302.
  • Babić, Staša, et al. 2017. What is ‘European Archaeology’? What should it be?. European Journal of Archaeology 20.1: 4-35.
  • S. Babić. 2018. Metaarheologija. Ogled o uslovima znanja o prošlosti (Metaarchaeology: An Essay on the Conditions of Knowledge about the Past. Belgrade: Clio.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Znanje se stiče u razmeni, saradnji i sučeljavanju". Nedeljnik Vreme. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  2. ^ Babić, Staša; Karl, Raimund; Milosavljević, Monika; Mizoguchi, Koji; Paludan-Müller, Carsten; Murray, Tim; Robb, John; Schlanger, Nathan; Vanzetti, Alessandro (2017). "What is 'European Archaeology'? What Should it be?". European Journal of Archaeology. 20 (1): 4–35. doi:10.1017/eaa.2016.12. ISSN 1461-9571. S2CID 157855866.
  3. ^ a b c "Kale - Krševica". www.kale-krsevica.com. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  4. ^ a b Matić, Uroš (2019). "Staša Babić. Metaarheologija. Ogled o uslovima znanja o prošlosti (Metaarchaeology: An Essay on the Conditions of Knowledge about the Past) (Belgrade: Clio, 2018, 188pp., ISBN 978-86-7102-596-6)". European Journal of Archaeology. 22 (2): 289–293. doi:10.1017/eaa.2019.8. ISSN 1461-9571. S2CID 166597813.