The Study and Research Group for Gender Equality and Public Policies of the Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade, together with the Center for Women’s Studies, Belgrade and “Women’s Studies and Research”, Novi Sad, have organized a joint thematic meeting entitled “Women’s and Gender Studies in Serbia” on Friday, 30 October 2020.
At the meeting, which was moderated and hosted on the zoom platform by Zorica Mršević PhD, retired principal science fellow of IDN, the introductory speeches were given by prof. emerita Svenka Savić PhD, who spoke on the topic of History of Women’s Studies in Serbia in period 1990-2020 and prof. Daša Duhaček, PhD, who presented the topic of Generation, responsibility and contributions. The keynote speakers and other participants presented the basic scientific research and pedagogical results, as well as the theoretical challenges offered by various programs of women’s and gender studies for the last 30 years in Serbia.
During the four-hour interactive discussion, attention was drawn to the memories on the circumstances in which women’s and gender studies programs were organized, and functioned within higher education institutions, but also non-institutionally, as well as their interconnection. The planned goal of opening a series of talks on various topics related to women’s studies as well as on future activities that will contribute to the development and networking of these studies has been achieved. This also opened the program cooperation of the Study and Research Group for Gender Equality and Public Policy of the IDN and the Center for Women’s Studies from Belgrade, which was already supported by the Scientific Council of the IDN with its decision of October 27, 2020. Within this cooperation, joint activities are planned such as the development of research, the establishment of a model of support for candidates for postgraduate studies in the field of human rights and the holding of joint scientific conferences and other public events.
