Consortium

UBFZF – The Faculty of Philosophy (https://www.f.bg.ac.rs/) , University of Belgrade is the oldest university faculty in Belgrade, founded in 1838. Teaching takes place within 10 study groups. Within the Department of History there is the Department of Byzantology, which represents one of the umbrella institutions for Byzantology in Europe. At the time of its establishment, the Department of Byzantology was the third to be established worldwide, after Munich and Paris. Since its establishment, it has actively participated in scientific projects and public presentations. In accordance with the institution’s position, access to a rich library and experts, the inclusion of the UBFZF and the Department of Byzantology would help the critical review and interpretation of the literature relevant to the project. Within the Faculty of Philosophy, in 1881, the Department of Archaeology was established. Today, the Department represents a unique and crucial archaeological institution in Serbia. The Department is primarily the institution for education of future archeologists. Additionally, the teachers and researchers of the Department are strongly devoted to the research of social and humanitarian sciences, with a primary focus on the field of archaeology, as well as publishing scientific results at a national and international level. Their work takes in the full scope of the earliest hominin traces through early hunter-gatherers and the origins of agriculture to the classical and medieval periods and the ‘recent past’. They also cover the environmental settings in which ancient communities existed.