Culture of Memory: Children in War and From War
The promotion of the collection of papers “Culture of Memory: Children in War and from War” will be held at the Gallery of the National Museum Kraljevo, on Tuesday, April 7th, 2026, starting at 6 p.m.
The Collection of Paper was created as a result of the international scholarly thematic conference “Children in War and from War” held on 26. June 26th–27th, 2025 at the University of Business Academy in Novi Sad, in co‑organization with the Jovan Ristić Institute from Novi Sad. At the conference, 29 authors from Serbia, Italy, Hungary, Russia, Belarus, Republika Srpska, and Romania participated, with a total of 24 scholarly papers. The authors – university professors, scientific researchers, museum experts, and representatives of various disciplines – approached the topic from legal, philosophical, sociological, cultural, and historical perspectives.
The papers were presented within three thematic units:
• children as victims of war rights and injustices
• historical traumas and memories – the suffering of children in the world wars of the 20th and 21st centuries
• identity, memory, and silence – the suffering of children.
The Collection of Papers “Culture of Memory: Children in War and from War” brings scholarly and professional contributions dealing with the position of children in wartime circumstances and the long‑term consequences of war experiences on individuals and society. The papers arose from different scholarly perspectives and together make an important contribution to the study of the theme of children’s suffering, as well as to understanding the ways in which these experiences are remembered, interpreted, and transmitted to future generations.
The publication unites original scholarly papers, review studies, and professional contributions that shed light on issues of children as victims of war injustices, historical traumas and memories of suffering in world wars, as well as themes of identity, memory, and silence that often accompany these events. The collection was published in Serbian, English, and Russian, which gives it special significance and enables the research results to be accessible to a wider scholarly and professional public.
As a whole, this collection points to the importance of the culture of remembrance as a value that not only serves to preserve the past from oblivion but also encourages contemporary society to draw lessons from historical experiences and act responsibly toward the future.
Speakers about the Collection of Papers will be:
– Prof. Zoran Pavlović, PhD, editor of the collection (Faculty of Law of the University of Business Academy Novi Sad)
– Prof. Borislav Grozdić, PhD (Faculty of Law of the University of Business Academy Novi Sad)
– Prof. Aleksandar Stevanović PhD (State University of Novi Pazar).
Through discussion of this publication, the common message of the authors will be emphasized – that the culture of remembrance is a value by which we preserve the past from oblivion, but also a means by which we act preventively, with the aim of creating a more responsible and humane society.