The scientific conference “Publications in the Development of Society and State IV: Public Word of Public Figures” which the National Museum Kraljevo organized in cooperation with the Institute for Political Studies in Belgrade and the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade, was opened in the Gallery of the National Museum Kraljevo, on Saturday, August 17th, 2024, starting at 10 a.m.
Darko Gučanin, director of the National Museum Kraljevo, greeted the participants and the audience and pointed out that the initial impulse for preparing and organizing this scientific meeting was the activity of Slavoljub Maržik, MSc, who focused his efforts on collecting newspaper articles about Karanovac, later Kraljevo in Serbian newspapers, preserve the history of our city from oblivion. The collected historical material, published in four books published by the Kraljevo National Museum, facilitated the research work, inspired and motivated the professional public to contribute to the set noble goal. He thanked the co-organizers of the scientific conference – the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade and the Institute for Political Studies from Belgrade, and the sponsor, the local government of the City of Kraljevo. The Museum owes a great debt of gratitude to Ljubodrag P. Ristic, PhD, retired senior research associate of the Institute for Balkan Studies of SASA, without whose selfless help and commitment, organizing the meeting would certainly not have been possible.
Mayor Predrag Terzić, PhD, addressed the audience on behalf of the City of Kraljevo, which is the sponsor of this scientific conference, who pointed out that the participants of the scientific meeting “Publications in the Development of Society and State IV: Public Word of Public Figures” have been gathering for the fourth year. We owe this to the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade and the Institute for Political Studies from Belgrade and the National Museum Kraljevo. The scientific meeting gathers a large number of historians, lawyers, political scientists, communication experts, people who deal with the history of the Serbian state and society. He also expressed the hope that this scientific meeting will become traditional and will continue in the coming years.
At the end, Ljubodrag P. Ristić, president of the Organizing Committee of the scientific conference “Publications in the Development of Society and State IV: Public Word of Public Figures”, addressed the participants and the audience, and thanked the National Museum Kraljevo, the City of Kraljevo and other institutions that supported the conference. After the opening, the meeting started its work and during two days four sessions were held in which 14 papers were presented by seventeen authors.