Dear Colleagues,
During 2024, two significant jubilees will be celebrated – 100 years since the First Congress of Slavic Geographers and Ethnographers in Prague and the publication of the first volume of the monograph Geomorphology by renowned Serbian geographer Jovan Cvijić (1865–1927), one of the Congress initiators. Subsequent Congresses were held in Poland (1927), the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930), and the Kingdom of Bulgaria (1936). Therefore, on the proposal of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, an initiative to mark these great anniversaries was launched. Taking into account the above, the organization of The 5th Congress of Slavic Geographers and Ethnographers is planned with the aim of gathering eminent foreign and domestic scientists from the field of geography and related disciplines. In this way, we want to continue the tradition of connecting the Slavic peoples, as well as cooperation with the broader international scientific community in the sphere of contemporary scientific achievements.
The International scientific congress is dedicated to topics of wider importance for the scientific community, with the focus on the mentioned publications from previous congresses and the scientific work of Jovan Cvijić. The topics of the upcoming congress are:
- Physical-geographical processes and their effects on the population (geomorphic processes, hydrology, climate changes, contemporary achievements in fighting natural disasters);
- Contemporary theoretical and methodological approaches in geography (geospatial data analysis, remote sensing);
- Population geography (population structure, migrations, predictive and prognostic models);
- Economic development perspectives and their impact on the population (natural and social resources, including food and water production, markets, infrastructure);
- Spatial planning (urban and rural development, environment);
- Historical geography (changing relationship between people and the environment over time, evolution of cultural and economic regions);
- Political geography (international relations, development strategies, geopolitical issues);
- Ethnology (ethnic and cultural identities, material and immaterial heritage, anthropogeographic research, vernacular architecture).
Note: The articles which exclusively relate to the daily political and social events will not be taken into consideration.
Scientific Committee
Dr Milan Radovanović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, President
Dr Aleksandar Kostić, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Michael Meadows, President of the International Geographical Union; Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Dr Rafael de Miguel Gonzalez, President of the European Association of Geographers; Faculty of Education, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Dr Anita Bušljeta Tonković, Institute of Social Sciences “Ivo Pilar”, Gospić, Croatia
Dr Biljana Apostolovska Toshevska, Institute of Geography, Faculty of Science, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, North Macedonia
Dr Danica Šantić, Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Dragan Burić, Department of Geography, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Montenegro, Nikšić, Montenegro
Dr Dragana Radojičić, Institute of Ethnography of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Ekaterina Antipova, Department of Economic and Social Geography, Faculty of Geography and Geoinformatics, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
Dr Etienne Piguet, Institute of Geography, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Dr Gaëlle Hallair, CNRS UMR Geographie-Cites, Paris, France
Dr Gorica Stanojević, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Jana Pospišilova, Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr Jelena Ćalić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Luděk Sýkora, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Dr Marina Martynova, Institute Ethnology and Anthropology of the, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Dr Marko V. Milošević, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Matija Zorn, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr Mikhail Viktorovich Slipenchuk, Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Dr Milan M. Djordjević, Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
Dr Milovan Milivojević, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Mira Mandić, Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dr Mlađen Jovanović, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Dr Nina Nikolova, Department of Climatology, Hydrology and Geomorphology, Faculty of Geology and Geography, University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Dr Rok Ciglič, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr Sanja Zlatanović, Institute of Political Science of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Dr Saša A. Milosavljević, Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Priština, Kosovska Mitrovica, Serbia
Organizing Committee
Dr Ana Milanović Pešić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, President
Dr Stefan Denda, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, Co-president
Dr Zlata Vuksanović-Macura, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, Co-president
Mast Biljana Radičević, Cultural Centre “Vuk Karadžić” Loznica, Serbia
Dr Dejan Doljak, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Dejana Jakovljević, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Dragana Miljanović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dragoljub Štrbac, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Jasna Micić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Jelena Kovačević-Majkić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Jovana Brankov, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Marija Drobnjaković, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Marko D. Petrović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Marko Urošev, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Milena Panić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
MSc Snežana Nešković-Simić, Cultural Centre “Vuk Karadžić” Loznica, Serbia
Dr Stefana Matović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Suzana Lović Obradović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Tamara Jojić Glavonjić, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
MSc Teodora Popović, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Dr Vlasta Kokotović Kanazir, Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić“ of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Preliminary Program
Wednesday, October 23th, 2024
11:00 – 12:00 Opening Ceremony
13:00 – 15:00 Sessions
15:00 – 16:00 Lunch
16:00 – 19:00 Sessions and Coffee Break
Thursday, October 24th, 2024
10:00 – 14:00 Sessions and Coffee Break
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 19:00 Sessions and Coffee Break
19:00 – 19:30 Closing Ceremony
19:30 – 21:00 Congress dinner
Friday, October 25th, 2024
9:30 – 16:00 Field trip
Final Program of the Congress will be available soon.
Important notices
Opening Ceremony will take place in “Vukov dom” in Loznica at 11 a.m. on October 23th, while the Closing Ceremony will be in “Kur-salon” in Banja Koviljača at 19:00 on October 24th.
The invited authors are exempt from paying the registration fee. Registration fees and social activities for other participants are:
| Registration fees | Deadlines | Fee (EUR) |
| Early registration | until August 31, 2024 | 100 |
| Regular registration | after September 01, 2024 | 140 |
| Online presentation | 50 | |
| Others (co-authors and guests) | 50 | |
| Social events (optional) | ||
| Conference dinner | 40 | |
| Excursion (by bus with lunch) | 40 |
Registration fee includes the participation in working sessions, printed material, Congress Proceedings, lunch and refreshment during the Congress. Congress dinner and field trip are optionally available for an additional fee for all participants (invited authors are exempt from paying). The registration fee can be paid to the bank account of the Institute by following the instructions at the Link for participants from Serbia and Link for participants from other countries. We would like to emphasize that the funds can be partially refunded until October 1st, 2024 if, for unforeseen reasons, the participants withdraw from the participation in the Congress.
All participants are obliged to fill out the application form, where basic information about registration fees, deadlines, and other social activities is available. The application form should be com-pleted by September 1st, 2024.
The official languages of the congress are English and Serbian. Participants can choose in which language they will present their research. If they decide to present in Serbian, it is preferable to have .ppt presentation in English.
The presentation format can be .pptx (PowerPoint, Microsoft Office 2010 version). In addition to the in-person presentation at the Congress, there is a possibility to present the paper online, via Zoom platform or in poster session.
Publication of Papers
Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline: July 24th, 2024.
Full paper submission deadline: September 01, 2024
Book of abstracts
Authors should submit the abstracts in English (300–350 words, max. five keywords).
The abstract template should be used during preparation.
Congress Proceedings
Authors who wish to publish papers should submit them in English (max. 16 pages, single-spaced, including bibliography and graphic content, in MS Word .docx format). Papers with a positive review will be published in the Congress Proceedings. During the preparation, the authors should use the template of the papers. For additional information related to the preparation of the manuscript, the authors should consult the Instructions for Authors of Journal of the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA.
Abstracts and manuscripts should be submitted to the following email address:
The selected papers will be published in the Special Issue of the Journal of the Geo- graphical Institute ”Jovan Cvijić“ SASA (Clarivate (WoS) IF2022: 1.2; Scopus: (Q2): 2.0), according to the usual procedure for publishing papers.
Accommodation
The invited authors are provided with accommodation in Banja Koviljača. Transportation of participants from Belgrade to Loznica will be organized on October 22nd, 2024 and from Loznica to Belgrade on October 25th, 2024. For participants who finance their participation in the Congress, the Organizing Committee can help with booking accommodation and transportation (October 22th and October 25th) until September 1. The following accommodation facilities are recommended:
Hotel Royal Spa
Narodnog fronta 42, Banja Koviljača
Tel: +381 (0)15 818 010
Mob: +381 (0) 65 88 555 45
www.royalspa.rs
Hotel Podrinje
28. slavonske divizije 18, Banja Koviljača
Tel: +381 (0)15 818 275
www.hotelpodrinje.com
Hotel MK
Marka Radulovića bb, Loznica
Tel: +381 (0)15 877 996
Mob: +381 (0)64 88 99 572
www.hotelmk.rs
Hotel Havana
Luke Stevića 6, Loznica
Tel: +381 (0)15 893 790
Mob: +381 (0)65 418 70 69
www.hotelhavana.rs
Hotel Bravo
Kneza Miloša 15, Loznica
Tel: +381 (0)15 87 85 40
Mob: +381 (0)66 88 46 100
www.hotelbravo.rs
After September 1st, 2024, the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA will not be able to mediate in the organization of accommodation and transportation.
Field Trip
During the field trip, on October 25th, 2024, some of the most attractive localities in the region will be visited:
- Tronoša Monastery – 17 km from Loznica, founded by the Serbian King Dragutin in the 13th century;
- Gučevo Mountain – a popular tourist destination and historical place known for the battle from the First World War. At the top of the mountain (Crni vrh, 779 m) there is a monument and an attractive viewpoint;
- The “Underground City of Karađorđević” in Mali Zvornik – a cultural and historical monument built at the beginning of the 20th century by the order of King Alexander I Karađorđević.
During the field trip, lunch will be provided for all the participants.
The organized return of the participants to Belgrade is planned for October 25th, 2024, after the field trip is ended. Important information for individual returns can be found on the Loznica bus station website https://busticket4.me/autobuska-stanica/polasci/Loznica/MNE/132/1312 or by phone at: +381 15 7882714.
INTRODUCTORY ARTICLE DEDICATED TO PREVIOUS CONGRESSES
Previous Conference Proceedings
Сборник на IV конгрес на славянските географи и етнографи в София - 1936 [Proceedings of the 4th congress of the Slavic geographers and ethnographers in Sofia - 1936]
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