The Institute for Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Serbian: Балканолошки институт САНУ, romanized: Balkanološki institut SANU) is a division of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts that focuses on the historical, social, and anthropological study of the Balkans and its peoples. It is in the building of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in downtown Belgrade. The origin of the Belgrade-based Institute of Balkan Studies goes back to the Institut des Études balkaniques founded at the initiative of King Aleksandar I Karađorđević in Belgrade in 1934 and funded by the king, while the organization of the Institute was entrusted to Ratko Parežanin and Svetislav Spanaćević. Aimed at promoting peaceful Balkan cooperation the Institut des Études balkaniques was the only one of its kind in the Balkans. The pre-war Institute published the Revue internationale des Études balkaniques, a prestigious scholarly journal written in French, English and German. Its contributors were the most prominent European experts on the Balkans, from various disciplines. The Institute was shut down by the Nazi occupation authorities in 1941. More information...
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