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Prof. Sima Avramovic

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Curriculum Vitae

Academic Preparation

Doctor of Juridical Science, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia, 1981

Concentrations: Legal History, Ancient Law, Greek Law

Dissertation: The Evolution of Testamentary Freedom in Ancient Greek Law

 

Master of Laws, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia, 1977

Concentrations: Legal History, Ancient Law, Greek Law, Roman Law

Thesis: The Code of Gortyn and Ancient Greek Law

 

Juris Doctor, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia, 1977

Languages

-         English – fluent, , Italian – moderate, German – moderate, Greek – moderate, French – moderate

-         Classical Languages: ancient Greek, Latin

Academic Record

Dean, 2012 – 2018

Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Full Professor / Chair, 1993 – 2020

Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Associate Professor, 1988 – 1993

Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Assistant Professor, 1982 – 1988

Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Full Time Research and Teaching Assistant, 1975 – 1982

Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Part Time Teaching Assistant, 1973 – 1975

Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia

 

Courses:
Graduate level: Comparative Legal Tradition; Legal History; Rhetoric.

Postgaduate level: Western Legal Traditions; Ancient Greek Law; State- Church Law; Legal Position of Churches and Religious Communities in Europe (UB Multidisciplinary Program “Religion in Society, Culture and EU”)

Academic Assignments

     Board President, National Entity for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in HE, 2018 -2021

Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, 2017 - present

Project Coordinator, Development and Implementation of System for Performance Evaluation for Serbian Higher Education (PESHES), Erasmus+, 2016 – 2019

Board Member, SEELS (South East European Law Schools), 2012-2018, President in 2015

President, Fulbright Scholars Alumni Association in Serbia, 2009 - 2013

Member, OSCE/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Panel of Experts, 2007 -2012

President, Alan Watson Foundation, 2006 – present

Editor-in-Chief, Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, 2006 – 2013

Member, Conference of the Universities of Serbia (CONUS), 2005 – 2015

President, Forum Romanum Legal History Society, 2005 – present

Member, Advisory Board, European Lawyer Journal, Novi Sad, 2005 – present

Member, Section for Sources of Serbian Law, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 2004 – present

Member of the Board, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade, 2004 – 2012

President, Statutory Commission, University of Belgrade, 2004 – 2009

Member of the Board, University of Belgrade, 2009 – 2011, president 2011-2013

Program Director, Institutio oratoria – Center for Oratory, 2001 – present

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Matica Srpska for Classical Studies, Novi Sad, 1998 – present

Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Acta Diurna (monthly bulletin of the UB Faculty of Law), 2004 – 2006

President of the Board, Library of the University of Belgrade, 1998 – 2001

Chair of Legal History, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, 1996 – 1997, 2000 – 2006

Vice President, Forum Romanum Legal History Society, 1992 – 2005

Vice Dean, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, 1989 – 1991, 1994 –1995

Grants Received

- Fulbright Program Grant (February –July 1984), University of Maryland, Research Project: Quantitative Analysis of the Computerized Data Bank on Ancient Greek Law

- Onassis Foundation Grant (2006)

Professional Memberships

- Vice President, Serbian Society for Ancient Studies

- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Matica Srpska for Classical Studies

- Federal Ministry of Faiths – Drafting Commeetee Act on Religious Freedom, 2000 –2003 (President); 2004 – 2006 (Member)

- Member, Commission for drafting the Law on Higher Education, 2004

- Member, Société Internationale ‘Fernand de Visscher’ pour l’Histoire des droits de l’Antiquité (SIHDA)

- Symposion, Gesellschaft für griechische und hellenistische Rechtsgeschichte

Honors and Awards

- Premio Romanistico Internazionale Gérard Boulvert – Italian translation of the book “Court Speeches of Isaeus and the Law of Athens”, Napoli 1990

- Book of the Year 2002 (FRY Official Gazette Award) for the book

“Ars Rhetorica”, Belgrade 2002 (co-author O. Stanojevic)

-University of Belgrade Book of the Year 2009, “Rhetorike Techne”, Belgrade 2009

International Cooperation

Selected Lectures:

- Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt am Main (2012)

- University of Oxford, Balliol College (2011)

-Austrian Academy of Sciences and University of Vienna (2011)

- University of Athens, Greece (2006)

- University of Skopje, North Macedonia (2006)

- University of Sarajevo, BiH (2005)

- Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1999)

- Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Austria (1996, 2000)

- Wilkes University, Pennsylvania, USA (1990)

- Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA (1990)

- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA (1990)

- Leopold Wenger-Institut, Juristische Fakultät München, Germany (1988)

- University College London, England (1987)

- University St. Andrews, Scotland (1987)

 

 

Selected Congresses:

 

- Territorial Disputes in Asia and Eastern Europe: A Comparative and International Law Perspective (University of California, Berkley/Dubrovnik 2019)

- Legal Pluralism in 19th and 20th Century (University of Belgrade, 2018)

-Der Fremde im Recht – Rechtliche Aspekte der Mobilität, Migration, Asyl und  Integration in der Antike (University of Budapest, 2017)

- Greek Drama and Politics („Role of istor in Homer”, University of Thessaloniki/ Komotini, 2017)

- Palermo incontra Belgrado (Lumsa University Palermo, 2016)

- History of Legal Sources: The Changing Structure of Law (University of Belgrade, 2016)

- Sommerseminar “Arma et Leges” (Frankfurt am Mein, 2015)

- Symposion für Thomas Simon zum 60. Geburstag (University of Vienna, 2015)

- Reception and Modification of Law in Social Modernization (Aoyama Gaquin University, Tokyo, 2014)

- Transplantation and Transformation of Law (Toyo University, Tokyo, 2014)

- Ancient Greek Law Seminar  (University of Tokyo, 2014)

- 1700 Years of the Edict of Milan (University of Nis/Naisus, 2013)

- Protecting the Sacred Places of the Mediterranean (Brussels, Berlaymont, 2012)

- Conflict and Coexistence – Southeast Europe’s Legal Systems in the 19th and 20th Centuries (University of Vienna, 2011)

- Verfassungsgebung und Verfassungsdiskurs – Politische Praxis und Sprache in den Ländern Südosteuropas im 19. Jahrhundert (University of Vienna, 2011)

- Legal history, its present and future (University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, 2011

- Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians (Vienna, OSCE/ODIHR 2009)

- Legal Position of Churches and Religious Communities in Montenegro (Bar, 2008)

- Forschungen zur Rechtsgeschichte in Südosteuropa (University of Vienna, 2008)

- Holy Places and Religious Institutions (Roma, 2008)

- Conference on Draft text for a Law on Religious Freedom for Kosovo (Vienna, 2005)

- Imperium und Provinzen (Zentrale und Regionen) (Sarajevo, 2005)

- Römisches Kaufrecht und sein Einfluss auf die Europäische Rechtsentwicklung (Budapest, 2004)

- Tolerance – Living with Religious Diversities (Cadenabbia, 2004)

- Staat und private Wirtschaft in der Antike (Belgrade, 2003)

- Issues in Contemporary Church Legislature   (Belgrade, 2003)

- Ethische Herausforderungen an Politik, sowie an Kirchen und Religionsgemeinschaften (Cadenabbia, 2003)

- Christianity and European Integrations (Belgrade, 2003)

- Christianity and Politics (Belgrade, 2002)

- New Impulses in the Interaction of Law and Religion  (Provo, Utah – Washington, D.C., 2002)

- Relationship between Church and State in Serbia and Germany (Berlin, 2001)

- Diritto e religione nell'Europa post-comunista (Turin, Italy 2001)

- Dikigorikos syllogos (Bar Association) and Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki (1998)

- Human Rights - Ancient and Modern, Internationales Forschungszentrum

 Kulturwissenschaften (Vienna 1996)

- Symposion (Siena - Pisa 1988; Monterey, USA 1990; Graz 1993; Evanston, USA 2001)

- SIHDA (Namür 1985; Ferrara-Padova 1989; Amsterdam - Utrecht 1992; Oxford 1993)

 

 

Organization of Conferences (after 2000):

 

- German and Austrian traces in Serbian Legal History, Vienna, January 11-12, 2019 (University of Vienna, UB Faculty of Law)

- Legal Pluralism in 19th and 20th Century, International Conference, Belgrade, March 16-17, 2018 (UB Faculty of Law, University of Vienna Faculty of Law)

- Internationalen Sommerseminar Recht und Magie / Law and Magic“, Belgrade, April 28-30, 2018 (UB Faculty of Law, Austrian Academy of Sciences)

- Comparative Law, Codifications, Customary Law, and Mixed Legal Systems - International Conference of Japanese and Serbian Scholars, Belgrade, March 16-17, 2015 (UB Faculty of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University, Faculty of Law, Tokyo)

- Justice et croissance économique, 6ème Convention des Juristes d’Europe et de Méditerranée, Belgrade, September 25-26, 2014 (UB Faculty of Law, Fondation du droit continental, Paris)

- Die Entstehung nationaler Rechtssysteme im postosmanischen Südosteuropa, Belgrade, November 2-3, 2012 (Max Planck Institute, UB Faculty of Law)

- Law on Religion in Serbia – five years after, Belgrade, May 18-19, 2011 (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Belgrade, UB Faculty of Law, UB Faculty of Theology)

- Ex-Yugoslavia Legal Historians renewal Meeting,  Belgrade, September 26-27, 2009 (UB Faculty of Law)

Recent Projects

- Development and Implementation of System for Performance Evaluation for Serbian Higher Education PESHES Project (Erasmus+, European Commission, 2016-1019, coordinator)

- Identity Transformation of Serbia (UB Faculty of Law, 2015-2018)

- Support to strengthening of institutional capacities to implement judiciary system reforms in the context of applying the public administration reform rationalization principle (Project Fund for Institutional Development – PROFID, 2014)

- Conflict and Coexistence – Southeast Europe’s Legal Systems in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Max-Planck-Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Vienna 2011)

- Legal Protection of Holy Places (University of Milano, Order of Malta, Roma 2008-2011)

- Development of the Legal System in Serbia and Harmonisation with the EU Law (UB Faculty of Law, 2008-2014)

- Post-graduate Studies for European Integration - POGESTEI (Tempus, UB Faculty of Law, 2008-2012)

- Clinical Legal History – Simulation of Ancient Athenian Court (UB Faculty of Law, 2003)

- Perspektiven des Religionsrechts in Mittel-, Ost- and Südeuropa, (University of Münster, University of Bern, 2003)

Editorials

- Akropolis: Journal of Hellenic Studies, Podgorica MN (Intl. Editorial Board, 2017 present)

- Kazan University Law Review, Kazan (Intl. Editorial Council, 2017 – present)

- Comparative Legal History, Oxford (Intl. Editorial Board, 2013 – present)

- Annals of the Faculty of Law, Belgrade (Editor-in-Chief, 2006 – 2013)

- Journal of Matica Srpska for Classical Studies, Novi Sad (Editorial Board, 1996 – present)

- Law, Magic and Oratory - Recht, Magie und Beredsamkeit, (eds. G. Thür, S. Avramović, A. Katančević), Belgrade 2021

- Marriage and Family Property (eds. G. Thür, S. Avramović, A. Katančević), Belgrade 2015

- State and Private Economy (eds. G. Thür, S. Avramović), Balkans Law Review 6, 16/2003 (Sonderheft)

 - Legal State in Antiquity – pro et contra. UB Faculty of Law, Belgrade 1998 (Editor-in-chief)

 

Legislation Drafting

- Amendments on the Law on Higher Education (adopted in 2010)

- Law on Churches and Religious Communities (adopted in 2006)

- Law on Higher Education (adopted in 2005)

- Draft Law on Religious Freedom (President, 2001-2002)

 

Additional Experience

- External Expert of the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQA). 2018 – present

- Foreign Referee in promotion to professsorship (University of Denver 2017; University of Thessaloniki 2017; Pantheon University, Athens 2013)

- Public Speaking Trainings for top management (ProCredit Bank 2012, EuNet 2007, Serbian Association of Managers 2007, British Tabaco 2006)

- Panel of Experts, Preparatory Meeting for Toledo Guidelines on Teaching about Religion in State Schools in the OSCE Region, OSCE/ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights), Toledo, March 25-28, 2007

- Seventh Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrat (Member of The Holly Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church delegation, Istanbul, October 16-17, 2003)

- Imperium und Provinzen (Zentrale und Regionen), International Seminar, Sarajevo, April 30 – May 4, 2005

- Conference on Draft text for a Law on Religious Freedom for Kosovo, University of Vienna, Institute for Legal Philosophy, Law of Religion and Culture / Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vienna, December 2005 (Representative of the Holly Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church)

-  ABA CEELI Balkan Law School Linkage Initiative Conference – Clinical Legal Education (Skopje, Macedonia, December 6 – 8, 2002)

- Serbian Judiciary Education Assessment Visit (Member of the delegation of Serbian Judicial Group, March 9 – 23, 2002: U.S. Supreme Court, International Judicial Academy, Federal Judicial Center, Massachusetts Supreme Court – Washington DC, Boston)

- University Curricula Improvement (Member of the University of BelgradeTeam, April 15 – May 1, 2001: US Department of State, Universities in Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, Boston, New York)

 

Other Engagements

- Decorations and Medals Commission of the Republic of Serbia (President, 2015-2021)

- City of Belgrade Annual Award: the best academic book in social sciences  (President of the Board, 2013-2021)

- Commission for Amnesties of the Republic of Serbia (Member, 2012-2016)

- Fulbright Admission Commission (Member, 2002).

- Konrad Adenauer Stifftung Admission Commission (Member, 2004, 2005).

- Students Competition in Rhetoric, UB Faculty of Law (Oorganizer and co-founder, 1993 -present)

 

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