Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia
H.E. Jasmina Mitrovic Maric, PhD
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Education
2013 – PhD in Philology, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade; Module: Contemporary Cultural Studies.
Doctoral dissertation: “Library, School, Media: Syncretism of the Media Image; Problems of Decoding Media Messages, Media Language, Mediology; The Role of the Library and the School in the Digital Age and Innovations in Teaching Programs and Methodology.”
1990 – Qualified Professor of South Slavic Literatures and General (World) Literature; Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade.
Diploma thesis: “Epic Poetry and Contemporary Serbian Drama – Issues of Material and Artistic Transposition on the Example of the Dramas of Ljubomir Simović.”
1984 – Completed specialized program for Cultural Activities Organizer for Theatre, Film, Radio and Television; Thirteenth Belgrade Gymnasium; specialized cultural program.
1980 – Elementary School “Jovan Popović,” Belgrade.
Professional Experience
2025 – Coordinator and Creative Team Leader of the International Slavic Center and the Union of Slavic Societies of Serbia at the International Congress of Slavists at the Sorbonne, Paris;
Responsible for Serbia’s presentation, establishment of the Serbian Library at the Sorbonne, academic diplomacy, and promotional activities marking the jubilee — 100 years of Serbian Studies in France and at the Sorbonne (voluntary work).
2023 – Ambassador (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
2018–2023 – Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in the Kingdom of Denmark.
2012–2017 – Advisor to the President of the Republic of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić, (simultaneously held the position of the Acting Chief of Protocol of the President).
2012–2017 – President of the Commission for Monuments, Squares, and Street Names of the City of Belgrade (concurrent role); Member of the Belgrade City Assembly.
2013–2018 – Chair of the Supervisory Board of Politika AD.
2001–2004 – Lecturer of Speech Culture and Business Communication at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad (Entrepreneurial Management Program).
2012–2018 – Member of the Organizing Committee of the 16th International Congress of Slavists; until December 2017, Member of the Belgrade City Assembly and President of the Commission for Monuments and Street Names.
2001–2012 – Director of the Karić Foundation.
1994–2001 – RTV BK Telekom; Editor of cultural, educational, and special TV projects for BK Television; Co-author and host of the live sociological talk show BK Parliament.
1987–1994 – RTV Politika; Editor of cultural and educational programming, and author, host, member of the editorial board of all cultural sections of Politika publications; Director of documentary and experimental art films produced by TV Politika, awarded at international festivals; author and editor of talk show projects.
1992–1993 – Teacher of Serbian Language and Literature with an experimental curriculum in media literacy and speech culture at Elementary School “Miloš Crnjanski,” Belgrade.
Selected Academic Lectures and Papers in Serbia and Abroad
2025 – Participant at the 17th International Congress of Slavists at the Sorbonne, Paris; Member of the International Commission for Electronic Libraries and Digital Humanities and the International Scientific Commission for Slavic Countries and Silk Road Cultures.
2021 – Lecture for students of Aarhus and Copenhagen Universities in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark: “The Silk Road and Cultural Phenomena Among Slavic Nations, with an Example from Serbia.”
2019–2023 – Multiple lectures as a visiting professor at universities and academic-diplomatic institutions in the Kingdom of Denmark.
2017 – Lecture and workshop for PhD students at the Cultural Studies Module, Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade: “Kosovo Between Myth and Reality, or: Do Not Let the Wolf Guard the Sheep.”
2015 – Metropolitanate of Zagreb – Ljubljana of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb: Delivered a scholarly and essay-style address “On Learning and Enlightenment: Lessons of Saint Sava.”
2014 – Andrić Institute, Višegrad; International Symposium “Serbian Literature and the First World War”; Lecture: “The Great War of Captain Manojlo and Private Tanasko – Lessons and Insights.”
2012 – Faculty of Philology and the Serbian Language and Literature Society: Lecture “Interdisciplinarity and Multimedia Approaches to Teaching Literature.”
Memberships in Organizations / Professional Associations
Since 2021 – Elected member of the Bluetooth Guild of the Kingdom of Denmark; recipient of their insignia for fostering friendship among the nations of the world.
Since 2018 – International Scientific Commission for Electronic Libraries and Digital Humanities (MSC).
Since 2018 – International Scientific Commission for Slavic Countries and Silk Road Cultures (MSC).
Distinctions (Selected)
2022 – Author of the bilingual scholarly-essayistic monograph “The Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Denmark”, published by the State Archives of Serbia within the Small Diplomatic Library (History of Serbian Diplomacy).
Second edition scheduled for release in December; the first edition is sold out.
Recipient of the Golden Badge of the Cultural and Educational Community of Serbia for lifetime contribution to national culture.
Recipient of the Golden Link award for lasting contribution to the Belgrade culture.
Recipient of the Matica Srpska Award for the essay “Where Does the Woman Who Does Not Exist Go – Narrator, Form, Poetry in the Work of Ivo Andrić.”
Awarded for directing documentary and experimental-art films at international film festivals.
Award of the Journalists’ Association of Vojvodina for establishing new standards in television journalism.
Winner of multiple national and Yugoslav artistic recitation, rhetoric, and speech culture competitions during secondary school and university years.
Languages
Fluent in English
Married, mother of two (Matija and Andrija).