TIHOMIR ĐORĐEVIĆ I DUBROVNIK

In the preserved correspondence of Tihomir Djordjevic, a prominent Serbian ethnologist and a professor of the University of Belgrade, alongisde with his membership in the Serbian Royal Academy, Tihomir Djordjevic, sheds light on his relationship with the historic city of Dubrovnik. Housed within the National Library of Serbia, there are also letters that arrived from Dubrovnik (from Vid Vuletic-Vukasovic, Antonije Vucetic, Milan Resetar, Marko Murat, Valtazar Bogisic, Jovica Perovic, Branimir Truhelka, Boze Hope, Prote Sava Barbic and others). The correspondence kept in Djordjevic’s legacy is a testimony of the famous Serbian scientist’s strong ties with the ancient city on the Adriatic coast and its inhabitants, ties that began already in his younger days and lasted continuously for decades. It shows that among the people of Dubrovnik, T. Djordjevic had many collaborators in various fields of activity, as well as the fact that the words of the Belgrade professor were listened to with respect in the circles of Dubrovnik Serbs of Yugoslav orientation, Roman Catholics and Orthodox. T. Djordjevic was their advisor and supported their professional matters in which he was actively involved - such as the establishment of Dubrovnik Learned Society ”St. Vlaho” - and he was often their support in solving personal problems. Also, the correspondence with the people of Dubrovnik makes it possible to understand the reasons that prompted T. Djordjevic to start Karadzic magazine in Aleksinac in 1899 in the context of the Serbian-Croatian tensions of the time, which were also reflected in the fields of culture and science.