BORN: 28.03.1942. Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Diploma in Philosophy - Belgrade University, 1968.
- Ph. D. in Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- 1963-2000, free lance art critic and essayist in periodicals and newspapers
- 1968-70, program editor, Youth Culture Center, Belgrade
- 1978-94, senior editor for philosophy, psychology and art, Nolit publishers
- Editor-in-chief, 1983-92 - quarterly Eastern Cultures, for art, philosophy, and religion of the East, published in Belgrade 1983-92
- 1994- , Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics Professor - Belgrade University
Visiting professor:
- University of Sarajevo, 1979-81.
- University of Nis, 1981-83.
- Belgrade University, 1992-94
Bibliography - comprising cca. 300 studies, articles, critics, reviews; author of 12 books (published nine); edited 13 books; regular lecturer on culture programs - TV, radio, public lectures.
ARTS: Poetry and painting
EXHIBITIONS: Belgrade, 1986; Taipei, 1996.
PARTICIPATION AT CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES:
- Colloquiums of Indologists - Zagreb 1975, 1977.
- Congress of the Society for Comparative and Asian Philosophy - Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984.
- International Conference on Buddhism and National Cultures - New Delhi, 1984.
- XXXII International Congress for Asian and North African Studies - Hamburg, 1986.
- World Congresses of Aesthetics - Nottingham, 1988; Lahti 1995.
- VIIIth World Sanskrit Conference - Vienna 1990.
- World Conference on Religion and Peace - Mödling, 1991.
- Colloquium de College International de Philosophie - Ceret, France 1991.
- International Conference on Religious Tolerance - Belgrade 1993.
- International Conference on Buddhism and Chinese Culture - Taipei 1994.
- International Conference on Religion and Art - Belgrade 1994.
- International Conference on Nietzsche and Modern Aesthetics - Belgrade 1994.
- International Conference on Art-Nature-Technique - Belgrade 1995.
- International Conference on Aesthetic Pleasure and Modern Art - Belgrade 1996.
- Conference on Ecology and Ethics - Eco Centre, Belgrade, 1996
- International Conference on Ecology and Religion - Eco Centre, Belgrade, 1997
- International Conference “The Purpose of Art” - Belgrade, 1998
- International Conference “Thought & Literary Works of Bo Yang” - Hong Kong, 1999
- International Conference “Ideas on Europe” - Center for European Studies, Pamplona, Spain, 1999
- World Haiku Festival - London-Oxford, 2000
- World Haiku Association - Tolmin, Slovenia, 2000
- Western Humanities Alliance - 19th Annual Conference “The Pious and the Profane”- Seattle, 2000
- National Coalition of Independent Scholars - “Independent Scholars: The Public Intellectuals of the Future” - Raleigh, N. Carolina, 2000
ATTENDED COURSES:
- Chinese, 1972-73
- Sanskrit, 1976-77
- Tourist guide, 1978
- Archery coach, 1979
- Zen meditation, 1984 (Philip Kapleau, roshi)
- Euritmics (Anthroposophy method), 1991
- Modern Dance (Hawkins method), 2000
SPORTS AND HOBBIES: Archery (F.I.T.A. Star 1200), Table tennis