macedonian academy of sciences and arts

MACEDONIAN ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES AND ARTS
SKOPJE 2012
Editorial Board:
Acad. Vlado Matevski
Acad. Vitomir Mitevski
Lidija Simovska
ACADEMICIAN
vlado
kambovski,
PRESIDENT
OF THE ACADEMY
The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts was established by the Macedonian Assembly on
22 February 1967 as the highest scientific, scholarly and artistic institution in the country with the
aim of monitoring and stimulating the sciences and arts. The Academy's objectives are to survey the
cultural heritage and natural resources, to assist in the planning of a national policy regarding the
sciences and arts, to stimulate, co-ordinate, organise and conduct scientific and scholarly research
and to promote artistic achievement, especially where particularly relevant to the Republic of Macedonia. The Academy facilitates scholarly, scientific and artistic endeavour on the part of its members
and encourages the use of the most up-to-date methodology and scientific information and the results
of the latest research. It also works on developing international co-operation in the fields of the sciences and arts.
As an independent scientific and artistic institution the Academy achieves these objectives by
basic, developmental and applied research, comprehensive and inter-disciplinary research projects,
by organising scientific and scholarly conferences and symposia, by publishing the results of the
same and of other scientific and artistic research and by organising events in the field of the arts.
The Academy collaborates with the universities, other scientific, scholarly and cultural institutions,
scientific and artistic societies and other comparable organisations in the Republic of Macedonia. It
also co-operates with other academies of sciences and arts, and with scientific, scholarly and artistic
institutions abroad.
The Macedonian state came into being with the First Anti-fascist Assembly of the People's Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) in 1944. Twenty-three years later, in 1967, the Macedonian Academy
of Sciences and Arts was founded. This year it is celebrating its forty-fifth anniversary.
A significant period in its development to date has passed. However, as with everything at the
turn of the century, it too confronts the great challenges which the new millenium brings.
If all things mature through time, if only time can yield their final meaning, it is up to the sciences
and the arts to leave their mark on it.
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ACADEMICIAN Vlado Kambovski
PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY
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T
he establishment of this su­p­reme
Macedonian scientific and artistic
in­sti­tution was preceded by 150
years of development in the hu­manities:
linguistics, literature, hi­storiography,
ethnology and folklore studies. This was
followed by progress in technology, the
natural and social sciences and the arts,
especially poetry, music, fresco-painting
and architecture. Nume­rous Ma­ce­donian
intellectuals made their contribution to
the development of Macedonian culture
in the 19th and 20th centuries. Thus there
was a continuity in Ma­ce­donian cultural
history though a series of great cultural
achievements which led to the foundation
of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences
and Arts.
The Ohrid Literary School of Ss.
Clement and Nahum at the end of the
9th and the beginning of the 10th centuries
prepared the soil for prolific literary,
scholarly, educational and artistic
activities in Mace­donia. This area saw the
birth of the first Sla­vic alphabet which
then spread throughout the entire Sla­
vic world. It was the home of the civili­sa­
tion of the Mace­donian Slavs with its high
aesthetic values in literature, the visual
arts, music and architecture.
After the Crimean War (1853–56),
when conditions we­re favourable to a
freer ex­pres­sion of their aspirations on
the part of the peoples in Eu­ropean
Turkey, the Mace­donian Re­vival began
under the leadership of renowned Mace­
donian educationalists, linguists, writers
and collectors of folk lite­rature.
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TOME SERAFIMOVSKI
In the middle of the XIX century
the archimandrite Par­tenij Zo­grafski
(b. Gali~nik, 1818, d. Con­stantinople,
1876), who was educated in Thessa­lo­ni­ki,
Athens, Kiev, Mos­cow and St. Petersburg,
published two textbooks “in the Macedo­­­­­
ni­an di­a­lect” Kratka Sv®çenna is­
to­ri® na Vetho-i-Novo­zavet­nata C√r­kov√ (A Concise Ecclesi­asti­cal
Histo­ry of the Old and the New Testament
Church) in 1857 and Na~alnoe u~e­nie
za dƀca-ta (A General Instruction Book
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for Child­ren) in 1858. He also published
Kratka slav®nska gra­mm
­ atika (A
Concise Slavic Grammar) in 1859. By
studying the principles of the creation of
a literary language and the grammatical
structure of the Wes­tern Macedonian
dialect (P√rva ~ast√ na Gra­mmati­
kata za ~leno­v∫te (Part One of the
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Grammar of the Articles, in 1857) Partenij
Zo­grafski laid the foundations of modern
Macedonian philology.
Dimitrija Miladinov (b. Struga, 1810,
d. Constantinople, 1862) was an eminent
awakener of Slavic consciousness in
Macedonia in the mid-19th century,
contributing to the in­tro­­duction of the
native language and a Slavic alphabet in
schools in Macedonia. He was the first
Mace­donian collector of folk literature
and the chief compiler of the anthology
of poetry which his brother Kon­stantin
published in Zagreb (1861).
Konstantin Miladinov (b. Stru­ga,
1830, d. Constantinople, 1862), fo­re­
most representative of 19th century
Macedonian poetry, was brother to one
of the great minds of the Ma­cedonian
Revival, Dimitar Mila­di­nov. After his
studies in Athens, he stu­died Slavic
Philology at the Uni­versity in Moscow.
Apart from the volumes of his poetry
he also left behind the unsurpassed
anthology of Macedonian folk poetry
(1861) which he collected and edited with
his brother.
Rajko Žinzifov (b. Veles, 1839, d.
Moscow, 1877) is the author of the most
comprehensive work in the native tongue
in the 19th century and a prolific publicist
and translator.
Grigor Prli~ev (b. Ohrid, 1830, d.
Ohrid, 1893) is the most outstanding
and most talented representative of
Macedonian literature of the 19th cen­
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tury and a leading figure among the
Macedonian intellectuals of the period
who included Konstantin and Andreja
Petkovi~, Rajko @inzifov, Jordan Had`i
Kon­stantinov–D`inot, Gjorgji Dinkata
and others. Prli~ev’s fame followed the
publication of his long poems, The Sirdar
and Sken­derbeg, about life in Macedonia,
his Autobiography which was a unique
piece of prose writing and his translations
of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Having
written in three languages he became
famous in Macedonian, Greek and
Bulgarian literature.
Andreja Damjanov (b. Pap­ra­di­­{te,
1813, d. Veles, 1878) was one of the
most eminent Balkan master-builders.
His opus includes more than 40 buildings,
most of them churches, for example, the
church of St. Pante­le­imon in Veles (1840),
the mona­ste­ry church of St. Joachim of
Osogovo, near Kriva Palanka (1845), The
Holy Mother of God in the village of Novo
Selo near [tip (1850) and St. Nic­ho­las in
Kumanovo (1851) as well as his churches
in Ni{, Nova Crkva, Mo­star, Sarajevo, etc.
Gjorgjija M. Pulevski (b. Ga­li~­nik,
1817, d. Sofia, 1895) created a bo­­dy of
work which marks a crucial chapter in
Macedonian history. He published the
first collection of po­ems in Macedonian
entitled Make­d onska pesnarka (A
Macedonian Poetry Book, vols. I and II) in
1879 and the first separately published
long revolutionary poem, Sa­movila Make­
donska (A Mace­donian Fairy) in 1878. He
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ST. NAHUM
OF OHRID,
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was a Balkan po­lyglot of rare calibre, a
textbook wri­ter and a lexicographer
producing his Re~nik† ot† ~etiri
jezika (Dic­tionary of Four Languages) in
1873 and Re~nik od tri jezika (Dic­tio­
na­ry of Three Lan­guages) in 1875. Pu­lev­
ski is also the author of the first printed
grammar of the Macedonian langu­age,
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Slognica rečovska (Gram­mar) of 1880 as
well as the first Slav­ja­no­ma­ke­donska opšta
istorija (Ge­ne­ral History of the Mace­donian
Slavs) in Mace­donian, completed in 1892.
Marko K. Cepenkov (b. Prilep, 1829,
d. Sofia, 1920) whose ethnographic,
folkloristic and philological re­
cords Makedonski narodni umo­tvor­­bi
(Macedonian Folk Literature, vols. I–X),
published together in 1972, in addition
to his work in the fields of poetry, prose
and drama, make him the most prolific
collector of Ma­ce­donian folk literature
in the second half of the 19th and at the
be­ginning of the 20th centuries.
Kuzman [apkarev (b. Ohrid, 1834, d.
Sofia, 1908) was a teacher and was one
of the first writers of Ma­cedonian textbooks in the 19th century and the most
prolific collector and publisher of Mace­
do­nian folk literature, an ethnographer and fi­gure of the Macedonian
revival.
Atanas Badev (b. Prilep, 1860, d.
Sofia, 1908) was a Macedonian composer
and teacher of music. He studied music
in Moscow and St. Petersburg and was
taught by, among others, the great
Russian composers Balakirev and
Rimsky-Korsakov. Badev was thus one
of the first Ma­cedonian composers with a
formal mu­sical education. Apart from his
choral adaptations of Ma­cedonian folk
songs and children's songs, Ba­dev is also
the composer of The Li­turgy of St. John
Chrysostom (first pub­lished in Leipzig in
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1898), one of the most significant SouthSlavic works of this genre from the end
of the 19th century.
Vojdan Čеrnodrinski (b. Selce, 1875,
d. Sofia, 1951) was the most prolific
Macedonian playwright prior to the end
of World War II, and the founder of the
modern Macedonian theatre, the author
of both the most popular Macedonian
play of the period, Makedonska krvava
svadba (Ma­cedonian Blood Wed­ding)
(1900) and the first Ma­ce­donian play in
verse, Sre{ta (Meeting) (1903). He was
the founder and leader of the Ma­ke­don­­ski zgovor (Macedonian Conc­ord) theatre
group in 1894 and the first Macedonian
theatrical troupe Skrb i uteha (Grief and
Comfort) in 1901.
The numerous scientific, scho­larly
and literary societies established both in
Macedonia and abroad are of particular
significance for the history of Macedonian
science and art. These include: the Young
Macedonian Li­te­ra­ry Society (1890–92)
and its journal Loza (Vine) (1892) under
whose auspices a great number of Ma­
ce­donian intellectuals were ac­tive; the
Vardar society in Belgrade (1893–94)
which led to the first meeting between
the greatest Macedonian intellectuals
of the time, Krste Mi­sirkov and Di­mi­
trija ^upovski; and the Mace­do­nian Club
with its reading room in Bel­grade, which
published Balkanski glas­nik (The Balkan
He­rald) in 1902 and laid the foundations
of the New Mo­vement.
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The most prominent society of this
period, however, is the Ma­ce­donian
Scientific and Literary So­ci­ety, established
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in St. Petersburg on 28th October 1902
and presided over by Dimitrija ^upovski.
It expanded, establishing branches
among the Macedonian expatriates in
Sofia (1903) and Odessa (1905), as well
as in Bitola and Thessaloniki (1910–13).
As part of its numerous scholarly and
literary activities and with a clearly
defined Macedonian national agenda,
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the society proclaimed the Ma­cedo­
nian language as its official language in
Article 12 of the Consti­tu­tion adopted
on 16th De­cem­ber 1903. It pub­lished the
first book in the modern Macedonian
literary language (Za makedonskite
raboti – On Mace­do­nian Matters) in 1903
and in 1905 it published Vardar, the first
scholarly, scientific and literary journal
in contemporary Macedonian, while in
1913 it produced the first Map of Mace­
don­ia. In addition it pub­lished historical
re­cords and other official documents with
a clear Ma­ce­donian national ideology
and a liberation programme for the
preservation of the territorial integrity
and freedom of Macedonia (1913–15),
as well as the most re­no­­wned journal in
Ma­cedonian and Ru­ssi­an Make­don­skii
go­los† (Mace­do­nian Voice) (1913–14). It
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designed a Macedo­nian flag (1914) and
prepared and published the Programme
for a De­mo­cratic and Federative Balkan
Re­public (1917).
For these reasons this scholarly
institution with its rich literary and na­
tional cultural activity can be considered
the foundation upon which the history of
the Macedonian Aca­demy was built.
The two leading figures working
as part of the Macedonian Scien­tific and
Literary Society in St. Peter­s­burg were
Dimitrija ^upovski and Krs­te Misirkov.
Dimitrija Čupovski (b. Pap­ra­di­­{­te,
1878, d. Leningrad, 1940) was one of the
founders of the Society and its President
from 1902 to 1917. The author of a large
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number of articles and official documents,
publisher of the printed bulletin of the
Ma­cedo­nian Colony, and organiser of
several Macedonian associations, he
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wrote verse both in Russian and Mace­
do­nian. He produced the first Ma­ce­
do­nian-Russian dictionary, wo­r­­ked
on a Macedonian grammar and an
encyclopaedic monograph on Macedonia
and the Macedonians.
Krste P. Misirkov (b. Postol, 1874,
d. Sofia, 1926) was the most prominent
Macedonian Slavic scholar, linguist and
folklorist, a historian of Eu­ro­pean calibre
and ideologist of the new Macedonian
national liberation movement. He is the
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author of Za ma­kedonskite raboti ­(On
Mace­do­ni­an Matters) (1903) which is of
fun­da­mental importance for the de­ve­lop­
ment of the contem­porary Mace­do­nian
literary language and its or­tho­graphy,
as well as author and publisher of the
journal Vardar (1905).
After the end of World War I, ac­
tivities comparable to those of the abovementioned societies were un­dertaken
by the cultural and educational society
Vardar in its offices in Zagreb, Belgrade
and Skopje (1935– 38), the Nation and
Culture publicist circle in Sofia headed
by Kosta Vese­linov (1937–38) and, most
im­por­tantly, the Macedonian Literary So­
ciety (1936–42) headed by Ni­ko­la Jonkov
Vapcarov.
Ko~o Racin (b. Veles, 1908, d. Lo­
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ti­noski, Lazar Li~enoski, Dimitar Avra­
movski – Pan­di­lov, Vangel Kod`o­man, Tomo
Vladi­mirski and Dimo To­do­rov­ski became
pioneers of the contemporary visual arts
in Macedonia whilst the composers Živko
Firfov, Stefan Gajdov, Trajko Prokopiev
and Todor Skalovski were leading figures
in the promotion of contemporary Mace­
do­nian music.
A number of Macedonian scientists
and among them Sotir To­mov­ski, Petar
Serafimov, Kiril Žernovski in the field of
technical sciences; Mi­hailo D. Petru{evski,
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poet, prose writer, critic, historical
thinker, active national figure and the
most eminent Macedonian intellectual of
the period between the two World Wars.
His collection of po­ems Beli mugri (White
Dawns) pub­lis­hed in Samobor in 1939 is
one of the pivotal poetic works in modern
Ma­cedonian literature. UNESCO paid
tribute to Racin with a volume on his
work as part of the Éminentes personalités
de la culture slave series (Ko­~o Racin
UNESCO, Paris, 1986).
In the period between the two World
Wars the poetic works of Ko~o Ra­­­cin,
Venko Markovski, Kole Ne­del­kovski and
Vol~e Naum~eski and the plays of Vojdan
Černodrinski, Ni­kola Kirov – Majski, Vasil
Iljoski, Ris­to Krle and Anton Panov laid
the fo­un­da­tions of the new Macedonian
literature. At the same time Nikola Mar­
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Haralampie Po­lenaković and Gjorgji
Šoptrajanov in the field of philology;
Dimitar Ar­sov and Hara­lampi Mančev in
the field of medicine; Lazar Babamov in
the field of agriculture; Todor Mi­rov­ski,
Bori­slav Blagoev, Lazar Sokolov and Bo­
ris Arsov in the fields of law and econo­
mics all made valuable contributi­ons to
the development of the humanities and
natural sciences in Ma­ce­donia.
The University of Ss. Cyril and
Methodius, which was founded in
1946 with the establishment of its first
faculty, the Faculty of Philo­sop­hy, and
the independent scientific and scholarly
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institutions in Macedonia, the most
eminent professors and scientific and
scholarly representatives from which
formed and still form the main body
of the members of the Mace­donian
Academy of Sciences and Arts, all pla­­
yed an important part in its foundation.
Thus the great works of Ma­ce­donian
philologists, linguists, ethnographers,
historiographers and scholars working
in the field of the natural and social
sciences and technology, writers, painters,
composers and scul­p­tors are all linked to
the foundation of the Macedonian Aca­
demy of Sci­en­ces and Arts.
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THE ACADEMY TODAY
T
he Academy's supreme body is the
Assembly of all of its members. The
Assembly is in charge of passing
the statutory regulations regarding the
organisation and general activities of the
Academy such as its Statute, Financial
Plan, the establishment of departments and
scientific, scholarly and artistic units, etc.
The Assembly elects the President, VicePresident and Secretary of the Academy
as well as a number of the members of the
Presidency.
It also elects full, corresponding,
foreign and honorary members of the
Academy. The election of members takes
place every three years by a majority vote in
secret ballot of the Academy's full members.
The members are independent in their
scientific and scholarly research and artistic
work and are elected for life.
The organisational structure of the
Academy includes the Presidency, six
departments, five research centres, two
technical units and the Academy's Secretariat.
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
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BLAŽE KONESKI
MIHAILO
APOSTOLSKI
JORDAN
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KSENTE BOGOEV
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embers of the Presidency
are the President, the VicePresident and the Secretary
of the Academy, the departmental
secretaries and one or more members
elected by the Assembly.
The following individuals have
to date been elected to the leading
positions in the Academy:
cvetan grozdanov
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Presidents
Blaže Koneski, 1967–75; Mihailo Apostolski, 1976–83; Jordan Pop-Jordanov, 1984–91; Ksente Bogoev, 1992–
99; Georgi Efremov, 2000–June 2001; Mateja Matevski, July 2001–2003; Cvetan Grozdanov, 2004–2007;
Georgi Stardelov, 2008–2011; Vlado Kambovski, 2012
Vice-Presidents
Haralampie Polenaković, 1967–75; Gjorgji Filipovski, 1976–79; Blagoj Popov, 1980–83; Gjorgji Filipovski,
1984–91; Aleksandar Andreevski, 1992–99; Georgi Stardelov, 2000–2003; Momir Polenaković, 2004–2007;
Vlado Kambovski, 2008–2011; Bojan Šoptrajanov, 2008–2011; Ljupčo Kocarev, 2012
Secretaries
Gjorgji Filipovski, 1967–75; Blagoj Popov, 1976–79; Evgeni Dimitrov, 1980–83; Krum Tomovski, 1984–91;
Taško Georgievski, 1992–99; Blaže Ristovski, 2000–2003; Taško Georgievski, 2004; Krum Tomovski, 2005–
2007; Ljupčo Kocarev, 2008–2011; Vlado Matevski, 2012
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The Presidency and other bodies currently consist of the following
individuals:
President: Vlado Kambovski; Vice-President: Ljupčo Kocarev;
Secretary: Vlado Matevski; Members of Presidency: Blaže Ristovski,
Goce Petreski, Vladimir Serafimovski, Tome Boševski, Gligor Jovanovski,
Luan Starova, Ilija Vaskov and Vlada Urošević.
Departmental DEPARTMENTS
Secretaries
Blaže Ristovski
Goce Petreski
Vladimir Serafimovski
Tome Boševski
Gligor Jovanovski
Luan Starova
Department FOR Linguistic and Literary Sciences
Department FOR Social Sciences
Department for Medical Sciences
Department FOR Technical Sciences
Department FOR Natural, Mathematical and
Biotechnological Sciences
Department FOR Arts
Heads of Research Research
Centres Centres
Gligor Kanevče
Momir Polenaković
Mitko Madžunkov
Zuzanna Topolinjska
Taki Fiti
RESEARCH CENTRE FOR ENERGY, INFORMATICS AND
MATERIALS
RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND
BIOTECHNOLOGY “Georgi D. Efremov”
LEXICOGRAPHICAL CENTRE
RESEARCH CENTRE FOR AREAL LINGUISTICS “Božidar
Vidoeski”
CENTRE FOR STRATEGIC RESEARCH
Heads of Administrative Administrative
Departments Departments
Lidija Simovska
Nada Georgieva
Goce Aleksoski
Secretary of the Secretariat
Academy Library
International Co-operation Department
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ll the basic activities of the Academy
are undertaken under the auspices
of its six departments: Department
for Linguistic and Literary Sciences,
Department for Social Sciences; Department
for Medical Sciences, Department for
Technical Sciences, Department for Natural,
Mathematical and Biotechnological
Sciences and Department for Arts.
Departments review the situation
in the relevant scientific, scholarly and
artistic fields, and give opinions on and
make proposals for the furtherance and
the application of contemporary scientific
knowledge and the results of scientific
research. They discuss proposals for the
publication of the artistic achievements
and scientific research of members and
other works submitted to the Academy for
publication. They also decide which articles
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publications and nominate articles for
publication in other journals issued by the
Academy. The departments initiate and
evaluate the various scientific and scholarly
projects undertaken by the Academy. They
put forward proposals for the organisation
of scholarly and scientific conferences and
symposia, art exhibitions and other cultural
events, confirm the programmes, of work,
propose candidates for full, corresponding,
honorary and foreign membership of the
Academy and decide on the nominations
for full membership made by institutions of
higher education as well as by other scientific
and artistic institutes and organisations.
The scholarly, scientific and artistic
projects of the Academy’s members
are undertaken through the following
departments and research centres.
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Department for Linguistic and Literary Sciences
T
he Department covers the following scholarly and scientific fields: Linguistics,
Literary Sciences, Philology, Folklore and other related fields. Its members include:
Milan Gjurčinov (Linguistics and Comparative Literature), Petar Hr. Ilievski
(Classical Philology), Kata Kulavkova (Theory of Literature and Literary Hermeneutics),
Vitomir Mitevski (Ancient Literature: Philosophy, Epic Poetry, Historiography, Byzantine
Literature), Gjorgji Pop-Atanasov (Macedonian Church Literature, Biblical Studies,
Hermeneutics, Church Hymnography, Hagiography), Blaže Ristovski (History and
Linguistics) and Zuzanna Topolinјska (Linguistics and Slavic Studies).
Department for Social Sciences
T
he Department encompasses the scholarly and scientific fields of History, History of
Art, Archaeology, the Economy and Finance, Demography, Statistics, Law, Political
Sciences, Philosophy, Pedagogy and other fields in the Humanities. Its members
are: Abdulmenaf Bedzeti (Macroeconomics – Public Finance), Vera Bitrakova-Grozdanova
(Classical archeology and Ancient Archeology of the Balkans), Cvetan Grozdanov
(Mediaeval and Byzantine Art), Vlado Kambovski (Criminal Law and Criminology), Ivan
Katardžiev (Historical Sciences), Goce Petreski (Economic Development, Investments,
International Economic Problems) and Taki Fiti (Macro Economy).
Department for Medical Sciences
T
he Department works in the fields of, Medicine, Stomatology, Pharmacy and other
related fields. Its members include: Ilija Filipče (Otorhinolaryngology), Momir H.
Polenaković (Internal Medicine), Nada Pop-Jordanova (Pediatrics), Živko Popov
(Urology), Vladimir Serafimoski (Internal Medicine) and Ilija Vaskov (Maxillo-facial
Surgery).
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Department for Technical Sciences
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he Department deals with the following scientific areas: Energetics, Engineering,
Technology, Electronics, Automatisation, Computer Sciences, Information
Technologies, Communication Technology and other technical sciences. Members of
the Department are: Alajdin Abazi (Electro-technical Sciences), Tome Boševski (Electrical
Engineering), Leonid Grčev (Electronics), Ratko Janev (Nuclear Physics), Gligor Kanevče
(Thermodynamics), Ljupčo Kocarev (Computer Sciences) and Jordan Pop-Jordanov
(Electrical Engineering).
Department for Natural, Mathematical
and Biotechnological Sciences
T
he Department deals with the following scientific areas: Mathematics, Physics,
Chemistry, Biology, Forestry, Biotechnology, Geography, Minerology, Geology,
Agricultural Science, and other Technical Sciences. Its members include: Dončo
Dimovski (Mathematics), Gligor Jovanovski (Structural Chemistry), Vlado Matevski
(Botany), Blagoj Popov (Mathematics), Gjorgji Filipovski (Agricultural Science –
Pedology) and Bojan Šoptrajanov (Chemistry).
Department for Arts
T
he Department covers the fields of Literature, Painting, Sculpture, Art Criticism,
Music, Architecture and other related fields. Its members include: Gazanfer Bajram
(Painting), Bogomil Gjuzel (Literature), Mateja Matevski (Literature), Mitko
Madžunkov (Literature), Boro Mitrićeski (Sculpture), Božin Pavlovski (Literature),
Radovan Pavlovski (Literature), Tome Serafimovski (Sculpture), Georgi Stardelov
(Aesthetics), Luan Starova (History of French Literature), Vasko Taškovski (Painting),
Vlada Urosević (General and Comparative Literature) and Gligor Čemerski (Painting).
Honorary members:
Petar Hadži Boskov and Boris Evgenevich Paton, Ukraine.
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FOREIGN MEMBERS
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he Macedonian Academy of Sciences
and Arts has among its members a
number of scientists, scholars and
artists from other countries whose high
achievements have left a profound mark
on the development of the sciences and
arts particularly in Macedonia but also
throughout the world.
In the Department for Linguistic and Literary Sciences:
Ilija Čašule, Australia, (Linguistics);
Henadz Apanasavich Cychun, (Slavic
Studies), Belarus, Ivan Dorovsky, Czech
Republic (History of Literature); Victor
Friedman, USA (Slavic and Balkan
Philology); Kajetan Gantar, Republic
of Slovenia (Classic Philology); Alla
Genadevna Sesken, Russia (Slavic Studies);
Radomir Ivanović, Serbia (Literary Science);
Goran Kalodjera, Republic of Croatia (Slavic
and Croatian Literatures); Christina Kramer,
Canada (Slavic Studies); Predrag Matvejević,
Croatia, (Literary Science); Nullo Minissi,
Italy (Philology); Wlodzimierz Pianka,
Austria (Slavic Philology); Rina Pavlovna
Usikova, Russia (Slavic Philology); Zdenka
Ribarova, Czech Republic (Slavic Philology);
Oleksey Semyonovich Onischenko, Ukraine
(Philosophy) and Krzysztof Wrocławski ,
Poland (Slavonic Studies).
In the Department for Social Sciences:
Isak Adizes, USA (Economy); Robert
Badinter, France (Law), Josef C. Brada, USA
(Economy); James R. Wiseman, USA (History
of Art and Classical Archology); Mihaljo Dika,
Republic of Croatia (Law Sciences); Momir
Gjurović, Montenegro, (Electro-technical
Sciences); Ekmeledin İhsanoğlu, Turkey
(Otoman History, Culture and Civilization);
Ilber Ortayli, Turkey (Historu nad History of
Art); Slobodan Perović, Montenegro (Law
Sciences); Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov,
Russia, (Oriental Studies); Andrew Rossos,
Canada (History); Vlado Strugar, Serbia
(History); Gojko Subotić, Serbia, (History of
Art); Razvan Theodorescu, Romania (History
of Art).
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In the Department for Medical Sciences:
Andrew Dwork, USA (Medicine); Horst
Klinkmann, Germany (Internal Medicine);
Ferid Murad, USA (Pharmacology); Rainer
Ingo Peter Kotz, Austria (Orthopaedics);
Ljubisa Rakić, Serbia (Medicine); Gorazd
Rosoklija, USA, (Medicine); Antonie
Škoklev, Serbia (Maxillofacial Surgery)
and Felix Unger, Austria (Medicine).
In the Department for Technical Sciences:
Jürgen Kurths, Germany (Technical
Sciences, Physics, Chemistry); Momcilo
M. Ristić, Serbia (Technology); and Simeon
Oka, Serbia (Thermodynamics).
In the Department for Natural, Mathematical
and Biotechnological Sciences
Hari M. Srivastava, Canada,
(Mathematics and Statistics); Dušan Hadži,
Republic of Slovenia (Physical Organic
Chemistry) and Ivo Šlaus, Croatia (Physical
Organic Chemistry).
In the Department for Arts:
Ali Aliu, Kosovo (Theory of Literature); Dumitru M. Jon, Romania
(Literature); Ljubomir Levčev, Bulgaria
(Literature), Ivan Minatti, Republic of
Slovenia (Literature); Edgar Morin, France
(Philosophy); Miodrag Pavlović, Serbia
(Literature); Sreten Perović, Montenegro,
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(Literature); Justo Jorge Padrón,
Spain, (Literature); Phiilippe RobertsJones, Belgium (History of Art); Goran
Stefanovski, Great Britain (Literature), Kiro
Urdin, Belgium (Painting) Risto Vasilevski,
Serbia (Literature) and Vladimir Veličković,
France (Painting).
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RESEARCH PROJECTS
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ollected Works of Blaže Koneski
– Critical Edition; Gregory’s
Translation of the Damaskin Studit’s
‘Thesaurus; Collected Works of Krste P.
Misirkov; Slavic Presentations of Europe.
Between the Real and the Imaginary,
Comparative Studies; Spiritual Life in Late
F
resco Paintings of the Church St.
Mary (St. Clement) and the Art of
Ohrid Archbishopric in the XIII and
XIV Centuries; Golem Grad and Prespa;
The World Economic Crisis from 2007/2008
and the Implications on the Macedonian
Economy; Unemployment Determinants in
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nfluence of environmental changes on
human health, with emphasis on the
situation in Veles and its surrounding;
The Role of Liver Biopsy Directed by
Ultrasound in the Differentiation of Liver
Diseases; Establishment of Bank of Urinary
Bladder Tumors and their Derivates and
Analysis of Molecular Markers Relevant
in the Assessment of the Reoccurrence
and Progression of the Disease; Bell’s
Paralysis. Multicentric Study; Uroepithelial
Antiquity Period and Early Middle Ages,
Balkan Image of the World.
Projects undertaken by members of the
Department through the Research Centre
for Areal Linguistics Božidar Vidoeski are
listed in the section devoted to activities of
the Centre.
Department
for Linguistic
and Literary
Sciences
the Republic of Macedonia; Vasil Ivanovski
on the Political and State Self-determination
and Unification of the Macedonian People.
Projects undertaken by members of the
Department through the Centre for Strategic
Research are listed in the section devoted
to activities of the Centre.
Department
for Social
Sciences
Tumors, associated with Balkan Endemic
Nephropathy – Speific and Common
molecular pathways; Macedonian Center
for Ultrastructural Studies in Schizophrenia;
Golgi Studies in Schizophrenia.
Projects undertaken by members
of the Department through the Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology Research
Centre are listed in the section devoted to
activities of the Centre.
Department
for Medical
Sciences
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for Technical
Sciences
Department
for Natural,
Mathematical
and Biotechnological
Sciences
Department
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ynchronized Work of the Nuclear
Power Plant with Reversible
Hydropower Plant; Electromagnetic
Influences, Analysis Methods and
Protection; Dynamics of the Atomic
Collision Processes; Development of
Methods for Strategic Planning in Energy
Sector; Diagnosing Vulnerability, volatility
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and Unexpected Phenomena in Complex
Networks; Modulation of Electric Brain
Oscillations.
Projects undertaken by members of the
Department through the Research Centre
for Energy, Informatics and Materials are
listed in the section devoted to activities of
the Centre.
eometrical-topological and
Algebraic-combinatorial
Problems; Natural Hard
Substances Research; Experimental and
Theoretical Studies of Simple and Double
Salts and Complexes; Classification of
the Soils by Regions in the Republic of
Macedonia as a basis for development of
Pedolgical Maps; The Flora of the Republic
of Macedonia.
A
– Inexhaustible Water Currents; Balkan
Saga – Reception; Alexander the Great;
The Woman as an Inspiration; Associative
Landscapes.
ctualization of the Tradition and
Folklore in the work of Racin
and Lorka; Notes (1960 –2010);
The Gardner and His Desert; Triology
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RESEARCH CENTERS
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he Research Centre for Energy, Informatics and Materials (ICEIM)
was established on 28 February
1986.
As part of the Macedonian Academy
of Sciences and Arts, the role of ICEIM is
to initiate and coordinate national research
programs and to conduct researches on high
level in certain fields.
The current researches in ICEIM
include nine research projects funded by
foreign funds:
1. Emerging EMF Technologies and
Health Risk Management;
2. Supermodeling by Combining Imperfect
Models (SUMO);
3. Optimization and Performance
Enhancement of Complex Networks
Using Sensors;
4. Non-coherent Communication for
Future Wireless Networks;
5. The Development of the 2012-2016
Implementation Program for the
Energy Strategy in the Republic of
Macedonia Until 2030;
6. EURAXESS - Researchers in Motion;
7. Macedonian Green Growth & Climate
Change Analytic and Advisory Support
Program – Energy Sector Modeling;
8. Regional Energy Security and Market
Development (RESMD) – Phase II;
9. Cross sections for Collision Processes
of Light Atomic and Molecular
Impurities in Fusion Edge / Divertor
Plasmas.
Research
Centre
for Energy,
Informatics
and Materials
ICEIM is a focal point of IAEA for
Macedonia – Electricity and energy file
and methodologies of UNESCO and of
the World Solar Process. The Center is a
member of International Network of Centers
for Sustainable Development and is also the
seat of the Macedonian National Committee
of World Energy Council. Based on the
success of competitions of the European
Union, ICEIM has been accepted as a center
of excellence, fulfilling the criteria of the
World Interacademy Council relating to
such centers.
In the work of the Centre are engaged:
six Academics, one Professor, two Assistants
Researchers, two Junior Researchers
Volunteers and one Administrative Secretary.
The realization of the research projects of
ICEIM involves and 35 external associates.
ICEIM cooperates with numerous
domestic and foreign scientific institutions
on joint scientific projects, specializations,
study stays and lectures.
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“Georgi D.
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he Research Center for Genetic
Engineering and Biotechnology
(ICGIB) was founded in 1986
as a scientific unit of the Macedonian
Academy of Sciences and Arts. Founder
and longtime director and chief instigator
of the ICGIB activities was Academician
Georgi D. Efremov, and after his death
in May 2011, the Center was renamed
into the Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology “Georgi D.
Efremov”.
The main goal of ICGIB is advancing
scientific knowledge in the field of protein
chemistry, molecular biology, genetic
engineering and biotechnology, through
scientific research, educational and practical
courses for young scientific staff and
postgraduate studies.
ICGIB acts as a national reference
center for research, education and
application of new technologies in the
biomedical sciences and biomolecular
sciences. ICGIB is the largest and most
important institution in our country in the
field of molecular genetics that has gained
wide international recognition.
Since its establishing, the Center has
been equipped with modern and sophisticated
research equipment. In the last three years
within the project “National reference center
for genomics and proteomics”, funded by
the European Commission and the initiative
of the Government of the Republic of
Macedonia for the modernization of
research laboratories, the most advanced
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equipment for research in genomics and
proteomics have been procured.
ICGIB staff consists of scientific and
administrative-technical workers. The
scientific research staff includes 4 Scientific
Workers, 6 Researches employed within
the infrastructure project of the European
Commission, two Young Associates involved
in the application activity of the center and
three Administrative-Technical workers.
Researchers are constantly staying
in the ICGIB within the specialization
in Medical Genetics, postgraduates and
doctoral candidates who prepare parts of
their theses in ICGIB, graduate students
volunteers and undergraduates from the
Institute of Biology who perform practice
during the summer months.
Over the past 25 years more than 30
research projects have been realized in the
ICGIB, most of them in the field of molecular
medicine, such as molecular characterization
of the most common monogenic hereditary
diseases in Macedonia and the neighboring
countries, molecular epidemiology of
infectious diseases, molecular bases of the
most common malignant disease and DNA
markers in human identification. Projects
from other areas have been conducted
in ICGIB, such as genetic testing of the
Ohrid trout, isolation and production of
Taq polymerase, molecular identification
of tobacco sort, identification of bacterial
sorts in the cave Vrelo etc.
The following projects and programs
are in progress:
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• The study of molecular defects
of numerous monogenic diseases
(haemoglobinopathies, cystic fibrosis,
muscular dystrophy, hemophilia A,
spinal muscular atrophy, Huntington’s
disease, fragile X syndrome,
hereditary deafness, Friedrich’s
ataxia, haemochromatosis, cystinuria,
phenylketonuria, galactosaemia,
Rett syndrome, Darier’s syndrome,
Achondroplasia, etc.);
• Genetics of Infertility;
• Molecular basis of malignant disease
(cancer of the breast, prostate, testes,
uterus, lungs, etc.);
• Quick and noninvasive methods for
prenatal diagnosis;
• The study of DNA markers in
the population of the Republic of
Macedonia and application in forensic
medicine and criminology;
• The study of infectious diseases
(Human Papilloma Virus in women
with cervical changes, hepatitis B and
C virus infection and its role in the
etiology of chronic hepatic disease and
hepatocellular carcinoma).
In the past 25 years, as a result of the
research work in the Center, more than
150 scientific papers have been published,
mostly in international journals. The results
of the scientific work of ICGIB have been
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presented with more than 200 posters or oral
presentations at international and national
scientific meetings.
Since 2001 ICGIB - Macedonian
Academy of Sciences and Arts have been
preparing and have been publishing the
international scientific Balkan Journal of
Medical Genetics.
ICGIB is the first institution in the
Republic of Macedonia, which has begun
to use the techniques of recombinant DNA
technology in the diagnosis and prevention
of inherited, malignant and infectious
diseases and in forensic medicine.
Besides research and applied activities,
one of the primary goals of ICGIB is
education of young scientists through
research. In the past 25 years numerous
young scientific personnel have been
educated in ICGIB in the field of molecular
biology and the techniques of genetic
engineering and biotechnology.
ICGIB cooperates with numerous
institutions of the Republic of Macedonia,
medical institutions from the neighboring
countries, and with many scientific
institutions from various European and
world countries. The cooperation with these
institutions includes collaboration on joint
scientific research projects, specialization
and training of scientific personnel, invited
lecturers and exchange of literature.
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Lexicographical
Centre
he Lexicographical center, as a
scientific unit of the Academy was
established on 28 September 2000.
The center deals with the preparation
and publication of encyclopedic,
bibliographical, terminological and
lexicographic other lexicographic
publications, and with the establishing of a
database on the Macedonian culture and art.
Numerous projects have been realized
within the Centre relating to the discovery,
research and systemizing of different parts of
the Macedonian culture and art. In the Center
was prepared and published the Macedonian
encyclopedia (in 2 volumes), which presents
the historical and contemporary entirety of
the Macedonian civilization.
The center is working on two long-term
research projects of fundamental importance.
The first is the preparation of the Macedonian
scientific and technical terminology, which
ultimate goal is the preparation of final
lexicographic editions of the working
terminology materials in the Bulletin
Macedonian terminology, of which 113 issues
have been published so far. The second is the
work on the macro project History of the
Macedonian Culture which studies the overall
material and spiritual culture on the soil of
Macedonia from prehistoric times until today.
The research results have been published in
23 books so far.
In the Lexicographical Center, apart
from the numerous external collaborators,
constantly are engaged one Assistant
Researcher, one Junior Assistant Researcher
and a Technical Secretary.
Research Center
for Areal
Linguistics
“Božidar
Vidoeski”
he Research Center for Areal
Linguistics “Bozidar Vidoeski”
was established on 28
September 2000. The center researches the
role of the factor space in the life and in the
evolution of the language. The multicultural
and multilingual Balkan environment is an
ideal base for research in the field of areal
linguistics, i.e. for the developing of the
theory of interlingual contacts and to study
the mechanisms of linguistic interference.
The Center works on the following
projects:
1. International linguistic atlases,
i.e. 1.1. General Slavic Linguistic Atlas
(OLA), 1.2. European Linguistic Atlas
(ELA), and 1.3. Small Balkan Dialect
Atlas. OLA is an international, multilateral
project coordinated by the International
Committee of Slavists. The goal is to present
a typological differentiation of Slavic
speeches and paths of that differentiation.
ELA, under the international title Atlas
Linguarum Europae (ALE), represents a
cartographic projection of the lexicon, in
perspective and of the grammatical structure
of all languages ​​of Europe, regardless of
their origin and legal status. The excerption
is implemented according to partial
questionnaires. The lexical part of the ELA
brings above all, information about the
cultural layers in the European homonymy.
The Small Balkan Dialect Atlas represents
the first attempt to present cartographic
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differentiation of the languages ​​belonging
to the so-called Balkan linguistic union.
2. The place of the Macedonian language
in the Slavic and Balkan linguistic world.
The work on the project began in 2001. The
project aims is to determine the geography
of morph syntax patterns characteristic
for the members of the Balkan linguistic
union and to determine their status in the
functional (pragmatical, semantic) structure
of the relevant language codes (standard and
dialect). The starting point of analysis is the
situation in the Macedonian language. The
project is conducted under the theory “smysl
> tekst”. The subject of analysis is the form
of realization of certain category meanings in
the Balkan and Slavic languages. The Slavic
parallels serve as a benchmark to determine
what ​​is “Balkan” in the structure of Balkan
Slavic languages.
The Center prepares the Bibliography of
Macedonian Language as a continuance of the
work initiated by B. Vidoeski in his Appendix
to the Bibliography of the Macedonian
Language, Skopje 1953. Simultaneously,
the Macedonian part is prepared for the
Slavic bibliography published in Poland and
for the linguistic bibliography published in
the Netherlands. The Center is working on
the electronic sound and textual data of the
Macedonian standard and dialect language.
The work on the electronic data of the
Macedonian standard language started from
the need to create a base for excerption within
the project dedicated to the analysis of morph
syntax balkanisms.
he Center for Strategic Research
is a scientific unit of the Academy,
founded on 28 September 2000.
The tasks of the Centre are: promotion,
organization and implementation of
researches, lectures and public discussions
on strategic issues of national and
international importance for the Republic
of Macedonia. The center continually
researches the problems, phenomena and
relations from historical, geopolitical,
economic, social, cultural and security
nature and in terms of their long-term
and medium-term significance for the
development of the Republic of Macedonia
as an independent and sovereign state.
In the Centre work renowned internal
and external scientific workers from various
scientific fields that are constantly engaged
in the research and consulting activities.
The center is in contact with domestic
and foreign institutions for the preparation
of joint research programs. It organizes
conferences – roundtables on current issues
with the participation of famous domestic
and foreign scientists.
The center conducts exchange of
scientific personnel, papers and documents
with a number of countries in the world,
primarily with the neighboring countries.
For the realization of its tasks the
Centre is open to an active cooperation with
institutions and organizations at home and
abroad with similar nature of activities.
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CONFERENCES
AND ARTISTIC PRESENTATIONS
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n the last four and a half decades
in the Macedonian Academy have
been held more than 200 scientific
and solemn meetings and a number of
exhibitions, concerts and promotions.
Some of the meetings are the following:
Cyril and Methodius (old Slavic)
period and Cyril and Methodius tradition
in Macedonia; Clement of Ohrid and the
role of the Ohrid Literary School in the
development of the Slavic education; Fifty
years of the Macedonian language science;
Macedonian dialects in Aegean Macedonia;
Macedonian literature and culture in the
context of Mediterranean cultural sphere;
VIII International Mycenaean Congress;
The work of Blaže Koneski – achievements
and perspectives; the Work of Krste
Misirkov: Theories and methods of areal
linguistics; Classics – Paleo Slavistics –
Balkan Studies; Balkan image of the world;
Memory and interpretation; Areal linguistics
as a path to reconstruction of linguistic and
cultural evolution; Macedonian language
science – facts and perspectives.
Macedonian-Ukrainian cultural
relations (X–XX century); Days of
Science of the Republic of Macedonia in
Ukraine; Science in the approximation of
Macedonia and Ukraine to the European
Union; Ukrainian-Macedonian parallels
in history and present; Facts and problems
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of energy in Macedonia and Ukraine; the
Scientific cooperation between Ukraine and
Macedonia in geology and mineralogy.
Macedonia and Russian Balkan policy
from the Berlin Congress to the First World
War; Macedonia and Russia / USSR (history
– politics – culture) from the First World
War until the establishment of the modern
Macedonian state (1914–1944); Russia
(USSR) and Macedonia: history, politics,
culture (1944–1991)
Bogomilism in the Balkans in light of
recent researches; ASNOM in the creating
of the statehood of the Macedonian people;
100 years since the founding of VMRO and
90 years of Ilinden; Macedonia in the Balkan
Wars and in the First World War; Science
and culture for a shared future of Southeast
Europe; Ethno-cultural and political aspects
of the formation of the Macedonian nation
in the Balkan cultural and historical context;
the Balkans in the new millennium; Open
challenges of the Macedonian economy;
the Republic of Macedonia – 60 years of
ASNOM; Current demographic trends in
the Republic of Macedonia in the light of the
results of population census in 2002 year;
Jane Sandanski and the Macedonian liberation
(marking 90 years since his murder); On the
traces of Acad. Vojislav J. Djuric; Republic
of Macedonia, Bulgaria and the Macedonian
emigration in Bulgaria (1944–1948);
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A SCIENTIFIC
MEETING
The evolution of the constitutional
system of the Republic of Macedonia
in expectation of adopting the EU
Constitutional Treaty; Methods of
harmonization of the national legislation
with the EU acquis; Codification of the
Macedonian civil and commercial law;
European human rights standards and
their implementation in the legal system
of the Republic of Macedonia; Reform
of institutions and its importance for the
development of the Republic of Macedonia;
Methods of evaluation of judicial reforms
in the Republic of Macedonia.
Conference on promotion of economic
relations between the Republic of Macedonia
and Republic of Turkey; Hundred years
since the proclamation of the Young Turk
Revolution and its impact on the situation in
Macedonia; Fourth International Congress Islamic civilization in the Balkans; Energy,
security and human development; Seventh
International Ataturk Congress; Evliya
Celebi’s Balkan.
Long-term economic development of
SR Macedonia until 2000; Uneven regional
development in the economic theory and
practice; Problems of the demographic
development of SR Macedonia; Ecology
and economy in terms of Macedonia;
Basic problems of economic transition;
the Current problems of the economic
transition in Macedonia and Bulgaria;
Revitalization and new technologies
in the economy of the SR Macedonia;
Environment protection; National strategy
of the economic development of the
Republic of Macedonia; Macroeconomic
policy in the field of finances (marking
80 years of life and 50 years of teaching
and scientific activity of Acad. Ksente
Bogoev); Coins and mints in Macedonia;
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Discovery and study of Macedonia in the
European science until the formation of the
Macedonian state institutions; International
conference marking the 100 years since
the birth of Acad. Michael D. Petrusevski
(1911–1990); Twenty years of independence
of the Republic of Macedonia (1991–2011);
Long-term Energy Development in
SR Macedonia; Renewable electricity
sources in Macedonia; Geothermal energy:
situation and prospects in the Republic of
Macedonia; Actual electricity issues in
Macedonia; Physics of condensed matter;
Polyadic algebraic structures; Algebraic
and vector value structures; International
mathematical conference devoted to Acad.
Georgi Chupona (marking 80 years since
his birth);
Primary liver cancer; Modern aspects
of viral hepatitis; Artificial organs today:
from in vitro assessment to human therapy;
Scientific symposium dedicated to the
World Kidney Day; Achievements in the
internal medicine on the occasion of 100
years since the birth of Acad. Dimitar
Arsov; Scientific symposium in honor of
Acad. Momir Polenakovic marking the
70th anniversary of his birth; Progression
of chronic kidney disease and managing risk
factors in patients on dialysis;
Macedonian folklore in the music and
drama works until 1945; Ethnic traditions
and present; Civilizations on the soil of
Macedonia; Languages ​​on the soil of
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Macedonia; Religions and religious aspects
of the material and spiritual culture on the
soil of Macedonia; Folklore on the soil of
Macedonia; History of ideas on the soil of
Macedonia; Life and work of Aco Shopov;
Science and art; and others.
The Macedonian Academy of Sciences
and Arts has a regular and systematic activity
in the organization of art exhibitions in its Art
gallery. So far, over 100 exhibitions of artists,
members of the Macedonian Academy of
Sciences and Arts and of foreign academies
have been organized. The works of the
founders of the contemporary Macedonian
art have been presented in the Academy:
Nikola Martinoski, Lazar Lichenoski,
Vangel Kodzoman, Dimitar AvramovskiPandilov, Borko Lazeski, Jordan Grabuloski,
Dimche Koco, Dimo ​​Todorovski, Keraca
Visulcheva, as well as of the contemporary
Macedonian artists: Tome Serafimovski,
Dimitar Kondovski, Vasko Tashkovski,
Slavko Janevski, Boro Mitrikjeski, Kiro
Urdin, Kole Manev, Dimitar Malidanov,
Vladimir Georgievski, Dancho Kalchev,
Gligor Chemerski, Trajce Janchevski, Arch.
Janko Konstantinov, Nikola Jankovikj,
Taki Pavlovski, Blagoja Kolev, Alexandar
Stankovski, Arch. Georgi Konstantinovski.
An exhibition has been held titled Treasury of
Slovenian graphics (1955–2005). Exhibitions
of numerous foreign authors, members of
Balkan and European academies have been
presented in the Academy.
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ACADEMY
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ARTS
PUBLISHING AND PUBLICATIONS
ts publishing activity plays a very
important part in the work of the
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and
Arts. More than 500 titles have been published
since the foundation of the Academy. The
majority of these are monographs, research
project results and the proceedings scientific
and scholarly conferences and symposia, reissued older editions, anniversary editions,
joint editions with other academies, as well
as ‘Prilozi’ (Contributions), the departmental
periodicals issued twice a year.
The following is a selective list of the
Academy’s publications: 1100th Anniversary
of the Death of Cyril of Thessaloniki (1970);
Psalterium Sinaiticum (An 11th Century
Glagolitic Manuscript from St. Catherine’s
Monastery, Mt. Sinai, published in 1971);
Evangelium Dobromiri (The Dobromir
Gospel. A 12th Century Cyrillic Manuscript,
published in 1973); Strumica (Macedonian)
Apostle (A Cyrillic Monument from the
13th Century, published in 1990); Studia
Linguistica Polono-Jugoslavica (1982);
Tractata Mycenaea (1987); The Period of
Cyril and Methodius (Old Slavic) and Cyril
and Methodius Tradition in Macedonia
(1988); Clement of Ohrid and the Role of the
Ohrid Literary School in the Development
of the Slavic Literacy (1989); The Freedom
and the Aspirations towards Freedom in
the Contemporary Macedonian Literature
(1990); Macedonian Literature and Art
in the Context of the Poetics of Social
Realism (1995); Foreign Influences on
Macedonian Literature and Culture in the
50s and 60s (1996); A Collection of Studies
Dedeicated to Academician Blaže Koneski
(1995); Blaže Koneski: The Language of
Macedonian Folk Poetry (1971); Zbignew
Golab: The Arumanian Dialect of Kruševo
in SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (1984);
Olivera Jašar-Nasteva: Turkish Elements
in the Language and Style of Macedonian
Folk Songs (1987); Ivan Dorovski: Studies
of Balkan Literature in the 19th and 20th
Centuries (1992); František Vaclav Mareš:
Macedonian Grammar (1994); Zuzanna
Topolinjska: Macedonian Dialects in
Aegean Part of Macedonia, Book I, Syntax,
Vol. I–2 (1995, 1997); Zuzanna Topolinjska:
Macedonian-Bulgarian Contrastive Studies
(1996); Božidar Vidoeski: The Dialects of
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the Macedonian Language, Vol. 1–3 (1998,
1999); Blaže Ristovski: A History of the
Macedonian Nation (1999).
Cultural History of Macedonia:
Civilisations on Macedonian Soil (1995);
Languages in Macedonia (1996); Religions
and Religious Aspects of the Material and
Spiritual Culture in Macedonia (1996);
Folklore on Macedonian Soil (1997); Music
on Macedonian Soil (1999).
Goce Delčev and the Macedonian
National Revolutionary Movement
(1973); Macedonia in the Eastern Crisis
(1875–1881) (1978); The Kresna Uprising
in Macedonia (1878–1879) (1982);
Bogumilism in the Balkans in the Light of the
Latest Research (1982); Historia e popullit
maqedonas (1983); The Ethnogenesis
of the Yuruks and their Settlement in the
Balkans (1986); Macedonia and the
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Macedonian People: The History of the
Macedonian People (1986); Macedonia in
the Wars between 1912 and 1918 (1991);
Macedonia and its Relations with Greece
(1993); A Hundred Years on from the
Foundation of the Internal Macedonian
Revolutionary Organisation and Ninety
Years on from the Ilinden Uprising (1994);
ASNOM – Fifty Years of the Macedonian
State (1944–1994) (1995); Archaeological
Map of the Republic of Macedonia, Vol. I
and II (1994, 1997); Aleksandar Matkovski:
The Diyet (Blood Feud) in Macedonia
and in the Balkans Under Ottoman Rule
(1973); Žamila Kolomonos, Vera Vesković
Vangeli: The Jews in Macedonia During
the Second World War (1941–1945), Vol. I
and II (1986); Aleksandar Hristov, Mihailo
Minoski: The Idea of Federation in the
Macedonian National Liberation Movement
and its Programmatic Basis (1878–1935)
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ACADEMY
(1994); Aleksandar Matkovski: Nomad
Sheep-Farming in Macedonia from 14th to
19th Centuries (1996); Macedonia Questions
of History and Culture (1999).
Uneven Regional Development in
Economic Theory and Practice (1980);
Problems of Demographic Development
in SR Macedonia (1985); The Long-Term
Economic Development of SR Macedonia
until 2000 (1986); Ecology and the Economy
in the Circumstances of the Republic of
Macedonia (1994); Economic Transition
(1994); National Development Strategy for
Macedonia (1997); Export Strategy for the
Republic of Macedonia (1999).
The Ethnic Traditions and the
Contemporaneity (1989); Ethnology of the
Macedonians (1996); Symposium on the
Problems of the Regulation of Lake Ohrid
(1974); Malesh and Pijanets: Natural
and Socio-Geographic Characteristics
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(1980); Kiril Micevski: The Flora of the
Republic of Macedonia, Vol. I, Books 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6 (1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001,
2005); Kiril Micevski: Vegetation of Mt.
Bistra (1994); Gjorgji Filipovski: Soil of
the Republic of Macedonia, Vol. I, II, III
and IV (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998); Gjorgji
Filipovski: The Characteristics of the
Climate-Vegetation-Soil Zones (Regions)
in the Republic of Macedonia (1996); The
Long-Term Development of the Energetics
in SR Macedonia (1986–2005) (1990).
Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma
(1989); Current Issues of Viral Hepatitis
(1991); Current Aspects of Virus Hepatitis with
Particular Attention to Hepatitis C (1994); P.
Davčev: Cancer of the Liver (1990); 10 Years
since the Foundation of the Research Centre
for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
(1996); Georgi Efremov: MolecularBiological Aspects of Cancer (1998).
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AND
ARTS
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
MOSAIC FROM
HERACLEA LYNCESTIS,
BITOLA
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T
he Macedonian Academy of
Sciences and Arts has established a
cooperation with many academies
in the world: Austrian Academy of
Sciences, Academy of Social Sciences of
Australia, Academy of Sciences and Arts
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Academy of
Sciences of the Czech Republic, Albanian
Academy of Sciences, British Academy,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences, Croatian
Academy of Sciences and Arts, Estonian
Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy
of Sciences, Italian National Research
Council, Leibniz Society of Sciences from
Berlin, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences
and Arts, National Academy of Sciences
of Belarus, National Academy of Sciences
of Ukraine, History and Antiquities, Polish
Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of
Sciences and Arts, Romanian Academy,
Royal Flemish Academy of Sciences and
Arts, Royal Society of London, Royal
Swedish Academy of Literature, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Serbian Academy
of Sciences and Arts, Slovak Academy of
Sciences, Slovenian Academy of Sciences
and Arts and the Turkish Academy of
Sciences.
The agreements on academic and
scientific cooperation include cooperation
on joint research projects, participation
in conferences and artistic events, study
stays, exchange of scientific experience,
publications and other information.
The Macedonian Academy of Sciences
and Arts is a member of the Association
of European Academies (ALLEA), the
International Union of Academies of Brussels
(UAI), the Mediterranean Academy, the Inter
Academy Panel on International (IAP), the
International Council for Science (ICSU), the
Inter Academy Council for Southeast Europe,
and cooperates with the European Academy
of Sciences and Arts of Salzburg.
Beside the academic scientific
cooperation, the Macedonian Academy
of Sciences and Arts communicates and
exchanges opinions and experiences on
various issues of mutual interest with
other foreign academies and international
scientific organizations.
MACEDONIAN
ACADEMY
OF
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AND
ARTS
THE ACADEMY ARCHIVES
T
he Archives are a specialised
department of the Academy. Their
role is to collect, house, process,
protect and make available archive materials
produced by scientific, scholarly and
artistic institutions, by the Academy or its
individual members or by other individuals
whose work is relevant to the sciences and
arts in Macedonia.
The work of the Archives is carried
out under the supervision of the Archives
Committee comprised of representatives of
the Academy’s Departments and Research
Centres. The remit of the Archives
encompasses the entire territory of the
Republic of Macedonia. The Academy
Archives are the only independent Archives
apart from the official archives of the
Republic of Macedonia.
The Archives obtain materials by
means of cession, bequest, gift, purchase
and deposit and on other legal grounds
but always under the supervision and
recommendation of the Commission for
Examination and Evaluation of Archive
Materials.
The Academy Archives are at the
moment in charge of 129 individual
holdings, the original Academy Archive of
1967, 15 collections and 16 projects.
The oldest fragment held is an Old
Slavonic document dating from the 14th
century whereas the main body of material
PSALTERIUM
SINAITICUM
AN 11TH CENTURY
GLAGOLITIC
MANUSCRIPT FROM
ST. CATHERINE'S
MONASTERY, MT. SINAI
dates from the 19th and 20th centuries. The
Archives hold materials on the subjects of
History, Literature, Ethnology, Folklore,
Linguistics, Visual Arts, Architecture,
Music, Law, the Economy, Medicine,
Heraldry, Biology, etc. The documents and
manuscripts are in a number of languages:
Macedonian, Old Slavonic, Serbian,
Croatian, Russian, Bul­ga­rian, Greek,
Turkish, French, En­glish...
The Archives have a library of
more than 75,000 books, as well as 118
contemporary manuscripts, 317 rare books,
183 microfilms, 81 magnetic tapes, 300
video and phono records, 125 charters,
140 plaques, 250 musical manuscripts, 122
individual archive documents, a collection
of more than 17,000 photographs and a
collection of 450 paintings and sculptures.
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ARTS
THE ACADEMY LIBRARY
THE RADOMIR
GOSPEL
(FRAGMENT)
T
he Library is a specialised section
of the Academy whose role is to
obtain, process and hold library
materials and to facilitate the promotion of
scientific, scholarly and artistic activities
undertaken by the Academy. It also runs an
exchange of the Academy’s publications
with the publications of other Academies
and scientific institutions in Macedonia and
abroad. It gathers bibliographic information
and collects and catalogues materials relevant
to the scholarly, scientific and artistic work
of the members of the Academy.
The Library of the Macedonian Academy
of Sciences and Arts holds more than 160,000
titles, 54,000 of which are monographs and
about 100,000 issues of 1,500 journals and
magazines, 200 of which are of Macedonian
and 1,300 of foreign origin.
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The Library is managed by the Library
Committee consisting of members of the
Academy, who outline general direction and
set a policy on acquisition.
The Library exchanges materials with
more than 450 Macedonian and foreign
institutions. It obtains more than two thirds
of its annual acquisition through this kind of
exchange.
Its policy is primarily to collect scientific
and scholarly publications (encyclopaedias,
lexicons, dictionaries, etc.); major works of
science and art worldwide; materials from
scientific and scholarly conferences and
symposia held in Macedonia and abroad,
and Macedonian and foreign monographs,
magazines and journals.
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CONTENTS
Roots
5
The Academy Today
15
Presidency
16
Departments
18
Members of the Academy
19
Foreign Members of the Academy
21
Research Projects
23
Research Centres
25
Scientific Conferences, Symposia and Cultural Events
30
Publishing and Publications
33
International Co-operation
36
The Academy Archives
37
The Academy Library
38
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