ST. LUKE SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

SUNDAY, JANUARY 13th, 2019 (FOLLOWING THE DIVINE LITURGY)

Lecturer: Aleksandra Stevanovic, MA

“Dictionary of Technology” is a hand-written script published in 1981 in Belgrade. It references Serbian Orthodox medieval heritage, but discusses technology as one of the drivers of the modern life. In an unusual way, “Dictionary of Technology” tried to initiate the dialog between science and religion and perceive the place of Selfhood in the world. It was written by the unknown authors that from the perspective of Orthodoxy raised the question of technology.

Publication of “Dictionary of Technology” in 1981 in Serbia, one of the six republics of Yugoslavia at the time, was a big cultural and political surprise. It was banned in 1982 and erased from memory for more than three decades. Recently, it has started to attract academic attention resulting in three scientific conferences, three scientific publications, one academic exhibition, a university course, a documentary, and a number of public and university lectures – all aimed at evaluating the contemporary philosophical-artistic value of this particular manuscript.

About the lecturer:

Aleksandra Stevanovic is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Belgrade, completing the first entire doctoral dissertation dedicated to the reinterpretation of “Dictionary of Technology”. She is a researcher in the international project “Science and Orthodoxy around the World” coordinated by the National Hellenic Research Foundation Institute of Historical Research in Athens, focused on mapping the dialog between science and Orthodoxy in the modern world