Name: Dr Sima Avramović
Born: July 19, 1950 Belgrade/Serbia
Education
1. Elementary School 1957 - 1964 (Belgrade)
2. Grammar School -
Classical Gymnasium 1964 - 1968 (Belgrade)
3. University of Belgrade,
Faculty of Law 1969 - 1973 - J.D. degree (graduated "A" level)
4. University of Belgrade, 1977 – MA/LLM degree (Thesis: "The Code of Gortyn
Faculty of Law and Ancient Greek Law")
5. University of Belgrade, 1981 – PhD degree (Thesis: "The Evolution of Testa-
Faculty of Law mentary Freedom in Ancient Greek Law")
Professional career
University of Belgrade (UB) Faculty of Law,
Department of Legal History
1973-1975 part time Teaching Assistant
1975-1982 full time Research and Teaching Assistant
1982-1988 Assistant Professor
1988-1993 Associate Professor
1993-2020 Full Professor
Ministry of Foreign Affeirs of the Republic of Serbia
2021 - Ambasador
Teaching Subjects
Graduate level: Comparative Legal Traditions; Legal History; Rhetoric;
Postgraduate level: Western Legal Traditions; Ancient Greek Law; State- Church
Law; Legal Position of Churches and Religious Communities
in Europe (UB Multidisciplinary Program “Religion in Society,
Culture and EU”)
Languages
Mother language: Serbian
Fluently: English
Active knowledge: Italian, German, French, Greek
Translating: Latin, ancient Greek
Related Activities
1989-1991; 1994-1995 Vice Dean, UB Faculty of Law
1996-1997; 2000 - 2006 Head of the Legal History Department, UB Faculty of Law
1997-1998; 2001-2002 UB Faculty of Law Council, President
1998 - 2001 UB University Library, President of the Board
2000 to this date Society for Classical Studies, Belgrade, Board Member
2001 to this date Institutio oratoria - Center for Rhetoric, UB Faculty of Law, Director
2004 - 2009 UB Statute Committee, President
2004 - 2013 UB University Council, Member (President in 2009-2012)
2004 to this date Serbian Scientific Society, Member
2004 to this date Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts,
Section for Sources of Serbian Law, Member
2004 - 2006 Acta diurna (Newsletter of the UB Faculty of Law),
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
2005 to this date Forvm Romanvm – Roman Law Academic Club,
UB Faculty of Law, Vice-President, President,
Honorary President
2005 - 2015 Conference of the Universities of Serbia (CONUS), Member
2005 to this date Serbian Society for Ancient Studies, Vice-President
2006 to this date Alan Watson Foundation, President
2006 - 2013 Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, Editor-in-Chief
2007 - 2012 OSCE/ODIHR Panel of Experts, Member
2009 - 2013 Fulbright Scholars Alumni Association in Serbia, President
2009 - 2016 Ministry of Education and Sciences of Serbia,
Commission for Social Sciences,
President of the Legal Division
2012 - 2018 SEELS (South East European Law Schools),
Management Board Member, President in 2015
2012 - 2018 Dean of the Faculty of Law, UB
2014 to this date Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Revision Commission, Member,
nominated by the Holy Synod
2015 - 2021 Coronation Commission of the Republic of Serbia,
President, nominated by the President of Serbia
2016 - 2020 Development and Implementation of System for
Performance Evaluation for Serbian Higher Education –
PESHES Project (Erasmus+, European Commission,
2016 - 2019), Coordinator
2017 to this date European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg,
Member
2017 to this date Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue,
Belgrade, Member
2018 to this date External Expert of the Hellenic Quality Assurance and
Accreditation Agency (HQA)
2018 - 2021 National Entity for Accreditation and Quality
Assurance in Higher Education of Serbia,
President of the Board
2021 to this date Ambassador of Serbia to the Holly See in Vatican
Academic Awards
Premio romanistico internationale "Gérard Boulvert", Italian translation of the book "Court Speeches of Isaeus and the Law of Athens", Jovene, Napoli 1990
Book of the Year in 2002 (FRY Official Gazette Award) for “Ars Rhetorica”, Belgrade 2002 (co-author O. Stanojević)
University of Belgrade Award for the Book of the Year in 2009 for “Rhetorike Techne – Art of Persuasion and Public Speaking”, Belgrade 2008
Longterm International Activities
- Fulbright Scholar Program (February-July 1984) University of Maryland, USA. Research Project "Quantitative Analysis of the Computerised Data Bank on Ancient Greek Law" (The Library of Congress Reg. No. TXU 84-170-582)
- Onassis Foundation Greece (2006)
- Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte, Frankfurt am Main (2012)
Legislation (member of the drafting bodies)
Draft Law on Religious Freedom (Ministry of Religion of SRY, 2001-2003)
Law on Churches and Religious Communities (adopted in 2006)
Law on Higher Education (adopted in 2005)
Amendments on the Law on Higher Education (adopted in 2010)
Commission for drafting new Law on Higher Education (2015-2016)
Commission of the Serbian Orthodox Church Holy Synod for Revision of the Serbian Orthodox Church Constitution (2014 to this date)
