Julija Matejić, MA

Julija Matejić is a PhD candidate and scholar/researcher at the University of Arts in Belgrade, as well as the coordinator and teaching assistant of the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management (Interculturalism and Mediation in the Balkans), interdisciplinary master study program organized in cooperation with the Université Lumière Lyon 2.

Following her career as a pianist, she has developed into both a professional in the field of arts management, as well as a researcher in the cultural studies field. After graduating from the Faculty of Music (Piano department, 2007, Professor: Aleksandar Serdar, average grade: 9.89 out of 10) and from the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management (2009, mentor: Prof. Dr. Milena Dragićević Šešić, thesis title: Music in Public Space, average grade: 9.00 out of 10), she is currently a PhD candidate at the interdisciplinary study program The Theory of Arts and Media, also at the University of Arts in Belgrade (Mentor: Prof. Dr. Mirjana Veselinović Hofman, Co-mentor: Prof. Dr. Miodrag Šuvaković, thesis title: Theory of Performing Practices in Music (Performativity of Pianism), average grade: 9.89 out of 10).

During her studies, she received numerous scholarships from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia, the City of Belgrade, the Fund for Young Talents of the Republic of Serbia, the Eurobank EFG Fund, and the Zoran Djindjic Foundation.

As a pianist, she has performed in numerous concerts and competitions in Serbia and abroad (solo, in chamber ensembles, and with symphony orchestras), as well as acquired the status of a freelance artist as a member of the Association of the Music Artists of Serbia (UMUS, 2002-2012).

As a cultural manager, she has participated in the planning, organization, and promotion of more than 200 classical music concerts in 16 cities across Serbia, as well as numerous conferences and seminars.

Julija Matejić is the coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management (since 2010), as well as an expert associate for Interdisciplinary studies at the Rectorate of the University of Arts in Belgrade (since 2012).

As a researcher, she has attended and participated in numerous local, regional and international seminars and conferences in the field of cultural policy, management in culture, intercultural dialogue, cultural diplomacy, politics of memory and sustainable development. 

She is one of the editors of the internet platform The Cultural Policy and Management Platform (www.culturalmanagement.ac.rs), a unique regional multilingual searchable database of educational and research institutions, as well as the relevant civil society organizations and networks in the fields of cultural policy research, advocacy and cultural management training in South-East Europe.

She is also the coordinator of the Dragan Klaić Foundation, founded and presented in memory of Prof. Dr. Dragan Klaić, theater scholar and cultural analyst, in order to contribute to the advancement of higher education and regional cooperation in the field of culture and arts, with special emphasis on education in the field of cultural policy and management.

Since October 2013, Julija Matejić has been a teaching assistant at the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management (course: Strategic Management in Culture, professor: Dr. Milena Dragićević Šešić).

In October 2015, she was invited to hold a lecture at the Master 2 pro Développement de Projets Artistiques et Culturels Internationaux at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France), and in December 2015 to hold a presentation at the First Coordination Meeting of category 2 institutes and centres under the auspices of UNESCO and UNITWIN Networks/UNESCO Chairs related to the Culture Sector, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris (France).

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

2016–2017               
Erasmus+ (Key Action 1) Project
UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management (Interculturalism and Mediation in the Balkans), University of Arts in Belgrade (Serbia) & Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France)
Mobility of teaching and non-teaching staff, with the aim of improving the joint interdisciplinary master study program.

2014–2018
EEEmerging Project
A large-scale European cooperation project promoting the emergence of new talent in early music, supported by the Creative Europe program of the European Union (Culture Sub-program 2014–2020 – Support to European cooperation projects).
The Project is coordinated by the Centre Culturel de rencontre d'Ambronay (France), along with seven co-organizers from Europe, with the support of 37 international partners and six European professional networks. Partners in charge of the evaluation are the Agency La Terre est ronde, Lyon (France), the University of Arts in Belgrade (UNESCO Chair, Serbia), and the University of Valencia (Spain).
*2015 – Within the framework of the Project, actively participated in the working meeting of the co-organizers in Ambroney (France), October 2015.

2010–2015
COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) Action IS1007: Investigating Cultural Sustainability (2010–2015)
Contributed to the scientific publication Culture and Sustainability in European Cities. Imagining Europolis, within the series of publications Routledge Studies in Culture and Sustainable Development, which was created as a result of the Project, as well as to the final publication Culture in, for and as Sustainable Development. Conclusions from the COST Action IS1007 Investigating Cultural Sustainability, (University of Jyväskylä, Finland).
Within the framework of the Project, actively participated in several symposia:
2015 – Culture(s) in Sustainable Futures: Theories, Policies, Practices, Helsinki, Finland, 6–8th May 2015.
2014 – Urban Futures – Implementing Cultural Sustainability in Governance and Spatial Planning, Dortmund, Germany, 3–5th December 2014.
2014 – Cultures of Sustainability in the Age of Climate Crisis, Bø, Norway, 14–16th May 2014.
2012 – Placing Culture in Sustainable Development: Policies, Strategies and Processes, Coimbra, Portugal, 14–16th May 2012.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Dragićević Šešić, M., Brkić, A., and Matejić, J. 2015. Mobilizing Urban Neighborhoods: Artivism, Identity, and Cultural Sustainability. In: Hristova, S., Dragićević Šešić, M., and Duxbury, N. (eds.), Culture and Sustainability in European Cities: Imagining Europolis, Routledge Studies in Culture and Sustainable Development series, edited by Soini, K. and Dessein, J. London: Routledge, pp. 193–205. ISBN: 9781138924796.
2. Matejić, J. 2014. Stanislav Vinaver – paradigma modernizma i bergsonizma u srpskoj međuratnoj estetici i umetnosti (Stanislav Vinaver – The Paradigm of Modernism and Bergsonism in Serbian Interwar Aesthetics and Art). U: Šuvaković M. (ur.), Istorija umetnosti u Srbiji XX vek, III tom, Moderna i modernizmi. Beograd: Orion art i Fakultet muzičke umetnosti, str. 717–723. ISSBN 978-86-6389-005-3 (OA).
3. Matejić, J., Negojević, N., and Renault, M. 2014. Cultural Projects as an Impetus for Local Sustainable Development. In: Dragićević Šešić, M., Nikolić, M., and Rogač Mijatović, Lj. (eds.), Culture and Sustainable Development at Times of Crisis. Belgrade: University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Dramatic Arts, pp. 186–194. ISBN: 9788682101536.
4. Matejić, J. 2014. Postmemory of the Semlin Judenlager – the (Un)Resolved Trauma. In: Nikolić, M. (ed.), Menadžment dramskih umetnosti i medija – izazovi 21. veka, / Management of Dramatic Arts and Media – The Challenges of XXI Century, Conference Proceedings. Belgrade: Faculty of Dramatic Arts, pp. 75–81. ISBN 978-86-82101-49-9.
5. Матејић, Ј. 2014. Другост Рома на маргини варвара. Стереотипи, предрасуде и (анти)циганизам у Србији. Студија случаја: Шатра (Otherness of the Roma on the Margins of Barbarians: Stereotypes, Prejudices and (Anti)Ziganism in Serbia: Case Study: Šatra). Култура, 142. Београд: Завод за проучавање културног развитка, стр. 285–301. ISSN 0023-5164 UDK316.7.
6. Matejić, J. 2012. Diskurs postgeneracije. Sećanje i identitet potomaka počinilaca i žrtava holokausta (Discourse of the Postgeneration: Remembrance and Identity of the Descendants of the Perpetrators and the Victims of the Holocaust). Filozofija i društvo, III, 2012. Beograd: Univerzitet u Beogradu, Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, str. 78–90, ISSN/ISBN: 0353-5738, COBISS.SR-ID 11442434, DOI: 10.2298/FID1203078M.
7. Matejić, J. 2012. Interdisciplinary Art Education in Serbia – Bridging the Gap. Case study: University of Arts in Belgrade. In: Conference Proceedings, Vol. I, International conference The Future of Education. Milano: Simonelli Editore, pp. 49–54, ISBN 978-88-7647-808-6.

CONFERENCES

1. Matejić, J. 2015.  Musical vs. silenced neighbourhoods: Music in urban public space as (un)sustainable heritage?, Culture(s) in Sustainable Futures: theories, policies, practices. University of Jyväskylä, Helsinki, Finland, 5–8th May 2015.
2. Dragićević Šešić, M., Brkić, A., and  Matejić, J. 2014. Post-Industrial Europolis – Artistic Actions in Urban Working-Class Neighbourhoods and Cultural Sustainability. 8th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR), University in Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany, 9–12th September 2014.
3. Matejić, J., Brkić, A., and Dragićević Šešić, M. 2014. Creating Sustainable Communities through bottom-up Artivism. Case Study: Serbia. Culture and Sustainable Development at Times of Crisis. University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, 27–28th March 2014.
4. Keynote Session Chair. Culture and Sustainable Development at Times of Crisis. University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade, 27–28th March 2014.
5. Panel Moderator. Panel: Case Studies by UNESCO Chair Master Students and Alumni. Culture and Sustainable Development at Times of Crisis. University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, 27–28th March 2014.
6. Matejić, J. 2014. Postmemory of the Semlin Judenlager – the (Un)Resolved Trauma. Management of Dramatic Arts and Media – The Challenges of XXI Century. Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, 10–11th December 2013. 
7. Matejić, J. 2012. Interdisciplinary Art Education in Serbia – Bridging the Gap. Case study: University of Arts in Belgrade. International conference The Future of Education, Pixel, Florence, Italy, 7–8th June 2012.

ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, PUBLIC LECTURES AND TRAININGS

1. Capacity-building training program for cultural managers Culture Development Belarus 2014/2015. European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam), Belgrade, Center for Cultural Decontamination (CZKD), 24–28th April 2015.
2. Seminar Serbia and International Cultural Cooperation, Prof. Dr. Jacques Bonniel (Université Lumière Lyon 2), Prof. Dr. Milena Dragićević Šešić (University of Arts in Belgrade), Prof. Dr. Branimir Stojković (University of Belgrade). UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management and publishing house Clio, supported by the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, University of Arts in Belgrade, 23rd October 2014.
3. Public lecture The Characteristics and Place of Contemporary Political / Participatory Theatre as Practice of Resistance and Development, Prof. Dr. Tim Prentki (University of Winchester). University of Arts in Belgrade, 23rd October 2014.
4. National scientific conference with international participation Culture and Sustainable Development in Times of Crisis, a member of the Organizing Committee. UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management and the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade, 27–28th March 2014.
5. Debate Innovative Cultural Policy – Contributes of Young Serbian Researchers Awarded in Europe. UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management and the Institute for the Study of Cultural Development, 11th March 2014.
6. Regional launch conference The Cultural Policy and Management Platform. UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management, University of Arts in Belgrade, 31st May 2013.
7. Capacity-building training program for cultural managers Culture Development Belarus 2011/2012. European Cultural Foundation (Amsterdam), Belgrade, Cultural Center GRAD, 11–15th April 2012.
8. International Conference Management of Culture and Media and the Knowledge Society. Faculty of Dramatic Arts, 9–10th November 2011.
9. Public lecture European Capital of Culture and the Possible Candidacy of the City of Belgrade, Prof. Dr. Dragan Klaić, Permanent Fellow, Felix Meritis, Amsterdam. UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management, University of Arts in Belgrade, 18th February 2011.
10. Seminar Marketing and Management in Culture in the Public Sector, Prof. Dr. William J. Byrnes (University of Southern Utah, USA) and Prof. Dr. Francois Colbert (Business College in Montreal, Canada). UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management University of Arts in Belgrade, 29–30th December 2010.