Obrad Savic
Author and Philosopher
Acting President of the Belgrade Circle

will give a talk entitled
"Foreigners at European Borders"
and show the film
"Forster Europa"

Monday, 25 April 2005
12:00 p.m.
206 Ingraham

In his talk, Obrad Savic will speak about the double displacement, the rejection from inside and the exclusion from outside; about a "national house" that he has lost and a "cosmopolitan home" that he has not found yet. The talk will be organized around the issue of "hospitality in the age of globalization" and will include the showing of the documentary film Forster Europa (Zelimir Zilnik).

Sponsored by the Center for European Studies

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Obrad Savic is an author and philosopher living in Belgrade. He taught at all universities in former Yugoslavia (University of Ljubljana, University of Zagreb, University of Sarajevo) and as a Visiting Lecturer he has given lectures at many universities and colleges in the United States (such as Cornell University, Bates College, USM, Drexel University, Stamford University, Ohio State University and Rochester Institute for Technology).

Obrad Savic has published and edited several books and numerous texts on various topics. He is editor of several theoretical journals: Theoria, Philosophical Studies, Text and Belgrade Circle Journal. He is a member of the Philosophical Society of Serbia, the Psychoanalytic Association, and the Aesthetic Society of Slovenia. During the period of communism (1975-1985) Obrad Savic was an active member of the Belgrade Dissident Group. He is a former President of the Students' Association of the Philosophical Faculty, University of Belgrade, and one of the Founders and Acting President of the Belgrade Circle NGO.