О ДОКТОРСКОЈ ДИСЕРТАЦИЈИ ЂОКА СЛИЈЕПЧЕВИЋА
ON ĐOKO SLIJEPČEVIĆ’S DOCTORAL THESIS

Summary/Abstract: Đoko Slijepčević’s doctoral thesis, dedicated to the Metropolitan of Karlovci Stefan Stratimirović, was defended at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade in 1936. It is important in many aspects. It was the first doctoral thesis defended at the aforementioned faculty. Its author was one of the most prominent Serbian Church historians of the 20th century. This thesis, later published as a monograph, was the first comprehensive and systematic study dedicated to the renowned Metropolitan who, for almost half a century, governed the Metropolitanate of Karlovci. Slijepčević wrote the thesis under the mentorship of Stevan Dimitrijević, the first History professor of the Serbian Orthodox Church at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade. Here, he presented the key aspects of Stratimirović’s work, mostly according to unpublished archival materials. The appearance of Slijepčević’s work aroused great interest in the Serbian scientific community, which can be seen in the overviews and reviews of the most prominent Serbian historians in the period between the two World Wars. They recognised the dissertation as a reference work enabling Slijepčević to seriously enter the Serbian scientific community. This work, which today represents a biblographic rarity, has kept its scientific reference.

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