TM G. XX Br. 1-2 Str. 163 - 185 Niš januar - jun 1997.
UDK 949.7:[2+39] (497)
Prethodno saopštenje

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Dragan Subotić
Institut za političke studije, Beograd
NAŠA PREDRATNA BALKANISTIKA O TRADICIJI, RELIGIJI I NACIJI NA BALKANU
Rezime Autor piše o Ratku Parežaninu, Petru Skoku, Milanu Budimiru i drugima koji su pre Drugog svetskog rata u Beogradu osnovali (1934. godine) poznati Balkanski institut (prestao sa radom 1941. godine usled zabrane okupatorskih vlasti). Ova institucija radila je na naučnom proučavanju političkih, privrednih, kulturnih, etničkih, duhovnih i svakih drugih prilika na Balkanu, razvivši živu naučnu, publicističku i javnu delatnost i okupivši istaknute naučnike na ovom projektu. Isto tako, pokrenute su balkanske studije kao i međunarodni časopis na fran-cuskom jeziku posvećen proučavanju Balkana, a objavljena je i dvotomna studija: "Knjiga o Balkanu", kao i niz edicija u seriji: "Balkan i Balkanci" od eminentnih autora: V. Đorovića, Georgi Konstantinova, Ferda Šišića i drugih, što je naišlo na interesovanje tadašnje javnosti. Pored pripremanja jedne obimne privredne enciklopedije balkanskih zemalja, uoči rata sa pojavila knjiga o istoriji Beograda na više stranih jezika (nedavno se pojavilo reprint izdanje ovog bedekera). Iako je nasilno prestao sa radom, ovaj Institut je ostavio vidnog traga u predratnoj javnosti, stvorivši pretpostavke za pojavu sličnih naučnih institucija i posle 1945. godine.
Ključne reči: Balkanistika, Balkanski institut, balkanske studije, Ratko Parežanin

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OUR PRE-WAR BALKAN STUDIES: RATKO PAREŽANIN AND OTHERS ON RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC RELATIONS ON BALKANS
Summary The authors writes about Ratko Parežanin, Petar Skok, Milan Budimir and others, who were the founders of the well-known Balkan Institute in Belgrade (founded in 1934), and which ceased to exist in 1941 because of the suppression by the occupation authorities. This Institute did scientifical research of the political, economic, cultural, ethnic, religious, spiritual and all other conditions on Balkans, and having developed an impressive scientifical, publishing and public activity, it involved outstanding scientists in its relevant projects. The Institute simultaneously issued The Balkan Studies as an international revue, in French language, as well as a series of editions as, for example, Balkans and Balkanians, written by eminent authors: V. Đorović, Georgi Konstantinov, Ferdo Šišić and others, these publications attached the attention of the former public. Along with preparing a publication of voluminous Encyclopedia of Balkan Countries, the Book on History of Belgrade, appeared on the eve of the Second World War in several foreign languages (recently it was published as a preprint edition of this guide, in Serbian language). Although the Institute ceased to exist by force, it left prominent trace in the pre-war public, having created assumptions for the appearance of the related scientific institutions after 1945.