Slavica Vujović

Slavica Vujović is a renowned conservation architect with a distinguished career in cultural heritage preservation. She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, in 1983 and completed a specialist exam in conservation in 1988. In 2013, she earned her PhD from the University of Belgrade with the dissertation “Modern Doctrine Improvement in Built Heritage Preservation – The Centuries of Bač Project Experience.”

Dr. Vujović began her professional career at the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Kraljevo (1984–2002), focusing on Islamic architecture in the Raška region and church architecture during the Ottoman period. Since 2002, she has served at the Provincial Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Petrovaradin, where she leads heritage-based local development initiatives. Notably, she is the initiator and manager of the Integrated Protection Project of the Heritage “Centuries of Bač”, encompassing the Bač Fortress, the Franciscan Monastery of Bač, and the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Bodjani.

Her international contributions include participation in the Council of Europe and European Commission’s Regional Programmes for Southeast European Heritage (IRPP/SAAH) and membership in the HEROMAT Project, coordinating provincial institute activities. She has served as President of the Society of Conservators of Serbia (2002–2006), is a member of ICOMOS Serbia, and is actively involved with Europa Nostra Serbia.

Dr. Vujović has received multiple awards recognising her outstanding work, including the Great Award of the Society of Conservators of Serbia and the Europa Nostra Award for the Bač Fortress, highlighting her exceptional contributions to architectural conservation and heritage management.