MA Aleksandar Vasiljević

Work Experience

• (since 2023): Institute for European Studies in Belgrade – Scholarship student of the Ministry of
  Science, Technological Development, and Innovation;
• (2021 – 2023): Institute for Comparative Law in Belgrade – Scholarship student of the Ministry
  of Education, Science, and Technological Development.

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade since 2020.
• Master of Laws (2020): Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade.
• Master of Theology (2021): Orthodox Theological Faculty, University of Belgrade.
• Bachelor of Theology (2019): Orthodox Theological Faculty, University of Belgrade.

Interests

• Ecclesiastical Law;
• Canon Law;
• Legal History;
• Church and Contemporary Challenges;
• Church and Bioethics

Biography

Aleksandar Vasiljević is a theologian-lawyer of the Eparchy of the Banat Serbian
Orthodox Church. He was born on October 7, 1996, in Ljubovija, where he completed primary
school with excellent success. In 2015, for his achievement in high school, the municipality of
Vračar in Belgrade awarded him the Vuk’s Diploma. That same year, he enrolled in basic academic studies at the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Belgrade. During his studies, he was a
scholarship holder of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development and
the Administration for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Communities at the Ministry of
Justice. After completing his undergraduate studies in 2019, he decided to pursue postgraduate
studies, obtaining a master’s degree at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade. As a master of law, in
October 2020, he simultaneously enrolled in doctoral studies at the Faculty of Law and master’s
studies at the Orthodox Theological Faculty. He obtained the title of Master of Theology in
2021, while defending his doctoral dissertation project on the topic: „Construction of Religious
Objects – Legal and Canon Law Aspects“ at the Department of Legal History at the Faculty of
Law in 2022.
He was engaged at the Institute of Comparative Law in Belgrade from May 2021, to
January, 2023, as a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological
Development,. He attended and participated in national and international conferences, wrote
several scientific papers and reports in the field of comparative and state-church law.
Since February 1, 2023, as a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Science, Technological
Development, and Innovation, he has been working at the Institute for European Studies in
Belgrade. In addition to participating in national and international scientific conferences, his
engagement is related to researching contemporary challenges and the position of religion in
Europe. He also explores theology from the perspective of contemporary sociological, political,
and medical challenges. He has published several scientific and review papers in the fields of
state-church law, legal history, and bioethical issues. In July 2023, he participated in the
Mediterranean Theological Encounter in Rijeka, and since December of the same year, he has
been involved in the international scientific project „West Balkan Center“ in Szeged.

Bibliography

• Vasiljević, Aleksandar. „The Influence of Secularization and Laicism on the Development of
  State-Church Law.“ In: Contributions to the State-Church Law of Serbia, edited by Vladimir
  Čolović and Vladimir Đurić, Institute of Comparative Law, Belgrade, 9 – 24.
• Vasiljević, Aleksandar. „Differences in the Comparative Theories of Alan Watson and Patrick
  Glen.“ Foreign Legal Life 66/3, Belgrade, 463 – 476.
• Vasiljević, Aleksandar. „Canonical Analysis of Irremovable Marriage Impediments.“ Theology
  81/1, Belgrade, 59 – 76.
• Vasiljević, Aleksandar. „Synodal Texts of Orthodox Churches on Bioethics: Nikolaos G. Koyos, Bioethics – Synodal Texts of Orthodox Churches.“ Book review, Matica Srpska Social
• Sciences Quarterly 186/2, Novi Sad, 257 – 259.
• Vasiljević, Aleksandar. „Legal Protection of Church Property: Legal-Historical Analysis,
  Constitution of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and Law on Churches and Religious
  Communities.“ In: State-Church Law, edited by Velibor Djomić and Zoran Vuković,
  Kragujevac, 315 – 332.
• Vasiljević, Aleksandar. „State-Legal Sources of Religious Construction.“ In: Contemporary
  State-Church Law, edited by Vladimir Đurić, and Dalibor Đukić, Belgrade – Budva, 485 – 501.
• Vasiljević, Aleksandar. „International-Legal Aspects of Freedom of Religion: Reception, Challenges, and Protection in the Serbian Legal System.“ Church studies 21/24, Nis, 449 – 463.

Participation in Scientific Projects

• West Balkan Center University of Szeged (UoSZ): Recent Challenges in the West Balkan
  Region (since 2023).

Language Skills

• Serbian (native)
• English (active)
• Greek (basic)