MEET OUR TEAM
Project team:
Author of novels and pedagogical concept:
Miško Stanišić, pedagogue, director of the Teraforming network
Researcher:
Dr. Čedomila Marinković, art historian, Belgrade
In alphabetical order:
Professional team:
Nevena Bajalica, pedagogue at the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, Netherlands Dr. Milan Koljanin, historian, Belgrade Aleksandar Saša Nećak, professional advisor, Belgrade Dr. Sanela Šmid, historian, Nuremberg, Germany
Teacher’s Manual:
Biljana Albahari, librarian, Department of Bibliography, National Library of Serbia, Belgrade Nataša Kostić, history teacher, UDI Euroclio, Mladenovac Tijana Kovčić, archivist, Historical Archive of Belgrade Dr. Vasilije Milnović, head of the Science Center at the University Library “Svetozar Marković”, Belgrade Aleksandar Todosijević, history teacher, UDI Euroclio, Belgrade Prof. Dr. Marko Šuica, historian, Department of History, Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade
Implementation:
Aleksandar Stanišić, English translation Milana Mejtes, English text proofreading Sandra Svetlica, project coordinator Tamara Ivanović, volunteer/intern Snežana Orčić, organization
OUR ILLUSTRATORS
Illustrators
www.ester.rs
Publisher: Terraforming
For the publisher: Miško Stanišić
© Terraforming 2016
www.terraforming.org
Thank you
Here is the translation with the formatting preserved:
Thank you to the Historical Archive of Belgrade and partners on the project Escalation into the Holocaust within which the idea for the teaching materials Ester was developed, and without whose help and engagement we would not have been able to realize it.
We thank:
- Dr. Čedomila Marinković who, as the main researcher and consultant in creating the novels “Red Car”, “Running Shoes” and “Family Photo”, made a huge contribution to this work;
- Significant help to the research work of Dr. Čedomila Marinković was given by Joel Fišer, Teo Kovač and Brane Popović, as well as the Jewish Historical Museum in Belgrade, to whom we warmly thank;
- Colleagues from the Historical Archive of Belgrade, especially archivists Tijana Kovčić, Vladimir Mijatović, Jelena Nikolić, and director Dragan Gačić;
- Colleagues Nikola Radić Lucati and Dr. Milovan Pisari;
- Marijana Dakić from the Historical Archive in Pančevo;
- Our illustrators, a big thank you for all the sleepless nights, long hours, creativity and skill they put into creating fantastic works of art for our teaching materials;
- The team of the program ”Words into Action to Combat Antisemitism” OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR);
- Professor Dr. Dinka Hondius from the Free University of Amsterdam, and Professor Dr. Evelin Hans, we warmly thank for the advice;
- Special thanks to Professor Dr. Doyle Stevick from the Faculty of Education, University of South Carolina, for the support and help.
The project was implemented within the program “Words into Action to Combat Antisemitism”
by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR).
Illustrators
We were very fortunate to work with talented and dedicated artists from Serbia and the Netherlands. Our illustrators took their tasks very seriously, and invested all their knowledge and talent to reproduce the historical environment and characters in our stories. Many times, sketches of illustrations had to be revised and changed after historians and other experts reacted by noticing details that were not quite historically accurate. This process required patience and dedication, but the illustrators really understood and respected the priorities and high standards we set. This collaboration was specific because it was about the fusion of art and history – for the sake of education. We are very satisfied with the achieved cooperation, the results, and the professional attitude that the illustrators showed. Thank you once again for that!
Tiberiu Beka
He was born on December 7, 1977, in Pančevo. He studied at the Faculty of Applied Arts – Department of Graphics and Illustration in the class of Professor Rastko Ćirić. He graduated in 2001 with the comic book “Privilege of the Gods” as his thesis. He has been seriously involved in comics since 1993 when he attended the “Đorđe Lobačev” comic school in Belgrade. He participated in many exhibitions at home and abroad. In 1997, in Leskovac, he won the first prize for the scenario, and the following year for the illustration. He published comics and illustrations in “Politikin Zabavnik”, the children’s magazine “Orthodoxy and Friends”, “Sign of Sagitta” and “Comic Pressing”. He drew “Secret Agent Izzy” in comics, video games, and a sticker album. He did illustrations for Slavica Šetin’s books. He published the albums “Le Culte Des Tenebres” by the script of ŽF Di Điorđo and the series “Lempire de la Raison” in 3 volumes by the script of Đorđe Milosavljević for the French publishers “Nuclea2” and “Glenat”. He worked on three volumes of the “New Harlem” series, and part of the “Uchronia” series with the French screenwriter Korbeyran. For the Belgian publishing house “Le Lombard”, he published two volumes of the series “Lo’r de Frans” by the script of Jean-Pierre Pecau and Denis Lefevre.
Gabrijel Kausbruk
Gabriel (Gabriel Kousbroek) was born on October 11, 1965, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. He studied Interdisciplinary Art at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He specialized in graphics, sculpture, and audio-visual art. He was expelled from the last year of studies because he wanted to graduate in several different disciplines. Gabriel lives and works in Amsterdam. He regularly publishes illustrations in various Dutch newspapers and other publications. In 2012, he published an autobiographical graphic novel Kausbuk (Kousboek) dedicated to his parents and his upbringing.
For more information, visit: gabrielkousbroek.nl
Nada Serafimović
Nada Serafimović was born on July 7, 1985. She graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 2010, in the class of Rastko Ćirić and Jugoslav Vlahović. She actively illustrates for the children’s magazine “Neven” and “Politikin Zabavnik”. She illustrates textbooks, as well as fiction for children. She lives and works in Belgrade.
Ivan Stojanović – Fiki
Ivan Stojanović Fiki was born on October 9, 1975, in Leskovac. He has published in magazines such as “Naša reč”, “Đački zabavnik”, “Arsenal”, “Eon”, “Nova naša reč”, “Strip Pressing”, “Strip Kreator” (Macedonia) and “Parabellum” (Bosnia and Herzegovina). He is represented in the anthology of Yugoslav comics “Pegasus 21” (Macedonia) and the monograph “Leskovac Comics 1950-2010”. He won the memorial award “Nikola Mitrović Kokan” in 1998 for the best illustration at the First Balkan Exhibition of Young Comic Authors; the second prize at the October Salon 2003 of the Leskovac Cultural Center; an award (with Marko Stojanović) at the 11th International Comic Salon in Veles 2013; and an award for the best drawing at the 13th International Comic Salon in Veles 2015. With screenwriter Didier Svenson Alkante, he made the comic album “Complot” for the French publishing house Delcourt in 2015.
Silva Vujović
Silva Vujović graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1977, in the department of Interior Architecture and Design. She has been a member of ULUPUDS since 1978. She creates in the field of interior design (interiors of hotels, airports, boutiques, sales spaces, pharmacies, etc.) She has done over a thousand perspectives of interiors and exteriors hand-drawn in watercolor technique. She also creates in the field of painting and illustration. She has had 12 solo exhibitions of watercolors and participated in more than 50 group exhibitions at home and abroad. She is the author of illustrations for three textbooks for primary school. She has been doing illustrations for Politikin Zabavnik since 1996. She has won several awards for illustrations and painting in watercolor technique. She is a professor at the College of Fine and Applied Arts vocational studies in Belgrade.