Speakers at the opening of the exhibition were Prof. Dr Neda Bokan, Lecturing Pro-Rector of Belgrade University, Bogoljub Mazić, Deputy Director of the Library, Prof. Dr Milan Popović, former Dean of Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, and Prof. Dr Aleksandar Dj. Kostić, Dean of Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade.

Numerous students, followers and those that held Prof. Vojin Matic in highest esteem, as well as his daughter Mrs. Nada Matić, were present at the opening of the exhibition.





Details from the exhibition


Aquarel Paintings by Prof. Matic which he used to handout to his students after completing the training analysis instead of the certificates which did not exist yet at that time.

November 6th, 2008

Vojin Matić, himself

A compilation of recored TV interviews with Prof. Matić was presented, commented by Raša Popov, their editor and moderator. In his own peculiar way, Prof. Matić spoke about various social and psychological phenomena. Recordings covered various periods of his life, all of them bearing his characteristic personal hue that never changed. Witty comments and memories of Raša Popov were additional bonus of the final evening of this cyclus.

October 29th, 2008.

Prof. Matić's literary work

Zorica Jevremović, writer, dr Draško Redjep, writer, and Petar Tešić, director, spoke about literary opus of Prof. dr Matić, which was not large in volume but outstandingly interesting.

October 22nd, 2008.

Contribution of Prof. Matić to psychoanalytic approach and therapy of child psychopathology

Prof. dr Nevenka Tadić, Prim. dr Ljiljana Milosavljević, Prof. dr Ksenija Kondić and Prim. dr sci med Vojislav Ćurčić once again referred to Medical Pedagogical Councelling Service and its importance to establishment of child and adolescent psychotherapy. They stressed the importance of introduction of this method to the treatment of children with developmental and psychopathological phenomena, pointed out some dilemmas, tried - and succeeded - to present Prof. Matić in extremely objective way, his enthusiasm, work methods, reasoning and theoretical framework. It was stressed that Prof. Matić was the founder of several courses within Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Phylosophy.

October 15th, 2008.

Fighting for psychoanalysis - The Belgrade Psychoanalytical Society of the World Psychoanalytic Association

Tamara Štajner-Popović, Aleksandar Vučo, Vojislav Ćurčić, Marija Vezmar and Vesna Brzev-Ćurčić spoke about Prof. Matić as a person, about his contribution to the life of psychoanalysis with us, about his persistent work as the training analyst of many present-day psychoanalysts of Serbia. In front of the full hall, participants spoke about the long road, obstacles, challenges, frustrations, will to succeed and assistance of European and world psychoanalysts to today's Society and its status. Prof. Matić was the training analyst of all the five participants in this discussion.

October 8th, 2008.

Medical Pedagogical Councelling Service

Prim. dr Ljiljana Milosavljević, Ms. Katarina Radovanović, psychologist, and Prof. dr Ksenija Kondić spoke about the beginnings of the Medical Pedagogical Councelling Service. That consultancy was the only one of that type in this part of Europe. Experts of various types worked in it: psychiatrists, psychologists, pedagogists, social workers. Children play therapy was started there, psychological tests and techniques were introduced, as well as cathegorization, students and experts training. Consultancy was closed down in 1963, and experts that had worked in it were rellocated to other institutions of similar type. However, the idea of such consultancy remained alive, its spirit was nourished and enabled further development of child psychotherapy. Dr Milosavljević and psychologist Radovanović, his first associates, described Prof. Matić as the manager, teacher and friend, using warm and touching words. Mladen Kostić, psychologist offered his contribution to the discussion, and spoke about Prof. Matić as a unique and charismatic figure of psychological scene of those times, as the teacher and inspirer of many later generations. 

October 1st, 2008

Round table "Matić as a renaissance character" uncovered scientific-research side of Matić's personality. Dr Bojan Jovanović, Scientific Advisor of the SANU Institute for Balcanology and Raša Popov, poet.

September 24th, 2008

Participants at the round table "In memory of Prof. Vojin Matic" were Academician Vladeta Jerotić, Prof. Dr Ksenija Kondić, Prof. Dr Milan Popović and Tamara Štajner-Popović, Training Analyst. Using warm words of choice they shared with us their memories of this prominent person.