This website would never have gone from concept to reality without the generous contributions of professor Ljubica D. Popovich, who was always willing to share her vast knowledge of Serbian history and who graciously gave me access to her extensive personal library. Most importantly, Ms. Popovich gave me new insights into Serbian history and my own culture for which I am very grateful.

This project was shaped with help of my mentor, Professor Ed Gold who showed me how to bridge the gap and bring Serbian culture closer to an American audience.

Many thanks to Gordana Lazić, an astonishing art historian, who decoded some of the images and helped me gather art images from various Serbian museums.

I am thankful to Slađana Bojković from the Museum of Serbian History, who helped me beyond any expectations and introduced me to the art collection of the Belgrade City Museum, which I was not aware existed.

My gratitude goes to Mirjana Brmbota from Gallery of Matica Srpska, Petar Petrović from the National Museum Belgrade, the National Museum in Vršac , the Museum of Bela Crkva as well as the Serbian National Library.

I greatly appreciate all the help from Predrag Pajić, South Slavic Area Specialist at The Library of Congress, who expended my knowledge of the Serbian education of the 19th century.

Special thanks to Miloš Cvetković for the interview and shared photographs from his personal library. He helped me depict the colors and sounds of contemporary Serbia.

I am grateful to Dejan Petrović Orchestra for granting me rights to use their composition “Zig Zag” and to the EXIT Music Festival for allowing me to use some of the photos from their collection.

And lastly, but not the least, my appreciation goes to Samantha Gendler, Judy Minkove, Jessamyn McBrian-Keagle, Marjorie Centofanti and the members of my thesis committee Sarah Joy Verville and Roger Friskey for all the support they have given me to complete successfully my thesis.