Anglo–Serbian Cultural Relations During the Great War and Its Aftermath: Learning of the Other Through War Efforts

Abstract

After sketching a relatively low level of knowledge about Britain in Serbia and vice versa prior to the Great War, the paper highlights the closer encounter of Serbia, the United Kingdom and the United States that occurred during the Great War, as well as the effect of that encounter on the subsequent Anglo-Serbian cultural relations.Specifically, the pertinent links during the Great War are analysed through (1) the stipends provided to Serbian schoolboys/students in Britain, (2) the stay of Serbian intellectuals in Britain, and (3) the impact of British-Serbian war co-operation on the Macedonian/Salonica Front; also taken into account is (4) the impact of Serbian volunteers from the United States.Subsequent Anglo-Serbian/Yugoslav cultural relations in the inter-war period are further analysed with regard to (1) Brits/Americans residing in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, (2) the continual British educational schemes for Serbian students, (3) the emergence of organised English language instruction in Serbia, and (4) the impact of numerous inter-war Anglophile associations in Serbia/Yugoslavia.The experience of the Great War is viewed as the turning point which paved the way for all subsequent forms of Anglo-Serbian (Yugoslav) co-operation in the fields of education and culture.

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