Our next TIMS Online Presentation will be on the 27th of June.
The presentation will be given by Jelena Pejkovic and the topic will be "Harnessing the elements: Vernacular watermills in Serbia".
This presentation is based on the eponymous paper published in Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 56:1 (2025), a thematic review of the literature concerning water-powered gristmills in Serbia that also included a detailed case study of a watermill in Markova Crkva. Most sources on Serbian mills adopt a regional approach, whereas both the aforementioned paper and this presentation are organized thematically, focusing on three characteristic types of watermills — boat mills, mills with a vertical waterwheel and mills with a horizontal waterwheel. The aim of this approach is to provide a way into the sources for a reader who might not be familiar with details of Serbian geography or language and also to provide a reference point for future researchers for whom the abundance of detail available locally is not easily accessible.
Jelena Pejković is an architect based in Belgrade. She graduated from Harvard University as a special concentrator in Architecture and Urban Design (A.B. 2003) and received her Master of Architecture degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.Arch. 2006). Prior to her return to Belgrade she worked for the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Paris (2005) and Genoa (2007-10) on projects that include the Whitney Museum at Gansevoort (New York, NY) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA). Jelena has measured and drawn historic buildings in Afghanistan (remotely), Albania, Bhutan, China, Finland, Iran, Montenegro, Pakistan, Serbia and Thailand. Her work has been exhibited in China, Finland, Iran, Montenegro, Serbia, Sweden and Thailand.
In 2024 she recorded five vernacular mills: two in Finland (supported by the Culture Moves Europe Grant), two in Serbia and one in Montenegro (supported by the Vernacular Architecture Group Grant).
As a TIMS member you will automatically receive an email with the link needed to particpate in the presentation.
If you are not a member and would like to particpate, please fill in the following form:
https://forms.gle/Gcsok2qBMRr9pe277
and we will send the link by email.
The following previous Online Presentations can be downloaded (just click on the title):
"60 Years TIMS - What is TIMS all about?"
All other presentations can be found in the Digital Library . . .
