Davor Džalto

Who is Davor Džalto?

Prof. Davor Džalto is an artist, art historian, theologian and Orthodox Christian philosopher of liberal orientation born in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He graduated from the School of Art in Niš. His academic career started in Belgrade where he received an MA from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy in the history of art. In 2004 he began writing his PhD thesis at the Albert-Ludwigs Universitaet in Freiburg, Germany, where he defended it successfully in 2006, becoming the youngest doctor of philosophy in the humanities in Germany and the South-East European region. Since 2007 he has been a university professor of history and theory of art and of Orthodox Christian theology and religious studies. As a visiting and honorary professor he has thought at various universities in Europe and the US, including University of Prague, Indiana University, Fordham University of New York and the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade. He is professor at The American University of Rome, and the chair of the art history and religious studies departments. He is also the president of The Institute for the Study of Culture and Christianity.