Boidar Ferjani (Serbian Cyrillic: ; 17 February 1929 28 June 1998)

was Serbian historian, specialist for history of later Byzantine empire and Serbian medieval
history. He was member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He was born and died
in Belgrade.

Biography[edit]
Ferjani graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of
Belgrade in History in 1953 and after additional study at the same university, where he worked
under George Ostrogorsky, receiving his doctorate in 1960 with a dissertation entitled Despots in
Byzantium and the Lands of the South Slavs. He then taught at the University of Belgrade's
Faculty of Philosophy. He advanced rapidly and in 1965 was made associate professor and in
1970 professor. In 1973 he assumed the Chair of Byzantology after Ostrogorsky's retirement, a
post Ferjani occupied until his death in 1998.
In 1977 he became the director of the prestigious Byzantine Institute of Belgrade, a post held by
Ostrogorsky before he died in 1976. Ferjani was made corresponding member of the Serbian
Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1978 and a regular member a couple of years later.