He successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on the history of Dubrovnik in 1956. As a pupil of French historian, Fernand Braudel, Samardžić, throughout of his career, focused on research of Ottoman history.[4]
Selected works
"Српска православна црква у XVI и XVII веку". ИСН. 3 (2): 73–74.
"Религија у политичким сукобима у Југославији". Војно дело. 4–5.
"Gradska kultura na Balkanu (XV–XIX vek): O gradskoj civilizaciji na Balkanu XV–XIX veka". Zbornik radova, Posebna izdanja Balkanološkog instituta SANU. 20. 1984.
Religija i položaj vjerskih zajednica u SFRJ: socijalističko samoupravljanje u Jugoslaviji. Vojnoizdavački zavod. 1984.
"L'organisation intérieure des colonies ragusaines en Turquie aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles". Structure sociale et développement culturel des villes sud-est européennes et adriatiques aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles: 195–205. 1975.
"Stages of Development of Balkan Culture and Education under the Ottomans in the Balkans in the Eighteenth Century". East European Quarterly. 9 (4): 405–. 1975.