Like most European historiographies, modern Croatian historiography was founded in the second half of the nineteenth century. It coincided with the appearance and spread of nationalism – what is ...more, it was one of its essential components. Nonetheless, the number of historians in Croatia remained small for a long period of time (In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, approximately twenty historians worked in universities, museums, and archives), and historiographic production was modest and methodologically traditional. The number of historians and institutions dedicated to historical writing increased significantly in the decades following the Second World War, reflecting the importance placed on history by the communist authorities. Approximately one hundred historians were employed in Croatia at the time of its independence in the early 1990s, principally at the country's two universities and a number of historical institutes. Today, Croatia – a country with a population of less than four million – offers up to eight undergraduate and graduate history programs, as well as several doctoral programs. More than 300 professional historians work in faculties, institutes and other institutions such as archives, museums or non-governmental organisations.
History textbooks, especially in the Central and East European countries, often contain various single-sided, monocentric, xenophobic views, national exclusiveness, as well as divisions between “us” ...and “them,” confrontations with the others, etc. The countries with the more developed democratization process find it easier to overcome such difficulties in education, especially in textbooks, because they have no need for self justification and confirmation and have solid institutions addressing the social, economic, and various other rights of individuals. The Ottoman Turks have greatly influenced European, and thus also Croatian, history of the Late Medieval and Early Modern time. The author describes the position taken towards Ottoman invasions and rule in history textbooks and recent outlines of Croatian history. Both the textbooks and the analyzed outlines are found to contain two opposed views of Croatian history – one is ethno-centric, exuberating national past and often offers a prejudiced view of our neighbours, while the other is more modern and presents a more open and concrete overview of Croatian past. The paper lists a number of examples confirming such results.
The first congress of the Neo-Slavists took place in Prague, in July 1908. It was the culmination of the movement: the largest and most successful meeting of supporters of Slavic solidarity and ...mutual cooperation of the Slavic peoples at the beginning of the 20th century. The congress had an anniversary character: it was organized on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the 1848 Slavic congress in Prague. However, the Prague congress was also a preparatory meeting for the planned great congress and Slavic exhibition in Moscow. The author shows the reactions of the Croatian political public to the preparations for the congress in Prague, as well as to the congress itself.
The Croats and and the 1908 neo-Slavic congress in Prague (on the basis of the Croatian press) The first congress of the Neo-Slavists took place in Prague, in July 1908. It was the culmination of the ...movement: the largest and most successful meeting of supporters of Slavic solidarity and mutual cooperation of the Slavic peoples at the beginning of the 20th century. The congress had an anniversary character: it was organized on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the 1848 Slavic congress in Prague. However, the Prague congress was also a preparatory meeting for the planned great congress and Slavic exhibition in Moscow. The author shows the reactions of the Croatian political public to the preparations for the congress in Prague, as well as to the congress itself.
Golema ostavština profesora Ferde Šišića u Arhivu Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti, mnogi rukopisi, brojni ispisi iz arhiva i nadasve korespondencija koju je vodio s brojnim akterima ...znanstvenog, kulturnog i političkog života Hrvatske, odnosno Austro-Ugarske i Jugoslavije, te napose njegova knjižnica što se čuva u Državnom arhivu u Zagrebu svjedoče o nesvakidašnjem intelektualcu, jednome od istinskih bardova humanističke znanosti i društvenog života prve polovice dvadesetoga stoljeća.
Hrvatski povjesničari stoje čvrsto uz temeljna načela demokracije i dosadašnjeg
međunarodnog poretka te poštuju pravo svake države na slobodu i neovisan put u osiguranju
interesa svojih stanovnika.
...Solidarni s Ukrajincima i Ukrajinom!
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