Naslov
Historiographical decline and the collapse of transnational connections among Croatian historians after 1945

Autori
Vranić, Igor

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
20th Century Historiography

Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 18.06.2015. - 20.06.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
historiography ; medieval history ; 19th century ; Croatia

Sažetak
From the beginnings of professional Croatian historiography in the mid-nineteenth century and its establisher Franjo Racki, Croatian historians formed a part of larger scholarly community in the Habsburg Monarchy. Historians from the Monarchy were in close relations and frequent contacts which can be seen from abundant preserved correspondence. Also, they were acquainted with the most important historiographical works of international historians and knew all major European languages (English, German, French, Italian and Latin). All of them spent some time studying abroad at the best universities of Monarchy, mostly in Vienna or Budapest. The most prominent professional historians from the mid- nineteenth century until the end of World War II were: Tadija Smiciklas, Vjekoslav Klaic, Milan Sufflay, Ferdo Sisic, Miho Barada. Main topics of their research were political and diplomatic history of Croatian lands from Early Middle Ages until contemporary times. Most of them were politically active and historical writing served to show a state-legal continuity of medieval Croatian Kingdom and consequently the right of Croatian people to choose their own position and destiny in the Monarchy and later in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Situation drastically changed by the end of the World War II when older historians either died or fled country to escape Communist mass terror. New generation of politically correct historians emerged whose most prominent members were Nada Klaic, Miroslav Brandt and Jaroslav Sidak. Older transnational professional contacts with scholars from Central Europe were replaced by contacts with scholars from the newly formed Yugoslavia. The only exception was aforementioned Miho Barada who remained working in Yugoslavia, but lacked any colleague for debates or cooperation. Unlike in the West, disciplinary gates in historiography were narrowing and the number of research themes decreased. New research topics were strictly Marxist and covered predominantly National Liberation Movement from the World War II and themes from economic history.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

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