Vlatko Smiljanić

undergraduate

• 19th and 20th Century Croatian Historiography (38055) - Lecturer in charge
• Croatian Cultural and Political History of the 18th and 19th Centuries (37448) - Lecturer in charge
• Croatian Cultural and Political History of the 20th Century (37456) - Lecturer in charge
• Croatian Latin Historiography (38057) - Lecturer in charge
• Croatian National Rulers (248673) - Lecturer in charge
• Croatian Social and Cultural History from the19 th Century to the present day (188007) - Lecturer in charge
• Diplomatics with Egdotics and Chronology (270364) - Lecturer in charge
• Institutions of the Croatian people, society and the state (188079) - Lecturer in charge
• Vlachs in European and Croatian culture (270104) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Archivistics for historians (202954) - Lecturer in charge
• Historical Cartography of Croatian countries (270161) - Lecturer in charge

Students' poll results

• Croatian Latin historiography (2022/2023) - 4.95

• Diplomatics with egdotics and chronology (2022/2023) - 5.00

• Croatian Latin historiography (2023/2024) - 5.00

• History of Croatia (7th-16th centuries) (2023/2024) - 4.71

• Diplomatics with egdotics and chronology (2023/2024) - 4.90

• Croatian national rulers (2023/2024) - 4.34

Assist. Prof. Vlatko Smiljanić, PhD is a university teacher and scientist at the Department of Croatology and acting vice-dean for business at the Faculty of Croatian Studies at the University of Zagreb. He is the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Croatology (a1/a2).

He was born on July 7, 1995 in Virovitica, where he attended elementary school and high school. He completed his History studies at the Faculty of Croatian Studies of the University of Zagreb in 2020. During his studies, he was a student-demonstrator, holder of a scholarship for the excellence of the Virovitica-Podravina County and winner of student awards such as the Rector's Award (2020), Dean's Award (2020), Principal's Award (2018) and several Principal's awards. He is the author of two books and co-author of one book, as well as several editorial books and collections of scientific papers in the field of Croatology and history. Also, he often contributes to scientific and professional works on historical and Croatian topics. He obtained the academic title of Doctor of Science in 2023 by defending his doctoral thesis The Life and Works of Mirko Danijel Bogdanić from 1760 to 1802 under the mentorship of academician Stjepan Ćosić with the highest grade (summa cum laude).

From 2020 to 2024, he worked as an expert associate in the field of history at the Scientific Institute, after which on April 15, 2024, he was employed as an assistant professor at the Department of Croatian Studies, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb. He has been the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Kroatologija since November 28, 2024.

From July 9, 2024 to October 31, 2024, he served as assistant rector and acting dean for business, and from November 1, 2024, by decision of the Faculty Council, he was appointed acting vice dean for business at the Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb.

• Identification number of the scientist 405162
• Croatian Research Information System (CroRIS)
• Google Scholar
• ORCID 0000-0001-9835-0591
• Scopus Author ID 57202045211
• Web of Science Researcher ID HLX-6047-2023

• 2020 Dean's Award - the best student in the final year of graduate studies
• 2019 Rector's Award for individual scientific work
• 2019 Dean's Acknowledgment for the academic year 2017/2018
• 2018 Dean's Award - the best student in the final year of undergraduate studies
• 2018 Dean's Acknowledgment for the academic year 2016/2017
• 2017 Dean's Acknowledgment for the academic year 2015/2016

Professional interests

•      Croatian modern and contemporary history
•      Croatology
•      history and culture of science and education
•      history and culture of Virovitica

Memberships

•      Croatian academic community
•      Croatian National Committee for Historical Sciences
•      Croatian Pan-European Union
•      Croatian University Union
•      Matrix Croatica
•      Native society of Virovitica in Zagreb
•      Society for Croatian history
•      The Society of University Professors and other Scientists in Zagreb

• 2024 Scientific and expert's Conference "Virovitica 1234 - 2024: Church, culture, society, heritage - selected topics", Virovitica Franciscan Monastery, Faculty of Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Institute of Social Sciences "Ivo Pilar", Croatian Catholic University, Croatian Institute for History - Branch for the History of Slavonia, Baranja and Srijem, 21-22 November 2024 (Chairman of the Organizing Committee)
• 2023 Institutional project "Digitalization of documentation-archival materials of the Croatian studies" (coordinator)
• 2023 Institutional scientific project "Humanist in an inhumane age - life and works of Don Filip Lukas 1871 - 1958", Department of History and Research Institute (member of the project)
• 2023 Scientific manifestation and scientific conference with international participation "Ante Starčević: figure - deed - historiography", Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatian State Archives, Center for Comparative History and Intercultural Studies, Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Miroslav Krleža Lexicography Institute, Matrix Croatica, Research Institute of the Faculty of Croatian Studies, May 25 and 26, 2023 (member of the Preparatory Committee)
• 2022 International Scientific Conference "Intellectual History and Croatian Historiography: Status and Perspectives", Faculty of Croatian Studies, Zagreb, December 15, 2022 (member of the Organizing Committee)
• 2020. Scientific Conference "The importance of European memory for the European future: communist war crimes", Faculty of Croatian Studies, Zagreb, June 19, 2020 (member of the Organizing Committee)
• 2018 - 2020. Scientific project "Historical development of applied psychology in Croatia - Work of the Counseling Center/Institute for choosing a profession from 1931 to 1948." (young researcher)
• 2018 Scientific Conference "1918-2018: Historical Controversies and Croatia Today", Croatian Studies of the University of Zagreb, Zagreb, October 29, 2018 (Member of the Organizing Committee)