Ivan Botica, PhD, research associate

Old Church Slavonic Institute
Demetrova 11, Zagreb
+385 (0)1 6141 267
ibotica@stin.hr

Areas of research interest

Medieval history (Croatian nobility, medieval Vlachs, Franciscans of the Bosnian vicary)
Early medieval history (Croatian Glagolitic notary service, Glagolitic heritage of Franciscan Glagolitics of the Third Order, Istrian Glagolitic manuscripts, Cyrillic correspondence of Dragoman Chancellery, Cyrillic heritage of Franciscans of Bosna Srebrena, Cyrillic heritage of the Poljica Duchy)
History of Croatian Glagolitism from the Fourth Lateran Council to the Second Vatican Council
Croatian palaeography (semi-unical and cursive Glagolitic script and all minuscule types of Western Cyrillic script)
Subsequent inscriptions in Glagolitic manuscripts of Beram
Istrian Glagolitic manuscripts (Glagolitic manuscripts of the Third Order Monastery of St. Gregory in Kopar, Glagolitic manuscripts of the Dolina Parish nearby Trieste)

Professional background

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb

2004 – 2005, 2006 –2012: junior researcher at the Department of History (break due to military service)
2006 –2011: assistant at the Department of History (seminars in the course European and World Medieval History and elective courses Croatian Epigraphy and Palaeography I and II, Krbava and Lika in the Middle Ages)
2011 – 2012: senior assistant at the Department of History
April 2012 – titular rank of assistant professor

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split

2007 – 2009: external associate at the Department of History (seminars for the course European and World Medieval History)

National Centre for External Evaluation of Education

2011 – 2013: external associate (reviewer of written examinations in history as a part of the national graduation exam/”državna matura”)

Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb

2012 – 2014: external associate (elective course Discovering the Traces of Croatian Literacy)

Croatian Catholic University

2011 – to date: external associate in the study programme of history (courses The History of the Church in the Middle Ages, World Medieval History (2011 – 2013), Seminar on Diplomatics II)

Old Church Slavonic Institute

2012 – to date – research associate

Academic background

1998 – 2004: study programme in Croatian language and literature and history, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2004 – 2006: postgraduate study programme in Croatian history (focus: Early Modern Age)
2006 – 2011: postgraduate doctoral study programme in medieval studies, University of Zagreb (dissertation: Krbavski knezovi u srednjem vijeku)

Research projects

2004 – 2006: Croato-Turcica (project leader: Prof. Nenad Moačanin, PhD)
2007 – 2012: Monumenta mediaevaila varia (project leader: Prof. Neven Budak, PhD)
2012 – 2013: Glagolitic Palaeography (project leader: Marica Čunčić, PhD)

Activities

Public lectures (2011 – to date)

Glagoljica i glagoljaštvo na prostoru pod knezovima Krbavskim (Croatian Glagolitic Heritage of the Society of Friends of the Glagolitic Script, 11 December 2013)

Invited lectures (2011 – to date)

Hrvatska pisma (Institute for Slavic Studies, University of Vienna, 13 June 2012)

Conference participation (2011 – to date)

Egdotika glagoljičnih izvora: notarski spisi. International Scientific Conference Second Medieval Workshop in Rijeka, 10 – 11 October 2014 (co-lecturer: Tomislav Galović)
Kapucinski trag u Podgorju. International Scientific Conference The 300^th Anniversary of the Activity of Capuchin Franciscans in Lika and Krbava (1713 – 2013), Karlobag, 12 October 2013
Hrvatskoglagoljski notarijat otoka Krka s osvrtom na Dubašnicu. Scientific Conference The First Medieval Workshop in Rijeka, 11 October 2013 (co-lecturer: Tomislav Galović)
Glagoljica i glagoljaštvo kroz život Ante Nižića. International Scientific Conference Tertiary Glagolitic Tradition in the European Context, Zagreb, 27 – 29 September 2013
Ćirilična pisma Dragomanske kancelarije u Zadru. International Scientific Conference Croatian Cyrillic Heritage, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb, 26 – 27 November 2012 (co-lecturer: Marko Rimac)
Knezovi Šubići Bribirski i Kurjakovići Krbavski. International Scientific Conference Skradin and Croatia in the Period of Viceroy Pavle Šubić, Skradin, 9 – 10 November 2012
Hrvatskoglagoljski notarijat u europskom kontekstu. International Scientific Conference Croatian Glagolitism in the European Context, Zagreb – Krk: Old Church Slavonic Institute – Krk Diocese – Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, 5 – 6 October 2012 (co-lecturer: Tomislav Galović)
Svetačko ime Dujam među Splićankama i Splićanima u 18. stoljeću. International Scientific Conference The Split Hagiographic Heritage – History, Legend and Text, Split, 25 – 27 September 2011 (co-lecturer: Marko Rimac)
Codex Corbaviensis. Panel entitled: Krbava and Udbina – Heritage, Research, Outlook, Udbina, 15 September 2011 (co-lecturer: Tomislav Galović)
Rodoslovlje knezova Krbavskih: novi pogledi. Panel entitled: Krbava and Udbina – Heritage, Research, Outlook, Udbina, 15 September 2011

Conference organisation (2011 – to date)

International scientific conference Tertiary Glagolitic Tradition in the European Context 27 – 29 September 2013 (one of conference organisers)

Invited lectures at foreign universities (2011 – to date)

Invited lecture in the framework of Seminar I of the Institute for Slavic Studies, University of Vienna (13 June 2012)

Popularisation of science (2011 – to date)

I write to you in the Glagolitic script… I read a story! (co-author of the programme and workshop with Dubravka Koren, applied for the call for proposals Backpack (full) of Culture, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, 21 December 2014)

Membership

Long-standing member of the Matrix Croatica, Society for Croatian History, Croatian National Committee for Historical Sciences

Editorial boards

Slovo – journal of the Old Church Slavonic Institute – member of the Editorial Board (62–65 [2012–2015]) and executive editor of Slovo 62
Communio – international theological journal – member of the Editorial Board of the Croatian edition (114–120 [2012–2014])

Bibliography (2011-2014)

Darovnica Ivana VII. Frankapana – najstarija je dubašljanska glagoljična isprava. u: Krčki kalendar 2015. [i.e. 2014.]: 86–92. (co-author Tomislav Galović)
Kapucinski trag u Podgorju. u: Franjevci kapucini u Karlobagu 1713. – 2013. A. Barišić (prir.). Zagreb; Karlobag: Hrvatska kapucinska provincija sv. Leopolda Bogdana Mandića; Kršćanska sadašnjost (Analecta croatica christiana, 45); Kapucinski samostan sv. Josipa u Karlobagu; Općina Karlobag. 2014, 117–137.
Glagoljična pismenost srednjovjekovne Dubašnice (s osvrtom na početke hrvatskoglagoljskoga notarijata na otoku Krku). u: Zbornik radova s Prve medievističke znanstvene radionice u Rijeci. K. Jovanović i S. Miljan (ur.) Rijeka: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci. 2014, 55–71. (co-author Tomislav Galović)
Svetačko ime Dujam među Splićankama i Splićanima u 18. stoljeću. u: Splitska hagiografska baština: povijest, legenda, tekst. J. Belamarić i sur. (ur.). Split: Književni krug Split; Odsjek za povijest Filozofskog fakulteta u Splitu. 2014, 479–495. (co-autor Marko Rimac)
The Counts Kurjaković of Krbava in the medieval history of modern-day Slovakia. in: Slovakia and Croatia: historical parallels and connections (until 1780). M. Homza; J. Lukačka; N. Budak (eds). Bratislava: Department of Slovak History at the Faculty of Philosophy of Comenius University Bratislava. 2013, 164-174. (co-author Borislav Grgin)
Mletačko i tursko dopisivanje ćirilicom na istočnojadranskom prostoru. u: Hrvatska revija 12 (2012) 4: 24–25. (co-author Marko Rimac)
Fra Petar Runje – povjesničar franjevaštva i istraživač hrvatskog glagoljaštva. u: Petar Runje, Prema izvorima II. Rasprave i članci o hrvatskim franjevcima trećoredcima glagoljašima. T. Galović (ur.). Krk; Zagreb: Povijesno društvo otoka Krka (Krčki zbornik, 68; Posebno izdanje 61); Provincijalat franjevaca trećoredaca-glagoljaša (Novaja i vethaja, 9). 2012, 241–263. (co-author Tomislav Galović)
Zadar i njegovo hrvatstvo u očima fra Šimuna Milinovića. u: Zbornik Nikše Stančića. I. Iveljić (ur.). Zagreb: Odsjek za povijest Filozofskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu; FF press. 2011, 165–185.
Iz rada na cjelokupnoj bibliografiji Branka Fučića. u: „Az grišni diak Branko pridivkom Fučić” – Radovi međunarodnoga znanstvenog skupa o životu i djelu akademika Branka Fučića (1920. – 1999.). T. Galović (ur.). Malinska; Rijeka; Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Institut za povijest umjetnosti, Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Staroslavenski institut, Sveučilišna knjižnica, Općina Malinska-Dubašnica. 2011, 161–174. (co-author Tomislav Galović)
Hrvatska ćirilica u glagoljskim matičnim knjigama zapadno od Krke. u: „Az grišni diak Branko pridivkom Fučić” – Radovi međunarodnoga znanstvenog skupa o životu i djelu akademika Branka Fučića (1920. – 1999.). T. Galović (ur.). Malinska; Rijeka; Zagreb: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, Institut za povijest umjetnosti, Katolički bogoslovni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Staroslavenski institut, Sveučilišna knjižnica, Općina Malinska-Dubašnica. 2011, 521–550. (co-autor Marko Rimac)